DemocratNo state or federal office heldLost the 1986 general

Harriett Woods

Ran in 1 election in 1986.

Last margin
−5.3
Lost 1986
Elections
1
1986

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Every race Woods has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Woods won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginRaisedBaselineAgainst baseline
1986U.S. Senate, MissouriGeneralLostChristopher Bond (R), Betty Shepherd (I)47.4%R+5.3$4.4MR+20.0+14.7

Source: 99chambers results archive

Money

Woods’s campaign fundraising.

Raised, 1985–86
$4.4M

Source: FEC filings through Dec 31, 1986Updated Nov 9, 2026, 3:00 AM ET

Who Woods has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive