1998 United States Senate election in Missouri

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1998 United States Senate election in Missouri

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  Kit Bond official portrait cropped.jpg Jay Nixon crop.jpg
Nominee Kit Bond Jay Nixon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 830,625 690,208
Percentage 52.7% 43.8%

1998 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg
County results

Bond:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Nixon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Kit Bond
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Kit Bond
Republican

The 1998 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kit Bond won re-election to a third term.[1]

Major candidates[]

Democratic[]

  • Jay Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri since 1993

Republican[]

  • Kit Bond, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1987 and former Governor of Missouri from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985

Results[]

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kit Bond (incumbent) 830,625 52.68%
Democratic Jay Nixon 690,208 43.77%
Libertarian Tamara Millay 31,876 2.02%
Constitution Curtis Frazier 15,368 0.98%
Reform James Newport 8,780 0.56%
Majority 140,417 8.90%
Turnout 1,576,857
Republican hold

See also[]

  • 1998 United States Senate elections

References[]

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