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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1980

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1980
Missouri
← 1976 November 4, 1980 1984 →
  Portrait of Christopher S Bond.jpg Joseph P. Teasdale.jpg
Nominee Kit Bond Joseph P. Teasdale
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,098,950 981,884
Percentage 52.6% 47.0%

Missouri Gubernatorial Election 1980.png
County results

Governor before election

Joseph P. Teasdale
Democratic

Elected Governor

Kit Bond
Republican


Joseph P. Teasdale
Democratic

Kit Bond
Republican

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1980 was Missouri's forty-fifth gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 4, 1980 and resulted in a victory for the Republican nominee, former Governor Kit Bond, over the Democratic candidate, incumbent Governor Joseph P. Teasdale, and Socialist Workers candidate Helen Savio.

This election was the second in which Kit Bond and Joseph Teasdale faced off, and the third consecutive Missouri gubernatorial election in which Kit Bond was the Republican nominee.


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