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The2000 House elections inMissouri occurred on November 7, 2000 to elect the members of theState of Missouri's delegation to theUnited States House of Representatives. Missouri had nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the1990 United States census.
These elections were held concurrently with theUnited States Senate elections of 2000 (including an election in Missouri where DemocratMel Carnahan was posthumously elected to theUnited States Senate), theUnited States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.
Republicans narrowly flipped the sixth district, thereby giving Republicans a majority in the delegation. Missouri was one of five states where the party that won the popular vote did not win the most seats, along with Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2000[1] | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,135,724 | 48.83% | 4 | 5 | +1 | |
| Democratic | 1,136,020 | 48.85% | 5 | 4 | -1 | |
| Libertarian | 24,847 | 1.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progressive | 15,947 | 0.69% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reform | 8,293 | 0.36% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Natural Law | 4,957 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,325,788 | 100.00% | 9 | 9 | — | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
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| Missouri 1 | William Lacy Clay, Sr. | Democratic | 1968 | Retired Democratic hold | William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D) 75% Dwight Billingsly (R) 22% Brenda Reddick (G) 2% |
| Missouri 2 | James Talent | Republican | 1992 | Retired torun for Governor Republican hold | Todd Akin (R) 55% Ted House (D) 42% Mike Odell (G) 1% |
| Missouri 3 | Dick Gephardt | Democratic | 1976 | Re-elected | Dick Gephardt (D) 58% Bill Federer (R) 40% Mary Maroney (G) 1% |
| Missouri 4 | Ike Skelton | Democratic | 1976 | Re-elected | Ike Skelton (D) 67% Cecilia Noland (R) 31% |
| Missouri 5 | Karen McCarthy | Democratic | 1994 | Re-elected | Karen McCarthy (D) 69% Steve Gordon (R) 29% Charles Reitz (G) 1% |
| Missouri 6 | Patsy Danner | Democratic | 1992 | Retired Republican gain | Sam Graves (R) 51% Steve Danner (D) 47% |
| Missouri 7 | Roy Blunt | Republican | 1996 | Re-elected | Roy Blunt (R) 74% Charles Christrup (D) 24% |
| Missouri 8 | Jo Ann Emerson | Republican | 1996 | Re-elected | Jo Ann Emerson (R) 69% Bob Camp (D) 29% Tom Sager (G) 1% |
| Missouri 9 | Kenny Hulshof | Republican | 1996 | Re-elected | Kenny Hulshof (R) 59% Steven Carroll (D) 38% Devin Scherubel (G) 1% |
