1978Final results
1978 election for Missouri House District 116
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Ralph Hedrick (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating L. D. Palmer (R) by 27.3 points.
Ralph HedrickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.6%6,909
L. D. PalmerRepublican
36.4%3,948
10,857 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