1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1974 election for Missouri House District 116
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Ralph Hedrick (D) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating A. F. Hilgedick (R) by 16.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ralph HedrickDemocrat · winner
58.2%5,651
A. F. HilgedickRepublican
41.8%4,054
9,705 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET