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1978Final results

1978 election for Missouri House District 61

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Francis Brady (D) won with 78.9% of the vote, defeating John Dudash (R) by 57.7 points.

Francis BradyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.9%7,099
John DudashRepublican
21.1%1,904
9,003 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+44.11972D+57.71978R+44.42012R+46.12014R+53.32016R+42.32018

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