Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Missouri House of Representatives District 2 is represented by Mazzie Christensen (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Missouri state representatives represented an average of 37,793 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 36,880 residents.
About the office
Members of the Missouri House of Representatives serve two-year terms with term limits.[1] Missouri legislators assume office the first day of the legislative session, which is the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January at 12:00pm.[2]
Qualifications
To be eligible to serve in the Missouri House of Representatives, a candidate must meet the following qualifications:[3]
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Salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2023 | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $37,711/year | $125.60/day |
Term limits
- See also: State legislatures with term limits
The Missouri legislature is one of 16 state legislatures with term limits. Voters enacted the Missouri Term Limits Act in 1992. That initiative said that Missouri representatives are subject to term limits of no more than four two-year terms, or a total of eight years.[1]
The first year that the 1992 term limits impacted the ability of incumbents to run for office was 2002.
Vacancies
If there is a vacancy in the Missouri General Assembly, the governor of Missouri must call for a special election without delay. The election mandate is sent to the county or counties in the legislative district.[5]
See sources: Missouri Cons. Art. III, §14 and Missouri Rev. Stat. tit. III Ch. 21 §110
District map
Redistricting
2020-2022
Missouri completed its legislative redistricting on March 15, 2022, when the state’s Judicial Redistricting Commission filed new state Senate district boundaries with the secretary of state.[6] Missouri was the 43rd state to complete legislative redistricting. The House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission unanimously approved the state House’s district boundaries on Jan. 21.[7] These maps took effect for Missouri’s 2022 legislative elections.
The Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission failed to submit proposed maps to the secretary of state's office by the December 23, 2021, deadline. Therefore, responsibility for developing Senate district boundaries was assumed by the Missouri Judicial Commission for Redistricting.[8] The judicial commission released their final plan and sent it to the secretary of state's office on March 15, 2022. The commission’s chair, Missouri Appeals Court Justice Cynthia Lynette Martin, said in a press release, "The Judicial Redistricting Commission’s work has been thorough and labor intensive, and was purposefully undertaken with the goal to file a constitutionally compliant plan and map well in advance of the commission’s constitutional deadline to avoid disenfranchising voters given the candidate filing deadline and the deadline for preparing ballots."[9] Scott Faughn of The Missouri Times wrote that "The biggest difference in this map and that previous map is that it shifts the weight of some of the districts from rural weighted districts to evenly split districts and even enhances the suburban influence inside several republican seats." He added, "the new map produces 7 solid democratic districts, and 3 likely democratic districts. On the republican side the new map produces 18 solid republican districts, and 3 more likely republican districts," with two competitive districts when the current incumbents no longer seek office.[10]
The House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission unanimously approved new state House district boundaries on January 19, 2022. Fourteen of the commission's 20 members were required to approve the plan. If the commission was unable to agree on a redistricting plan by January 23, 2022, authority over the process would have transferred to the Missouri Judicial Commission for Redistricting.[11] In a press release issued after the map was finalized, commission chair Jerry Hunter said, "I want to personally thank all of the commissioners for the hard work that was put in by the commissioners and, obviously, as all of you know, the supporting individuals that have been instrumental to helping get this map done on both sides – on both the Democratic and Republican sides."[12] Rudi Keller of the Missouri Independent wrote, "Of the 163 districts..., there are 38 where Democrats should have the advantage, 97 where Republicans are dominant and 28 districts with past election results showing less than a 10% advantage for either party."[11]
How does redistricting in Missouri work? In Missouri, congressional district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[13]
In 2018, the voters passed a citizens’ initiative called Amendment 1 that reshaped the redistricting process; in 2020, the voters narrowly passed a legislatively referred initiative called Amendment 3 that reshaped the process again.
Two distinct politician commissions are ultimately responsible for state legislative redistricting, one for the Missouri State Senate and another for the Missouri House of Representatives. Membership on these commissions is determined as follows:[13]
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Missouri’s congressional districts are drawn by the state legislature, as a regular statute, subject to gubernatorial veto. The state legislative lines are drawn by two separate politician commissions — one for state Senate districts, one for state House districts. For each commission, each major party’s congressional district committee nominates 2 members per congressional district, and the state committee nominates 5 members; the Governor chooses 1 per district per party and two per party from the statewide lists, for a total commission of 20.[4] |
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Missouri House of Representatives District 2
until January 3, 2023
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Missouri House of Representatives District 2
starting January 4, 2023
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Elections
2024
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
The primary will occur on August 6, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent Mazzie Christensen is running in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on August 6, 2024.
