A previous version of this story incorrectly listed the years Christopher Bond served in the U.S. Senate. He was elected in ...

Former Missouri governor and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, who was the youngest person ever elected to the state's highest office, died Tuesday. He was 86.

Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in ...

Bond’s political career spanned four decades, during which he went from young, relatively liberal whiz kid to born-again ...

A Republican known as Kit, he was the state’s youngest governor. When he retired from Congress after four terms, he said he ...

After the announcement of former Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond’s death on Tuesday, a large number of Missouri public officials ...

Late Tuesday morning, May 13, 2025, current Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced the passing of former U.S. Senator and ...

Christopher S. “Kit” Bond has died. The long-time Republican politician died Tuesday in St. Louis at age 86 – no cause of ...

Bond had a major impact on Missouri Republicans, winning back the governorship in 1972 and sowing the seeds for the GOP's ...

Kehoe's office announced that Christopher S. "Kit" Bond died on Tuesday at the age of 86. Bond served as Missouri's governor ...

The late governor will be honored at a State Memorial Service on Tuesday, May 20, held at noon inside the rotunda of the ...

Former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator Kit Bond passed away at 86, leaving behind a legacy of service to the state and its ...