1998 Missouri State Auditor election

1998 Missouri State Auditor election

November 3, 1998
 
Nominee Claire McCaskill Charles A. Pierce
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 780,178 719,653
Percentage 50.30% 46.40%

County results
McCaskill:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Pierce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

State Auditor before election

Margaret B. Kelly
Republican

Elected State Auditor

Claire McCaskill
Democratic

The 1998 Missouri State Auditor election was held on November 3, 1998, in order to elect the state auditor of Missouri. Democratic nominee and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives Claire McCaskill defeated Republican nominee Charles A. Pierce, Libertarian nominee Gerald R. Geier and Reform nominee and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives George D. Weber.