2013 Missouri's 8th congressional district special election
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A special election for Missouri's 8th congressional district was held on June 4, 2013, following the resignation of Jo Ann Emerson on January 22, 2013, to head the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.[2] The Republican and Democratic parties selected their own nominees without a primary.[3]
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June 4, 2013
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Missouri's 8th congressional district | |||||||||||||||||
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 County results Smith: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Hodges: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the special election was May 29, 2013.[4] A televised candidates' forum took place on May 27, 2013, at Southeast Missouri State University-River Campus; all party candidates participated, while the write-in candidate did not attend.[5] In the general election on June 4, 2013, Republican Jason Smith received 67.1% of the vote, beating Democrat Steve Hodges (27.4%), Constitutional Doug Enyart (3.6%), and Libertarian Bill Slantz (1.5%).[6][1]
Candidates
Republican Party
- Jason Smith, speaker pro tem of the Missouri House of Representatives[7]
Declared/not selected
- Wendell Bailey, former state treasurer of Missouri and U.S. representative[8]
- Dan W. Brown, state senator[9]
- Jason Crowell, former state senator[10]
- Kevin P. Engler, state representative, former state senator, former mayor of Farmington[9]
- Peter Kinder, lieutenant governor of Missouri[11]
- Scott Lipke, former state representative[9]
- Bob Parker, local resident and landowner
- Todd Richardson, state representative[12]
- Lloyd Smith, State Republican Party executive director[13]
- Pedro Sotelo, businessman[14]
- Sarah Steelman, former state treasurer of Missouri[15]
- Clint Tracy, state representative and United States Navy lieutenant commander[9]
- John Tyrrell, attorney[9]
- Wayne Wallingford, state senator, United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and Silver Star recipient[9]
Declined
- John Jordan, Cape Girardeau County sheriff[11]
Democratic Party
- Steve Hodges, state representative, District 149[16][17]
Declared/not selected
Declined
- Russ Carnahan, former U.S. representative[20]
Libertarian Party
- Bill Slantz, businessman[21]
Declared/not selected
- Jason Williams (withdrew before party meeting)
Constitution Party
- Doug Enyart, U.S. Marine and professional forester[22]
Independent/other
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| 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 | |||||