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):
[1]
■ Dick Gephardt – 48,874 (55.98%)
■
Donald J. Gralike – 32,791 (37.56%)
■
Victoria Schmidt – 2,960 (3.39%)
■
Marie S. Nowak – 2,680 (3.07%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1976:
[2]
■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 115,109 (63.69%)
■
Joseph L. Badaracco (R) – 65,623 (36.31%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1978:
[3]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 121,565 (81.89%)
■
Lee Buchschacher (R) – 26,881 (18.11%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1980:
[4]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 143,132 (77.62%)
■
Robert A. Cedarburg (R) – 41,277 (22.38%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1982:
[5]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 131,566 (77.87%)
■
Richard Foristel (R) – 37,388 (22.13%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district. 1984:
[6]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 193,537 (100.00%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1986:
[7]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 116,403 (68.97%)
■
Roy Amelung (R) – 52,382 (31.04%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1988:
[8]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 150,205 (62.82%)
■
Mark Hearne (R) – 86,763 (36.29%)
■
Lloyd Sloan (
L) – 2,128 (0.89%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1990:
[9]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 88,950 (56.80%)
■
Mack Holekamp (R) – 67,659 (43.20%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1992:
[10]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 174,000 (64.01%)
■
Mack Holekamp (R) – 90,006 (33.11%)
■
Robert Stockhausen (L) – 7,828 (2.88%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1994 (Democratic primary):
[11]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – 54,582 (76.96%)
■
Leif O. Johnson – 11,619 (16.38%)
■
Lee Lehmuth – 4,718 (6.65%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1994:
[12]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 117,601 (57.67%)
■ Gary Gill (R) – 80,977 (39.71%)
■
Bradley Ems (L) – 5,362 (2.63%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1996 (Democratic primary):
[13]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – 45,619 (75.16%)
■
Joseph C. Keller – 12,390 (20.41%)
■
Leif O. Johnson – 2,690 (4.43%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1996:
[14]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 137,300 (58.99%)
■
Debbie Wheelehan (R) – 90,202 (38.75%)
■
Michael H. Crist (L) – 3,966 (1.70%)
■
James E. Keersemaker (
NL) – 1,287 (0.55%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998 (Democratic primary):
[15]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – 28,440 (73.85%)
■
Steven G. Bailey – 10,070 (26.15%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998:
[16]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 98,287 (55.81%)
■ Bill Federer (R) – 74,005 (42.03%)
■
Michael H. Crist (L) – 2,275 (1.29%)
■
Joseph C. Keller (
TP) – 1,532 (0.87%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000 (Democratic primary):
[17]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – 40,111 (100.00%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000:
[18]
■ Dick Gephardt
* (D) – 147,222 (57.84%)
■ Bill Federer (R) - 100,967 (39.67%)
■
Mary Maroney (
GP) – 3,266 (1.28%)
■
Michael H. Crist (L) – 2,245 (0.88%)
■
Anthony J. Windisch (
RP) – 839 (0.33%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002 (Democratic primary):
[19]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – 44,535 (73.55%)
■
Michael Bram – 16,014 (26.45%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002:
[20]
■ Dick Gephardt (D) (inc.) – 122,181 (59.06%)
■
Cathy S. Enz (R) – 80,551 (38.94%)
■
Daniel Byington (L) – 4,146 (2.00%)
Majority leader, 1989:
[21]
■ Dick Gephardt – 181 (70.16%)
■
Edgar Jenkins – 76 (29.46%)
■
Lee H. Hamilton – 1 (0.39%)
Majority leader, 1990:
[22]
■ Dick Gephardt
* -
Unanimous consent
Majority leader, 1992:
[23]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – Unanimous consent
Minority leader, 1994:
[24]
■ Dick Gephardt – 150 (75.00%)
■
Charlie Rose – 50 (25.00%)
Minority leader, 1996:
[25]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – Unanimous consent
Minority leader, 2000:
[26]
■ Dick Gephardt
* – Unanimous consent
Election for
Speaker, 1995:
[27]
■
Newt Gingrich (R) – 228 (52.54%)
■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 202 (46.54%)
■
present – 4 (0.92%)
Election for
Speaker, 1997:
[28]
■
Newt Gingrich
* (R) – 216 (50.83%)
■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 205 (48.24%)
■
Jim Leach (R) – 2 (0.47%)
■
Robert Michel (R) – 1 (0.23%)
■
Robert S. Walker (R) – 1 (0.23%)
Election for
Speaker, 1999:
[29]
■
Dennis Hastert (R) – 220 (52.00%)
■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 205 (48.00%)
Election for
Speaker, 2001:
[30]
■
Dennis Hastert
* (R) – 222 (51.50%)
■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 206 (47.80%)
■
John Murtha (D) – 1 (0.23%)
■
present – 2 (0.47%)
1988 Democratic presidential primaries:
[31]
■
Michael Dukakis – 9,898,750 (42.46%)
■
Jesse Jackson – 6,788,991 (29.12%)
■
Al Gore – 3,185,806 (13.67%)
■ Dick Gephardt – 1,399,041 (6.00%)
■
Paul M. Simon – 1,082,960 (4.65%)
■
Gary Hart – 415,716 (1.78%)
■ Unpledged – 250,307 (1.07%)
■
Bruce Babbitt – 77,780 (0.33%)
■
Lyndon LaRouche – 70,938 (0.30%)
■
David Duke – 45,289 (0.19%)
■
Jim Traficant – 30,879 (0.13%)
■
Douglas Applegate – 25,068 (0.11%)
1988 Democratic National Convention presidential nomination vote tally:
[32]
■
Michael Dukakis – 2,877 (70.09%)
■
Jesse Jackson – 1,219 (29.70%)
■
Richard H. Stallings – 3 (0.07%)
■
Joe Biden – (0.05%)
■ Dick Gephardt – 2 (0.05%)
■
Lloyd Bentsen – 1 (0.02%)
■
Gary Hart – 1 (0.02%)
2004 Democratic presidential primaries:
[33]
■
John Kerry – 9,930,497 (60.98%)
■
John Edwards – 3,162,337 (19.42%)
■
Howard Dean – 903,460 (5.55%)
■
Dennis Kucinich – 620,242 (3.81%)
■
Wesley Clark – 547,369 (3.36%)
■
Al Sharpton – 380,865 (2.34%)
■
Joe Lieberman – 280,940 (1.73%)
■ Uncommitted – 157,953 (0.97%)
■
Lyndon LaRouche – 103,731 (0.64%)
■
Carol Moseley Braun – 98,469 (0.61%)
■ Dick Gephardt – 63,902 (0.39%)
■ Scattering – 63,902 (0.39%)