1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Missouri House District 142
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Dan Maguire (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Ted Salveter (D) by 3.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dan MaguireRepublican · winner
51.5%3,795
Ted SalveterDemocrat · incumbent
48.5%3,574
7,369 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET