1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Missouri House District 12
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Nathan B. Walker (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating R. L. Usher (D) by 7.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nathan B. WalkerRepublican · winner
54.0%7,939
R. L. UsherDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%6,770
14,709 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET