1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Missouri House District 149
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Dan Decarlo (D) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Gerry Durnell (R) by 5.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dan DecarloDemocrat · winner
52.7%3,550
Gerry DurnellRepublican · incumbent
47.3%3,184
6,734 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