1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Missouri House District 42
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Tom Ryan (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Jewel Kennedy (R) by 3.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom RyanDemocrat · winner
51.6%3,761
Jewel KennedyRepublican · incumbent
48.4%3,528
7,289 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