Editing Kit Bond (section)

===Elections===
After Senator [[Thomas Eagleton]] decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected senator in [[1986 United States Senate election in Missouri|1986]], defeating Lieutenant Governor [[Harriett Woods]] by 53% to 47%.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jr |first=E. J. Dionne |date=1986-11-05 |title=Electopms; Democrats Gain Control of Senate, Drawing Votes of Reagan's Backers; Cuomo and D'Amato Are Easy Victors; What Awaits Congress; Broad G.O.P. Losses |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/us/elections-democrats-gain-control-senate-drawing-votes-reagan-s-backers-cuomo-d.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Bond was re-elected in [[1992 United States Senate election in Missouri|1992]] defeating St. Louis County Councilwoman Geri Rothman-Serot, ex-wife of former Lieutenant Governor [[Ken Rothman]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf | title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992 | author = [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|Clerk of the House of Representatives]] | date=1993 | publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]}}</ref> In [[1998 United States Senate election in Missouri|1998]] Bond decisively defeated [[Missouri Attorney General|Attorney General]] (and future Governor) [[Jay Nixon]] and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] [[Tamara Millay]] after a hard-fought campaign,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glaberson |first=William |date=1998-11-05 |title=The 1998 Elections: State by State -- Midwest; Missouri |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/05/us/the-1998-elections-state-by-state-midwest-missouri.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and in [[2004 United States Senate election in Missouri|2004]] he won re-election over Democratic challenger [[State Treasurer of Missouri|State Treasurer]] [[Nancy Farmer (politician)|Nancy Farmer]] with 56 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 ELECTION STATISTICS |url=https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=clerk.house.gov}}</ref>

Facing the expiration of his fourth full term in January 2011, Bond announced on January 8, 2009, that he did not plan to seek a fifth term and would not run for re-election in [[2010 United States Senate election in Missouri|November 2010]].<ref name="bond2010"/> Representative [[Roy Blunt]] held the seat for the Republicans, defeating Democratic Secretary of State [[Robin Carnahan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110207558.html|title=Missouri election results 2010: Robin Carnahan defeated by Roy Blunt|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 3, 2010|access-date=May 14, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>