1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for Missouri House District 48
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Pat Kelley (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Phil Walz (D) by 3.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat KelleyRepublican · winner
51.8%5,366
Phil WalzDemocrat
48.2%4,997
10,363 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET