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On election day, 6 November 1984, Republican nominee William L. Webster won the election by a margin of 230,321 votes against his opponent Democratic nominee Richard P. Beard, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of attorney general. Webster was sworn in as the 39th attorney general of Missouri on 8 January 1985.