2008Final results
2008 election for Missouri House District 5
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Jim Guest (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Mike Waltemath (D) by 13.9 points.
Jim GuestRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.0%9,602
Mike WaltemathDemocrat
43.0%7,255
16,857 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET