1994 United States Senate election in Missouri

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]

1994 United States Senate election in Missouri

November 8, 1994

Nominee John Ashcroft Alan Wheat Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,060,149 633,697 Percentage 59.7% 35.7%

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

Major candidates

Democratic

• Alan Wheat, U.S. Representative

Republican

• John Ashcroft, former Governor of Missouri

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 Votes	6	0.0
Majority			426,452	24.02
Turnout			1,775,116
	Republican hold

See also

• 1994 United States Senate elections

References

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf