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1998Final results

1998 election for Missouri Senate District 20

Missouri State Senate · Missouri

Danny Staples (D) won with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Ed Doughty (R) by 31.7 points.

Danny StaplesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.2%24,814
Ed DoughtyRepublican
28.5%11,753
Alan RedburnConstitution
11.3%4,640
41,207 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+20.41982D+48.11990D+42.61994D+31.71998R+13.82002R+29.02006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET