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The State of Missouri is currently divided into eight congressional districts, with each one being represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the Missouri delegation is Representative Sam Graves (MO-6) of the Republican Party .
Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, the Joplin, Missouri, metropolitan area, Missouri's 5th largest, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district ...
The district encompasses rural Southeast Missouri and South Central Missouri as well as some counties in Southwest Missouri. The district stretches from the Bootheel in the south to the St. Louis southern exurbs of Festus , Hillsboro , and surrounding areas in the Lead Belt ; it ranges in the east to counties along the Mississippi River and in ...
In 1992, Missouri voters approved constitutional amendment placing term limits on the Missouri House of Representatives. A Representative can serve no more than four two-year terms in the house. The first time term limits prevented someone from running again was in 2002.
The district is based in southwest Missouri and includes Jasper and Newton counties, the core of the Joplin metropolitan area. [2] Major municipalities in the district include Carthage, Joplin, Neosho, and Webb City. The district is also home to the Battle of Carthage Historic Site and Missouri Southern State University.
The district is based in southwestern Missouri and consists of Springfield city limits with alterations made for compactness and contiguity. [2] The district is home to Missouri State University, Springfield Botanical Gardens, and the Wonders of Wildlife National Museum.
Missouri's third congressional district is in the eastern and central portion of the state. It stretches from the southern part of Columbia (including the University of Missouri) and the state capital of Jefferson City in the west to St. Charles County (including the large suburbs of St. Charles, St. Peters and Wentzville) and western Jefferson County in the east.
Missouri's 1st congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+27, it is the most Democratic district in Missouri. [2]