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1976Final resultsSpecial election

1976 special election for Missouri House District 35

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Alvin E. Waits (D) won re-election with 84.2% of the vote, defeating Roy W. Spradlin (R) by 68.3 points.

Alvin E. WaitsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
84.2%3,342
Roy W. SpradlinRepublican
15.8%629
3,971 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+68.31976 special electionD+45.51976D+69.31978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)