Missouri State House District 85
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Yolonda Fountain-Henderson Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Yolonda Fountain-HendersonDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first winJerron J SuttonRepublican
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Yolonda Fountain-Henderson (D) 100.0
- Last election
- Yolonda Fountain-Henderson (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: Fountain-HendersonRight column: Sutton
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeFountain-HendersonNo published score for Sutton
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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- Yolonda Fountain-HendersonIncumbentDemocratic
- Jerron J SuttonRepublican
Source: sos.mo.gov (PDF), dated Aug 25
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 10,977
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticYolonda Fountain-HendersonWon Democratic 10,977100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,026
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticYolonda Fountain-HendersonWon Democratic 7,026100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,651
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKevin Windham Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 12,651100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,685
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKevin L. Windham Jr.Won Democratic 10,45782.4% RepublicanSteven McKnight Republican 2,22817.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,664
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClem SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,96381.6% RepublicanSteven McKnight Republican 2,70118.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,319
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClem SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,319100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,570
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClem SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,570100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,306
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCloria BrownWon Republican 6,48252.7% DemocraticVicki Lorenz Englund(incumbent) Democratic 5,82447.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,124
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticVicki Lorenz EnglundWon Democratic 9,32654.5% RepublicanCloria Brown Republican 7,79845.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,308
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim LembkeWon(incumbent) Republican 7,43852.0% DemocraticBob Burns Democratic 6,87048.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,006
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim LembkeWon(incumbent) Republican 9,04750.2% DemocraticJeff Wagener Democratic 8,76748.7% LibertarianJim Craig Libertarian 1921.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,771
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim LembkeWon Republican 7,18052.1% DemocraticMichael R. Allen Democratic 6,59147.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,478
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChristopher A. LieseWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,39064.9% RepublicanDon Dosser Republican 5,08835.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,591
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChristopher A. LieseWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,45564.3% RepublicanDon Dosser Republican 4,13635.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,432
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChristopher A. LieseWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,21063.8% RepublicanScott Harter Republican 5,22236.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,256
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChristopher A. LieseWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,56369.9% RepublicanClay Bachman Republican 3,69330.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,466
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChristopher A. LieseWon Democratic 9,80856.1% RepublicanPhil Treacy Republican 6,72938.5% IndependentCarlyn M. Johnson Independent 9295.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,472
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTodd AkinWon(incumbent) Republican 6,81659.4% DemocraticChristopher A. Liese Democratic 4,65640.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,538
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTodd AkinWon Republican 14,538100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,222
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFranics E. Flotron Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 8,48275.6% DemocraticCarl Weber Democratic 2,74024.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,666
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrancis E. Flotron Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 13,666100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,595
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrancis E. Flotron Jr.Won Republican 6,14758.0% DemocraticDonna Beestman Democratic 4,44842.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,263
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRuss EganWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,48075.5% RepublicanWalter W. Douglas Republican 1,78324.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,690
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRuss EganWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,61481.1% RepublicanBernard Axelrod Republican 1,07618.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,127
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRussell EganWon Democratic 5,127100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,581
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard J. RabbittWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,34977.9% RepublicanWilliam E. Wadlow Republican 1,23222.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,098
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard J. RabbittWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,62569.5% RepublicanLee Sutterfield Republican 2,47330.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,154
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob F. GriffinWon Democratic 5,39659.0% RepublicanTom Eaton Republican 3,75841.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,475
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Missouri House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert H. FrostWon Democratic 6,39051.2% RepublicanLee Roy Huey(incumbent) Republican 6,08548.8%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Missouri State House District 85, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mo/house/85. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:mo/sldl:85
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026