1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Missouri House District 112
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Merrill Townley (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Joe Clay Crum (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Merrill TownleyRepublican · winner
50.7%6,966
Joe Clay CrumDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%6,773
13,739 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET