Missouri 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Missouri 2007 Off Year Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.

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Missouri
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	11	(2.04% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
2000 Census:	5,606,260	(1.99% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	4,105,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	3,860,672
Capital:	Jefferson City

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Missouri State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Claire C. McCaskill • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3		Republican	Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond • First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Matt Blunt • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined); 5 Republican (5 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}		Democratic	Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr. • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}		Republican	Congressman William Todd Akin • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Russ Carnahan • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 4 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Ike Skelton • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6 {map}		Republican	Congressman Samuel B. "Sam" Graves, Jr. • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7 {map}		Republican	Congressman Roy Blunt • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8 {map}		Republican	Congressman Jo Ann Emerson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 9 {map}		Republican	Congressman Kenny Charles Hulshof • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
	28 May 2007: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Congressman Hulshof confirmed that he is interviewing for the post of University of Missouri President. The school expects to have its new President installed by the fall semester. A 31 May 2007 Kansas City Star report states that Congressman Hulshof is no longer a leading candidate.

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

		Democratic	Secretary of State Robin Carnahan • First elected: 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Daughter of the former Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan who was killed in a plane crash while running for the U.S. Senate in 2000.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

		Democratic	Attorney General Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000; 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2008

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 terms

		Republican	Treasurer Sarah Steelman • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Democratic	Auditor Susan Montee • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents
	• Republican: 9 incumbents
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.