Elections in Missouri, US
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The 2012 Missouri elections took place on November 6, 2012.
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The 2012 Missouri elections took place on November 6, 2012.
| 2012 United States presidential election in Missouri [1] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 1,482,440 | 53.76% | 10 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 1,223,796 | 44.38% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 43,151 | 1.57% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 7,936 | 0.29% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,757,323 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
Incumbent Claire McCaskill won by a considerably large margin even as Barack Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Claire McCaskill (incumbent) | 1,494,125 | 54.81% | +5.36% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin | 1,066,159 | 39.11% | -8.20% | |
| Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 165,468 | 6.07% | +3.83% | |
| Write-in | 41 | 0.01% | +0.01% | ||
| Total votes | 2,725,793 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012 [3] | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,463,586 | 54.70% | 6 | 6 | - | |
| Democratic | 1,119,554 | 41.84% | 3 | 2 | -1 | |
| Libertarian | 87,774 | 3.28% | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Constitution | 4,971 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Independent | 15 | <0.01% | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Total | 2,675,900 | 100.00% | 9 | 8 | — | |
Even as Barack Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney, incumbent governor Jay Nixon won re-election by 10 points
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Jay Nixon (incumbent) | 1,494,056 | 54.77% | -3.63% | |
| Republican | Dave Spence | 1,160,265 | 42.53% | +3.04% | |
| Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 73,509 | 2.70% | +1.59% | |
| Write-in | 53 | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 2,727,883 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Peter Kinder (incumbent) | 1,316,653 | 49.4 | |
| Democratic | Susan Montee | 1,211,353 | 45.4 | |
| Libertarian | Matthew Copple | 75,169 | 2.8 | |
| Constitution | Cynthia Davis | 63,594 | 2.3 | |
| Total votes | 2,678,313 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jason Kander | 1,298,022 | 48.9% | |
| Republican | Shane Schoeller | 1,258,937 | 47.4% | |
| Libertarian | Cisse W. Spragins | 70,814 | 2.7% | |
| Constitution | Justin Harter | 27,710 | 1.0% | |
| Total votes | 2,655,483 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Clint Zweifel (incumbent) | 1,332,876 | 50.4 | |
| Republican | Cole McNary | 1,200,368 | 45.4 | |
| Libertarian | Sean O'Toole | 109,188 | 4.1 | |
| Total votes | 2,642,432 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Chris Koster (incumbent) | 1,482,381 | 55.81% | +2.98 | |
| Republican | Ed Martin | 1,081,510 | 40.71% | -6.46 | |
| Libertarian | Dave Browning | 92,465 | 3.48% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 2,668,064 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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