2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Missouri Senate District 19
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Kurt Schaefer (R) won with 48.5% of the vote, defeating Chuck Graham (D) by 1.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kurt SchaeferRepublican · winner
48.5%44,265
Chuck GrahamDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%42,732
Christopher W. DwyerLibertarian
4.7%4,286
91,283 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