1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1988 election for Missouri House District 137
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Chuck Wooten (R) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Jim Bowers (D) by 8.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Chuck WootenRepublican · winner
54.1%4,540
Jim BowersDemocrat
45.9%3,855
8,395 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET