Robert Samuel Kerr III (born October 12, 1950) is an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 86th district from 1978 to 1980, 12th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1987 to 1991, and as chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party.Democratic Party , Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture(accessed May 16, 2013) He ran unsuccessfully for Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional district seat, losing in the Democratic Party primary to State Representative William K. Brewster, he was endorsed by Carl Albert.
Kerr was raised in southeastern Oklahoma. He is the grandson of U.S. Senator Robert S. Kerr. As Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, he served alongside Governor Henry Bellmon.
Kerr endorsed Bill Bradley for President of the United States in 2000, and in 2004 he endorsed Dick Gephardt.
Electoral history 1978 Oklahoma House District 86 Democratic Primary ElectionOklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 158, Ed. 2 Wednesday, August 23, 1978 hosted by The Gateway to Oklahoma History pg 4CandidatesPartyVotes%Robert S. "Bob" Kerr IIIDemocratic Party1,17347.36%Jack HachmeisterDemocratic Party64225.92%Elaine BryantDemocratic Party35414.30%I.C. Claud NancyDemocratic Party2429.76%Jess KirbyDemocratic Party662.66%Total Votes2,477100% 1978 Oklahoma House District 86 ElectionOklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 224, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1978 hosted by The Gateway to Oklahoma History pg 10CandidatesPartyVotes%Robert S. "Bob" Kerr IIIDemocratic Party3,23752.43%George BarnesRepublican Party2,93747.57%Total Votes6,174100% 1980 Oklahoma House District 86 ElectionOklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 91, No. 222, Ed. 2 Wednesday, November 5, 1980 hosted by The Gateway to Oklahoma History pg 15CandidatesPartyVotes%Rick StahlRepublican Party4,38355.77%Robert S. "Bob" Kerr IIIDemocratic Party3,47744.23%Total Votes7,860100% 1986 Oklahoma Democratic Lieutenant Governor Primary ElectionCandidatesPartyVotes%Robert S. Kerr IIIDemocratic Party157,73831.20%Cleta MitchellDemocratic Party152,096 30.09%Spencer T Bernard (Incumbent)Democratic Party113,844 22.52%Pete ReedDemocratic Party38,185 7.55%Bill DickersonDemocratic Party26,390 5.22%Roger StreetmanDemocratic Party17,271 3.42%Total Votes505,524100%
1986 Oklahoma Democratic Lieutenant Governor Primary Runoff ElectionCandidatesPartyVotes%Robert S. Kerr IIIDemocratic Party246,39153.21%Cleta MitchellDemocratic Party216,67146.79%Total Votes463,062100%
1986 Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor ElectionCandidatesPartyVotes%Robert S. Kerr IIIDemocratic Party469,781 52.47%Tim LeonardRepublican Party425,54047.53%Total Votes895,321100%
1990 Oklahoma District 3 Democratic Primary House ElectionCandidatesPartyVotes%Bill BrewsterDemocratic Party67,06950.87%Robert S. Kerr IIIDemocratic Party54,47141.31%Will RobisonDemocratic Party8,1416.17%Eugene PolingDemocratic Party2,173 1.65%Total Votes131,854100%
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