1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Missouri House District 51
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Fred Dyer (R) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Gerald Cox (D) by 11.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Fred DyerRepublican · winner
55.9%11,079
Gerald CoxDemocrat · incumbent
44.1%8,724
19,803 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