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
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1976 (Democratic primary): <br> Dick Gephardt â 48,874 (55.98%) <br> Donald J. Gralike â 32,791 (37.56%) <br> Victoria Schmidt â 2,960 (3.39%) <br> Marie S. Nowak â 2,680 (3.07%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1976: <br> Dick Gephardt (D) â 115,109 (63.69%) <br> Joseph L. Badaracco (R) â 65,623 (36.31%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1978: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 121,565 (81.89%) <br> Lee Buchschacher (R) â 26,881 (18.11%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1980: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 143,132 (77.62%) <br> Robert A. Cedarburg (R) â 41,277 (22.38%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1982: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 131,566 (77.87%) <br> Richard Foristel (R) â 37,388 (22.13%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district. 1984: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 193,537 (100.00%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1986: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 116,403 (68.97%) <br> Roy Amelung (R) â 52,382 (31.04%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1988: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 150,205 (62.82%) <br> Mark Hearne (R) â 86,763 (36.29%) <br> Lloyd Sloan (L) â 2,128 (0.89%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1990: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 88,950 (56.80%) <br> Mack Holekamp (R) â 67,659 (43.20%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1992: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 174,000 (64.01%) <br> Mack Holekamp (R) â 90,006 (33.11%) <br> Robert Stockhausen (L) â 7,828 (2.88%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1994 (Democratic primary): <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 54,582 (76.96%) <br> Leif O. Johnson â 11,619 (16.38%) <br> Lee Lehmuth â 4,718 (6.65%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1994: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 117,601 (57.67%) <br> Gary Gill (R) â 80,977 (39.71%) <br> Bradley Ems (L) â 5,362 (2.63%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1996 (Democratic primary): <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 45,619 (75.16%) <br> Joseph C. Keller â 12,390 (20.41%) <br> Leif O. Johnson â 2,690 (4.43%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1996: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 137,300 (58.99%) <br> Debbie Wheelehan (R) â 90,202 (38.75%) <br> Michael H. Crist (L) â 3,966 (1.70%) <br> James E. Keersemaker (NL) â 1,287 (0.55%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998 (Democratic primary): <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 28,440 (73.85%) <br> Steven G. Bailey â 10,070 (26.15%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 98,287 (55.81%) <br> Bill Federer (R) â 74,005 (42.03%) <br> Michael H. Crist (L) â 2,275 (1.29%) <br> Joseph C. Keller (TP) â 1,532 (0.87%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000 (Democratic primary): <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 40,111 (100.00%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D) â 147,222 (57.84%) <br> Bill Federer (R) - 100,967 (39.67%) <br> Mary Maroney (GP) â 3,266 (1.28%) <br> Michael H. Crist (L) â 2,245 (0.88%) <br> Anthony J. Windisch (RP) â 839 (0.33%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002 (Democratic primary): <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 44,535 (73.55%) <br> Michael Bram â 16,014 (26.45%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002: <br> Dick Gephardt (D) (inc.) â 122,181 (59.06%) <br> Cathy S. Enz (R) â 80,551 (38.94%) <br> Daniel Byington (L) â 4,146 (2.00%)
Majority leader, 1989: <br> Dick Gephardt â 181 (70.16%) <br> Edgar Jenkins â 76 (29.46%) <br> Lee H. Hamilton â 1 (0.39%)
Majority leader, 1990: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> - Unanimous consent
Majority leader, 1992: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â Unanimous consent
Minority leader, 1994: <br> Dick Gephardt â 150 (75.00%) <br> Charlie Rose â 50 (25.00%)
Minority leader, 1996: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â Unanimous consent
Minority leader, 2000: <br> Dick Gephardt <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â Unanimous consent
Election for Speaker, 1995: <br> Newt Gingrich (R) â 228 (52.54%) <br> Dick Gephardt (D) â 202 (46.54%) <br> present â 4 (0.92%)
Election for Speaker, 1997: <br> Newt Gingrich <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (R) â 216 (50.83%) <br> Dick Gephardt (D) â 205 (48.24%) <br> Jim Leach (R) â 2 (0.47%) <br> Robert Michel (R) â 1 (0.23%) <br> Robert S. Walker (R) â 1 (0.23%)
Election for Speaker, 1999: <br> Dennis Hastert (R) â 220 (52.00%) <br> Dick Gephardt (D) â 205 (48.00%)
Election for Speaker, 2001: <br> Dennis Hastert <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (R) â 222 (51.50%) <br> Dick Gephardt (D) â 206 (47.80%) <br> John Murtha (D) â 1 (0.23%) <br> present â 2 (0.47%)
1988 Democratic presidential primaries: <br> Michael Dukakis â 9,898,750 (42.46%) <br> Jesse Jackson â 6,788,991 (29.12%) <br> Al Gore â 3,185,806 (13.67%) <br> Dick Gephardt â 1,399,041 (6.00%) <br> Paul M. Simon â 1,082,960 (4.65%) <br> Gary Hart â 415,716 (1.78%) <br> Unpledged â 250,307 (1.07%) <br> Bruce Babbitt â 77,780 (0.33%) <br> Lyndon LaRouche â 70,938 (0.30%) <br> David Duke â 45,289 (0.19%) <br> Jim Traficant â 30,879 (0.13%) <br> Douglas Applegate â 25,068 (0.11%)
1988 Democratic National Convention presidential nomination vote tally: <br> Michael Dukakis â 2,877 (70.09%) <br> Jesse Jackson â 1,219 (29.70%) <br> Richard H. Stallings â 3 (0.07%) <br> Joe Biden â (0.05%) <br> Dick Gephardt â 2 (0.05%) <br> Lloyd Bentsen â 1 (0.02%) <br> Gary Hart â 1 (0.02%)
2004 Democratic presidential primaries: <br> John Kerry â 9,930,497 (60.98%) <br> John Edwards â 3,162,337 (19.42%) <br> Howard Dean â 903,460 (5.55%) <br> Dennis Kucinich â 620,242 (3.81%) <br> Wesley Clark â 547,369 (3.36%) <br> Al Sharpton â 380,865 (2.34%) <br> Joe Lieberman â 280,940 (1.73%) <br> Uncommitted â 157,953 (0.97%) <br> Lyndon LaRouche â 103,731 (0.64%) <br> Carol Moseley Braun â 98,469 (0.61%) <br> Dick Gephardt â 63,902 (0.39%) <br> Scattering â 63,902 (0.39%)