1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Missouri State Senate election results, district by district
Every Missouri State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 34 seats
After the electionD 24 · R 10
Races17
Changed party1
Unopposed29%5 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 12 · R 5
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | James W. Murphy (D) | 36.1 | |
| SD-3 | John E. Scott (D) | 42.9 | |
| SD-5 | J. B. Banks (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | A. Clifford Jones (R) | 31.1 | |
| SD-9 | Lee Swinton (D) | 61.6 | |
| SD-11 | Henry A. Panetheiere (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Harriett Woods (D) | 58.4 | |
| SD-15 | Frank Bild (R) | 44.4 | |
| SD-17 | Phil Snowden (D) | 72.5 | |
| SD-19 | Roger Wilson (D) | 82.0 | |
| SD-21 | James Mathewson (D) | 11.6 | Flipped |
| SD-23 | Ralph Uthlaut (R) | 17.9 | |
| SD-25 | Nelson Tinnin (D) | 26.2 | |
| SD-27 | John Dennis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Emory Melton (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Harold L. Caskey (D) | 26.2 | |
| SD-33 | John Russell (R) | Unopposed |
Missouri State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner