Missouri's 4th congressional district

{{Short description|U.S. House district for Missouri}} {{Redirect|MO-4|the Soviet subchaser|MO-class small guard ship}} {{Use American English|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox U.S. congressional district | state = Missouri | district number = 4 | image name = {{switcher |{{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Missouri's 4th congressional district (2023–).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=38.3|frame-longitude=-93.3|zoom=7|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px}} |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections |{{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Missouri's 4th congressional district (2027–).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=38.3|frame-longitude=-93.3|zoom=7|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px}} |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections }} | image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries | representative = Mark Alford | party = Republican | residence = Lake Winnebago | population = 784,156 | population year = 2024 | median income = $68,144<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=29&cd=04|title = My Congressional District}}</ref> | percent white = 83.3 | percent hispanic = 4.8 | percent black = 4.3 | percent asian = 1.1 | percent more than one race = 5.4 | percent other race = 1.0 | cpvi = R+21<ref name=Cook>{{Cite web|title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)|url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list|access-date=2025-04-05|website=Cook Political Report|date=April 3, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> }} '''Missouri's 4th congressional district''' comprises west-central Missouri. It stretches from the northern half of Columbia to the southern and eastern suburbs of Kansas City, including a sliver of Kansas City in Cass County and parts of Blue Springs in Jackson County. It also includes the portion of Columbia north of Interstate 70, home to the University of Missouri (but not the university itself).

The district is predominantly rural and relatively conservative; Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris 71% to 28% in the 2024 election and defeated Joe Biden 69% to 29% in the 2020 election.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.the-downballot.com/p/the-downballots-calculations-of-presidential | work=The Downballot | title=The Downballot's calculations of presidential election results by congressional district, sponsored by Grassroots Analytics}}</ref> The district is represented by Republican Mark Alford, a former reporter for WDAF-TV, the city's Fox affiliate.

This district had historically been a Democratic Party stronghold. Antipathy to the Republican Party had its origins in the American Civil War and the infamous General Order 11. The Union Army ordered evacuation of the county in an attempt to reduce support for and the power of bushwhacker guerrillas. After the Civil War, there was disfranchisement of white males (mostly Democrats) who had been active for the Confederacy until they took loyalty oaths, or until 1870. The area was filled with conflict between Missouri's Radicals, who joined the Republicans, and Conservatives, who were Democrats. By 1880 former secessionists dominated Missouri's congressional delegation and state legislature,{{Citation needed|reason=No citation for this given|date=September 2017}}

Gradually this area developed a character similar to yellow dog Democrat districts in the South. Until 2010, only one Republican had been elected here since the Great Depression, and only for one term. However, several demographic trends have converged to erode the Democratic base in this district. First, as the ''New York Times'' election maps show, the predominantly rural counties lining the Missouri River have sharply trended Republican between the 2000 Senate election and the 2006 election, following trends across the South.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/senate/missouri | work=The New York Times | title=Senate Races}}</ref>

Secondly, population losses in Kansas City resulted in the 4th gradually losing much of its share of heavily Democratic Jackson County to the Kansas City-based 5th district. Until 1983, the district stretched as far as Independence on Kansas City's eastern border; as late as 1973 it included the eastern portion of Kansas City itself. To compensate for the loss of territory closer to Kansas City, large portions of heavily Republican Southwest Missouri were reassigned from the neighboring 7th district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.fairvote.org/redistricting/reports/remanual/monews2.htm|title=Public Interest Guide to Redistricting}}</ref> The result of these trends resulted in a dramatic collapse of Democratic support in the district. Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barack Obama won less than 40% of the vote here. It ultimately presaged Ike Skelton's defeat by Vicky Hartzler in 2010. Since Skelton's defeat, no Democrat has managed even 40 percent of the vote.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}

Missouri's 4th congressional district includes all of 20 counties and portions of another 4 counties: Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone (parts), Camden (parts), Cass, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Henry, Hickory, Howard, Jackson (parts), Johnson, Laclede, Lafayette, Morgan, Pettis, Polk, Pulaski, Saline, St. Clair, Vernon, and Webster (parts).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri%27s_4th_Congressional_District |title=Missouri's 4th Congressional District |publisher=Ballotpedia |date= |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref>

