1998Final results
1998 election for Missouri Senate District 8
Missouri State Senate · Missouri
Bill Kenney (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Pat Starke (D) by 14.6 points.
Bill KenneyRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.3%34,470
Pat StarkeDemocrat
41.7%25,558
Chris CavinessLibertarian
2.0%1,215
61,243 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET