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2004Final results

2004 election for Missouri House District 53

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Curt Dougherty (D) won with 70.3% of the vote, defeating W. D. Hall (Ind) by 44.9 points.

Curt DoughertyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.3%9,879
W. D. HallIndependent
25.4%3,567
Garland JonesLibertarian
4.3%609
14,055 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

EvenD+26.01990D+32.91994D+32.72000D+21.52002D+29.42006D+26.22008

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

The candidates

Curt Dougherty (D)W. D. Hall (I)

Also on the ballot: Garland Jones (Libertarian), 4.3%