Missouri's 6th congressional district

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Missouri's 6th congressional district
Population (2000)	621,690
Median income	$41,225
Ethnic composition	93.8% White, 2.8% Black, 0.8% Asian, 2.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+5

Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in rural Northwest Missouri. Its largest voting population is centered in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the town of St. Joseph. The district includes all of Kansas City north of the Missouri River (including Kansas City International Airport). In addition to Kansas City's suburbs to the north, it also includes Kansas City's suburbs to the east in Jackson County, Missouri.

The district takes in all or parts of the following counties: Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Howard , Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Putnam, Ray, Schuyler, Sullivan, Worth.

Represntatives from the district including governors John Smith Phelps and Austin A. King as well as Kansas City Mayor Robert T. Van Horn. In 1976, Jerry Litton was killed on election night as he flew to a victory party after winning the Democratic nomination for United States Senate.

George W. Bush beat John Kerry in this district 57%-43% in 2004. The district is represented by Republican Sam Graves.

[edit] Election Results

1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004• 2006

[edit] 1996

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1996[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Danner (Incumbent)	169,006	68.6%
	Republican	Jeff Bailey	72,064	29.3%
	Libertarian	Karl H. Wetzel	5,212	2.1%
Total votes			246,282	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 1998

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1998[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Danner (Incumbent)	136,774	70.9%
	Republican	Jeff Bailey	51,679	26.8%
	Libertarian	Karl H. Wetzel	4,324	2.2%
Total votes			129,777	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] 2000

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2000[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr.	138,925	50.9%
	Democratic	Steve Danner	127,792	46.8%
	Libertarian	Jimmy Dykes	3,696	1.4%
	Independent	Marie Richey	2,788	1.0%
Total votes			273,201	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

[edit] 2002

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	131,151	63.0%
	Democratic	Cathy Rinehart	73,202	35.2%
	Libertarian	Erik Buck	3,735	1.8%
Total votes			208,088	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 2004

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	196,516	63.8%
	Democratic	Charles S. Broomfield	106,987	34.8%
	Libertarian	Erik Buck	4,352	1.4%
Total votes			307,855	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] 2006

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	150,882	61.6%
	Democratic	Sara Jo Shettles	87,477	35.7%
	Libertarian	Erik Buck	4,757	1.9%
	Progressive	Shirley A. Yurkonis	4,757	1.9%
Total votes			244,795	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] Historical representation

• 1853-1863 John Smith Phelps Democrat
• 1863-1865 Austin A. King Unionist
• 1865-1871 Robert T. Van Horn Republican
• 1871-1873 Abram Comingo Democrat
• 1873-1875 Harrison Eugene Havens Republican
• 1875-1879 Charles Henry Morgan Democrat
• 1879-1881 James Richard Waddill Democrat
• 1881-1883 Ira Sherwin Hazeltine Greenback
• 1883-1885 John Cosgrove Democrat
• 1885-1893 John T. Heard Democrat
• 1893-1910 David A. De Armond Democrat
• 1910-1921 Clement C. Dickinson Democrat
• 1921-1923 William O. Atkeson Republican
• 1923-1929 Clement C. Dickinson Democrat
• 1929-1931 Thomas Jefferson Halsey Republican
• 1931-1933 Clement C. Dickinson Democrat
• 1933-1941 Reuben T. Wood Democrat
• 1941-1943 Philip A. Bennett Republican
• 1943-1949 Marion T. Bennett Republican
• 1949-1951 George H. Christopher Democrat
• 1951-1953 Orland K. Armstrong Republican
• 1953-1955 William C. Cole Republican
• 1955-1973 William Raleigh Hull, Jr. Democrat
• 1973-1976 Jerry Litton Democrat
• 1976-1993 Earl Thomas Coleman Republican
• 1993-2001 Pat Danner Democrat
• 2001-Present Sam Graves Republican

[edit] References

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