United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2014

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	2014 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Missouri took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
March 25, 2014	August 5, 2014	November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Missouri utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.^[1]^[2]^[3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 9, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 8, 2014.^[4]

See also: Missouri elections, 2014

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Missouri utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.^[5]^[6]^[7]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held six of the eight congressional seats from Missouri.

Members of the U.S. House from Missouri -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2014	After the 2014 Election
	Democratic Party	2	2
	Republican Party	6	6
Total		8	8

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the eight congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Lacy Clay	Democratic	1
Ann Wagner	Republican	2
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	3
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	4
Emanuel Cleaver	Democratic	5
Sam Graves	Republican	6
Billy Long	Republican	7
Jason Smith	Republican	8

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 8 seats up for election in 2014 in Missouri. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
District 1	William Lacy Clay	51.4%	163,494	Daniel Elder
District 2	Ann Wagner	31.5%	231,117	Arthur Lieber
District 3	Blaine Luetkemeyer	41.2%	191,620	Courtney Denton
District 4	Vicky Hartzler	41.7%	176,286	Nate Irvin
District 5	Emanuel Cleaver	6.6%	153,635	Jacob Turk
District 6	Sam Graves	37.1%	186,970	Bill Hedge
District 7	Billy Long	34.6%	163,957	Jim Evans
District 8	Jason Smith	42.3%	159,224	Barbara Stocker