1988 primaries · March 1, 1988
1988 Missouri House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Missouri House of Representatives district in the 1988 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Stephen R. Waters (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Randy B. Best (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Katie Steele (D) | 27.9 | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | E. Gene Howes (R) | 10.0 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Beth M. Wheeler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Wayne D. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Phil Tate (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Everett Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Willis E. Dowden (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Russel Grundel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Tim Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | Millie Humphreys (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Edward H. Schellhorn (D) | 14.5 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Mark Youngdahl (D) | 0.8 | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Frank Flesher (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Bob F. Griffin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | William Murry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Dale C. Whiteside (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Don McQuitty (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Steven R. Carroll (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Sam D. Leake (D) | 12.2 | |
| HD-14 · Republican primary | David Fusselman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Ray Hamlett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | W. O. Howard (D) | 6.3 | |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Roger A. Moran (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | George Dames (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Robert E. Morley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Joseph R. Ortwerth (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Francis Dickherbe (D) | 36.6 | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Steven E. Ehlmann (R) | 66.8 | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Ted House (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Jeff Mentel (R) | 36.8 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Dwight E. Buel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Craig Kilby (R) | 27.5 | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Lee Cavanagh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Russell Brockfeld (R) | 35.6 | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Gracia Y. Backer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Jim Pauley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Ken Jacob (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Edwin D. Stewart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Chris Kelly (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | James F. Weaver (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | William A. Markland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Forest C. Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Norwood Creason (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Martha Jarman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | R. M. Dumas (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Sandra Reeves (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | John Birch (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Fred Pouche (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | Bonnie Sue Cooper (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Joe Bock (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Bill Skaggs (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Keith C. Torkelson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Henry C. Rizzo (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Vernon Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Ronnie Depasco (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Jacqueline McGee (D) | 45.1 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Fletcher Daniels (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Republican primary | Wardell Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Karen McCarthy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Annette N. Morgan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Joseph Kenton (D) | 16.2 | |
| HD-42 · Republican primary | Marti Phipps (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Mary Bland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Republican primary | Earl Pitts (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Robert Sego (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | Vernon E. Scoville (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | P. Edmund Detko (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | Sandy Kauffman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | John Humphrey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Jan Martinette (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | Lester Patterson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Pat Kelley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Dotty Doll (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | Carson Ross (R) | 8.5 | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Jim Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Carol Jean Mays (D) | 8.3 | |
| HD-51 · Republican primary | Thomas E. Gackle (R) | 53.0 | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Carole Roper Park (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Republican primary | Roy W. Spradlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | William T. Dawson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | John D. Williams (R) | 22.2 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Bruce A. Dotson (D) | 6.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Richard Franklin (D) | 15.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-55 · Republican primary | W. Geral Rinacke (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Paula Carter (D) | 67.5 | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | O. L. Shelton (D) | 44.0 | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Louis H. Ford (D) | 57.6 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | William Clay Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Russell Goward (D) | 18.0 | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | Joyce L. Poston (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Elbert Walton (D) | 56.9 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Charles Troupe (D) | 75.5 | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Michael P. David (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | Thomas P. Stoff (D) | 66.7 | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Anthony D. Ribaudo (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Matt Oneill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Republican primary | Dennis Lang (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Patrick Dougherty (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Ron Auer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Gail L. Chatfield (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Edward Ottinger (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Timothy P. Green (D) | 12.0 | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Earl Miller (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Laurie Donovan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Richard Dorsey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Jean H. Mathews (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Kaye Steinmetz (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | James Russell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Judith Oconnor (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Republican primary | Dan Flynn (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | Lawrence E. Wines (D) | 23.1 | |
| HD-77 · Republican primary | David C. Hale (R) | 8.0 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Mary M. Haganharrell (D) | 38.6 | |
| HD-78 · Republican primary | Grant Keys (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Francis Brady (D) | 24.2 | |
