1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Missouri House District 48
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
William Raisch (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Herman P. Winkelmann (D) by 5.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William RaischRepublican · winner
53.0%6,031
Herman P. WinkelmannDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%5,355
11,386 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