2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

Summary

The 2002 House elections in Missouri occurred on November 5, 2002 to elect the members of the State of Missouri's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Missouri had nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census.

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

← 2000 November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05) 2004 →

All 9 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 4
Seats won 5 4
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 985,905 829,177
Percentage 53.19% 44.73%
Swing Increase 4.36% Decrease 4.12%

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2002 (including a special election in Missouri), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview edit

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002[1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats before Seats after +/–
Republican 985,905 53.19% 5 5 ±0
Democratic 829,177 44.73% 4 4 ±0
Libertarian 34,217 1.85% 0 0 0
Progressive 4,262 0.23% 0 0 0
Independent 2 0.0% 0 0 0
Totals 1,853,563 100.00% 9 9
Voter turnout %

Election results edit

 
Missouri congressional districts in the 2002 elections
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Missouri 1 William Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 2000 Re-elected William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D) 70.11%
Richard Schwadron (R) 27.09%
Jim Higgins (L) 2.80%
Missouri 2 Todd Akin Republican 2000 Re-elected Todd Akin (R) 67.14%
John Hogan (D) 31.03%
Darla Maloney (L) 1.83%
Missouri 3 Dick Gephardt Democratic 1976 Re-elected Dick Gephardt (D) 59.06%
Catherine Enz (R) 38.94%
Dan Byington (L) 2.00%
Missouri 4 Ike Skelton Democratic 1976 Re-elected Ike Skelton (D) 67.64%
Jim Noland (R) 30.66%
Daniel Roy Nelson (L) 1.70%
Missouri 5 Karen McCarthy Democratic 1994 Re-elected Karen McCarthy (D) 65.88%
Steve Gordon (R) 32.36%
Jeanne Bojarski (L) 1.76%
Missouri 6 Sam Graves Republican 2000 Re-elected Sam Graves (R) 63.03%
Cathy Rinehart (D) 35.18%
Erik Buck (L) 1.79%
Missouri 7 Roy Blunt Republican 1996 Re-elected Roy Blunt (R) 74.81%
Ron Lapham (D) 23.00%
Doug Burlison (L) 2.19%
Missouri 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 1996 Re-elected Jo Ann Emerson (R) 71.76%
Gene Curtis (D) 26.91%
Eric Van Oostrom (L) 1.32%
Missouri 9 Kenny Hulshof Republican 1996 Re-elected Kenny Hulshof (R) 68.20%
Don Deichman (D) 28.55%
Keith Brekhus (G) 1.99%
John Mruzik (L) 1.26%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "State of Missouri | All Races". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.