district       incumbent       party  first elected        result                                          candidates
0  missouri 2  robert a young  democratic           1976  re - elected        robert a young (d) 56.4% bob chase (r) 43.6%
1  missouri 3   dick gephardt  democratic           1976  re - elected  dick gephardt (d) 81.9% lee buchschacher (r) 18.1%
2  missouri 4     ike skelton  democratic           1976  re - elected          ike skelton (d) 72.8% bill baker (r) 27.2%
3  missouri 7     gene taylor  republican           1972  re - elected          gene taylor (r) 61.2% jim thomas (d) 38.8%
4  missouri 9  harold volkmer  democratic           1976  re - elected       harold volkmer (d) 74.7% jerry dent (r) 25.3%

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