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
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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
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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%)