<page_title> 1998 United States Senate elections </page_title> <section_title> Elections leading to the next Congress </section_title> <table> <cell> Missouri <col_header> State (linked to summaries below) </col_header> <col_header> Senator </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kit Bond <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Republican <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Electoral history </col_header> </cell> <cell> √ Kit Bond (Republican) 52.7% Jay Nixon (Democratic) 43.8% Tamara Millay (Libertarian) 2.0% Curtis Frazier (U.S. Taxpayers) 1.0% James F. <col_header> Candidates </col_header> </cell> </table>
Missouri: Incumbent Republican Senator Kit Bond defeated Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon.