1984 Missouri State Treasurer election

1984 Missouri State Treasurer election

6 November 1984

File:No image.svg Nominee Wendell Bailey Tom Villa Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,036,548 1,008,154 Percentage 50.69% 49.31%

State Treasurer before election Mel Carnahan Democratic Elected State Treasurer Wendell Bailey Republican

The 1984 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on 6 November 1984 in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Republican nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 8th district Wendell Bailey defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Missouri House of Representatives Tom Villa.

General election

On election day, 6 November 1984, Republican nominee Wendell Bailey won the election by a margin of 28,394 votes against his opponent Democratic nominee Tom Villa, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of state treasurer. Bailey was sworn in as the 41st state treasurer of Missouri on 8 January 1985.

Results

Missouri State Treasurer election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendell Bailey	1,036,548	50.69
	Democratic	Tom Villa	1,008,154	49.31
Total votes			2,044,702	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1984 Missouri gubernatorial election