1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Missouri House District 42
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Jewel Kennedy (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Steve Como (D) by 0.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jewel KennedyRepublican · winner
50.4%6,892
Steve ComoDemocrat
49.6%6,796
13,688 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