House Career and Senate Campaign
Wheat was the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives ever to be appointed to the Rules Committee and was also the first African-American to represent a district with a white majority.
After United States Senator John Danforth said he would not run for re-election in the 1994 election, Wheat chose to leave the House and instead run for Danforth's seat. He won the primary, becoming the first black nominated by either major party for a statewide office. Wheat lost the general election to former governor John Ashcroft. Karen McCarthy was elected to succeed him in the House.
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