== Recent election results from statewide races == === 2023–2027 boundaries === {| class=wikitable ! Year ! Office ! Results<ref>{{cite web | url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::68b2b598-69cd-430e-bee2-1dc4b76705f6 | title=Dra 2020 }}</ref> |- ||2008 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|McCain 58% - 40% |- ||2012 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Romney 64% - 36% |- |rowspan=6|2016 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 68% - 27% |- | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Blunt 58% - 37% |- | Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Greitens 60% - 37% |- | Lt. Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Parson 63% - 31% |- | Secretary of State | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Ashcroft 68% - 27% |- | Attorney General | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hawley 67% - 33% |- |rowspan=2|2018 | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hawley 62% - 34% |- | Auditor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|McDowell 53% - 41% |- |rowspan=6|2020 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 69% - 29% |- | Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Parson 69% - 29% |- | Lt. Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kehoe 70% - 27% |- | Secretary of State | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Ashcroft 72% - 25% |- | Treasurer | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Fitzpatrick 70% - 27% |- | Attorney General | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Schmitt 71% - 26% |- ||2022 | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Schmitt 66% - 31% |- |rowspan=7|2024 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 70% - 28% |- | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hawley 67% - 31% |- | Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kehoe 70% - 28% |- | Lt. Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Wasinger 68% - 27% |- | Secretary of State | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hoskins 69% - 28% |- | Treasurer | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Malek 68% - 27% |- | Attorney General | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Bailey 71% - 26% |}

=== 2027–2033 boundaries === {| class=wikitable ! Year ! Office ! Results<ref>https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::84069d4a-8b18-470e-97e3-897ddb4b2428</ref> |- ||2008 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|McCain 53% - 45% |- ||2012 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Romney 59% - 41% |- |rowspan=6|2016 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 59% - 36% |- | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Blunt 52% - 44% |- | Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Greitens 53% - 43% |- | Lt. Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Parson 57% - 38% |- | Secretary of State | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Ashcroft 62% - 34% |- | Attorney General | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hawley 60% - 40% |- |rowspan=2|2018 | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hawley 54% - 43% |- | Auditor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Galloway 48% - 47% |- |rowspan=6|2020 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 59% - 40% |- | Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Parson 59% - 39% |- | Lt. Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kehoe 60% - 37% |- | Secretary of State | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Ashcroft 62% - 35% |- | Treasurer | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Fitzpatrick 60% - 37% |- | Attorney General | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Schmitt 61% - 36% |- |rowspan=7|2024 | President | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 60% - 39% |- | Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hawley 57% - 41% |- | Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kehoe 60% - 38% |- | Lt. Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Wasinger 58% - 37% |- | Secretary of State | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hoskins 59% - 38% |- | Treasurer | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Malek 59% - 37% |- | Attorney General | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Bailey 61% - 36% |}

== Composition == For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:<ref>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST27/CD118_MN01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST27/CD118_MO04.pdf]</ref>

'''Barton''' '''County''' '''(8)'''

: All 8 communities

'''Bates''' '''County''' '''(11)'''

: All 11 communities

'''Benton''' '''County''' '''(6)'''

: All 6 communities

'''Boone''' '''County''' '''(5)'''

: Centralia, Columbia (part; also 3rd), Hallsville, Harrisburg, Sturgeon

'''Camden''' '''County''' '''(9)'''

: Camdenton, Climax Springs, Friedenswald, Linn Creek, Macks Creek, Montreal, Osage Beach (part; also 3rd), Stoutland (shared with Laclede County), Sunrise Beach (part; also 3rd)

'''Cass''' '''County''' '''(23)'''

: All 23 communities

'''Cedar''' '''County''' '''(5)'''

: All 5 communities

'''Dade''' '''County''' '''(6)'''

: All 6 communities

'''Dallas''' '''County''' '''(4)'''

: All 4 communities

'''Henry''' '''County''' '''(11)'''

: All 11 communities

'''Hickory''' '''County''' '''(5)'''

: All 5 communities

'''Howard''' '''County''' '''(5)'''

: All 5 communities

'''Jackson''' '''County''' '''(9)'''

: Blue Springs (part; also 5th), Grain Valley, Independence (part; also 5th and 6th), Lake Lotawana (part; also 5th), Lee's Summit (part; also 5th), Lone Jack, Oak Grove (shared with Lafayette County), Pleasant Hills (shared with Cass County), Tarsney Lakes

'''Johnson''' '''County''' '''(9)'''

: All 9 communities

'''Laclede''' '''County''' '''(16)'''

: All 16 communities

'''Lafayette''' '''County''' '''(17)'''

: All 17 communities

'''Morgan''' '''County''' '''(7)'''

: All 7 communities

'''Pettis''' '''County''' '''(8)'''

: All 8 communities

'''Polk''' '''County''' '''(8)'''

: All 8 communities

'''Pulaski''' '''County''' '''(6)'''

: All 6 communities

'''St. Clair''' '''County''' '''(7)'''

: All 7 communities

'''Saline''' '''County''' '''(12)'''

: All 12 communities

'''Vernon''' '''County''' '''(11)'''

: All 11 communities

'''Webster''' '''County''' '''(2)'''

: Marshfield, Niangua

== List of members representing the district == {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|- valign=bottom ! Member ! Party ! Years ! Cong ress ! Electoral history ! District location

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=6 | District created March 4, 1847

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Willard P. Hall''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 | {{USCongressOrdinal|30|32}} | Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Willard Preble Hall, 1864-1865 |url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mdh_splash/default.asp?coll=wphall |website=Missouri Digital Heritage |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> | rowspan=29 |

|- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| 100px '''Mordecai Oliver''' {{Small|(Richmond)}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|33|34}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired. |- style="height:3em" | {{Party shading/Opposition}} | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''James Craig''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | {{USCongressOrdinal|35|36}} | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Elijah H. Norton''' {{Small|(Platte City)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | {{USCongressOrdinal|37}} | Elected in 1860. Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Sempronius H. Boyd''' {{Small|(Springfield)}} | {{Party shading/Unionist}} | Unconditional Unionist | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | {{USCongressOrdinal|38}} | Elected in 1862. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''John R. Kelso''' {{Small|(Springfield)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Independent Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | {{USCongressOrdinal|39}} | Elected in 1864. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Joseph J. Gravely''' {{Small|(Stockton)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | {{USCongressOrdinal|40}} | Elected in 1866. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Sempronius H. Boyd''' {{Small|(Springfield)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | {{USCongressOrdinal|41}} | Elected in 1868. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Harrison E. Havens''' {{Small|(Springfield)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | {{USCongressOrdinal|42}} | Elected in 1870. Redistricted to the {{ushr|Missouri|6|C}}.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Robert A. Hatcher''' {{Small|(Charleston)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | {{USCongressOrdinal|43|45}} | Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left |100px '''Lowndes H. Davis''' {{Small|(Jackson)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | {{USCongressOrdinal|46|47}} | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the {{ushr|Missouri|14|C}}.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''James N. Burnes''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – January 23, 1889 | {{USCongressOrdinal|48|50}} | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888 but died before term started.

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | nowrap | January 23, 1889 – February 19, 1889 | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|50}} | |- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Charles F. Booher''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | February 19, 1889 – March 3, 1889 | Elected to finish Burnes's term in the 50th Congress. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – December 2, 1889 | {{USCongressOrdinal|51}} | |- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Robert P. C. Wilson''' {{Small|(Platte City)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | December 2, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | {{USCongressOrdinal|51|52}} | Elected to finish Burnes's term in the 51st Congress. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Daniel D. Burnes''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | {{USCongressOrdinal|53}} | Elected in 1892. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''George C. Crowther''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | {{USCongressOrdinal|54}} | Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Charles F. Cochran''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905 | {{USCongressOrdinal|55|58}} | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Withdrew from renomination.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Frank B. Fulkerson''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | {{USCongressOrdinal|59}} | Elected in 1904. Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Charles F. Booher''' {{Small|(Savannah)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – January 21, 1921 | {{USCongressOrdinal|60|66}} | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired but died before term ended.

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | nowrap | January 21, 1921 – March 3, 1921 | {{USCongressOrdinal|66}} | |- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Charles L. Faust''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – December 17, 1928 | {{USCongressOrdinal|67|70}} | Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928 but died before term began.

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | nowrap | December 17, 1928 – February 5, 1929 | {{USCongressOrdinal|70}} | |- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''David W. Hopkins''' {{Small|(St. Joseph)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | February 5, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | {{USCongressOrdinal|70|72}} | Elected to finish Faust's term in the 70th Congress. Also elected to start Faust's term in the 71st Congress. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to {{ushr|MO|AL|at-large}} and lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=2 | ''District inactive'' | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | {{USCongressOrdinal|73}} | All representatives elected {{ushr|MO|AL|at-large}} on a general ticket.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''C. Jasper Bell''' {{Small|(Blue Springs)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 | {{USCongressOrdinal|74|80}} | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Leonard Irving''' {{Small|(Independence)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | {{USCongressOrdinal|81|82}} | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Jeffrey P. Hillelson''' {{Small|(Independence)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | {{USCongressOrdinal|83}} | Elected in 1952. Lost re-election. | rowspan=4 | '''1953–1963''' {{Data missing|date=March 2023}}

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''George H. Christopher''' {{Small|(Butler)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1955 – January 23, 1959 | {{USCongressOrdinal|84|86}} | Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Died.

|- style="height:3em" | colspan=2 | ''Vacant'' | nowrap | January 23, 1959 – March 3, 1959 | {{USCongressOrdinal|86}} | |- style="height:3em" | rowspan=3 align=left | 100px '''William J. Randall''' {{Small|(Independence)}} | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | March 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 | rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|86|94}} | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Christopher's term. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired.

|- style="height:3em" | '''1963–1973''' {{Data missing|date=March 2023}}

|- style="height:3em" | rowspan=2 | '''1973–1983''' {{Data missing|date=March 2023}}

|- style="height:3em" | rowspan=4 align=left | 100px '''Ike Skelton''' {{Small|(Lexington)}} | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2011 | rowspan=4 | {{USCongressOrdinal|95|111}} | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.

|- style="height:3em" | '''1983–1993''' {{Data missing|date=March 2023}}

|- style="height:3em" | '''1993–2003''' {{Data missing|date=March 2023}}

|- style="height:3em" | rowspan=2 | '''2003–2013''' 300px

|- style="height:3em" | rowspan=2 align=left | 100px '''Vicky Hartzler''' {{Small|(Harrisonville)}} | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023 | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|112|117}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired to run for U.S. senator.

|- style="height:3em" | '''2013–2023''' 300px

|- style="height:3em" | align=left | 100px '''Mark Alford''' {{Small|(Lake Winnebago)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | January 3, 2023 – present | {{USCongressOrdinal|118|present}} | Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | '''2023–present''' 200px |}

==Election results==

===2010=== {{Election box begin no change |title=Missouri's 4th district general election, November 2, 2010}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Vicky Hartzler | votes = 113,489 | percentage = 50.43% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Ike Skelton (incumbent) | votes = 101,532 | percentage = 45.11% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (US) | candidate = Jason Michael Braun | votes = 6,123 | percentage = 2.72% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Constitution Party (US) | candidate = Greg Cowan | votes = 3,912 | percentage = 1.74% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 225,056 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}

===2012=== {{Election box begin no change | title = Missouri 4th Congressional District 2012 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 192,237 | percentage = 60.3% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Teresa Hensley | party = Democratic Party (US) | votes = 113,120 | percentage = 35.5% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Bill Slantz | party = Libertarian Party (US) | votes = 10,407 | percentage = 3.3% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Greg Cowan | party = Constitution Party (US) | votes = 2,959 | percentage = 0.5% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 318,723 | percentage = 100.0% }} {{Election box end}}

===2014=== {{Election box begin no change | title=Missouri's 4th Congressional District, 2014 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) | votes = 120,014 | percentage = 68.08% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Nate Irvin | votes = 46,464 | percentage = 26.36% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (US) | candidate = Herschel L. Young | votes = 9,793 | percentage = 5.56% }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Write-In | candidate = Gregory A Cowan | votes = 15 | percentage = 0.01% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 176,286 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (US) }} {{Election box end}}

===2016=== {{Election box begin no change | title=Missouri's 4th congressional district election, 2016 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) | votes = 225,348 | percentage = 67.83% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Gordon Christensen | votes = 92,510 | percentage = 27.85% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (US) | candidate = Mark Bliss | votes = 14,376 | percentage = 4.33% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 332,234 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (US) | swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2018=== {{Election box begin no change | title=Missouri's 4th congressional district election, 2018 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) | votes = 190,138 | percentage = 64.8% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = Renee Hoagenson | votes = 95,968 | percentage = 32.7% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (US) | candidate = Mark Bliss | votes = 7,210 | percentage = 2.5% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 293,316 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (US) | swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2020 === {{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri's 4th congressional district, 2020<ref name="MOgenr">{{cite web |title=All Results State of Missouri - State of Missouri - General Election, November 03, 2020 |url=https://enr.sos.mo.gov/ |website=Missouri Secretary of State |access-date=December 9, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)|votes=245,247|percentage=67.6}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Lindsey Simmons|votes=107,635|percentage=29.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Steven K. Koonse|votes=9,954|percentage=2.7}} {{Election box total no change|votes=362,836|percentage=100.0}} {{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}} {{Election box end}}

