1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Missouri House District 151
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
R. B. Grisham (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Mark Sponsler (D) by 6.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
R. B. GrishamRepublican · winner
53.2%4,918
Mark SponslerDemocrat
46.8%4,333
9,251 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