1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Missouri House District 147
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Doug Gaston (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Jim Montgomery (D) by 6.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Doug GastonRepublican · winner
53.0%5,105
Jim MontgomeryDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%4,528
9,633 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