Riding profile

MO-7

US House district — MO · Mixed · us mo

The question

MO-7: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
34.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 66.8%
  • Democrat 32.7%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat Other
HereMO-7 66.8%32.7%0.5%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +21.9 54.3% −21.6 5.1% −4.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

MO-7, a mixed riding in MO, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 45-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 67% vote share, against 33% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

BURLISON, ERIC

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Burlison, Eric

  • Democrat Challenger

    Hesketh, Missi

  • Republican Challenger

    Hunt, Grayson

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
45.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-11.2 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026