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1978Final results

1978 election for Missouri House District 92

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Steve Gardner (D) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Jani Wallach (R) by 18.9 points.

Steve GardnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.6%10,096
Jani WallachRepublican
39.8%6,850
1.6%271
17,217 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

EvenR+6.81972D+22.91974D+22.21976D+18.91978R+6.51980R+44.51982

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

The candidates

Steve Gardner (D)Jani Wallach (R)

Also on the ballot: Anthony L. Haenni (Libertarian), 1.6%