Certified returns for every federal race in Missouri in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 9 of 9 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Republican
1,445,814
49.4%
Democratic
1,441,911
49.3%
Independent
17,813
0.6%
Libertarian
11,386
0.4%
Constitution
8,201
0.3%
Write-in
80
0.0%
Total
2,925,205
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Wm. Lacy Clay
Democrat
242,570
86.9%
Robb E. Cunningham
Libertarian
36,700
13.1%
Damien Johnson
Write-in
7
0.0%
Total
279,277
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
W. Todd Akin
Republican
232,276
62.3%
William C. ‘‘Bill’’ Haas
Democrat
132,068
35.4%
Thomas L. Knapp
Libertarian
8,628
2.3%
Total
372,972
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Russ Carnahan
Democrat
202,470
66.4%
Chris Sander
Republican
92,759
30.4%
Kevin C. Babcock
Libertarian
5,518
1.8%
Cynthia ‘‘Cindy’’ Redburn
Constitution
4,324
1.4%
Total
305,071
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ike Skelton
Democrat
200,009
65.9%
Jeff Parnell
Republican
103,446
34.1%
Total
303,455
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat
197,249
64.4%
Jacob Turk
Republican
109,166
35.6%
Total
306,415
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sam Graves
Republican
196,526
59.4%
Kay Barnes
Democrat
121,894
36.9%
Dave Browning
Libertarian
12,279
3.7%
Total
330,699
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Roy Blunt
Republican
219,016
67.8%
Richard Monroe
Democrat
91,010
28.2%
Kevin Craig
Libertarian
6,971
2.2%
Travis Maddox
Constitution
6,166
1.9%
Midgelle R. Potts
Write-in
49
0.0%
Total
323,212
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jo Ann Emerson
Republican
198,798
71.4%
Joe Allen
Democrat
72,790
26.2%
Branden C. McCullough
Libertarian
4,443
1.6%
Richard L. Smith
Constitution
2,257
0.8%
Total
278,288
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican
161,031
50.0%
Judy Baker
Democrat
152,956
47.5%
Tamara A. Millay
Libertarian
8,108
2.5%
Total
322,095
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.