United States Senate election in Missouri, 1986

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United States Senate election in Missouri, 1986

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  Kit Bond official portrait cropped.jpg
Nominee Kit Bond Harriett Woods
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 777,612 699,624
Percentage 52.6% 44.9%

U.S. senator before election

Thomas Eagleton
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Kit Bond
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1986 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Eagleton decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Governor Kit Bond won the open seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

  • Kit Bond, Former Governor (1973-1977) (1981-1985)

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kit Bond 777,612 52.6
Democratic Harriett Woods 699,624 47.4

References