1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Missouri House District 78
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Carol Stroker (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Ronald Paul Keeven (R) by 9.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Carol StrokerDemocrat · winner
55.0%7,453
Ronald Paul KeevenRepublican · incumbent
45.0%6,110
13,563 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