1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Missouri House District 4
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Melvin Smith (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating R. J. Miller (D) by 11.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Melvin SmithRepublican · winner
55.7%7,734
R. J. MillerDemocrat
44.3%6,161
13,895 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET