1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Missouri House District 151
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Chuck Purgason (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Dean P. Proffitt (D) by 16.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Chuck PurgasonRepublican · winner
53.8%7,335
Dean P. ProffittDemocrat
37.2%5,066
Clayton CryeIndependent
9.0%1,229
13,630 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