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1970Final results

1970 election for Missouri House District 117

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Bill Peterson (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating George W. Weber (R) by 13.4 points.

Bill PetersonDemocrat · winner
56.7%4,225
George W. WeberRepublican
43.3%3,224
7,449 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

Races before and after

EvenD+14.21974D+3.51976D+32.61978D+30.01980D+37.41982R+3.01984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET