Missouri's 7th congressional district

Missouri's 7th congressional district
Missouri's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Billy Long (R–Springfield)
Distribution	59.28% urban, 40.72% rural
Population (2010)	756,482
Median income	$32,929
Ethnicity	94.1% White, 1.3% Black, 0.7% Asian, 2.6% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	R+17[1]

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, and is the most Republican district in the state with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry 67% to 32% in the 2004 election.

The district is currently represented by Billy Long (R-Springfield).

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created March 4, 1853
Samuel Caruthers	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John W. Noell	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863		Redistricted to the 3rd district
Benjamin F. Loan	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Joel F. Asper	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Isaac Parker	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		Redistricted to the 9th district
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
John F. Philips	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Alfred M. Lay	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879		Died
Vacant		December 8, 1879 – January 10, 1880
John F. Philips	Democratic	January 10, 1880 – March 3, 1881
Theron M. Rice	Greenback	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Aylett H. Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Redistricted from the 13th district
John E. Hutton	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
Richard H. Norton	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
John T. Heard	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895		Redistricted from the 6th district
John P. Tracey	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
James Cooney	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
John Welborn	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929
John W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931		Died
Vacant		July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931
Robert D. Johnson	Democratic	September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
Dewey Short	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957
Charles H. Brown	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961
Durward G. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
Gene Taylor	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989
Mel Hancock	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997
Roy Blunt	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011		Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Billy Long	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present		Incumbent

Counties

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

2008 presidential election results

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

2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary election results

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

2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary election results

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

2008 gubernatorial election results

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

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

1998: Roy Blunt (R) vs. Marc Perkel (D)^[2]

1998

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1998^[3]

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

2002

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002^[4]

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

2004

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004^[5]

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

2006

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006^[6]

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

2008

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008^[7]

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

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
2. http://sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=6&oid=1551&arc=1
3. 1998 Election Results
4. Official Manual of Missouri, 2003-2004, page 627.
5. Official Manual of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
6. Official Manual of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
7. 2008 Election Results

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• 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
• http://www.census.gov/