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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Missouri House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Missouri House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 163 seats

After the electionD 97 · R 66
Races163
Changed party0
Unopposed21%35 races
Incumbents defeated13

Every district

D 97 · R 66

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Richard J. Decoster (D)5.9
HD-2Cloy E. Whitney (R)0.7Incumbent lost
HD-3Vernon Betz (R)30.9
HD-4M. C. Bauer (R)19.5
HD-5Jerold L. Drake (D)23.9
HD-6Hardin Cox (D)21.9
HD-7Richard Martin (D)25.5
HD-8Don Randall (D)Unopposed
HD-9Mark Youngdahl (D)17.1
HD-10Bob F. Griffin (D)15.2
HD-11Robert Kay (R)11.6Incumbent lost
HD-12Ronald M. Belt (R)Unopposed
HD-13Harold Volkmer (D)Unopposed
HD-14D. R. Osbourn (D)Unopposed
HD-15Lloyd Baker (D)Unopposed
HD-16Vernon King (D)14.7
HD-17Timothy T. Ryan (D)18.4
HD-18Stan Thomas (D)16.5
HD-19Gerald J. Roderick (D)0.6
HD-20Phil Snowden (D)22.7
HD-21Earl Coleman (R)16.0
HD-22Alex J. Fazzino (D)24.3
HD-23Paul Rojas (D)Unopposed
HD-24Joe Schorgl (D)28.9
HD-25Orchid Jordan (D)60.1
HD-26Harold L. Holliday (D)63.0
HD-27James G. Baker (D)23.9
HD-28Phil Curls (D)65.4
HD-29David Reed (R)13.6
HD-30Phillip Scaglia (D)40.9
HD-31Ray S. James (R)Unopposed
HD-32Joseph Kenton (D)9.5Incumbent lost
HD-33Harold Esser (R)28.3
HD-34Harold Lowenstein (R)23.8Incumbent lost
HD-35Alvin E. Waits (D)Unopposed
HD-36Leo McKamey (D)Unopposed
HD-37Gladys Marriott (D)19.3
HD-38John A. Sharp (R)20.6
HD-39Clarence H. Heflin (D)8.9
HD-40Howard E. Hines (D)13.8
HD-41James C. Gray (D)Unopposed
HD-42Jewel Kennedy (R)34.2
HD-43Harry Gallagher (D)2.4
HD-44Robert T. Johnson (R)26.9
HD-45Melvin Vogelsmeier (R)23.7
HD-46Bill Peterson (D)7.6
HD-47Bill J. Crigler (D)8.0
HD-48James L. Lemon (R)3.7Incumbent lost
HD-49W. O. Howard (D)30.4
HD-50George Dames (D)20.1
HD-51Fred Dyer (R)15.2
HD-52Omar Schnatmeier (R)2.7
HD-53Walter L. Meyer (D)31.0
HD-54Keith J. Barbero (R)13.6
HD-55Dan Otoole (D)4.3
HD-56Joe Frappier (R)28.9
HD-57Gregory J. Mareschal (D)4.8
HD-58James Russell (D)18.3
HD-59Bob Feigenbaum (D)15.7
HD-60Earl L. Schlef (D)18.4
HD-61James Patrick Mulvaney (D)44.1
HD-62Al Mueller (D)51.9
HD-63Raymond Quarles (D)Unopposed
HD-64Stan Piekarski (D)Unopposed
HD-65Russell Goward (D)86.1
HD-66Johnnie Aikens (D)Unopposed
HD-67James Carrington (D)Unopposed
HD-68Wayne Goode (D)33.5
HD-69Robert Fowler (D)30.4
HD-70Judith Oconnor (D)24.4
HD-71Murray Stone (D)6.8
HD-72Edwin L. Dirck (D)24.4
HD-73Michael Burke (D)7.9
HD-74Ralph Jones (D)28.1
HD-75George Hoblitzelle (R)24.3
HD-76S. Sue Shear (D)27.6
HD-77Kenneth J. Rothman (D)50.8
HD-78Fred Williams (D)Unopposed
HD-79Nathaniel J. Rivers (D)Unopposed
HD-80J. B. Banks (D)85.0
HD-81Deverne Calloway (D)77.1
HD-82Harold Martin (D)Unopposed
HD-83John Leisure (D)55.9
HD-84James Conway (D)Unopposed
HD-85Richard J. Rabbitt (D)38.9
HD-86Steve Vossmeyer (D)26.1
HD-87John E. Scott (D)Unopposed
HD-88James N. Riley (D)20.3
HD-89Philip H. Hoffman (R)32.8
HD-90George E. Murray (R)Unopposed
HD-91Mildred Huffman (R)15.9
HD-92Eric F. Fink (R)6.8
HD-93Walt Mueller (R)28.6
HD-94John Buechner (R)24.2
HD-95Robert O. Snyder (R)44.2
HD-96Corley Thompson (R)Unopposed
HD-97William Otoole (D)3.9
HD-98John Blassie (D)25.5
HD-99Frank E. Kostron (D)36.5
HD-100Buddy Kay (D)Unopposed
HD-101Edward Ottinger (R)13.9
HD-102J. Anthony Dill (R)46.6
HD-103Joseph F. Fendler (R)3.6Incumbent lost
HD-104Bud Fendler (D)14.3
HD-105Philip Barry (D)7.6
HD-106Irene Treppler (R)22.5
HD-107William Raisch (R)22.1
HD-108Russell Brockfeld (R)38.7
HD-109Joe Holt (D)22.1
HD-110Harold Reisch (R)31.7
HD-111Larry Mead (R)7.2
HD-112Harold Dickson (R)18.2
HD-113Peter H. Stohr (R)5.2Incumbent lost
HD-114Gene Lang (R)24.4Incumbent lost
HD-115Ed Bohl (R)7.3Incumbent lost
HD-116Clovis Sivils (R)2.1Incumbent lost
HD-117Curt Davidson (D)2.4Incumbent lost
HD-118Carrol McCubbin (R)35.0
HD-119James Strong (R)9.2
HD-120W. E. Blackwell (D)9.8
HD-121Wesley A. Miller (R)Unopposed
HD-122Winnie Weber (D)Unopposed
HD-123Charles Becker (D)1.3
HD-124Howard Garrett (D)Unopposed
HD-125Clifford W. Gannon (D)20.0
HD-126Al Nilges (D)5.4
HD-127Vernon Bruckerhoff (R)27.5
HD-128Edna Eads (R)23.7
HD-129William E. Seay (D)3.2Incumbent lost
HD-130John Twitty (R)1.6Incumbent lost
HD-131Jim Arnold (D)35.5
HD-132Flavel J. Butts (R)32.5
HD-133Morris Westfall (R)Unopposed
HD-134J. Bernard Mitchell (R)Unopposed
HD-135Hayden Morgan (D)12.5
HD-136Robert Young (R)Unopposed
HD-137Leo W. Schrader (D)7.8
HD-138John W. Webb (R)26.1
HD-139Claude Blakeley (R)12.6
HD-140Dan Harmon (R)19.0
HD-141Keith Stotts (R)46.6
HD-142Donald Gann (R)Unopposed
HD-143Garnett Kelly (R)Unopposed
HD-144Wayne Groner (R)14.3
HD-145Margaret Miller (R)19.0
HD-146George J. Donegan (R)25.4
HD-147Les Langsford (R)25.2
HD-148Max E. Bacon (D)23.3
HD-149Gerry Durnell (R)29.5
HD-150John Russell (R)Unopposed
HD-151Earl L. Sponsler (D)13.8
HD-152R. Wendell Bailey (R)Unopposed
HD-153Don Hancock (D)Unopposed
HD-154Frank Ellis (D)0.3
HD-155Marvin Proffer (D)8.0
HD-156Gary Rust (R)15.0
HD-157J. T. Howard (D)12.5
HD-158O. L. Wallis (R)12.8
HD-159C. F. Cline (D)Unopposed
HD-160Fred Defield (D)38.1
HD-161Fred Copeland (D)37.8
HD-162Vic Downing (D)36.9
HD-163Lew W. Maddox (D)Unopposed

Missouri House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner