1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Missouri House District 20
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Ted House (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Jeff Mentel (R) by 7.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ted HouseDemocrat · winner
53.5%9,353
Jeff MentelRepublican
46.5%8,121
17,474 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