1988Final results
1988 election for Missouri House District 5
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Everett Brown (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Willis E. Dowden (R) by 10.9 points.
Everett BrownDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.4%6,465
Willis E. DowdenRepublican
44.6%5,199
11,664 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