1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Missouri House District 51
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Gerald Cox (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Fred Dyer (R) by 3.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gerald CoxDemocrat · winner
51.7%7,055
Fred DyerRepublican · incumbent
48.3%6,602
13,657 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