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2012Final results

2012 election for Missouri House District 61

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Dave Schatz (R) won with 72.2% of the vote, defeating Michael Sage (D) by 44.4 points.

Dave SchatzRepublican · winner · incumbent
72.2%12,478
Michael SageDemocrat
27.8%4,808
17,286 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+44.11972D+57.71978R+44.42012R+46.12014R+53.32016R+42.32018

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