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): 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: Dick Gephardt (D) – 115,109 (63.69%) Joseph L. Badaracco (R) – 65,623 (36.31%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1978: Dick Gephardt * (D) – 121,565 (81.89%) Lee Buchschacher (R) – 26,881 (18.11%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1980: Dick Gephardt * (D) – 143,132 (77.62%) Robert A. Cedarburg (R) – 41,277 (22.38%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1982: Dick Gephardt * (D) – 131,566 (77.87%) Richard Foristel (R) – 37,388 (22.13%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district. 1984: Dick Gephardt * (D) – 193,537 (100.00%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1986: Dick Gephardt * (D) – 116,403 (68.97%) Roy Amelung (R) – 52,382 (31.04%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1988: 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: Dick Gephardt * (D) – 88,950 (56.80%) Mack Holekamp (R) – 67,659 (43.20%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1992: 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): 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: 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): 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: 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): Dick Gephardt * – 28,440 (73.85%) Steven G. Bailey – 10,070 (26.15%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 1998: 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): Dick Gephardt * – 40,111 (100.00%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2000: 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): Dick Gephardt * – 44,535 (73.55%) Michael Bram – 16,014 (26.45%)
Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2002: Dick Gephardt (D) (inc.) – 122,181 (59.06%) Cathy S. Enz (R) – 80,551 (38.94%) Daniel Byington (L) – 4,146 (2.00%)
Party leadership elections Majority leader, 1989: Dick Gephardt – 181 (70.16%) Edgar Jenkins – 76 (29.46%) Lee H. Hamilton – 1 (0.39%)
Majority leader, 1990: Dick Gephardt * - Unanimous consent
Majority leader, 1992: Dick Gephardt * – Unanimous consent
Minority leader, 1994: Dick Gephardt – 150 (75.00%) Charlie Rose – 50 (25.00%)
Minority leader, 1996: Dick Gephardt * – Unanimous consent
Minority leader, 2000: Dick Gephardt * – Unanimous consent
Speaker of the House elections Election for Speaker, 1995:141 Cong. Rec. 439 (1995) Newt Gingrich (R) – 228 (52.54%) Dick Gephardt (D) – 202 (46.54%) present – 4 (0.92%)
Election for Speaker, 1997:143 Cong. Rec. 115 (1997) 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, 1999:145 Cong. Rec. 42 (1999) Dennis Hastert (R) – 220 (52.00%) Dick Gephardt (D) – 205 (48.00%)
Election for Speaker, 2001:147 Cong. Rec. 20 (2001) Dennis Hastert * (R) – 222 (51.50%) Dick Gephardt (D) – 206 (47.80%) John Murtha (D) – 1 (0.23%) present – 2 (0.47%)
Presidential elections
1988 1988 Democratic presidential primaries: 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: 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 2004 Democratic presidential primaries: 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%)
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