2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2004 election for Missouri House District 147
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Don Wells (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Jim Montgomery (D) by 19.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don WellsRepublican · winner
58.0%7,216
Jim MontgomeryDemocrat
38.2%4,751
John W. WilliamsLibertarian
3.8%468
12,435 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET