1988 Missouri State Treasurer election

1988 Missouri State Treasurer election

8 November 1988

File:R Wendell Bailey.png File:Bob Holden rep.jpg Nominee Wendell Bailey Bob Holden Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,024,009 981,919 Percentage 50.56% 48.48%

State Treasurer before election Wendell Bailey Republican Elected State Treasurer Wendell Bailey Republican

The 1988 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on 8 November 1988 in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Republican nominee and incumbent state treasurer Wendell Bailey defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Missouri House of Representatives Bob Holden and Libertarian nominee Gerald R. Geier.

General election

On election day, 8 November 1988, Republican nominee Wendell Bailey won re-election by a margin of 42,090 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Bob Holden, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of state treasurer. Bailey was sworn in for his second term on 9 January 1989.

Results

Missouri State Treasurer election, 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendell Bailey (incumbent)	1,024,009	50.56
	Democratic	Bob Holden	981,919	48.48
	Libertarian	Gerald R. Geier	19,443	0.96
Total votes			2,007,872	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

• 1988 Missouri gubernatorial election