1980Final results
1980 Republican primary for Missouri House District 42
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Jewel Kennedy (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Robert Dodson (R) by 8.0 points.
Jewel KennedyRepublican · winner
54.0%962
Robert DodsonRepublican
46.0%820
1,782 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET