Elected 1976 Born: Jan. 31, 1941, St. Louis Home: St. Louis Education: Northwestern U., B.S. 1962, U. of MI, J.D. 1965 Religion: Baptist Marital Status: married (Jane)

Career:

• Elected Office: St. Louis City Alderman, 1971-76; Dem. Presidential Candidate, 1988.
• Professional: Practicing atty., 1965-77.
• Military: Air Natl. Guard, 1965-71.

DC Office: 1236 LHOB 20515, 202-225-2671; Fax: 202-225-7414; Web site: www.house.gov/gephardt

State Offices: Festus, 636-937-6399; St. Louis,314-894-3400.

Committees:

• Minority Leader
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Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	90	69	100	93	15	50	20	28	13	12	7
1999	100	--	100	94	28	--	12	24	0	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	83%	--	17%		84%	--	15%
Social	78%	--	21%		68%	--	32%
Foreign	78%	--	17%		66%	--	33%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage Y 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. Y 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto N 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks Y  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion Y  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China N 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World Y 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo N

Election Results
2000 general	Richard A. Gephardt (D)	147,222	(58%)
	William J. Federer (R)	100,967	(40%)
	Others	6,350	(2%)
2000 primary	Richard A. Gephardt (D)	unopposed
1998 general	Richard A. Gephardt (D)	98,287	(56%)
	William J. Federer (R)	74,005	(42%)
	Other	3,807	(2%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Richard A. Gephardt (D)	$3,816,891	$838,109	$5,580,964
William J. Federer (R)	$2,377,050	$35,550	$2,319,819