2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
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 Popular vote 985,905 829,177 Percentage 53.19% 44.73% Swing 4.36% 4.12%
Republican   60–70%   70–80% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

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.

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

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002
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

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

• 2002 United States House of Representatives elections