Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | result | candidates |
| missouri 2 | robert a young | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | robert a young (d) 56.4% bob chase (r) 43.6% |
| missouri 3 | dick gephardt | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | dick gephardt (d) 81.9% lee buchschacher (r) 18.1% |
| missouri 4 | ike skelton | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | ike skelton (d) 72.8% bill baker (r) 27.2% |
| missouri 7 | gene taylor | republican | 1972 | re - elected | gene taylor (r) 61.2% jim thomas (d) 38.8% |
| missouri 9 | harold volkmer | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | harold volkmer (d) 74.7% jerry dent (r) 25.3% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1978
Statement:
the earliest elected was from the republican party
Answer:
supported