Missouri's 7th congressional district 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 with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election . Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election . Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election . In the 2016 election , Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton 70.4% to 24.7%. As of 2017, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican districts in the United States. The district is currently represented by Republican Billy Long of Springfield. He survived primary challenges on August 7 , 2018. He defeated Democrat Jamie Schoolcraft, physician's assistant and former mayor of Willard in the final election in November.List of members representing the districtCounties There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.Largest cities The 10 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.Rank City County Population Population 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
Median household incomes Median family incomes Election results Congressional Presidential 2008 The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election . U.S. Senator John McCain swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama 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
Primaries 2008 Republican The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary . Former Governor Mike Huckabee carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain and former Governor Mitt Romney .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
Democratic 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 carried every county in the district by convincing margins over U.S. Senator Barack Obama.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
Gubernatorial 2008 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 lost the district to his challenger, former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof .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
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