1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Missouri House District 139
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Steve Lampo (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Claude Blakeley (R) by 0.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Steve LampoDemocrat · winner
50.1%5,303
Claude BlakeleyRepublican · incumbent
49.9%5,283
10,586 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