1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1978 election for Missouri House District 71
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Dewey Crump (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Stephen Banton (R) by 4.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dewey CrumpDemocrat · winner
52.3%6,100
Stephen BantonRepublican
47.7%5,557
11,657 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