Missouri — 1988 governor election
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Akashic1988 · GovernorMissouri · GovernorJohn AshcroftR+29.5
Candidates
Missouri 1988 governor — certified statewide results.
- John Ashcroft✓Republican1,339,53164.2%
- Betty HearnesDemocratic724,91934.8%
- Other candidatesOther21,4781.0%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 1988R+4.0Governor 1988R+29.5vs. baselineR+25.5
Missouri's 1988 governor race ran 25.5 points more Republican than the presidential race on the same ballot.
Same ballot, 1988MO
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1988 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.