1980 Missouri gubernatorial election
Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Missouri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For related races, see 1980 United States gubernatorial elections.
The 1980 Missouri gubernatorial 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.
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This election was the second in which Kit Bond and Joseph Teasdale faced off,[1] and the third consecutive Missouri gubernatorial election in which Kit Bond was the Republican nominee.[2] To date, this is the last time an incumbent Governor of Missouri lost re-election in the general election until Bob Holden was defeated in the 2004 Democratic primary