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2004Final results

2004 election for Missouri House District 161

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Lanie Black (R) won with 66.9% of the vote, defeating Curtis Burch (D) by 33.8 points.

Lanie BlackRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.9%9,298
Curtis BurchDemocrat
33.1%4,603
13,901 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

EvenR+0.51998R+14.82000R+24.32002R+33.82004D+1.42006D+11.02010

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