Editing Madison County, Missouri (section)

===Federal===
Madison County is included in [[MO-08|Missouri's 8th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Jason T. Smith]] (R-[[Salem, Missouri|Salem]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of [[U.S. Representative]] [[Jo Ann Emerson]] (R-[[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

{{Election box begin | title=U.S. House of Representatives - District 8 – Madison County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jo Ann Emerson'''
  |votes      = '''3,655'''
  |percentage = '''74.65'''
  |change     = +8.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jack Rushin
  |votes      = 1,106
  |percentage = 22.59
  |change     = -6.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rick Vandeven
  |votes      = 135
  |percentage = 2.76
  |change     = +1.31
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U.S. House of Representatives - District 8 - Special Election – Madison County (2013)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jason T. Smith'''
  |votes      = '''608'''
  |percentage = '''59.84'''
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steve Hodges
  |votes      = 323
  |percentage = 31.79
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Doug Enyart
  |votes      = 43
  |percentage = 4.23
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Write-in candidate
  |candidate  = Thomas Brown
  |votes      = 29
  |percentage = 2.85
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Slantz
  |votes      = 12
  |percentage = 1.18
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Write-in candidate
  |candidate  = Wayne L. Byington
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.10
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U.S. House of Representatives - District 8 – Madison County (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/elections/results/race/2020-11-03-house-MO-26035/|title = Missouri U.S. House - District 8 Election Results &#124; des Moines Register|website = [[The Des Moines Register]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jason Smith (American politician)|Jason Smith (politician)]]
  |votes      = 4,413
  |percentage = 78.9
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kathy Ellis
  |votes      = 1,085
  |percentage = 19.4
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Schmitz 
  |votes      = 95
  |percentage = 1.7
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box end}}