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Electoral history of Dick Gephardt

Electoral history of Dick Gephardt, United States Representative from Missouri (1977-2005), Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (1989-1995), Minority Leader (1995-2003) and a candidate for 1988 and 2004 Democratic presidential nominations

U.S. House of Representatives

Congressional elections

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1976 (Democratic primary): <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt – 48,874 (55.98%) <br>&nbsp;Donald J. Gralike – 32,791 (37.56%) <br>&nbsp;Victoria Schmidt – 2,960 (3.39%) <br>&nbsp;Marie S. Nowak – 2,680 (3.07%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1976: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt (D) – 115,109 (63.69%) <br>&nbsp;Joseph L. Badaracco (R) – 65,623 (36.31%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1978: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 121,565 (81.89%) <br>&nbsp;Lee Buchschacher (R) – 26,881 (18.11%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1980: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 143,132 (77.62%) <br>&nbsp;Robert A. Cedarburg (R) – 41,277 (22.38%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1982: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 131,566 (77.87%) <br>&nbsp;Richard Foristel (R) – 37,388 (22.13%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district. 1984: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 193,537 (100.00%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1986: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 116,403 (68.97%) <br>&nbsp;Roy Amelung (R) – 52,382 (31.04%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1988: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 150,205 (62.82%) <br>&nbsp;Mark Hearne (R) – 86,763 (36.29%) <br>&nbsp;Lloyd Sloan (L) – 2,128 (0.89%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1990: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 88,950 (56.80%) <br>&nbsp;Mack Holekamp (R) – 67,659 (43.20%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1992: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 174,000 (64.01%) <br>&nbsp;Mack Holekamp (R) – 90,006 (33.11%) <br>&nbsp;Robert Stockhausen (L) – 7,828 (2.88%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1994 (Democratic primary): <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – 54,582 (76.96%) <br>&nbsp;Leif O. Johnson – 11,619 (16.38%) <br>&nbsp;Lee Lehmuth – 4,718 (6.65%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1994: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 117,601 (57.67%) <br>&nbsp;Gary Gill (R) – 80,977 (39.71%) <br>&nbsp;Bradley Ems (L) – 5,362 (2.63%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1996 (Democratic primary): <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – 45,619 (75.16%) <br>&nbsp;Joseph C. Keller – 12,390 (20.41%) <br>&nbsp;Leif O. Johnson – 2,690 (4.43%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1996: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 137,300 (58.99%) <br>&nbsp;Debbie Wheelehan (R) – 90,202 (38.75%) <br>&nbsp;Michael H. Crist (L) – 3,966 (1.70%) <br>&nbsp;James E. Keersemaker (NL) – 1,287 (0.55%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998 (Democratic primary): <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – 28,440 (73.85%) <br>&nbsp;Steven G. Bailey – 10,070 (26.15%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 98,287 (55.81%) <br>&nbsp;Bill Federer (R) – 74,005 (42.03%) <br>&nbsp;Michael H. Crist (L) – 2,275 (1.29%) <br>&nbsp;Joseph C. Keller (TP) – 1,532 (0.87%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000 (Democratic primary): <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – 40,111 (100.00%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) – 147,222 (57.84%) <br>&nbsp;Bill Federer (R) - 100,967 (39.67%) <br>&nbsp;Mary Maroney (GP) – 3,266 (1.28%) <br>&nbsp;Michael H. Crist (L) – 2,245 (0.88%) <br>&nbsp;Anthony J. Windisch (RP) – 839 (0.33%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002 (Democratic primary): <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – 44,535 (73.55%) <br>&nbsp;Michael Bram – 16,014 (26.45%)

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt (D) (inc.) – 122,181 (59.06%) <br>&nbsp;Cathy S. Enz (R) – 80,551 (38.94%) <br>&nbsp;Daniel Byington (L) – 4,146 (2.00%)

Party leadership elections

Majority leader, 1989: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt – 181 (70.16%) <br>&nbsp;Edgar Jenkins – 76 (29.46%) <br>&nbsp;Lee H. Hamilton – 1 (0.39%)

Majority leader, 1990: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> - Unanimous consent

Majority leader, 1992: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – Unanimous consent

Minority leader, 1994: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt – 150 (75.00%) <br>&nbsp;Charlie Rose – 50 (25.00%)

Minority leader, 1996: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – Unanimous consent

Minority leader, 2000: <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> – Unanimous consent

Speaker of the House elections

Election for Speaker, 1995: <br>&nbsp;Newt Gingrich (R) – 228 (52.54%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt (D) – 202 (46.54%) <br>&nbsp;present – 4 (0.92%)

Election for Speaker, 1997: <br>&nbsp;Newt Gingrich <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (R) – 216 (50.83%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt (D) – 205 (48.24%) <br>&nbsp;Jim Leach (R) – 2 (0.47%) <br>&nbsp;Robert Michel (R) – 1 (0.23%) <br>&nbsp;Robert S. Walker (R) – 1 (0.23%)

Election for Speaker, 1999: <br>&nbsp;Dennis Hastert (R) – 220 (52.00%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt (D) – 205 (48.00%)

Election for Speaker, 2001: <br>&nbsp;Dennis Hastert <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (R) – 222 (51.50%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt (D) – 206 (47.80%) <br>&nbsp;John Murtha (D) – 1 (0.23%) <br>&nbsp;present – 2 (0.47%)

Presidential elections

1988

1988 Democratic presidential primaries: <br>&nbsp;Michael Dukakis – 9,898,750 (42.46%) <br>&nbsp;Jesse Jackson – 6,788,991 (29.12%) <br>&nbsp;Al Gore – 3,185,806 (13.67%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt – 1,399,041 (6.00%) <br>&nbsp;Paul M. Simon – 1,082,960 (4.65%) <br>&nbsp;Gary Hart – 415,716 (1.78%) <br>&nbsp;Unpledged – 250,307 (1.07%) <br>&nbsp;Bruce Babbitt – 77,780 (0.33%) <br>&nbsp;Lyndon LaRouche – 70,938 (0.30%) <br>&nbsp;David Duke – 45,289 (0.19%) <br>&nbsp;Jim Traficant – 30,879 (0.13%) <br>&nbsp;Douglas Applegate – 25,068 (0.11%)

1988 Democratic National Convention presidential nomination vote tally: <br>&nbsp;Michael Dukakis – 2,877 (70.09%) <br>&nbsp;Jesse Jackson – 1,219 (29.70%) <br>&nbsp;Richard H. Stallings – 3 (0.07%) <br>&nbsp;Joe Biden – (0.05%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt – 2 (0.05%) <br>&nbsp;Lloyd Bentsen – 1 (0.02%) <br>&nbsp;Gary Hart – 1 (0.02%)

2004

2004 Democratic presidential primaries: <br>&nbsp;John Kerry – 9,930,497 (60.98%) <br>&nbsp;John Edwards – 3,162,337 (19.42%) <br>&nbsp;Howard Dean – 903,460 (5.55%) <br>&nbsp;Dennis Kucinich – 620,242 (3.81%) <br>&nbsp;Wesley Clark – 547,369 (3.36%) <br>&nbsp;Al Sharpton – 380,865 (2.34%) <br>&nbsp;Joe Lieberman – 280,940 (1.73%) <br>&nbsp;Uncommitted – 157,953 (0.97%) <br>&nbsp;Lyndon LaRouche – 103,731 (0.64%) <br>&nbsp;Carol Moseley Braun – 98,469 (0.61%) <br>&nbsp;Dick Gephardt – 63,902 (0.39%) <br>&nbsp;Scattering – 63,902 (0.39%)

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