Out of the six House races up for grabs Tuesday in special elections across the state, Democrats won five — including an upset in a St. Louis County seat.
The Secretary of State’s Office released unofficial results Wednesday in the six races: HD 22, HD 36, HD 74, HD 78, HD 99, and HD 158. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft expects the results to be certified by early December.
In St. Louis County, where two special elections were held (HD 74 and HD 99), nearly 9,000 people voted out of more than 53,000 registered voters, according to unofficial turnout numbers. That included 556 absentee ballots and 8,399 people who voted on Election Day.
Unofficial election results are below:
HD 22
Yolanda Young (D) — 2,357 votes
Tammy Herrera (R) — 325 votes
Jeff Francis (G) — 206 votes
Previously held by: Democrat Brandon Ellington
HD 36
Mark Sharp (D) — 3,018 votes
Bob Voorhees (G) — 409
Write-ins — 711
Previously held by: Democrat DaRon McGee
HD 74
Mike Person (D) — 812 votes
Nick Kasoff (L) — 604
Previously held by: Democrat Cora Faith Walker
HD 78
Rasheen Aldridge (D) — 908
Write-ins — 87
Previously held by: Democrat Bruce Franks
HD 99
Trish Gunby (D) — 3,357
Lee Ann Pitman (R) — 2,855 votes
Previously held by: Republican Jean Evans
HD 158
Scott Cupps (R) — 1,841 votes
Lisa Kalp (D) — 387 votes
Previously held by: Republican Scott Fitzpatrick
Kaitlyn Schallhorn was the editor in chief of The Missouri Times from 2020-2022. She joined the newspaper in early 2019 after working as a reporter for Fox News in New York City.
Throughout her career, Kaitlyn has covered political campaigns across the U.S., including the 2016 presidential election, and humanitarian aid efforts in Africa and the Middle East.
She is a native of Missouri who studied journalism at Winthrop University in South Carolina. She is also an alumna of the National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C.
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