Missouri's 7th congressional district
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The district is currently represented by Republican Eric Burlison of Ozark.[1]
Recent election results from statewide races
Composition
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:[3]
Barry County (15)
- All 15 communities
Christian County (11)
- All 11 communities
Greene County (9)
- All 9 communities
Jasper County (22)
- All 22 communities
Lawrence County (12)
- All 12 communities
McDonald County (8)
- All 8 communities
Newton County (21)
- All 21 communities
Stone County (11)
- All 11 communities
Taney County (10)
- All 10 communities
Webster County (4)
- Diggins, Fordland, Rogersville (shared with Greene County), Seymour
List of members representing the district
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Geography
Counties
There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.
Largest cities
The 9 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.
| Rank | City | County | Population (2010) | Population (2015 Estimates) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springfield | Greene/Christian | 159,498 | 166,810 |
| 2 | Joplin | Jasper/Newton | 50,150 | 51,818 |
| 3 | Nixa | Christian | 19,022 | 20,984 |
| 4 | Ozark | Christian | 17,820 | 19,120 |
| 5 | Republic | Christian/Greene | 14,751 | 16,005 |
| 6 | Carthage | Jasper | 14,378 | 14,319 |
| 7 | Neosho | Newton | 11,835 | 12,156 |
| 8 | Branson | Taney/Stone | 10,520 | 11,431 |
| 9 | Webb City | Jasper | 10,996 | 11,165 |
Median household incomes
| Rank | County | Income (2008) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian | $50,200 |
| 2 | Greene | $44,185 |
| 3 | Newton | $43,872 |
| 4 | Stone | $40,487 |
| 5 | Jasper | $40,243 |
| 6 | Taney | $39,771 |
| 7 | Lawrence | $39,210 |
| 8 | Barry | $35,889 |
| 9 | McDonald | $33,448 |
Median family incomes
| Rank | County | Income (2008) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian | $58,806 |
| 2 | Greene | $56,047 |
| 3 | Newton | $51,178 |
| 4 | Jasper | $49,007 |
| 5 | Taney | $47,664 |
| 6 | Stone | $46,675 |
| 7 | Lawrence | $45,843 |
| 8 | Barry | $41,861 |
| 9 | McDonald | $38,848 |
Election results
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 129,746 | 72.6% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Marc Perkel | 43,146 | 24.3% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mike Harman | 5,639 | 3.2% | ||
| Total votes | 178,801 | 100% | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 149,519 | 74.81% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roland Roy Lapham | 45,964 | 23.00% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Douglas Andrew Burlison | 4,378 | 2.19% | ||
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| Total votes | 199,863 | 100% | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 210,080 | 70.45% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jim Newberry | 84,356 | 28.29% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James K. Craig | 2,767 | 0.93% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Steve Alger | 1,002 | 0.34% | ||
| Total votes | 298,205 | 100% | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 160,942 | 66.75% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jack Truman | 75,592 | 30.11% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | 7,566 | 3.14% | ||
| Other | Glenn Miller | 23 | 0.01% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Total votes | 241,123 | 100% | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 219,016 | 67.76% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Monroe | 91,010 | 28.16% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | 6,971 | 2.16% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Travis Maddox | 6,166 | 1.91% | ||
| Other | Midge Potts | 49 | 0.02% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Total votes | 323,212 | 100% | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Billy Long | Script error: No such module "string". | 63.39 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Scott Eckersley | Script error: No such module "string". | 30.37 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.23 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nicholas Ladendorf | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 222,431 | 100.00 | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Billy Long (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 63.9 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jim Evans | Script error: No such module "string". | 30.9 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | Script error: No such module "string". | 5.2 | ||
| Total votes | 318,740 | 100.0 | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Billy Long (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 63.46 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jim Evans | Script error: No such module "string". | 28.84 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.68 | ||
| Total votes | 163,957 | 100 | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Billy Long (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 67.56 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Genevieve Williams | Script error: No such module "string". | 27.38 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Benjamin T. Brixey | Script error: No such module "string". | 5.06 | ||
| Total votes | 337,490 | 100 | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Billy Long (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 66.2 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jamie Schoolcraft | Script error: No such module "string". | 30.1 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ben Brixey | Script error: No such module "string". | 3.7 | |
| Independent | Shawn Deines (write-in) | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Billy Long (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 68.9 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Teresa Montseny | Script error: No such module "string". | 26.6 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | Script error: No such module "string". | 4.2 | |
| Independent | Audrey Richards (write-in) | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.3 | |
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2022
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Eric Burlison | Script error: No such module "string". | 70.9 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kristen Radaker-Sheafer | Script error: No such module "string". | 26.8 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.3 | |
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2024
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Eric Burlison (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 71.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Missi Hesketh | Script error: No such module "string". | 26.3 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin Craig | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.2 | |
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Prior elections
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 35.39 percent, a 27.68-percent margin of victory for the GOP. McCain received less than 60 percent in only Greene County, where Obama may have been helped by the college subplot presence of Missouri State University.
