1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Missouri's 9th District
U.S. House · Missouri
Kenny Hulshof (R) won with 49.4% of the vote, defeating Harold Volkmer (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kenny HulshofRepublican · winner
49.4%123,580
Harold VolkmerDemocrat
47.0%117,685
Mitchell J. MooreLibertarian
2.9%7,140
Douglas RexfordNatural Law
0.7%1,825
250,230 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Harold VolkmerKenny Hulshof
$536.8K
Raised by the campaign
$680.9K
$542.4K
Spent by the campaign
$686.5K
$2.2K
Cash on hand
$4.2K
Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 1996.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 1996
The candidates
Kenny Hulshof (R)Harold Volkmer (D)
Also on the ballot: Mitchell J. Moore (Libertarian), 2.9%; Douglas Rexford (Natural Law), 0.7%