1996 Missouri State Treasurer election

1996 Missouri State Treasurer election

5 November 1996

Nominee Bob Holden Carl Bearden Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,185,832 791,688 Percentage 57.06% 38.10%

State Treasurer before election Bob Holden Democratic Elected State Treasurer Bob Holden Democratic

The 1996 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on 5 November 1996 in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent state treasurer Bob Holden defeated Republican nominee Carl Bearden, Libertarian nominee Jacques E. Tucker, U.S. Taxpayers nominee David Young and Natural Law nominee Nicolas A. Ganim.

General election

On election day, 5 November 1996, Democratic nominee Bob Holden won re-election by a margin of 394,144 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Carl Bearden, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Holden was sworn in for his second term on 3 January 1997.

Results

Missouri State Treasurer election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Holden (incumbent)	1,185,832	57.06
	Republican	Carl Bearden	791,688	38.10
	Libertarian	Jacques E. Tucker	44,694	2.15
	Constitution	David Young	44,436	2.14
	Natural Law	Nicolas A. Ganim	11,546	0.55
Total votes			2,078,196	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1996 Missouri gubernatorial election