2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Missouri House District 47
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Charles Basye (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating John Wright (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles BasyeRepublican · winner
51.3%5,007
John WrightDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%4,746
9,753 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET