Missouri's 8th congressional district

Missouri's 8th congressional district
Missouri's 8th congressional district
	Missouri's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Jason Smith; R–Salem
Distribution	61.71% rural; 38.29% urban;
Population (2019)	736,467
Median household; income	$45,656
Ethnicity	92.6% White; 4.1% Black; 1.3% Hispanic; 1.0% other; 0.6% Asian; 0.4% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+24

Missouri's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Missouri. The people who live in this district elect a person to be a representative for the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Party Jason Smith. The district is in rural south east Missouri and has some counties in Southwest Missouri.

Election history

Year	Office	Results	Political parties that won the district
2000	President	George W. Bush 59 - Al Gore 39%	Republican Party (United States)
2004	President	George W. Bush 64 - John Kerry 36%	Republican Party (United States)
2008	President	John McCain 62 - Barack Obama 36%	Republican Party (United States)
2012	President	Mitt Romney 66 - Barack Obama 32%	Republican Party (United States)
2016	President	Donald Trump 75 - Hillary Clinton 21%	Republican Party (United States)
2020	President	Donald Trump 77 - Joe Biden 21%	Republican Party (United States)

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Ann Emerson (incumbent)	216,083	71.9
	Democratic	Jack Rushin	73,755	24.6
	Libertarian	Rob Vandeven	10,553	3.5
Total votes			300,391	100.0
	Republican hold

2013 Missouri 8th congressional district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith	42,141	67.1
	Democratic	Steve Hodges	17,207	27.4
	Constitution	Doug Enyart	2,265	3.6
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	968	1.5
	Write-in		185	0.3
Total votes			62,766	100
	Republican hold

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	106,124	66.6
	Democratic	Barbara Stocker	38,721	24.3
	Independent	Terry Hampton	6,821	4.3
	Constitution	Doug Enyart	3,799	2.4
	Libertarian	Rick Vandeven	3,759	2.4
Total votes			159,224	100.0
	Republican hold

Missouri’s 8th congressional district, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	229,792	74.4
	Democratic	Dave Cowell	70,009	22.7
	Libertarian	Jonathan Shell	9,070	2.9
Total votes			308,871	100.0
	Republican hold

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	194,042	73.4
	Democratic	Kathy Ellis	66,151	25.0
	Libertarian	Jonathan Shell	4,206	1.6
Total votes			264,399	100.0
	Republican hold

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	253,811	76.9
	Democratic	Kathy Ellis	70,561	21.4
	Libertarian	Tom Schmitz	5,854	1.8
Total votes			330,226	100.0
	Republican hold

↑ "My Congressional District".
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.