1988 United States Senate election in Missouri

1988 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Nominee John Danforth Jay Nixon Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,407,416 660,045 Percentage 67.70% 31.75%

County results Danforth:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Nixon:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election John Danforth Republican Elected U.S. Senator John Danforth Republican

The 1988 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 8, 1988 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Missouri. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Danforth won re-election. ^[1] He defeated Democratic State Senator Jay Nixon, who would later be elected Attorney General of Missouri in 1992, and Governor of Missouri in 2008.

General election

Candidates

• John Danforth, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977 (Republican)
• John Guze (Libertarian)
• Jay Nixon, State Senator from Jefferson County (Democratic)

Results

Missouri United States Senate election, 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Danforth (incumbent)	1,407,416	67.70
	Democratic	Jay Nixon	660,045	31.75
	Libertarian	John Guze	11,410	0.55
		Write-In Candidates	4	0.00
Majority			747,371	35.95
Turnout			2,078,875
	Republican hold

See also

• 1988 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Our Campaigns - MO US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988".