1980Final results
1980 election for Missouri House District 71
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Dewey Crump (D) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Stephen Banton (R) by 2.3 points.
Dewey CrumpDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.2%8,209
Stephen BantonRepublican
48.8%7,834
16,043 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