United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the eight U.S. Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

from the state of Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States Census. The elections will coincide with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election

United States presidential election, 2012

The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United...

and an election to the U.S. Senate

United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012

The 2012 United States Senate election in Missouri will be held on November 6, 2012 alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent...

Redistricting

A new congressional map was passed by the Missouri General Assembly

Missouri General Assembly

The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate, and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are subject to term limits...

on April 27, 2011. The map was veto

Veto

A veto, Latin for "I forbid", is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation...

ed by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon

Jay Nixon

Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon, Sr. is the 55th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Missouri's Attorney General before his election in 2008.-Political career:...

on April 30, but Nixon's veto was overriden by the General Assembly on May 4, making the plan law. The map effectively eradicates the former 3rd district

Missouri's 3rd congressional district

Missouri's third congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes much of southern St Louis City, much of southern St Louis County, and all of Jefferson County and St Genevieve County....

, which has been represented by Democrat Russ Carnahan

Russ Carnahan

John Russell "Russ" Carnahan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the southern third of the city of St. Louis and most of the southern St. Louis suburbs including most of Jefferson County and all of Ste. Genevieve County...

since 2005, splitting it between the districts represented by Republicans Blaine Luetkemeyer

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Blaine Luetkemeyer is the U. S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district contains most of Northeastern Missouri. As a result of the 2010 Census Missouri will lose a Congressional district effective 2013...

and Todd Akin

Todd Akin

William Todd Akin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country, and Des Peres located along Interstate 270 in West County and the...

and Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr.

William Lacy Clay, Jr.

William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

District 1

Missouri's 1st congressional district

Missouri's first congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes much of Northern St. Louis City and St. Louis County....

has been represented by Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

William Lacy Clay, Jr.

William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

since 2001. Francis Slay

Francis G. Slay

Francis G. Slay is the forty-fifth mayor of St. Louis .- Education and early career :...

, the mayor of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

, may challenge Clay in the Democratic primary. Democrat Russ Carnahan

Russ Carnahan

, part of whose current district was drawn into the 1st district, also may challenge Clay.

District 2

Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Todd Akin

, who has represented Missouri's 2nd congressional district

Missouri's 2nd congressional district

Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs north and west of St. Louis.Its current representative is Republican Todd Akin of Town and Country.-List of representatives:...

since 2001, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than seek re-election. Lawyer Ed Martin

Ed Martin (Missouri politician)

Edward Martin Jr. was the 2010 Republican nominee for Missouri's 3rd congressional district. In the August 3, 2010 Republican primary, Martin received 63% of the vote; defeating 2 other candidates. After years of the being uncompetitive in Missouri's 3rd, the Republicans had a very good chance of...

, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in the 3rd district in 2010; and Ann Wagner

Ann Wagner

Ann Wagner is an American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009. She was also Chair of the Missouri Republican Party for six years, from 1999 until 2005, and Co-chair of the Republican National Committee for four years.- Early life...

, a former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg

United States Ambassador to Luxembourg

The United States has sent ambassadors to Luxembourg since the beginning of the 20th century.This is a complete list of United States envoys and ambassadors appointed to Luxembourg since 1903:- United States Envoys to Luxembourg:* Stanford Newel 1903-1905...

and former Missouri Republican Party

Missouri Republican Party

The Missouri Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Missouri. The party Chairman is David Cole, an attorney from Cassville, Missouri who was elected in January 2009.-Current Republican officeholders:...

chairwoman, are running for the Republican nomination to succeed Akin. Martin, however, may alternatively run for governor

Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012

The 2012 Missouri gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2012.Jay Nixon won the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election with 58.4% of the vote against former U.S. representative, Kenny Hulshof...

; while Wagner has ruled out switching to a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Former state representative

Missouri House of Representatives

The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...

Joe Smith also may run in the 2nd district. Republican state senator

Missouri Senate

The Missouri State Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 160,000...

Jane Cunningham

Jane D. Cunningham is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 7th District since 2008. Previously she was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2000 through 2008....

, who had previously indicated she would run, said in July 2011 that she would instead seek re-election to the state Senate.

Though the 2nd district favors Republicans, it incorporates some of the territory currently represented by Democrat Russ Carnahan

Russ Carnahan

, who in May 2011 described running in the 2nd district as "one of the options that we're assessing right now."

External links

District 3

Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer

Blaine Luetkemeyer

, who has represented the now-defunct 9th district

Missouri's 9th congressional district

Missouri's 9th congressional district encompasses rural Northeast Missouri, the area known as "Little Dixie," along with the larger towns of Columbia, Fulton, Kirksville and Union. Boone, Franklin, and a portion of St. Charles County comprise the highest voting centers of the mostly rural district...

since 2009, will instead run in the new 3rd district

Missouri's 3rd congressional district

, which includes much of the former 9th district. Former state representative

Missouri House of Representatives

Cynthia Davis may challenge Luetkemeyer as a candidate of the Constitution Party

Constitution Party (United States)

The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party by Howard Philips in 1991. Phillips was the party's candidate in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections...

.
External links

Blaine Luetkemeyer campaign website

District 6

Republican Sam Graves

Sam Graves

Samuel B. Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district consists of Northwest Missouri and includes the portion of Kansas City north of the Missouri River and many northern suburbs.-Early life, education and career:Graves is a...

, who has represented Missouri's 6th congressional district

Missouri's 6th congressional district

Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in rural northwest Missouri. Its largest voting population is centered in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the town of St. Joseph. The district includes all of Kansas City north of the Missouri River...

since 2001, will seek re-election. State representative

Missouri House of Representatives

Jerry Nolte

Jerry Nolte is a commercial artist and former teacher who currently serves as a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He resides in Gladstone, Missouri, with his wife, Alicia. They have three children: Whitney, Michael, and Katrina.He has been an advertising artist working...

has also filed with the Federal Election Commission

Federal Election Commission

The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...

to seek the Republican nomination.

Ted Rights, a physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

, and Kyle Yarber, a teacher, will seek the Democratic nomination.
External links

District 8

Republican Jo Ann Emerson

Jo Ann Emerson

Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....

, who has represented Missouri's 8th congressional district

Missouri's 8th congressional district

Missouri's 8th Congressional District is one of 435 congressional districts in the United States and one of nine congressional districts in the state of Missouri. The district encompasses rural Southeast Missouri and South Central Missouri as well as some counties in Southwest Missouri. The...

since 1996, is likely to run for re-election.

External links

Map of the new congressional districts, published by The Monitor
The Monitor (Kansas City)
The Citizen was the original name of a free monthly newspaper distributed in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and renamed in May 2011 to The Monitor...

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Redistricting

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 6

District 8

See also

External links