1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for Missouri House District 148
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Bill L. Ransdall (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Bill Farnham (R) by 17.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bill L. RansdallDemocrat · winner
59.0%5,116
Bill FarnhamRepublican
41.0%3,562
8,678 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