John C. Danforth won with 50.9% of the vote (784,876 votes), ahead of Harriett Woods with 49.1% (758,629 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 1.7 percentage points (26,247 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 1.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 6.0 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,543,521 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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