Missouri's 2nd Congressional District
Missouri's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Ann Wagner (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Missouri representatives represented an average of 770,035 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 751,435 residents.
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
The primary will occur on August 6, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Ray Hartmann, John Kiehne, and Chuck Summers are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 6, 2024.
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Ray Hartmann | ||
John Kiehne | ||
Chuck Summers |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner and Peter Pfeifer are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | ||
Ann Wagner | ||
Peter Pfeifer |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wesley Smith (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Brandon Daugherty is running in the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 6, 2024.
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Brandon Daugherty |
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2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Trish Gunby and Bill Slantz in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ann Wagner (R) | 54.9 | 173,277 | |
Trish Gunby (D) | 43.1 | 135,895 | ||
Bill Slantz (L) | 2.1 | 6,494 |
Total votes: 315,666 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Trish Gunby defeated Raymond Reed in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Trish Gunby | 85.2 | 50,457 | |
Raymond Reed | 14.8 | 8,741 |
Total votes: 59,198 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ben Samuels (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Tony Salvatore, Wesley Smith, and Paul Berry in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ann Wagner | 67.1 | 54,440 | |
Tony Salvatore | 15.4 | 12,516 | ||
Wesley Smith | 9.0 | 7,317 | ||
Paul Berry | 8.5 | 6,888 |
Total votes: 81,161 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob Anders (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Bill Slantz advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Bill Slantz | 100.0 | 384 |
Total votes: 384 | ||||
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Jill Schupp, Martin Schulte, and Gina Bufe in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ann Wagner (R) | 51.9 | 233,157 | |
Jill Schupp (D) | 45.5 | 204,540 | ||
Martin Schulte (L) | 2.6 | 11,647 | ||
Gina Bufe (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 |
Total votes: 449,348 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Jill Schupp advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jill Schupp | 100.0 | 102,592 |
Total votes: 102,592 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ann Wagner | 100.0 | 63,686 |
Total votes: 63,686 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Martin Schulte advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Martin Schulte | 100.0 | 737 |
Total votes: 737 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Cort VanOstran, Larry Kirk, and David Justus Arnold in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ann Wagner (R) | 51.2 | 192,477 | |
Cort VanOstran (D) | 47.2 | 177,611 | ||
Larry Kirk (L) | 1.1 | 4,229 | ||
David Justus Arnold (G) | 0.5 | 1,740 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 9 |
Total votes: 376,066 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Cort VanOstran defeated Mark Osmack, Bill Haas, John Messmer, and Robert Hazel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cort VanOstran | 41.7 | 45,248 | |
Mark Osmack | 25.2 | 27,389 | ||
Bill Haas | 19.5 | 21,151 | ||
John Messmer | 9.7 | 10,503 | ||
Robert Hazel | 4.0 | 4,321 |
Total votes: 108,612 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kelli Dunaway (D)
- Mike Evans (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Noga Sachs in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ann Wagner | 89.9 | 72,173 | |
Noga Sachs | 10.1 | 8,115 |
Total votes: 80,288 | ||||
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Green primary election
Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
David Justus Arnold advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | David Justus Arnold | 100.0 | 177 |
Total votes: 177 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2
Larry Kirk advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Larry Kirk | 100.0 | 905 |
Total votes: 905 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ann Wagner (R) defeated Bill Otto (D), Jim Higgins (L), and David Justus Arnold (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Wagner defeated Greg Sears in the Republican primary on August 2, 2016. Wagner won re-election in the November 8 election.[1][2][3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | Ann Wagner Incumbent | 58.5% | 241,954 | |
Democratic | Bill Otto | 37.7% | 155,689 | |
Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 2.8% | 11,758 | |
Green | David Arnold | 0.9% | 3,895 | |
Total Votes | 413,296 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Wagner Incumbent | 82.6% | 77,084 | ||
Greg Sears | 17.4% | 16,263 | ||
Total Votes | 93,347 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
2014
The 2nd Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ann Wagner (R) defeated Arthur Lieber (D) and Bill Slantz (L) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | Ann Wagner Incumbent | 64.1% | 148,191 | |
Democratic | Arthur Lieber | 32.6% | 75,384 | |
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 3.3% | 7,542 | |
Total Votes | 231,117 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
2012
The 2nd Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Republican Ann Wagner won the election in the district.[4]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | Glenn Koenen | 37.1% | 146,272 | |
Republican | Ann Wagner | 60.1% | 236,971 | |
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 2.3% | 9,193 | |
Constitution | Anatol Zorikova | 0.5% | 2,012 | |
Total Votes | 394,448 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
Primary Results
The primary took place on August 7.[5]
Democratic Primary
Republican Primary
2010
On November 2, 2010, W. Todd Akin won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Arthur Lieber (D), Steve Mosbacher (L) and Patrick M. Cannon (write-in) in the general election.[6]
2008
On November 4, 2008, W. Todd Akin won re-election to the United States House. He defeated William C. "Bill" Haas (D) and Thomas L. Knapp (L) in the general election.[7]
2006
On November 7, 2006, W. Todd Akin won re-election to the United States House. He defeated George D. Weber (D) and Tamara A. Millay (L) in the general election.[8]
2004
On November 2, 2004, W. Todd Akin won re-election to the United States House. He defeated George D. Weber (D), Darla Maloney (L) and David Leefe (Constitution) in the general election.[9]
2002
On November 5, 2002, W. Todd Akin won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Hogan (D) and Darla R. Maloney (L) in the general election.[10]
2000
On November 7, 2000, Todd Akin won election to the United States House. He defeated Ted House (D), Mike Odell (Green), James Higgins (L) and Richard J. Gimpelson (Reform) in the general election.[11]
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Missouri enacted new congressional district boundaries on May 18, 2022, when Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed them into law. According to Rudi Keller of the Missouri Independent, "No change in the partisan makeup of the Missouri delegation, currently six Republicans and two Democrats, is expected as a result of the map." Keller also wrote, "nine counties that have shifted almost wholly or entirely into new districts. Boundaries shifted in the five large-population counties that were previously split and a new split was introduced in Boone County in central Missouri."[12] This map took effect for Missouri’s 2022 congressional elections.
The Missouri House of Representatives approved the final version of the new congressional districts on May 9, 2022, by a vote of 101-47. Eighty-six Republicans and 15 Democrats approved the new map and 28 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against it.[13] The state Senate approved the legislation (known as HB 2909) on May 11, 2022, by a vote of 22-11. Sixteen Republicans and six Democrats voted to approve the new map and seven Republicans and four Democrats voted against.[14]
After the Senate passed the maps, Keller wrote, "The first plan, released in December with backing from the Republican leaders of both chambers, essentially kept the partisan breakdown of the state’s delegation unchanged, with six safe Republican districts and two Democratic districts in Kansas City and St. Louis. The House passed that bill in January and, after weeks of on-and-off debate, the Senate passed a significantly altered version in late March. The seven members of the Senate’s conservative caucus demanded a map that cracked the Kansas City district and combined it with a huge swath of rural counties to make it possible for the GOP to capture the seat. The “6-2” vs. “7-1” debate came to a head in February when the conservative caucus began a filibuster that blocked progress not only on the redistricting plan but also on basically every other bill. At one point, two Republican Senators got into a shouting match and had to be physically separated."[15]
How does redistricting in Missouri work? In Missouri, congressional district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[16]
In 2018, the voters passed a citizens’ initiative called Amendment 1 that reshaped the redistricting process; in 2020, the voters narrowly passed a legislatively referred initiative called Amendment 3 that reshaped the process again.
Two distinct politician commissions are ultimately responsible for state legislative redistricting, one for the Missouri State Senate and another for the Missouri House of Representatives. Membership on these commissions is determined as follows:[16]
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Missouri’s congressional districts are drawn by the state legislature, as a regular statute, subject to gubernatorial veto. The state legislative lines are drawn by two separate politician commissions — one for state Senate districts, one for state House districts. For each commission, each major party’s congressional district committee nominates 2 members per congressional district, and the state committee nominates 5 members; the Governor chooses 1 per district per party and two per party from the statewide lists, for a total commission of 20.[17] |
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Missouri District 2
until January 2, 2023
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Missouri District 2
starting January 3, 2023
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Missouri State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Missouri's 2nd the 173rd most Republican district nationally.[18]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 45.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 53.0%.[19]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Missouri's 2nd Congressional District the 158th most Republican nationally.[20]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.95. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.95 points toward that party.[21]
See also
- Redistricting in Missouri
- Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
- Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
- Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "UNOFFICIAL Candidate Filing List," accessed March 30, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Missouri House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Missouri House 02 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Missouri," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "August 2012 Primary Election," accessed September 5, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Missouri Independent, "Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs new congressional redistricting plan," May 18, 2022
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "101st General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (HB2909)," accessed May 24, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Senate, "Journal of the Senate, May 11, 2022," accessed May 24, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Independent, "Missouri Senate adjourns early after passing congressional redistricting map," May 12, 2022
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 All About Redistricting, "Missouri," accessed April 16, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018