1994 United States Senate election in Missouri

1994 United States Senate election in Missouri
	County results ; Ashcroft: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Wheat: 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; John Danforth; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; John Ashcroft; Republican

The 1994 United States Senate election in Missouri was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Danforth decided to retire and not seek re-election. Former Governor of Missouri John Ashcroft won the open seat in a landslide.^[1]

General election

Candidates

John Ashcroft, former Governor of Missouri (Republican)
Bill Johnson (Libertarian)
Alan Wheat, U.S. Representative from Kansas City (Democratic)

Polling

Source	Date	Ashcroft (R)	Wheat (D)
Kansas City Star	November 1, 1994	58%	29%

Results

Missouri United States Senate election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ashcroft	1,060,149	59.72
	Democratic	Alan Wheat	633,697	35.70
	Libertarian	Bill Johnson	81,264	4.58
	Write-in		6	0.0
Majority			426,452	24.02
Turnout			1,775,116
	Republican hold

References

^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 20.

[1] Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 20.

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