district                   incumbent       party  first elected                   result                                        candidates
0  missouri 1                   bill clay  democratic           1968             re - elected          bill clay (d) 70.2% bill white (r) 29.8%
1  missouri 4                 ike skelton  democratic           1976             re - elected        ike skelton (d) 67.8% bill baker (r) 32.2%
2  missouri 7                 gene taylor  republican           1972             re - elected         gene taylor (r) 67.8% ken young (d) 32.2%
3  missouri 8  richard howard ichord , jr  democratic           1960  retired republican gain  wendell bailey (r) 57.1% steve gardner (d) 42.9%
4  missouri 9              harold volkmer  democratic           1976             re - elected  harold volkmer (d) 56.5% john w turner (r) 43.5%

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