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%

References
  1. Rebecca McDowell Cook. Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 117.
  2. "Ken Jacob takes position in state labor department". Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. "All Results; Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved Mar 22, 2022.
  4. "All Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved Mar 22, 2022.
  5. "All Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved Mar 22, 2022.
  6. "All Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved Mar 22, 2022.
  7. "All Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved Mar 22, 2022.


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