Ken Jacob
{{Short description|American politician}}
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.{{cite book | author = Rebecca McDowell Cook | year = | title = Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998 | publisher = | location = | id = | pages = 117}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/article/20130327/News/303279797 |title=Ken Jacob takes position in state labor department |accessdate=2018-06-11}}
Electoral history
=State representative=
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives, primary election, 1982, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 998
|percentage = 57.22%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Peter Leo
|votes = 746
|percentage = 42.78%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 1,744
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 3,513
|percentage = 56.60%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent (United States)
|candidate = Beth M. Wheeler
|votes = 2,694
|percentage = 43.40%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 6,207
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 1984, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 7,333
|percentage = 66.19%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Tom Dreschel
|votes = 3,746
|percentage = 33.81%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 11,079
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 1986, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 4,820
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 4,820
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 1988, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 7,699
|percentage = 66.55%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Edwin D. Stewart
|votes = 3,869
|percentage = 33.45%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 11,568
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 1990, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 3,708
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 3,708
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 1992, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 9,303
|percentage = 65.22%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Mike Korman
|votes = 4,962
|percentage = 34.78%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 14,265
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 1994, District 25}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 5,397
|percentage = 63.75%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Elizabeth V. Cully
|votes = 3,069
|percentage = 36.25%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 8,466
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri House of Representatives election, 2012, District 44{{cite web|url=https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/Default.aspx?eid=750002497|title=All Results; Official Results|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|accessdate=Mar 22, 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Caleb Rowden
|votes = 7,996
|percentage = 51.02%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 7,676
|percentage = 48.98%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 15,672
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=State Senate=
{{Election box open primary begin no change|title=Missouri Senate election, 1996, District 19{{cite web|title=All Results; Official Election Returns|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/AllRacesGeneralNovember1996.pdf|accessdate=Mar 22, 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 10,856
|percentage = 53.98%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Don Stamper
|votes = 9,256
|percentage = 46.02%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 20,112
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 39,971
|percentage = 62.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Frank Martin
|votes = 21,703
|percentage = 33.90%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Daniel Dodson
|votes = 2,353
|percentage = 3.67%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 64,027
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri Senate election, 2000, District 19{{cite web|title=All Results; Official Election Returns|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/AllRacesGeneralNovember2000.pdf|accessdate=Mar 22, 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 41,426
|percentage = 57.64%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Randy Asbury
|votes = 29,152
|percentage = 40.56%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = John Dupuy
|votes = 1,293
|percentage = 1.80%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 71,871
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lieutenant governor=
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri Lieutenant Governor primary election, August 3, 2004{{cite web|title=All Results; Official Election Returns|publisher= Missouri Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/AllRacesAugust2004Primary.pdf|accessdate=Mar 22, 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Bekki Cook
|votes = 493,081
|percentage = 64.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 273,953
|percentage = 35.72%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 767,034
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=United States Representative=
{{Election box begin no change|title=Missouri's 9th Congressional District primary election, August 5, 2008{{cite web|title=All Results; Official Election Returns|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/AllRacesAugust2008Primary.pdf|accessdate=Mar 22, 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Judy Baker
|votes = 22,498
|percentage = 44.12%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Steve Gaw
|votes = 15,864
|percentage = 31.11%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Lyndon Bode
|votes = 6,565
|percentage = 12.88%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Jacob
|votes = 6,060
|percentage = 11.89%
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 50,987
|percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party Missouri state senators
Category:University of Missouri alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Missouri General Assembly
Category:21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly
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