# Electoral history of Dick Gephardt

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: ■ Newt Gingrich (R) – 228 (52.54%) ■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 202 (46.54%) ■ present – 4 (0.92%)
Election for Speaker, 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: ■ Dennis Hastert (R) – 220 (52.00%) ■ Dick Gephardt (D) – 205 (48.00%)
Election for Speaker, 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%)