2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

The 2004 House elections in Missouri occurred on November 2, 2004, 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.

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

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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 1,429,767 1,192,674 Percentage 53.61% 44.72% Swing 0.42% 0.01%
District results County results Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

These elections were held concurrently with the United States presidential election of 2004, United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Missouri), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

The most notable race of the 2004 cycle in Missouri was the contest for the Third District seat held by outgoing Representative and former House Democratic floor leader Dick Gephardt.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004 [1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	1,429,767	53.61%	5	5	±0
	Democratic	1,192,674	44.72%	4	4	±0
	Libertarian	33,937	1.27%	0	0	0
	Constitution	10,634	0.4%	0	0	0
	Independent	11	0.0%	0	0	0
Totals		2,667,023	100.00%	9	9	—
Voter turnout		%

Election results

Missouri congressional districts in the 2004 elections

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Missouri 1	William Lacy Clay Jr.	Democratic	2000	Re-elected	William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D) 75.3% Leslie L. Farr II (R) 22.8% Terry Chadwick (L) 1.4% Robert Rehbein (C) 0.5%
Missouri 2	Todd Akin	Republican	2000	Re-elected	Todd Akin (R) 65.4% George D. Weber (D) 33.0% Darla Maloney (L) 1.4% David Leefe (C) 0.3%
Missouri 3	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	1976	Retired Democratic hold	Russ Carnahan (D) 52.9% Bill Federer (R) 45.1% Kevin C. Babcock (L) 1.6% William Renaud (C) 0.4%
Missouri 4	Ike Skelton	Democratic	1976	Re-elected	Ike Skelton (D) 66.2% Jim Noland (R) 32.4% Bill Lower (L) 1.0% Raymond Lister (C) 0.4%
Missouri 5	Karen McCarthy	Democratic	1994	Retired Democratic hold	Emanuel Cleaver (D) 55.2% Jeanne Patterson (R) 42.1% Rick Bailie (L) 2.0% Darin Rodenberg (C) 0.7%
Missouri 6	Sam Graves	Republican	2000	Re-elected	Sam Graves (R) 63.8% Charles S. Broomfield (D) 34.8% Erik Buck (L) 1.4%
Missouri 7	Roy Blunt	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Roy Blunt (R) 70.4% Jim Newberry (D) 28.3% Kevin Craig (L) 0.9% Steve Alger (C) 0.3%
Missouri 8	Jo Ann Emerson	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Jo Ann Emerson (R) 72.2% Dean Henderson (D) 26.6% Stan Cuff (L) 0.7% Leonard Davidson (C) 0.5%
Missouri 9	Kenny Hulshof	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kenny Hulshof (R) 64.6% Linda Jacobsen (D) 33.8% Tamara A. Millay (L) 1.1% Chris Earl (C) 0.5%