1988Final results
1988 election for Missouri Senate District 9
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Phil Curls (D) won with 82.3% of the vote, defeating Robert L. Collins (R) by 65.7 points.
Phil CurlsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.3%38,236
Robert L. CollinsRepublican
16.7%7,734
Tom RusticiLibertarian
1.0%476
46,446 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET