United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012
Redistricting
A new congressional map was passed by the Missouri General Assembly on April 27, 2011. The map was vetoed by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon on April 30, but Nixon's veto was overriden by the General Assembly on May 4, making the plan law. The map effectively eradicates the former 3rd district, which has 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.
District 1
Missouri's 1st congressional district has been represented by Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr. since 2001. Francis Slay, the mayor of St. Louis, may challenge Clay in the Democratic primary. Democrat Russ Carnahan, part of whose current district was drawn into the 1st district, also may challenge Clay.
District 2
Republican Todd Akin, who has represented Missouri's 2nd congressional district since 2001, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than seek re-election. Lawyer Ed Martin, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in the 3rd district in 2010; and Ann Wagner, a former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and former Missouri Republican Party chairwoman, are running for the Republican nomination to succeed Akin. Martin, however, may alternatively run for governor; while Wagner has ruled out switching to a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Former state representative Joe Smith also may run in the 2nd district. Republican state senator Jane Cunningham, who had previously indicated she would run, said in July 2011 that she would instead seek re-election to the state Senate.
Though the 2nd district favors Republicans, it incorporates some of the territory currently represented by Democrat Russ Carnahan, who in May 2011 described running in the 2nd district as "one of the options that we're assessing right now."
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District 3
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer, who has represented the now-defunct 9th district since 2009, will instead run in the new 3rd district, which includes much of the former 9th district. Former state representative Cynthia Davis may challenge Luetkemeyer as a candidate of the Constitution Party.
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District 6
Republican Sam Graves, who has represented Missouri's 6th congressional district since 2001, will seek re-election. State representative Jerry Nolte has also filed with the Federal Election Commission to seek the Republican nomination.
Ted Rights, a physician, and Kyle Yarber, a teacher, will seek the Democratic nomination.
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District 8
Republican Jo Ann Emerson, who has represented Missouri's 8th congressional district since 1996, is likely to run for re-election.
See also
References
External links
- Map of the new congressional districts, published by The Monitor
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