1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Missouri House District 44
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Lester Patterson (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating H. Lamarr Rice (R) by 8.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lester PattersonDemocrat · winner
54.1%7,920
H. Lamarr RiceRepublican
45.9%6,730
14,650 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