1992 Missouri Attorney General election

1992 Missouri Attorney General election

3 November 1992

Nominee Jay Nixon David Steelman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,154,714 1,064,814 Percentage 49.94% 46.05%

Attorney General before election William L. Webster Republican Elected Attorney General Jay Nixon Democratic

The 1992 Missouri Attorney General election was held on 3 November 1992 in order to elect the attorney general of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Missouri Senate Jay Nixon defeated Republican nominee and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives David Steelman and Libertarian nominee Mitchell J. Moore.

General election

On election day, 3 November 1992, Democratic nominee Jay Nixon won the election by a margin of 89,900 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee David Steelman, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Nixon was sworn in as the 40th attorney general of Missouri on 12 January 1993.

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jay Nixon	1,154,714	49.94
	Republican	David Steelman	1,064,814	46.05
	Libertarian	Mitchell J. Moore	92,576	4.01
Total votes			2,312,104	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• 1992 Missouri gubernatorial election