1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Missouri House District 71
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
G. Phillip Meier (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating George Sexton (D) by 6.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
G. Phillip MeierRepublican · winner
53.2%7,446
George SextonDemocrat
46.8%6,547
13,993 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