| HD-79 · Republican primary | Raye Robertson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Robert J. Quinn Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Republican primary | Leon Deimeke (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Neil Molloy (D) | 53.4 | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | E. J. Cantrell (D) | 59.1 | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | John R. Oldham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Patrick Hickey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Dewey Crump (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | David Mooar (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | W. Todd Akin (R) | 67.5 | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | David S. Kass (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | John Hancock (R) | 13.4 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | S. Sue Shear (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Sheila Lumpe (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | James N. Riley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Marjorie C. Putnam (R) | 0.1 | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Raymond W. Hand (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Republican primary | William Linton (R) | 57.4 | |
| HD-92 · Republican primary | James Talent (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | Walt Mueller (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Jim King (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | Stephen Banton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | John Posey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | Jim Murphy (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Francis Barnes (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Marion Cairns (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Mike Hoehn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Republican primary | Jack Goldman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | William Raisch (R) | 70.5 | |
| HD-100 · Republican primary | Clarence J. Wohlwend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | Philip Barry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Republican primary | Alex Lantos (R) | 3.1 | |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | Joseph L. Treadway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | Ivan Lee Wallace Jr. (D) | 21.7 | |
| HD-103 · Republican primary | Jonathan Selsor (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Winnie Weber (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 · Republican primary | Bill Alter (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | William McKenna (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | Mark C. Abel (D) | 24.4 | |
| HD-106 · Republican primary | George Engelbach (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | Norman E. Sheldon (D) | 6.9 | |
| HD-108 · Republican primary | Wesley A. Miller (R) | 64.0 | |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Al Nilges (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-110 · Democratic primary | James A. Holland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-110 · Republican primary | James Victor Froelker (R) | 24.0 | |
| HD-111 · Democratic primary | David Honse (D) | 28.7 | |
| HD-111 · Republican primary | Merrill Townley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 · Democratic primary | Chris Graham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 · Democratic primary | Dale L. Langley (D) | 13.4 | |
| HD-113 · Republican primary | Rex R. Wyrick (R) | 1.0 | |
| HD-114 · Republican primary | Flavel J. Butts (R) | 57.5 | |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | G. W. Morris Jr. (D) | 50.1 | |
| HD-115 · Republican primary | Larry Rohrbach (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-116 · Democratic primary | T. W. Marshall (D) | 28.7 | |
| HD-116 · Republican primary | Cordell Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-117 · Republican primary | Todd P. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-118 · Republican primary | Delbert L. Scott (R) | 80.9 | |
| HD-119 · Democratic primary | Robert Dunning (D) | 36.6 | |
| HD-120 · Democratic primary | William E. Brame (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-120 · Republican primary | Gene Lang (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-121 · Democratic primary | David Rauch (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-122 · Democratic primary | Gene Olson (D) | 13.7 | |
| HD-122 · Republican primary | Robert W. Moore (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-123 · Democratic primary | Ralph Hedrick (D) | 24.5 | |
| HD-123 · Republican primary | Harold G. Weil (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-124 · Democratic primary | Jerry Burch (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-125 · Democratic primary | Lynn Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-125 · Republican primary | William G. Marshall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-126 · Republican primary | T. Mark Elliott (R) | 11.2 | |
| HD-127 · Democratic primary | Johnny L. Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-127 · Republican primary | Gary L. Burton (R) | 3.9 | |
| HD-128 · Republican primary | Chuck Surface (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-129 · Democratic primary | Brian P. Taylor (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-129 · Republican primary | Galen Browning (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-130 · Republican primary | Earle Staponski (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-131 · Democratic primary | Nolan G. McNeill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-131 · Republican primary | Paul Clemons (R) | 7.5 | |
| HD-132 · Republican primary | Doyle Childers (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-133 · Republican primary | Donald Gann (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-134 · Democratic primary | Doug Harpool (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-134 · Republican primary | Keith Hartman (R) | 58.0 | |
| HD-135 · Democratic primary | Tom Barr (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-135 · Republican primary | Jean Dixon (R) | 2.9 | |
| HD-136 · Democratic primary | Len Eagleburger (D) | 6.4 | |
| HD-136 · Republican primary | B. J. Marsh (R) | 12.2 | |
| HD-137 · Democratic primary | Jim Bowers (D) | 19.3 | |
| HD-137 · Republican primary | Chuck Wooten (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-138 · Republican primary | J. Dan Woodall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-139 · Democratic primary | Joe McCracken (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-139 · Republican primary | Dennis Medley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-140 · Democratic primary | Thomas M. Macdonnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-140 · Republican primary | Julian Howard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-141 · Democratic primary | Ken G. Wommack (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-141 · Republican primary | Ken Legan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-142 · Republican primary | Paul Page (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-143 · Republican primary | Jim W. Mitchell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-144 · Democratic primary | Jerry McBride (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-145 · Democratic primary | Jim Montgomery (D) | 7.8 | |
| HD-145 · Republican primary | James Taylor (R) | 31.2 | |
| HD-146 · Republican primary | Mervin Case (R) | 12.5 | |
| HD-147 · Democratic primary | Jess Garnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-147 · Republican primary | Dick Piper (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-148 · Democratic primary | Don Koller (D) | 27.0 | |
| HD-149 · Democratic primary | Ken Fiebelman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-149 · Republican primary | Dale M. Durham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-150 · Democratic primary | Wayne Crump (D) | 47.3 | |
| HD-151 · Democratic primary | Bob Ward (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-151 · Republican primary | Ed Gammon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-152 · Democratic primary | Herb C. Fallert (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-153 · Democratic primary | Frank Ellis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-154 · Democratic primary | Joseph L. Driskill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-155 · Democratic primary | F. A. Findley (D) | 45.2 | |
| HD-155 · Republican primary | Jerry Aldrich (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-156 · Democratic primary | J. T. Howard (D) | 3.9 | |
| HD-157 · Democratic primary | Dennis Ziegenhorn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-158 · Democratic primary | Jack M. Litzelfelner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-158 · Republican primary | David Schwab (R) | 31.0 | |
| HD-159 · Republican primary | Mary C. Kasten (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-160 · Democratic primary | Ollie Amick (D) | 7.0 | |
| HD-161 · Democratic primary | Fred Copeland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-162 · Democratic primary | Opal Parks (D) | 5.0 | |
| HD-163 · Democratic primary | Larry Thomason (D) | 51.5 |
Missouri House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner