ST. LOUIS — U.S. Rep. Jason Smith will serve another two-year term after being reelected Tuesday to represent Missouri’s 8th Congressional District.
Smith received a high margin of the vote, beating out Democrat Randi McCallian and third-party candidate Jake Dawson.
Smith, 44, has represented the 8th District, the most Republican-leaning district in Missouri, since a special election in 2013 after Jo Ann Amerson resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Before that, he served in the State House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013 and represented the 150th and 120th districts.
The lawmaker is from Salem, Missouri, and earned degrees from the University of Missouri and Oklahoma City University. He is a seventh-generation Missourian and fourth-generation owner of the family farm.
Smith supports gun rights, wants to reduce the cost of living and has promoted the Trump campaign.
