Missouri's 7th congressional district
| Missouri's 7th congressional district | |
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Missouri's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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| Current Representative | Billy Long (R) |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2010) | 756,482 |
| Median income | 32,929 |
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| Cook PVI | R+17 |
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, and is the most Republican district in the state with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry 67% to 32% in the 2004 election.
The district is currently represented by Billy Long (R-Springfield).
There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.
The 10 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.
2008
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) 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.
2008
Republican The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts).
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