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1994Final results

1994 election for Missouri House District 20

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Gracia Y. Backer (D) won with 70.8% of the vote, defeating Gary R. Ellis (R) by 41.7 points.

Gracia Y. BackerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.8%8,021
Gary R. EllisRepublican
29.2%3,302
11,323 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenR+9.81986D+7.11988D+36.11990D+41.71994D+40.41996D+27.61998

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