1978Final results

1978 Republican primary for Missouri House District 143

Name: 1978 Republican primary for Missouri House District 143
Start: 1978-08-01
Location: Missouri

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Garnett Kelly (R) won with 68.7% of the vote, defeating Joe Hylton (R) by 37.5 points.

Garnett KellyRepublican · winner · incumbent

68.7%5,581

31.3%2,538

8,119 votes

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