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1980Final results

1980 election for Missouri House District 50

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

George Dames (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating John Marschalk (R) by 0.3 points.

George DamesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.1%10,992
John MarschalkRepublican
49.9%10,932
21,924 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

EvenD+49.71974D+0.31980D+27.11982D+66.62002R+17.82018R+24.72020

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET