1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Kansas House District 47
Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas
Dick Cameron (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Bob Henry (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dick CameronRepublican · winner
51.1%3,160
Bob HenryDemocrat · incumbent
48.9%3,028
6,188 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET