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2026 Missouri House race, District 7

Eric Burlison (Republican), Missi Hesketh (Democrat) and Kevin Craig (Libertarian) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Missouri District 7, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Missouri Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Burlison
$1.5M
Hesketh
$51K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Kevin Craig (Libertarian).

Certified list: Missouri Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Eric Burlison

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2023 · Age 50

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Missouri

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 27 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 33,606 votes

  • Missi Hesketh Won: Unopposed 33,606

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Missouri Secretary of State official primary results. Certified August 25, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.5M
Outside money
$13K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Burlison$13K
Opposing Burlison-
Supporting Hesketh-
Opposing Hesketh-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

42%$620KSmall donors$26K52%
38%$558KLarge donors$16K31%
17%$246KPACs$3.3K7%
--Party$5.3K10%
3%$40KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+45 in 2024

  • Eric Burlison Won: 71.6%
  • Missi Hesketh: 26.3%

367,868 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.1%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
785K
Median household income
$63K
Unemployment
3.9%
Living below the poverty line
14.0%
Without health insurance
11.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 15, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.