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2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2010 election for Missouri Senate District 16

Missouri State Senate · Missouri

Justin Brown (R) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Frank A. Barnitz (D) by 16.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Justin BrownRepublican · winner
58.3%31,792
Frank A. BarnitzDemocrat · incumbent
41.7%22,760
54,552 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+16.01998R+42.32002D+4.92006R+16.62010R+40.22018R+61.32022

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