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2002Final results

2002 election for Missouri House District 18

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Tom Dempsey (R) won with 85.7% of the vote, defeating Kurt C. Trachte (Lib) by 71.4 points.

Tom DempseyRepublican · winner · incumbent
85.7%8,706
Kurt C. TrachteLibertarian
14.3%1,452
10,158 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+18.01990R+2.61992R+17.91994R+14.32000R+5.62006R+22.12008

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