Missouri State Senate District 1

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Doug Beck Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Doug Beck (Democratic) won by 12.3 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDoug BeckWon	Democratic	53,26356.1%	56.1%
RepublicanRobert J. Crump	Republican	41,59843.9%	43.9%

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDoug BeckWon	Democratic	54,09555.4%	55.4%
RepublicanDavid Lenihan	Republican	43,49544.6%	44.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 92,153
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticScott SiftonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	48,92653.1%	53.1%
RepublicanRandy Jotte	Republican	43,22746.9%	46.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 89,744
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticScott SiftonWon	Democratic	45,68950.9%	50.9%
RepublicanJim Lembke(incumbent)	Republican	44,05549.1%	49.1%

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim LembkeWon	Republican	44,21650.0%	50.0%
DemocraticJoan Barry	Democratic	44,14650.0%	50.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 87,147
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHarry KennedyWon	Democratic	43,19549.6%	49.6%
RepublicanBob Yeckel	Republican	42,70549.0%	49.0%
GreenDavid Sladky	Green	1,2471.4%	1.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 79,820
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAnita T. YeckelWon(incumbent)	Republican	49,82862.4%	62.4%
DemocraticGreg Bailey	Democratic	28,58835.8%	35.8%
LibertarianWalter S. Werner	Libertarian	1,4041.8%	1.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 75,641
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAnita T. YeckelWon	Republican	42,36456.0%	56.0%
DemocraticGloria Weber	Democratic	33,27744.0%	44.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 84,071
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanIrene TrepplerWon(incumbent)	Republican	56,94967.7%	67.7%
DemocraticMarcella Franklin	Democratic	27,12232.3%	32.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 70,672
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanIrene TrepplerWon(incumbent)	Republican	35,57050.3%	50.3%
DemocraticDaniel J. Gralike	Democratic	35,10249.7%	49.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 69,946
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanIrene TrepplerWon	Republican	35,32350.5%	50.5%
DemocraticJames W. Murphy(incumbent)	Democratic	34,62349.5%	49.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,246
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames W. MurphyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	36,90168.0%	68.0%
RepublicanWilliam Olenyik	Republican	17,34532.0%	32.0%

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames W. MurphyWon	Democratic	29,66160.7%	60.7%
RepublicanJerry King	Republican	19,20639.3%	39.3%

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDonald J. GralikeWon	Democratic	31,491100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 52,368
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Missouri Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRobert PentlandWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,55854.5%	54.5%
RepublicanFred Whaley	Republican	23,81045.5%	45.5%

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 2020: 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

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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/sldu:1

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026