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      Home/Elections/1986/US Senate/Missouri
      1986·US Senate·Missouri

      Missouri US Senate

      Winner
      REP
      Kit Bond
      52.6%777,612 votes
      Runner-up
      DEM
      Harriett Woods
      47.4%699,624 votes
      Margin
      R+5.3
      1,477,327 total votes
      3 candidates1,477,327 total votes
      CandidatePartyVotes ▼%Vote Share
      Kit BondREP✓
      		REP777,61252.6%
      Harriett WoodsDEM
      		DEM699,62447.4%
      OtherOTH
      		OTH910.0%

      Seat History

      US Senate in Missouri(Class II)

      2024
      Josh HawleyREP
      R+13.7
      2022
      Eric SchmittREP
      R+13.3
      2018
      Josh HawleyREP
      R+9.1
      2016
      Roy BluntREP
      R+5.8
      2012
      Claire McCaskillDEM
      D+13.1
      2010
      Roy BluntREP
      R+16.4
      2006
      Jim TalentREP
      R+0.2
      2004
      Kit BondREP
      R+16.1
      2002(S)
      Jim TalentREP
      R+1.1
      2000
      Mel CarnahanDEM
      D+2.1
      1998
      Kit BondREP
      R+8.9
      1994
      John AshcroftREP
      R+24.0
      1992
      Kit BondREP
      R+7.0
      1988
      John C. DanforthREP
      R+36.0
      View all US Senate history for Missouri →

      Candidates

      Harriett WoodsDEM
      Record2W-2L
      Avg MarginD+37.9
      Career1976-1986
      US Senate / State Senate
      Full profile →
      Kit BondREP
      Record6W-1L
      Avg MarginR+7.5
      Career1972-2004
      US Senate / Governor
      Full profile →

      Also in Missouri, 1986

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