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1970Final results

1970 election for Missouri Senate District 28

Missouri State Senate · Missouri

Ike Skelton (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating John C. Ryan (R) by 0.8 points.

Ike SkeltonDemocrat · winner
50.4%21,220
John C. RyanRepublican
49.6%20,872
42,092 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

EvenR+9.71978R+16.11982R+14.51986D+1.61990R+13.11994R+32.82002

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