1998 United States Senate election in Missouri

United States Senate election in Missouri, 1998

November 3, 1998

Nominee Kit Bond Jay Nixon Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 830,625 690,208 Percentage 52.7% 43.8%

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.

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	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