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2013 Missouri's 8th congressional district special election

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Field	Value
election_name	2013 Missouri's 8th congressional district special election
country	Missouri
type	by-election
seats_for_election	Missouri's 8th congressional district
ongoing	no
previous_election	United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012#District 8
previous_year	2012
next_election	United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2014#District 8
next_year	2014
election_date	June 4, 2013
image1	File:Jason T. Smith 113th Congress.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Jason Smith
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	42,141
percentage1	67.1%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Steve Hodges
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	17,207
percentage2	27.4%
map_image	File:2013 MO-08 special.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	County results
Smith:
Hodges:
title	U.S. Representative
before_election	Jo Ann Emerson
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Jason Smith
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Smith:
Hodges:

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. The Republican and Democratic parties selected their own nominees without a primary.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the special election was May 29, 2013. 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. 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%).

Candidates

Republican Party

Jason Smith, speaker pro tem of the Missouri House of Representatives

Declared/not selected

Wendell Bailey, former state treasurer of Missouri and U.S. representative
Dan W. Brown, state senator
Jason Crowell, former state senator
Kevin P. Engler, state representative, former state senator, former mayor of Farmington
Peter Kinder, lieutenant governor of Missouri
Scott Lipke, former state representative
Bob Parker, local resident and landowner
Todd Richardson, state representative
Lloyd Smith, State Republican Party executive director
Pedro Sotelo, businessman
Sarah Steelman, former state treasurer of Missouri
Clint Tracy, state representative and United States Navy lieutenant commander
John Tyrrell, attorney
Wayne Wallingford, state senator, United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and Silver Star recipient

Declined

John Jordan, Cape Girardeau County sheriff

Democratic Party

Steve Hodges, state representative, District 149

Declared/not selected

Todd Mahn, businessman
Linda Black, state representative
Jack Rushin, chiropractor and Democratic nominee for the seat in 2012
Terry Swinger, former state representative

Declined

Russ Carnahan, former U.S. representative

Libertarian Party

Bill Slantz, businessman

Declared/not selected

Jason Williams (withdrew before party meeting)

Constitution Party

Doug Enyart, U.S. Marine and professional forester

Independent/other

Dr. Robert George (write-in candidate)
Thomas Brown (write-in candidate)
Wayne L. Byington (write-in candidate)
Theo (Ted) Brown, Sr. (write-in candidate)

General election

Results

References

Kandar, Jason. "State of Missouri - Special Election, June 04, 2013". Missouri Secretary of State Office.
Izadi, Elahe. "Emerson Retiring to Head Up NRECA". Nationaljournal.com.
Sullivan, Sean. (December 3, 2012). "Missouri Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to resign from House". Washingtonpost.com.
(May 26, 2013). "Deadline for absentee ballots in 8th District election is Wednesday". Southeast Missourian.
(May 27, 2013). "Front Page Videos: 8th Congressional District forum Part 1 and Part 2". Southeast Missourian.
(June 4, 2013). "2013 Missouri House 8th District Special Election". Politico.
McClelland, Jacob. (February 9, 2013). "Jason Smith Wins GOP Nomination For 8th Congressional District". KRCU 90.9 FM.
Mannies, Jo. (December 21, 2012). "Blast from the past: Bailey proposes to serve as a temporary member of Congress in 8th District". St. Louis Beacon.
McDermott, Kevin. (January 11, 2013). "13 GOP hopefuls jockey for positions in race to succeed Emerson". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
Ragan, Erin. (January 10, 2013). "Crowell tosses hat into 8th District ring". [[Southeast Missourian]].
(January 4, 2013). "House leader Smith, Lt. Gov. Kinder seek 8th District nomination". [[Southeast Missourian]].
Waller, Sarabeth. (December 13, 2012). "Poplar Bluff representative makes formal bid for 8th District nomination". [[Southeast Missourian]].
(December 30, 2012). "Lloyd Smith will seek nomination in 8th District". [[Southeast Missourian]].
(December 31, 2012). "Kansas City man seeking 8th District nomination". [[Southeast Missourian]].
(January 3, 2013). "Steelman wants 8th District nomination". [[Southeast Missourian]].
Ragan, Erin. (December 5, 2012). "Emerson's seat draws interest from old, new blood". [[Southeast Missourian]].
McClelland, Jacob. (February 17, 2013). "Democrats Pick Rep. Steve Hodges For Congressional Election". KRCU 90.9 FM.
Hendricks, Christy. (December 4, 2012). "DeSoto businessman to seek 8th District nomination". [[KFVS-TV]].
(December 3, 2012). "Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson Leaving Congress". [[KMOX]].
Mannies, Jo. (December 12, 2012). "Russ Carnahan focuses on the present as he contemplates a new future". [[St. Louis Beacon]].
Rinehart, Samantha. (February 10, 2013). "Libertarian Party taps Bill Slantz for 8th District race". Southeast Missourian.
Mannies, Jo. (February 27, 2013). "Missouri Constitution Party selects Doug Enyart as 8th District nominee". St Louis Beacon.
Ragan, Erin. (March 27, 2013). "Cape Girardeau doctor to run as write-in for 8th District". Southeast Missourian.

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