Ken Jacob

Ken Jacob (born January 23, 1949) is an American Democratic politician who served in the Missouri Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 until 2004.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jacob graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor of science degree in education. He also has master's degrees in education, counseling, and public administration and a J.D. degree also from the University of Missouri. He previously worked as an executive director of an adolescent treatment center in Columbia, Missouri.^[1]

Jacob resigned from the Missouri Senate to take a seat to the state Labor and Industrial Relations Commission under Governor Bob Holden. In 2013, Governor Jay Nixon appointed Jacob acting director of the Missouri's Division of Employment Security. Jacob made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor in 2004 and an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2008.^[2]

Electoral history

State representative

Missouri House of Representatives, primary election, 1982, District 25

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	998	57.22%
	Democratic	Peter Leo	746	42.78%
Total votes			1,744	100%
General election
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	3,513	56.60%
	Independent	Beth M. Wheeler	2,694	43.40%
Total votes			6,207	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 1984, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	7,333	66.19%
	Republican	Tom Dreschel	3,746	33.81%
Total votes			11,079	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 1986, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	4,820	100%
Total votes			4,820	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 1988, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	7,699	66.55%
	Republican	Edwin D. Stewart	3,869	33.45%
Total votes			11,568	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 1990, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	3,708	100%
Total votes			3,708	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 1992, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	9,303	65.22%
	Republican	Mike Korman	4,962	34.78%
Total votes			14,265	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 1994, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	5,397	63.75%
	Republican	Elizabeth V. Cully	3,069	36.25%
Total votes			8,466	100%

Missouri House of Representatives election, 2012, District 44^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Caleb Rowden	7,996	51.02%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	7,676	48.98%
Total votes			15,672	100%

State Senate

Missouri Senate election, 1996, District 19^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	10,856	53.98%
	Democratic	Don Stamper	9,256	46.02%
Total votes			20,112	100%
General election
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	39,971	62.43%
	Republican	Frank Martin	21,703	33.90%
	Libertarian	Daniel Dodson	2,353	3.67%
Total votes			64,027	100%

Missouri Senate election, 2000, District 19^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	41,426	57.64%
	Republican	Randy Asbury	29,152	40.56%
	Libertarian	John Dupuy	1,293	1.80%
Total votes			71,871	100%

Lieutenant governor

Missouri Lieutenant Governor primary election, August 3, 2004^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bekki Cook	493,081	64.28%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	273,953	35.72%
Total votes			767,034	100%

United States Representative

Missouri's 9th Congressional District primary election, August 5, 2008^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Baker	22,498	44.12%
	Democratic	Steve Gaw	15,864	31.11%
	Democratic	Lyndon Bode	6,565	12.88%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	6,060	11.89%
Total votes			50,987	100%