1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Missouri Senate District 16
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Sarah Steelman (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Michael Lybyer (D) by 16.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sarah SteelmanRepublican · winner
58.0%31,177
Michael LybyerDemocrat · incumbent
42.0%22,555
53,732 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