1980Final results
1980 election for Missouri House District 44
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Lester Patterson (D) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Raymond Johnson (R) by 21.7 points.
Lester PattersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.8%11,249
Raymond JohnsonRepublican
39.2%7,241
18,490 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