1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Missouri House District 161
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Lanie Black (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Betty Hearnes (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lanie BlackRepublican · winner
50.3%4,120
Betty HearnesDemocrat
49.7%4,076
8,196 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET