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1980Final results

1980 election for Missouri House District 81

Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri

Deverne Calloway (D) won with 89.8% of the vote, defeating William Powell (R) by 79.5 points.

Deverne CallowayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
89.8%4,253
William PowellRepublican
10.2%485
4,738 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+77.11972D+82.21978D+79.51980D+34.11984D+46.21990D+41.91992

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