1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Missouri House District 137
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
William Webster (R) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Thomas Carver (D) by 23.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William WebsterRepublican · winner
61.8%7,309
Thomas CarverDemocrat · incumbent
38.2%4,513
11,822 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