1980Final results
1980 election for Missouri Senate District 17
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Phil Snowden (D) won with 86.2% of the vote, defeating Edward E. Quick (Ind) by 72.5 points.
Phil SnowdenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
86.2%38,697
Edward E. QuickIndependent
13.8%6,170
44,867 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