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1980Final results

1980 election for Kansas House District 31

Kansas House of Representatives · Kansas

Bill Wisdom (D) won re-election with 75.3% of the vote, defeating Gary L. Goebel (R) by 50.7 points.

Bill WisdomDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.3%3,398
Gary L. GoebelRepublican
24.7%1,112
4,510 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980

The seat's recent races

EvenD+34.51972D+45.51974D+52.61978D+50.71980

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)