==== 2024 ==== {{Election box begin no change|title=2024 Missouri's 4th congressional district election}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mark Alford|votes= 259,886|percentage= 71.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jeanette Cass|votes=96,568|percentage=26.4}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Thomas Holbrook|votes=9,240|percentage=2.5}} {{Election box write-in with party link no change|votes=2|percentage=0.0}}{{Election box total no change|votes=365,696|percentage=100.0}}{{Election box hold with party link no change |winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}

===Prior results=== ====2008 Presidential Election Results==== The table below shows how individual counties in MO-04 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) won every single county in MO-04 and swept the district with 60.58 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 37.87 percent, a 22.71-percent margin of victory for the GOP.

{| class=wikitable |- ! County !! John McCain !! Barack Obama !! Difference |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Barton | 74.21 | 24.46 | R + 49.75 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dade | 69.65 | 28.79 | R + 40.86 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Moniteau | 67.02 | 31.27 | R + 35.75 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Laclede | 66.62 | 31.97 | R + 34.65 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Cedar | 66.01 | 32.42 | R + 33.59 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Polk | 65.39 | 33.24 | R + 32.15 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dallas | 63.71 | 34.57 | R + 29.14 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Webster | 63.77 | 34.76 | R + 29.01 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pulaski | 63.68 | 34.99 | R + 28.69 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Camden | 63.59 | 35.12 | R + 28.47 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Cole | 62.94 | 36.03 | R + 26.91 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pettis | 60.51 | 38.07 | R + 22.44 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Benton | 60.20 | 37.93 | R + 22.27 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Vernon | 60.08 | 38.08 | R + 22.00 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | St. Clair | 59.76 | 37.81 | R + 21.95 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Morgan | 59.58 | 38.97 | R + 20.61 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Cass | 59.18 | 39.55 | R + 19.63 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bates | 58.35 | 39.49 | R + 18.86 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Lafayette | 56.88 | 41.58 | R + 15.30 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hickory | 55.72 | 42.44 | R + 13.28 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnson | 55.18 | 42.93 | R + 12.25 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Henry | 54.62 | 43.63 | R + 10.99 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ray | 50.60 | 47.42 | R + 3.18 |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Saline | 50.39 | 47.85 | R + 2.54 |}

====2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results==== The table below shows how individual counties in MO-04 voted in the 2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) swept the district by a convincing margin over U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois). Clinton won every county in the district with the exception of Cole County, home of the State Capitol.

{| class=wikitable |- ! County !! Hillary Clinton !! Barack Obama !! Difference |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Benton | 68.77 | 26.95 | C + 41.82 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | St. Clair | 67.52 | 26.12 | C + 41.40 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hickory | 67.95 | 27.86 | C + 40.09 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ray | 65.29 | 30.31 | C + 34.98 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bates | 63.51 | 30.08 | C + 33.43 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dallas | 63.75 | 32.01 | C + 31.74 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Henry | 63.18 | 32.10 | C + 31.08 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Barton | 63.43 | 32.85 | C + 30.58 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Polk | 63.81 | 33.28 | C + 30.53 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vernon | 61.55 | 31.42 | C + 30.13 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dade | 62.22 | 33.12 | C + 29.10 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Laclede | 62.48 | 33.77 | C + 28.71 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Morgan | 62.05 | 33.58 | C + 28.47 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Cedar | 60.30 | 33.00 | C + 27.30 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Webster | 61.20 | 34.46 | C + 26.74 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lafayette | 60.75 | 35.40 | C + 25.35 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Moniteau | 60.38 | 36.38 | C + 24.00 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Cass | 59.76 | 36.73 | C + 23.03 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Saline | 57.46 | 37.85 | C + 19.61 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Camden | 57.99 | 38.75 | C + 19.24 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pulaski | 56.07 | 39.35 | C + 16.72 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pettis | 54.76 | 41.38 | C + 13.38 |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson | 53.22 | 43.07 | C + 10.15 |-{{Party shading/Constitution}} | Cole | 45.07 | 51.16 | O + 6.09 |}

==See also== {{Portal|United States}} *Missouri's congressional districts *List of United States congressional districts {{clear}}

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}} *{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

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