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2014Final results

2014 election for Missouri House District 8

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

James W. Neely (R) won with 70.6% of the vote, defeating Ted Rights (D) by 41.3 points.

James W. NeelyRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.6%6,726
Ted RightsDemocrat
29.4%2,797
9,523 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+8.32008D+19.02010R+25.52012R+41.32014R+43.52018R+35.92022

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET