1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Missouri House District 130
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
John Twitty (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Richard Smallwood (D) by 1.6 points.
John TwittyRepublican · winner
50.8%5,514
Richard SmallwoodDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%5,336
10,850 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET