| Election Name: | 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Last Election1: | 6 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,463,586 |
| Percentage1: | 54.70% |
| Swing1: | 2.74% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Last Election2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,119,554 |
| Percentage2: | 41.84% |
| Swing2: | 4.97% |
| Map Size: | 275px |
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held specifically on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, and elected the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Missouri, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a federal quadrennial presidential election, concurrent statewide gubernatorial election, quadrennial statewide lieutenant gubernatorial election, and an election to the U.S. Senate.
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012[1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats Before | Seats After | +/– | ||
| Republican | 1,463,586 | 54.70% | 6 | 6 | - | ||
| Democratic | 1,119,554 | 41.84% | 3 | 2 | -1 | ||
| Libertarian | 87,774 | 3.28% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Constitution | 4,971 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Independent | 15 | <0.01% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Total | 2,675,900 | 100.00% | 9 | 8 | — | ||
A new congressional map was passed by the Missouri General Assembly on April 27, 2011.[2] The map was vetoed by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon on April 30,[3] but Nixon's veto was overridden by the General Assembly on May 4, making the plan law.[4] The map effectively eradicated the former 3rd district, which had been represented by Democrat Russ Carnahan since 2005, splitting it between the districts represented by Republicans Blaine Luetkemeyer and Todd Akin and Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr. The bulk of the old 9th district became the new 3rd district.[2]
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 1st congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | ← 2010 (3rd district) |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 1 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | Williamclay.jpeg |
| Nominee1: | Lacy Clay |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 267,927 |
| Percentage1: | 78.7% |
| Nominee2: | Robyn Hamlin |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 60,832 |
| Percentage2: | 17.9% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Lacy Clay |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Lacy Clay |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 1st congressional district and Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr., who has represented Missouri's 1st congressional district since 2001, will run for re-election.
Fellow U.S. Representative Russ Carnahan, part of whose district was drawn into the 1st district, challenged Clay in the Democratic primary.[5]
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 2 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 2 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | Ann Wagner 113th Congress official photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ann Wagner |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 236,971 |
| Percentage1: | 60.1% |
| Nominee2: | Glenn Koenen |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 146,272 |
| Percentage2: | 37.1% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Todd Akin |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Ann Wagner |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Republican Todd Akin, who had represented Missouri's 2nd congressional district since 2001, chose to run for the U.S. Senate rather than seek re-election.[8]
3rd District Congressman Russ Carnahan briefly mulled over a run in this district, though the district was more Republican than his previous district, and Carnahan did not live in the district.[16] A poll commissioned by Carnahan showed Carnahan being competitive with Ann Wagner and Ed Martin.[17] The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had preferred that Carnahan run in the district, and considered him a member of the Frontline program for vulnerable members.[18] Ultimately, Carnahan would run unsuccessfully for the 1st district.
Whitfield requested a recount, as the race was separated by less than 1%. By September 13, 2012, the recount was completed and Koenen was declared the winner.
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 3rd congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 9 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 3 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | File:Blaine Luetkemeyer (cropped 2).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Blaine Luetkemeyer |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 214,843 |
| Percentage1: | 63.5% |
| Nominee2: | Eric C. Mayer |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 111,189 |
| Percentage2: | 32.8% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Blaine Luetkemeyer |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Blaine Luetkemeyer |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 3rd congressional district and Missouri's 9th congressional district.
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer ran in the reconfigured 3rd district, which includes most of the 9th district he had represented since 2009.[19]
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 4th congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 4 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 4 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | File:Vicky Hartzler 113th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Vicky Hartzler |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 192,237 |
| Percentage1: | 60.3% |
| Nominee2: | Teresa Hensley |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 113,120 |
| Percentage2: | 35.5% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Vicky Hartzler |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Vicky Hartzler |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 4th congressional district.
Republican Vicky Hartzler, who represented the 4th district 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 Cole, Lafayette, Ray, and Saline counties were removed from the district.[22]
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 5th congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 5 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 5 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Emanuel Cleaver |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 200,290 |
| Percentage1: | 60.5% |
| Nominee2: | Jacob Turk |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 122,149 |
| Percentage2: | 36.9% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Emanuel Cleaver |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Emanuel Cleaver |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 5th congressional district. Missouri's 5th Congressional district was perhaps the one most complicated by redistricting, and the legal challenges that have ensued.[24] Democratic incumbent Emanuel Cleaver successfully won re-election.
Republican Jerry Nolte, who at first announced his intention to run in the 6th district decided to run in the 5th.[25] Nolte's residence lies on the court-contested border of the two districts.
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 6th congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 6 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 6 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | Sam Graves, Official Portrait, c112th Congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Sam Graves |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 216,906 |
| Percentage1: | 65.0% |
| Nominee2: | Kyle Yarber |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 108,503 |
| Percentage2: | 32.5% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Sam Graves |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Sam Graves |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 6th congressional district. 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 Sam Graves, who had represented the district since 2001,[26] ran for reelection.
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 7th congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 7 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 7 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | Billy Long 113th Congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Billy Long |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 203,565 |
| Percentage1: | 63.9% |
| Nominee2: | Jim Evans |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 98,498 |
| Percentage2: | 30.9% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Nominee3: | Kevin Craig |
| Party3: | Libertarian Party (US) |
| Popular Vote3: | 16,668 |
| Percentage3: | 5.2% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Billy Long |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Billy Long |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 7th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Billy Long, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.[29]
| Election Name: | 2012 Missouri's 8th congressional district election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 8 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 8 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Image1: | Jo Ann Emerson, Official Portrait, 111th Congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jo Ann Emerson |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 216,083 |
| Percentage1: | 71.9% |
| Nominee2: | Jack Rushin |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 73,755 |
| Percentage2: | 24.6% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Jo Ann Emerson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Jo Ann Emerson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 8th congressional district. Republican Jo Ann Emerson, who had represented Missouri's 8th congressional district since 1996,[30] was challenged by Democratic nominee Jack Rushin and Libertarian nominee Rick Vandeven.
