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1978Final results

1978 election for Missouri House District 59

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Bob Feigenbaum (D) won with 82.3% of the vote, defeating Betty Wells (R) by 64.7 points.

Bob FeigenbaumDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.3%7,006
Betty WellsRepublican
17.7%1,504
8,510 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+64.71978D+45.11980D+69.82000R+61.22012R+51.82018R+32.82026

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