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On election day, 6 November 1984, Republican nominee Roy Blunt won the election by a margin of 168,343 votes against his opponent Democratic nominee Gary D. Sharpe, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of secretary of state. Blunt was sworn in as the 33rd secretary of state of Missouri on 8 January 1985.