| Turnout | John Danforth* (R) |
Jay Nixon (D) |
John Guze (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 64% | 1,645 | 69.9% | 705 | 30.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 940 | 2,353 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| John Danforth* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $4,183,386 |
| Total Receipts: | $4,824,079 |
| Cash on Hand: | $645,784 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,679,477 |
| Party Contributions: | $18,975 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,151,207 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $56,796 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,644 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $1,644 |
| Net Spending: | $4,185,030 |
| Jay Nixon | |
| Total Disbursements: | $800,160 |
| Total Receipts: | $804,513 |
| Cash on Hand: | $4,052 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $21,500 |
| Individual Contributions: | $505,671 |
| Party Contributions: | $35,015 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $241,231 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $21,678 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $21,678 |
| Net Spending: | $821,838 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MO/1988