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The2004 House elections inMissouri occurred on November 2, 2004, 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 the2000 United States census.
These elections were held concurrently with theUnited States presidential election of 2004,United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Missouri), theUnited 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 leaderDick Gephardt.
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004[1] | ||||||
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| 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 | % | |||||

| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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| 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% |