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1990Final results

1990 election for Missouri House District 17

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

George Dames (D) won with 63.4% of the vote, defeating Scott D. Hays (R) by 26.8 points.

George DamesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.4%6,326
Scott D. HaysRepublican
36.6%3,649
9,975 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+22.81980D+30.61982D+30.11988D+26.81990R+19.31992D+12.81994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET