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1978Final results

1978 election for Missouri House District 26

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Alan Wheat (D) won with 88.8% of the vote, defeating Boyd Groves (R) by 77.5 points.

Alan WheatDemocrat · winner · incumbent
88.8%4,458
Boyd GrovesRepublican
11.2%565
5,023 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

EvenD+63.01972D+77.51978D+36.81982D+35.11988D+30.01994D+28.72004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET