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2024 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary
The 2024 Missouri Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 2, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 54 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis. The contest was held alongside caucuses in Idaho and Michigan. Former president Donald Trump defeated former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley in a landslide, winning all 924 state delegates. However, no delegates were allocated at the caucuses and delegates will not be bound until the April "district conventions" or the May state convention. Candidates The following candidates were eligible for nomination at the Missouri caucuses: * Nikki Haley * David Stuckenberg * Donald Trump Background In June 2022, Governor Mike Parson signeHB 1878 which repealed the state's presidential primary. Numerous attempts were made by the Missouri General Assembly to reinstate it, but it was not done in time. In October 2023, the Missouri R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Idaho Republican Presidential Caucuses
The 2024 Idaho Republican presidential caucuses was held on March 2, 2024, as part of the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, Republican Party primaries for the 2024 United States presidential election, 2024 presidential election. 32 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. Candidates The Idaho Republican Party has identified the following candidates, listed alphabetically, as Republican Party presidential candidates that will be included on ballots used for the Republican presidential caucus: * Ryan Binkley (withdrew February 27, 2024) * Chris Christie (withdrew January 10, 2024) * Ron DeSantis (withdrew January 21, 2024) * Nikki Haley * Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrew January 15, 2024) * Donald Trump Background The Idaho legislature cancelled the primary, though it was not reinstated at a later date, as intended. Endorsements Results The race was called for Donald Trump at 6:56PM (EST). See also * 2024 Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Senators are limited to two four-year terms and representatives to four two-year terms, a total of 8 years for members of both houses. The General Assembly meets at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. Qualifications Members of the House of Representatives must be 24 years of age to be elected. Representatives also must be a qualified Missouri voter for two years, and a resident of the county or district of their constituency for one year. Senators must be 30 years of age, a qualified Missouri voter for three years, and similar to House qualifications, must be a resident of their senatorial constituency for one year prior to their election. Sessions and quorum According to Article III, Section 20 of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Smith (American Politician)
Jason Thomas Smith (born June 16, 1980) is an American businessman and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district since 2013. The district comprises 30 counties, covering just under 20,000 square miles of southeastern and southern Missouri. Before being elected to Congress, Smith served four full terms and one partial term in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was the majority whip during the 96th Missouri General Assembly and as the speaker ''pro tempore'' during the 97th Missouri General Assembly. Early life, education, and business career Smith was born in St. Louis to Bill, a former minister and auto mechanic, and Mary, a former employee of Briggs & Stratton and a dog breeder. He graduated from Salem High School in 1998. At age 20, Smith earned two degrees from the University of Missouri: a Bachelor of Science in agriculture economics and a Bachelor of Science in business administration. He attended law school at Ok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Long
William Hollis Long II (born August 11, 1955) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2011. The district includes much of the southwestern quadrant of the state and is anchored in Springfield, Missouri, Springfield. It also includes Joplin, Missouri, Joplin and Branson, Missouri, Branson. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Long was elected to fill the district's seat in 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010, succeeding Roy Blunt upon his election to the United States Senate, U.S. Senate. After Blunt announced that he would not run for reelection to the Senate in 2022, Long became a candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Missouri, 2022 race to succeed him, but he lost the Republican primary to Eric S. Schmitt. Long is an auctioneer. Early life and education A fourth-generation native of Missouri, Long was born in Springfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 2020 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Joe Biden 69.91% to 28.93%. As of 2020, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican districts in the United States. The district is currently represented by Republican Eric Burlison of Springfield. Election re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Burlison