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2022
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Mazzie Christensen defeated Lois Pontius in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mazzie Christensen (R) | 82.7 | 10,606 |
 | Lois Pontius (D) | 17.3 | 2,219 | |
| Total votes: 12,825 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Lois Pontius advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lois Pontius | 100.0 | 639 |
| Total votes: 639 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Mazzie Christensen defeated incumbent Randy Railsback in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mazzie Christensen | 61.8 | 4,661 |
 | Randy Railsback | 38.2 | 2,879 | |
| Total votes: 7,540 | |||
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2020
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent J. Eggleston defeated Mindi Smith in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | J. Eggleston (R) | 83.1 | 12,838 |
 | Mindi Smith (D) | 16.9 | 2,607 | |
| Total votes: 15,445 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Mindi Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mindi Smith | 100.0 | 802 |
| Total votes: 802 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bridget Gibson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent J. Eggleston advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J. Eggleston | 100.0 | 6,071 |
| Total votes: 6,071 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent J. Eggleston won election in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J. Eggleston (R) | 100.0 | 10,741 |
| Total votes: 10,741 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent J. Eggleston defeated Amy Babcock in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J. Eggleston | 80.4 | 5,037 |
| Amy Babcock | 19.6 | 1,229 | |
| Total votes: 6,266 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016.
Incumbent J. Eggleston ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 2 general election.[14]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 2 General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  J. Eggleston Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||
Incumbent J. Eggleston defeated Homer Curtis in the Missouri House of Representatives District 2 Republican primary.[15][16]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 2 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | J. Eggleston Incumbent |
81.52% | 4,587 | |
| Republican | Homer Curtis | 18.48% | 1,040 | |
| Total Votes | 5,627 | |||
2014
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Mike Waltermath was unopposed in the Democratic primary. J. Eggleston was unopposed in the Republican primary. Eggleston defeated Waltermath in the general election.[17][18]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | J. Eggleston |
69.2% | 5,785 | |
| Democratic | Mike Waltermath | 30.8% | 2,580 | |
| Total Votes | 8,365 | |||
2012
Elections for the office of Missouri House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on August 7, 2012 and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 27, 2012. Incumbent Casey Guernsey (R) defeated Jim Nash (I) in the general election. Guernsey was unopposed in the Republican primary.[19][20]
Campaign contributions
From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Missouri House of Representatives District 2 raised a total of $1,142,923. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $39,411 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money
| Campaign contributions, Missouri House of Representatives District 2 | |||
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| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2024 | $0 | 1 | $0 |
| 2022 | $174,382 | 3 | $58,127 |
| 2020 | $29,968 | 2 | $14,984 |
| 2018 | $25,490 | 2 | $12,745 |
| 2016 | $31,901 | 2 | $15,951 |
| 2014 | $8,825 | 2 | $4,413 |
| 2012 | $46,525 | 2 | $23,263 |
| 2010 | $194,704 | 2 | $97,352 |
| 2008 | $250,986 | 2 | $125,493 |
| 2006 | $60,498 | 2 | $30,249 |
| 2004 | $125,387 | 2 | $62,694 |
| 2002 | $41,866 | 2 | $20,933 |
| 2000 | $152,391 | 5 | $30,478 |
| Total | $1,142,923 | 29 | $39,411 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 termlimits.org, "State Legislative Term Limits," accessed February 4, 2021
- ↑ Missouri Revisor of Statutes, "Article III Section 20. Regular sessions of assembly — quorum — compulsory attendance — public sessions — limitation on power to adjourn.," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2024 Elected Officials Qualifications," accessed January 24, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri General Assembly, "Missouri Constitution," accessed February 4, 2021 (Article 3, Section 14)
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Final Senate Statewide Judicial Redistricting Commission Letter; March 15, 2022," accessed March 22, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Final House Apportionment; January 20, 2022," accessed March 22, 2022
- ↑ 'Missouri Secretary of State, "Supreme Court Appointment for Judicial Commission for Redistricting," January 11, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Office of Administration, "Judicial Redistricting Commission Releases Tentative State Senate Redistricting Plan, Map," March 14, 2022
- ↑ The Missouri Times, "TWMP Column: New Senate map district by district," March 16, 2020
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Missouri Independent, "Bipartisan commission approves new Missouri House districts," January 20, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Office of Administration, "House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission Files Final Redistricting Plan with Secretary of State," January 24, 2022
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 All About Redistricting, "Missouri," accessed April 16, 2024
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List," accessed April 28, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri - Primary 2016 - August 2, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results - State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014," accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Nov 6, 2012 General Election - All Results," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Aug 7, 2012 Primary - All Results," accessed February 13, 2014
