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1998 United States Senate election in Missouri Missouri presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Missouri 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Missouri 2004 November 3, 1998 Image:Kit Bond portrait (1).jpg 150x150px Kit Bond Republican Party (United States) 830,625 52.68% File:Jay Nixon 1993 (cropped).jpg Jay Nixon Democratic Party (United States) 690,208 43.77% 1998 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg 275px County resultsBond: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Nixon: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator Kit Bond Republican Party (United States) Kit Bond Republican Party (United States)
The 1998 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 3, 1998. Republican incumbent Kit Bond was re-elected to a third term over Democratic attorney general Jay Nixon.Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 23
General election
Candidates
Kit Bond, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987 (Republican)
Curtis Frazier (Constitution)
Tamara Millay (Libertarian)
James Newport (Reform)
Jay Nixon, Missouri attorney general and 1988 Senate nominee (Democratic)
Polling
Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error KitBond (R) JayNixon (D)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingNeighborFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 30, 1998330—54%28%18%Zogby International/JZ AnalyticsCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Missouri 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/MO/polls/MO98S.html CNN 27 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250627012219/https://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/MO/polls/MO98S.html 27 June 2025 liveOctober 29–30, 1998600 (LV)± 4.0%47%36%17%SurveyUSAOctober 26, 1998500—54%41%5%Zogby International/JZ AnalyticsAugust 31 – September 1, 1998616 (LV)± 4.0%53%30%17%
Results
General election results
Republican Party (United States)
Kit Bond (incumbent)
830,625
52.68%
Democratic Party (United States)
Jay Nixon
690,208
43.77%
Libertarian Party (United States)
Tamara Millay
31,876
2.02%
Constitution Party (United States)
Curtis Frazier
15,368
0.98%
Reform Party (United States)
James Newport
8,780
0.56%
140,417
8.90%
1,576,857
Republican Party (US)
See also
1998 United States Senate elections
Notes
References
Missouri
Category:United States Senate elections in Missouri
Category:1998 Missouri elections