Eric Wayne Burlison (born October 2, 1976) is an American politician who currently serves as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the representative for District 133 ( Greene County) in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican, Burlison was elected to the House in November 2008 and left office at the end of 2016. In 2018 Eric was elected as a Missouri State Senator for Missouri Senate in District 20. In 2022, he defeated Democrat Kristen Radaker-Sheafer in the race for Missouri's 7th congressional district. Early life and education A 1995 graduate of Parkview High School in Springfield, Missouri, Burlison received both a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 2000 and a Master of Business Administration in 2002 from Southwest Missouri State University. Early career Burlison was employed at CoxHealth as a software engineer before being promoted to business analyst A business analyst (BA) is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in northern Missouri, stretching across nearly the entire width of the state from Kansas to Illinois. Its largest voting population is centered in the northern portion of the Kansas City metropolitan area and the town of St. Joseph. The district includes nearly all of Kansas City north of the Missouri River (including Kansas City International Airport). The district takes in all or parts of the following counties: Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Jackson, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Monroe, Nodaway, Pike, Platte, Putnam, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan, Worth. Notable representatives from the district include governors John Smith Phelps and Austin A. King as well as Kansas City Mayor Robert T. Van Horn. In 1976, Jerry Litton was killed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Graves
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the United States representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City area, including the northern fourth of Kansas City. Graves is the dean of Missouri's House delegation. Early life, education and career Graves is a lifelong resident of Tarkio, a small city in Missouri's northwestern corner, not far from the Iowa and Nebraska borders. He is the son of Janice A. (née Hord) and Samuel Bruce Graves. He graduated from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture with a degree in agronomy. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity. Personal life Graves is a general aviation pilot. He owns a Piper PA-11 Cub Special, is restoring a Beech AT-10, and co-owns a North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 4th Congressional District
Missouri's 4th congressional district comprises west central Missouri. It stretches from Columbia to the southern suburbs of Kansas City, including a sliver of Kansas City itself. The district is predominantly rural and relatively conservative; George W. Bush defeated John Kerry 64% to 35% in the 2004 election and John McCain defeated Barack Obama 61% to 38% in the 2008 election. The district is currently represented by Vicky Hartzler, a Republican. She was first elected in the 2010 election, defeating 34-year Democratic incumbent Ike Skelton. This district had historically been a Democratic Party stronghold. Antipathy to the Republican Party had its origins in the American Civil War and the infamous General Order 11. The Union Army ordered evacuation of the county in an attempt to reduce support for and the power of bushwhacker guerrillas. After the Civil War, there was disfranchisement of white males (mostly Democrats) who had been active for the Confederacy until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Alford (politician)
Mark Allen Alford, Sr. (born October 4, 1963) is an American politician and former television news anchor serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Alford, Sr. was born in Baytown, Texas. He attended Sterling High School and the University of Texas at Austin, but left college without graduating. Alford, Sr. worked for KPRC-TV in Houston as a reporter and weekend anchor for ''News 2 Houston'' from 1995 and 1998. Before that, he was anchor for KDFW-TV in Dallas and a reporter with WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach; KWTX-TV in Waco; and KXAN-TV in Austin. In 1998, he went to WDAF-TV in Kansas City as an anchor for ''Fox 4 News'' and stayed there for 23 years. He announced his resignation on October 8, 2021. U.S. House of Representatives Elections On October 27, 2021, Alford, Sr. announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in as a Republican in the 2022 elections. He won the Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 2nd Congressional District
Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs south and west of St. Louis, including Arnold, Town and Country, Wildwood, Chesterfield, and Oakville.McDermott, Kevin. "Missouri state Rep. Otto to seek 2nd Congressional District seat". ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''. May 26, 2015. The district includes portions of St. Louis, Jefferson and St. Charles counties. Following redistricting in 2010, the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' reported that the district now included more Democratic-leaning voters than it had its 2001–2010 boundaries, but still leaned Republican as a whole. The latest U.S. Census Electorate Profile for the 2nd congressional district estimates there are 581,131 citizens of voting age living in 293,984 households. A primarily suburban district, MO-02 is the wealthiest of Missouri's congressional districts. Its current representative is Republican Ann Wagner. Wagner faced Democrat Jill Schupp and Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Wagner
Ann Louise Wagner (née Trousdale, September 13, 1962) is an American politician and diplomat serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, she was the United States ambassador to Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009. Her district, based in St. Louis County, is heavily suburban and the state's wealthiest. It includes most of St. Louis's southern and western suburbs as well as some of the northern exurbs in St. Charles County and the northern part of Jefferson County. Before her diplomatic post, Wagner chaired the Missouri Republican Party from 1999 until 2005; she co-chaired the Republican National Committee for four years, starting in 2001. Early life and education Wagner was born and raised in St. Louis. Her parents owned two carpet stores where she worked growing up. She attended Cor Jesu Academy, a private Catholic all-girls school in South County, and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1984 with a BSBA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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