1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Missouri House District 42
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Jim Barnes (D) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating Jewel Kennedy (R) by 19.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jim BarnesDemocrat · winner
59.9%6,487
Jewel KennedyRepublican · incumbent
40.1%4,341
10,828 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