Missouri House
District 8
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Independent |
112,472 |
50.5% |
| Emily Firebaugh |
Democratic |
83,084 |
37.3% |
| Richard Kline |
Republican |
23,477 |
10.5% |
| Greg Tlapek |
Libertarian |
2,503 |
1.1% |
| David Zimmer |
Natural law |
1,318 |
0.6% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Emily Firebaugh |
Democratic |
37,106 |
55.4% |
| Thad Bullock |
Democratic |
16,013 |
23.9% |
| Gene Curtis |
Democratic |
13,876 |
20.7% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Richard Kline |
Republican |
12,740 |
51.0% |
| E. Earl Durnell |
Republican |
12,217 |
49.0% |
| 1996 House Special General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
132,804 |
63.3% |
| Emily Firebaugh |
Democratic |
71,625 |
34.1% |
| Greg Tlapek |
Libertarian |
5,326 |
2.5% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
104,271 |
62.6% |
| Anthony Heckemeyer |
Democratic |
59,426 |
35.7% |
| John Hendricks |
Libertarian |
2,827 |
1.7% |
| 1998 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Anthony Heckemeyer |
Democratic |
23,603 |
47.7% |
| Thad Bullock |
Democratic |
14,252 |
28.8% |
| Richard Kline |
Democratic |
11,594 |
23.4% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
162,239 |
69.3% |
| Bob Camp |
Democratic |
67,760 |
28.9% |
| John Hendricks Jr. |
Libertarian |
2,328 |
1.0% |
| Tom Sager |
Green |
1,739 |
0.7% |
| 2000 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Bob Camp |
Democratic |
29,990 |
57.1% |
| Earl Durnell |
Democratic |
22,531 |
42.9% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
135,144 |
71.8% |
| Gene Curtis |
Democratic |
50,686 |
26.9% |
| Eric Van Oostrom |
Libertarian |
2,491 |
1.3% |
| 2002 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
50,605 |
87.1% |
| Richard Kline |
Republican |
7,499 |
12.9% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
194,039 |
72.2% |
| Dean Henderson |
Democratic |
71,543 |
26.6% |
| Stan Cuff |
Libertarian |
1,810 |
0.7% |
| Leonard Davidson |
Constitution |
1,319 |
0.5% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dean Henderson |
Democratic |
37,213 |
57.0% |
| Jerry Cass |
Democratic |
28,040 |
43.0% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
65,052 |
88.6% |
| Richard Kline |
Republican |
8,401 |
11.4% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
156,164 |
71.6% |
| Veronica Hambacker |
Democratic |
57,557 |
26.4% |
| Branden McCullough |
Libertarian |
4,268 |
2.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Veronica Hambacker |
Democratic |
15,279 |
39.5% |
| Gene Curtis |
Democratic |
13,305 |
34.4% |
| Earl Durnell |
Democratic |
10,053 |
26.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
43,527 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
198,798 |
71.4% |
| Joe Allen |
Democratic |
72,790 |
26.2% |
| Branden McCullough |
Libertarian |
4,443 |
1.6% |
| Richard Smith |
Constitution |
2,257 |
0.8% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Joe Allen |
Democratic |
35,418 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
51,801 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
128,499 |
65.6% |
| Tommy Sowers |
Democratic |
56,377 |
28.8% |
| Larry Bill |
Independent |
7,193 |
3.7% |
| Rick Vandeven |
Libertarian |
3,930 |
2.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Tommy Sowers |
Democratic |
27,874 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Republican |
47,880 |
65.6% |
| Bob Parker |
Republican |
25,118 |
34.4% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
621,690 |
| Percentage White |
93.1% |
| Percentage Black |
4.4% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.6% |
| Percentage Asian |
0.4% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.2% |
| Percentage Other Race |
0.3% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
1.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
92.5% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
4.3% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
1.1% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$27,865 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
35.8% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
18.2% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
44.2% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
31.2% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
31.3% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.7% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
15.8% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
42.1% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
11.9% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
24.7% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
23.0% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
23.1% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
55.5% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
22.7% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.2% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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