When looking at the results for the United States House of Representatives Primary Election (August 5, 2008) 9th Congressional District Democratic candidate Judy Baker (a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and a former Region VII Director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services who was born in 1960) earned the win with 22,498 votes (44.12% of the vote), and Democratic candidate Steve Gaw was the runner up with 15, 864 votes (31.11% of the vote).
United States House of Representatives Primary Election, August 5, 2008, 9th Congressional District Democratic Judy Baker 22,498 44.12% Democratic Steve Gaw 15,864 31.11% She is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and a former Region VII Director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (1960-04-10) April 10, 1960 (age 60)
Columbia, Missouri, U.S. 