| County | John McCain | Barack Obama | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 69.42 | 29.32 | R + 40.10 |
| McDonald | 67.60 | 30.17 | R + 37.43 |
| Stone | 68.02 | 30.69 | R + 37.33 |
| Taney | 68.02 | 30.85 | R + 37.17 |
| Lawrence | 67.70 | 30.64 | R + 37.06 |
| Christian | 67.33 | 31.52 | R + 35.81 |
| Barry | 66.63 | 31.62 | R + 35.01 |
| Jasper | 65.67 | 32.62 | R + 33.05 |
| Polk | 65.39 | 33.24 | R + 32.15 |
| Greene | 57.06 | 41.26 | R + 15.08 |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts).
| County | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Mitt Romney | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taney | 55.89 | 25.90 | 14.17 | H + 29.99 |
| Polk | 51.33 | 25.28 | 18.65 | H + 26.05 |
| Christian | 48.46 | 24.37 | 22.75 | H + 24.09 |
| McDonald | 48.71 | 25.55 | 14.75 | H + 23.16 |
| Lawrence | 48.75 | 26.19 | 18.96 | H + 22.56 |
| Barry | 49.69 | 28.31 | 15.33 | H + 21.38 |
| Newton | 45.49 | 25.95 | 22.82 | H + 19.54 |
| Jasper | 42.23 | 25.82 | 26.03 | H + 16.20 |
| Greene | 42.48 | 27.09 | 25.17 | H + 15.39 |
| Stone | 45.01 | 31.82 | 18.80 | H + 13.19 |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) carried every county in the district by convincing margins over U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois).
| County | Hillary Clinton | Barack Obama | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald | 68.39 | 26.00 | C + 42.39 |
| Barry | 65.52 | 30.47 | C + 35.05 |
| Newton | 65.55 | 31.46 | C + 34.09 |
| Polk | 63.81 | 33.28 | C + 30.53 |
| Taney | 63.69 | 33.74 | C + 29.95 |
| Lawrence | 61.58 | 34.86 | C + 26.72 |
| Stone | 61.76 | 35.17 | C + 26.59 |
| Jasper | 60.42 | 36.39 | C + 24.03 |
| Christian | 57.68 | 39.93 | C + 17.75 |
| Greene | 54.94 | 42.77 | C + 12.17 |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election. Former Attorney General and now Governor Jay Nixon (D) lost the district to his challenger, former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (R).
| County | Kenny Hulshof | Jay Nixon | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 61.85 | 36.29 | R + 25.56 |
| McDonald | 59.74 | 36.63 | R + 23.11 |
| Jasper | 58.61 | 39.42 | R + 19.19 |
| Jasper | 58.61 | 39.42 | R + 19.19 |
| Taney | 51.16 | 46.31 | R + 4.85 |
| Stone | 49.53 | 47.46 | R + 2.07 |
| Christian | 49.65 | 47.73 | R + 1.92 |
| Barry | 49.48 | 47.90 | R + 1.58 |
| Lawrence | 49.15 | 47.94 | R + 1.21 |
| Polk | 45.76 | 49.52 | D + 3.76 |
| Greene | 42.84 | 54.45 | D + 11.61 |
See also
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References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::68b2b598-69cd-430e-bee2-1dc4b76705f6
- ↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST27/CD118_MO07.pdf
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- ↑ Official Manual of Missouri, 2003-2004, page 627.
- ↑ Official Manual of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
- ↑ Official Manual of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
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- ↑ [1] 2010 Election Results
- ↑ [2] 2012 Election Results
- ↑ [3] 2014 Election Results
- ↑ [4] 2016 Election Results
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