1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Missouri Governor
Governor · Missouri
Christopher Bond (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Joseph P. Teasdale (D) by 5.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Christopher BondRepublican · winner
52.8%1,098,950
Joseph P. TeasdaleDemocrat
47.2%981,884
2,080,834 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET