[1] He ran for office again that year in a rematch with his 1978 opponent, David R. Hopkins, in the newly redrawn 55th Assembly district.
[9] Another redistricting occurred in that legislative session, and Brist won his third term in 1984 back in the 67th Assembly district.
[1] After leaving office, Brist worked for a while with Impact 7, a northwestern Wisconsin community development agency.
In 1989, he was embroiled in scandal involving the Tavern League president, Gilbert Meisgeir, in which the organization had laundered campaign contributions to state legislators.
[12] That same year, he was also one of several current and former lawmakers who was reported to have received laundered campaign contributions from lobbyist Gary Goyke, though there was never an accusation that he was aware of the illegal nature of the donations.
[11][14] After a vigorous primary campaign, he lost to former Milwaukee State Representative Dismas Becker, who went on to lose the general election to Republican Jack Voight.
[3] Brist married Monica Ann Burkert, the daughter of a Chippewa Falls Episcopal priest, on June 16, 1979.