1998Final results
1998 election for Missouri House District 31
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Bill Skaggs (D) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Bryant Poythress (R) by 34.1 points.
Bill SkaggsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.9%5,727
Bryant PoythressRepublican
29.8%2,668
Brad SpanglerLibertarian
6.3%565
8,960 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