1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Missouri House District 149
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Bill Owen (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Dan Decarlo (D) by 2.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill OwenRepublican · winner
51.1%5,405
Dan DecarloDemocrat · incumbent
48.9%5,165
10,570 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