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1998Final results

1998 election for Missouri House District 16

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Rich Chrismer (R) won with 86.0% of the vote, defeating Dean S. Hodge (Lib) by 72.1 points.

Rich ChrismerRepublican · winner · incumbent
86.0%8,550
Dean S. HodgeLibertarian
14.0%1,388
9,938 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+22.41990R+3.01992R+20.11994R+25.01996R+13.12000R+8.12004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET