The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the eight

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from the state of

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, a loss of one seat following the

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. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial

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and an election to the U.S. Senate.

Overview

Redistricting

A new congressional map was passed by the

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on April 27, 2011. The map was

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ed by Democratic

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on April 30, but Nixon's veto was overridden by the General Assembly on May 4, making the plan law. The map effectively eradicated the former 3rd district, which had been represented by Democrat

Russ Carnahan John Russell Carnahan (; born July 10, 1958) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2013. At the time, the district included the southern ...

since 2005, splitting it between the districts represented by Republicans

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and

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and Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr. The bulk of the old 9th district became the new 3rd district.

District 1

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William Lacy Clay, Jr., who has represented

Missouri's 1st congressional district Missouri's 1st congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis, St. Louis City and much of northern St Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, Missouri, Mar ...

since 2001, will run for re-election.

Democratic primary

Fellow U.S. Representative

, part of whose district was drawn into the 1st district, challenged Clay in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2012 and lost heavily.

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, the

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, did not run and endorsed Clay.

Primary results

Republican primary

Robyn Hamlin ran against Lacy Clay in 2010 and again ran for the seat in 2012.

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Libertarian primary

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General election

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District 2

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, who had represented

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. "Mis ...

since 2001, chose to run for the

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rather than seek re-election.

Democratic primary

Democrat

, part of whose district was drawn into the 2nd district, ran for re-election in the 1st district.

Primary results

Republican primary

Randy Jotte, an emergency room physician and former member of the

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City Council, and

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 t ...

, a former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and former

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chairwoman, ran for the Republican nomination to succeed Akin. Wagner ruled out switching to a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Republican state senator

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, who had previously indicated she would run, said in July 2011 that she would instead seek re-election to the state Senate. Ed Martin, a lawyer who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in the 3rd district in 2010, had decided to run, but dropped his bid in January 2012 in order to run for

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Primary results

General election

Results

District 3

Republican

ran in the reconfigured 3rd district, which includes most of the 9th district he had represented since 2009.

Democratic primary

Democrat Eric C. Mayer, a small business owner from Camdenton, won the Democratic nomination.

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District 4

Republican

Vicky Hartzler Vicky Jo Hartzler (née Zellmer; born October 13, 1960) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the Missouri state representative for the 124th district from ...

, who represented the

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since January 2011, sought re-election. In redistricting, all of Boone, Cooper, Howard, and Randolph counties, and parts of Audrain County, were added to the 4th district; while

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, Ray, and Saline counties were removed from the district.

Democratic primary

Cass County

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Teresa Hensley, won the Democratic nomination.

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District 5

Missouri's 5th Congressional district was perhaps the one most complicated by redistricting, and the legal challenges that have ensued. Democratic incumbent Emanuel Cleaver successfully won re-election.

Democratic primary

Primary results

Republican primary

Republican Jerry Nolte, who at first announced his intention to run in the 6th district decided to run in the 5th. Nolte's residence lies on the court-contested border of the two districts. Fellow Republican Jacob Turk, who unsuccessfully ran against Cleaver in 2008 and 2010, was also a candidate in 2012. Jason Greene was a Republican newcomer born and raised in the Kansas City area who taught and coached within the Raytown community.

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District 6

Due to realignment following the 2010 U.S. Census, the district spanned most of the northern portion of the state, from St. Joseph to Kirksville, and also included most of the state's portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area north of the Missouri River. Incumbent

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, who had represented the district since 2001, won the Republican primary against Bob Gough and Christopher Ryan.

Democratic primary

Kyle Yarber won the Democratic primary against Ronald W. Harris, W.A. (Bill) Hedge and Ted Rights. Russ Lee Monchil was the Libertarian nominee.

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District 7

Republican

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, Democrat Jim Evans, and Libertarian Kevin Craig were the nominees.

Democratic primary

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District 8

Republican

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, who had represented

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since 1996, was challenged by Democratic nominee Jack Rushin and Libertarian nominee Rick Vandeven.

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References

External links

Elections
from the ''Missouri Secretary of State''
Official results (primary)

Official candidate list (general)United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012
at Ballotpedia
Missouri U.S. House
from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Missouri
from

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Outside spending
at the Sunlight Foundation
News coverage
from ''The Midwest Democracy Project'' at ''

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Map of the new congressional districts
published by '' The Monitor'' {{United States elections, 2012

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Overview

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

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