1970Final results

1970 election for Missouri Senate District 6

Name: 1970 election for Missouri Senate District 6
Start: 1970-11-03
Location: Missouri

Missouri State Senate · Missouri

Edward T. Linehan (D) won with 79.0% of the vote, defeating William Poston (R) by 57.9 points.

Edward T. LinehanDemocrat · winner · incumbent

79.0%16,289

21.0%4,340

20,629 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

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