1998 United States Senate election in Missouri

1998 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Nominee Kit Bond Jay Nixon Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 830,625 690,208 Percentage 52.68% 43.77%

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]

General election

Candidates

• Kit Bond, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1987 and former Governor of Missouri from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985 (Republican)
• Curtis Frazier (Constitution)
• Tamara Millay (Libertarian)
• James Newport (Reform)
• Jay Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri since 1993 and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1988 (Democratic)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kit Bond (R)	Jay Nixon (D)	Undecided
Zogby International [2]	October 29–30, 1998	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	47%	36%	17%
Zogby International [2]	August 31 – September 1, 1998	616 (LV)	± 4.0%	53%	30%	17%

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

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 23.
2. "CNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Missouri 1998 Polls". CNN. Archived from the original on June 27, 2025. Retrieved June 27, 2025.