United States Senate election in Missouri, 1994

United States Senate election in Missouri, 1994

November 3, 1994

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

County results

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 on November 3, 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]

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	Nov. 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
Voter turnout			%

References

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