Missouri's 7th congressional district

Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election. Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election. Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election. In the 2016 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton 70.4% to 24.7%. As of 2017, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican districts in the United States.

"MO-7" redirects here. MO-7 may also refer to Missouri Route 7.

Missouri's 7th congressional district
Missouri's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Billy Long R–Springfield
Distribution	59.28% urban 40.72% rural
Population (2010)	748,406
Median income	$47,225[1]
Ethnicity	91.5% white 3.3% Hispanic 2.4% other 1.5% black 1.2% Asian
Cook PVI	R+23[2]

The district is currently represented by Republican Billy Long of Springfield. He survived primary challenges on August 7, 2018. He defeated Democrat Jamie Schoolcraft, physician's assistant and former mayor of Willard in the final election in November.[3]

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Samuel Caruthers	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John W. Noell	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Benjamin F. Loan	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Joel F. Asper	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
Isaac Parker	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
John F. Philips	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
Alfred M. Lay	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879	46th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 8, 1879 – January 10, 1880
John F. Philips	Democratic	January 10, 1880 – March 3, 1881		Elected January 10, 1880 to finish Lay's term and seated January 26, 1880. Lost re-election.
Theron M. Rice	Greenback	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Retired.
Aylett H. Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing]
John E. Hutton	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard H. Norton	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing]
John T. Heard	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
John P. Tracey	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
James Cooney	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]
John Welborn	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
John W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931
Robert D. Johnson	Democratic	September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933		[data unknown/missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket
Dewey Short	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Brown	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961	85th 86th	[data unknown/missing]
Durward G. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing]
Gene Taylor	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	[data unknown/missing]
Mel Hancock	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997	101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing]
Roy Blunt	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Billy Long	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2010.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results	Political parties that won the district
2000	President	George W. Bush 62 - Al Gore 36%	Republican Party (United States)
2004	President	George W. Bush 67 - John Kerry 32%	Republican Party (United States)
2008	President	John McCain 62 - Barack Obama 35%	Republican Party (United States)
2012	President	Mitt Romney 68 - Barack Obama 30%	Republican Party (United States)
2016	President	Donald Trump 70 - Hillary Clinton 25%	Republican Party (United States)

Counties

The district from 2003 - 2013

There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.

Barry Christian Greene Jasper Lawrence McDonald

Newton Polk Stone Taney Webster (parts)

Largest cities

The 10 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
10	Bolivar	Polk	10,325	10,714

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	$38,778
8	Polk	$37,199
9	Barry	$35,889
10	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	Polk	$45,263
9	Barry	$41,861
10	McDonald	$38,848

Election results

Congressional

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 Missouri 7th[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Roy Blunt (incumbent)	129,746	72.6%
	Democratic	Marc Perkel	43,146	24.3%
	Libertarian	Mike Harman	5,639	3.2%
Total votes			178,801	100%
Majority			80,691	45.1%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002 Missouri 7th[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Roy Blunt (incumbent)	149,519	74.81%
	Democratic	Roland Roy Lapham	45,964	23.00%
	Libertarian	Douglas Andrew Burlison	4,378	2.19%
	Other	Steven L. Reed	2	0.00%
Total votes			199,863	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004 Missouri 7th[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Roy Blunt (incumbent)	210,080	70.45%
	Democratic	Jim Newberry	84,356	28.29%
	Libertarian	James K. Craig	2,767	0.93%
	Constitution	Steve Alger	1,002	0.34%
Total votes			298,205	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 Missouri 7th[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Roy Blunt (incumbent)	160,942	66.75%
	Democratic	Jack Truman	75,592	30.11%
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	7,566	3.14%
	Other	Glenn Miller	23	0.01%
Total votes			241,123	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 Missouri 7th[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Roy Blunt (incumbent)	219,016	67.76%
	Democratic	Richard Monroe	91,010	28.16%
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	6,971	2.16%
	Constitution	Travis Maddox	6,166	1.91%
	Other	Midge Potts	49	0.02%
Total votes			323,212	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 Missouri 7th[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Billy Long	141,010	63.39
	Democratic	Scott Eckersley	67,545	30.37
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	13,866	6.23
	Write-in	Nicholas Ladendorf	10	0.00
Total votes			222,431	100.00
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012 Missouri 7th[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	203,565	63.9
	Democratic	Jim Evans	98,498	30.9
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	16,668	5.2
	Write-in	Kenneth Joe Brown	9	0.0
Total votes			318,740	100.0
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014 Missouri 7th[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	104,054	63.46
	Democratic	Jim Evans	47,282	28.84
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	12,584	7.68
	Write-Ins		37	0.02
Total votes			163,957	100
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

United States House of Representatives elections, 2016 Missouri 7th[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	228,001	67.56
	Democratic	Genevieve Williams	92,390	27.38
	Libertarian	Benjamin T. Brixey	17,076	5.06
	Write-in	Amber Thomsen	23	0.00
Total votes			337,490	100
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold

Presidential

2008

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

Primaries

2008

Republican 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

Democratic

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

Gubernatorial

2008

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

• Missouri's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=29&cd=07
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress". The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Election returns, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/07/us/elections/results-missouri-primary-elections.html
4. "1998 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
5. Official Manual of Missouri, 2003-2004, page 627.
6. Official Manual of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
7. Official Manual of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
8. "2008 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
9. 2010 Election Results
10. 2012 Election Results
11. 2014 Election Results
12. 2016 Election Results

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• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• https://www.census.gov/