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 1 | bill clay | democratic | 1968 | re - elected | bill clay (d) 70.2% bill white (r) 29.8% |
| missouri 4 | ike skelton | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | ike skelton (d) 67.8% bill baker (r) 32.2% |
| missouri 7 | gene taylor | republican | 1972 | re - elected | gene taylor (r) 67.8% ken young (d) 32.2% |
| missouri 8 | richard howard ichord , jr | democratic | 1960 | retired republican gain | wendell bailey (r) 57.1% steve gardner (d) 42.9% |
| missouri 9 | harold volkmer | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | harold volkmer (d) 56.5% john w turner (r) 43.5% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1980
Statement:
bill clay was first elected before harold volkmer
Answer:
supported