2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Missouri House District 8
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Tom Shively (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Kathy Chinn (R) by 1.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom ShivelyDemocrat · winner
51.0%6,734
Kathy ChinnRepublican · incumbent
49.0%6,482
13,216 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET