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1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1982 election for Missouri House District 136

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Bob Holden (D) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Bill Owen (R) by 16.4 points.

Bob HoldenDemocrat · winner
58.2%5,086
Bill OwenRepublican · incumbent
41.8%3,656
8,742 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+25.81974D+16.41982D+16.51984R+14.61988D+0.41992D+4.21994

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