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1998Final results

1998 election for Missouri Senate District 24

Missouri State Senate · Missouri

Betty Sims (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Howard A. Shalowitz (D) by 11.3 points.

Betty SimsRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.2%25,269
Howard A. ShalowitzDemocrat
42.9%19,991
Arnold J. TrembleyLibertarian
2.8%1,320
46,580 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+56.81978D+24.41990R+6.41994R+11.31998D+4.92002D+21.32006

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

The candidates

Betty Sims (R)Howard A. Shalowitz (D)

Also on the ballot: Arnold J. Trembley (Libertarian), 2.8%