1996Final results
1996 election for Missouri Senate District 27
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Peter Kinder (R) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating Rick R. Althaus (D) by 27.5 points.
Peter KinderRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.7%40,412
Rick R. AlthausDemocrat
36.3%22,999
63,411 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET