# Ken Jacob

Ken Jacob (born January 23, 1949) is an American Democratic politician who served in the Missouri Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 until 2004.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jacob graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor of science degree in education. He also has master's degrees in education, counseling, and public administration and a J.D. degree also from the University of Missouri. He previously worked as an executive director of an adolescent treatment center in Columbia, Missouri.
Jacob resigned from the Missouri Senate to take a seat to the state Labor and Industrial Relations Commission under Governor Bob Holden. In 2013, Governor Jay Nixon appointed Jacob acting director of the Missouri's Division of Employment Security. Jacob made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor in 2004 and an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2008.

## Electoral history
### State representative

Missouri House of Representatives, primary election, 1982, District 25 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 998 | 57.22% |
| | Democratic | Peter Leo | 746 | 42.78% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,744 | 100% |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 3,513 | 56.60% |
| | Independent | Beth M. Wheeler | 2,694 | 43.40% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,207 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 1984, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 7,333 | 66.19% |
| | Republican | Tom Dreschel | 3,746 | 33.81% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,079 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 1986, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 4,820 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,820 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 1988, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 7,699 | 66.55% |
| | Republican | Edwin D. Stewart | 3,869 | 33.45% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,568 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 1990, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 3,708 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,708 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 1992, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 9,303 | 65.22% |
| | Republican | Mike Korman | 4,962 | 34.78% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,265 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 1994, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 5,397 | 63.75% |
| | Republican | Elizabeth V. Cully | 3,069 | 36.25% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,466 | 100% |
Missouri House of Representatives election, 2012, District 44 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Caleb Rowden | 7,996 | 51.02% |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 7,676 | 48.98% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,672 | 100% |

### State Senate

Missouri Senate election, 1996, District 19 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 10,856 | 53.98% |
| | Democratic | Don Stamper | 9,256 | 46.02% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,112 | 100% |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 39,971 | 62.43% |
| | Republican | Frank Martin | 21,703 | 33.90% |
| | Libertarian | Daniel Dodson | 2,353 | 3.67% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 64,027 | 100% |
Missouri Senate election, 2000, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 41,426 | 57.64% |
| | Republican | Randy Asbury | 29,152 | 40.56% |
| | Libertarian | John Dupuy | 1,293 | 1.80% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,871 | 100% |

### Lieutenant governor

Missouri Lieutenant Governor primary election, August 3, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Bekki Cook | 493,081 | 64.28% |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 273,953 | 35.72% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 767,034 | 100% |

### United States Representative

Missouri's 9th Congressional District primary election, August 5, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Judy Baker | 22,498 | 44.12% |
| | Democratic | Steve Gaw | 15,864 | 31.11% |
| | Democratic | Lyndon Bode | 6,565 | 12.88% |
| | Democratic | Ken Jacob | 6,060 | 11.89% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 50,987 | 100% |