1992 Missouri Attorney General election

The 1992 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 3, 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, November 3, 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 January 12, 1993.