2012 Missouri elections

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Missouri elections, 2012
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The 2012 Missouri elections took place on November 6, 2012.

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Presidential

2012 United States presidential election in Missouri [1]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,482,44053.76%10
Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 1,223,79644.38%0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 43,1511.57%0
Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer7,9360.29%0
Totals2,757,323100.00%10

United States Senate

Incumbent Claire McCaskill won by a considerably large margin even as Barack Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney.

United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Claire McCaskill (incumbent) 1,494,125 54.81% +5.36%
Republican Todd Akin 1,066,15939.11%-8.20%
Libertarian Jonathan Dine165,4686.07%+3.83%
Write-in 410.01%+0.01%
Total votes2,725,793 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012 [3]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Republican 1,463,58654.70%66-
Democratic 1,119,55441.84%32-1
Libertarian 87,7743.28%00-
Constitution 4,9710.19%00-
Independent 15<0.01%00-
Total2,675,900100.00%98

Governor

Even as Barack Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney, incumbent governor Jay Nixon won re-election by 10 points

Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jay Nixon (incumbent) 1,494,056 54.77% -3.63%
Republican Dave Spence 1,160,26542.53%+3.04%
Libertarian Jim Higgins73,5092.70%+1.59%
Write-in 530.00%0.00%
Total votes2,727,883 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Lieutenant governor

2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial clection
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter Kinder (incumbent) 1,316,653 49.4
Democratic Susan Montee 1,211,35345.4
Libertarian Matthew Copple75,1692.8
Constitution Cynthia Davis63,5942.3
Total votes2,678,313 100.0
Republican hold

Secretary of State

2012 Missouri Secretary of State election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jason Kander 1,298,022 48.9%
Republican Shane Schoeller 1,258,93747.4%
Libertarian Cisse W. Spragins70,8142.7%
Constitution Justin Harter27,7101.0%
Total votes2,655,483 100.0%
Democratic hold

State Treasurer

2012 Missouri State Treasurer election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clint Zweifel (incumbent) 1,332,876 50.4
Republican Cole McNary 1,200,36845.4
Libertarian Sean O'Toole109,1884.1
Total votes2,642,432 100.0
Democratic hold

Attorney general

2012 Missouri Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chris Koster (incumbent) 1,482,381 55.81% +2.98
Republican Ed Martin 1,081,51040.71%-6.46
Libertarian Dave Browning92,4653.48%N/A
Total votes2,668,064 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "Missouri Secretary of State". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - General Election, November 06, 2012" . Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  3. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. "State of Missouri - Election Night Results".
  5. IT, Missouri Secretary of State -. "State of Missouri - Election Night Results". enr.sos.mo.gov. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2019.