2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  2008 November 6, 2012 2016  
  MO Lt. Governors - 46 Peter Kinder.jpg Susan Montee photo.jpg
Nominee Peter Kinder Susan Montee
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,316,6691,211,368
Percentage49.4%45.4%

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Kinder:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Montee:     40–50%     50–60%     70–80%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Peter Kinder
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Peter Kinder
Republican

The 2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Republican Peter Kinder faced Democratic nominee and former state auditor Susan Montee, Libertarian Matthew Copple, and the Constitution Party nominee, former state representative Cynthia Davis.

Contents

Background

Incumbent lieutenant governor Peter Kinder won the 2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election with 49.9% of the vote against Democratic candidate Sam Page. Kinder had been considered the front-runner in the 2012 Republican Gubernatorial primary, [1] however after various controversies emerged, he decided to run for re-election. His decision was also influenced by St. Louis businessman and multimillionaire Dave Spence unexpectedly declaring to run for governor and pledging to put much of his own money into the race. [2]

Timeline

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mike
Carter
Peter
Kinder
Charles
Kullman
Brad
Lager
Undecided
Public Policy Polling [13] August 4–5, 2012590± 4.0%6%42%5%30%18%
Mason-Dixon [14] July 23–25, 2012400± 5.0%6%47%1%21%25%

Results

Republican primary results [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter Kinder (incumbent) 255,064 44.2
Republican Brad Lager239,73541.5
Republican Michael Carter47,5158.2
Republican Charles Kullmann34,9406.1
Total votes577,254 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Judy
Baker
Bill
Haas
Susan
Montee
Sarah
Lampe
Becky
Plattner
Undecided
Mason-Dixon [14] July 23–25, 2012400± 5.0%5%9%28%13%4%41%

Results

Democratic primary results [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Susan Montee 131,319 44.9
Democratic Judy Baker46,23615.8
Democratic Bill Haas35,04412.0
Democratic Sarah Lampe25,9558.9
Democratic Dennis Weisenburger16,1495.5
Democratic Jackie Townes McGee15,4935.3
Democratic Becky Lee Plattner11,0803.8
Democratic Fred Kratky10,9763.8
Total votes292,252 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Results

Libertarian primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Matthew Copple 2,432 100.0
Total votes2,432 100.0

Constitution primary

Candidate

Results

Constitution primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Constitution Cynthia Davis 760 100.0
Total votes760 100.0

General election

Kinder defeated all other candidates to become the first Missouri Lieutenant Governor to be elected to a third term since Frank Gaines Harris, who served from January 1933 to December 1944. [23] Kinder received 49.4 percent of the vote while Susan Montee received 45.4 percent. Libertarian Matthew Copple and Constitution Party candidate Cynthia L. Davis garnered 2.8 and 2.4 percent, respectively. [24]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample
size
Margin of
error
Peter
Kinder (R)
Susan
Montee (D)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [25] November 2–3, 2012835± 3.4%44%43%13%
Mason-Dixon [26] October 23–25, 2012625± 4%46%41%13%
Public Policy Polling [27] October 19–21, 2012582± 4.1%43%43%13%
Public Policy Polling [28] August 20, 2012500± 4.4%45%38%17%

Results

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

By congressional district

Kinder won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [29]

DistrictKinderMonteeRepresentative
1st 19%77% Lacy Clay
2nd 54%42% Todd Akin (112th Congress)
Ann Wagner (113th Congress)
3rd 56%37% Russ Carnahan (112th Congress)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (113th Congress)
4th 55%39% Vicky Hartzler
5th 36%59% Emanuel Cleaver
6th 54%41% Sam Graves
7th 62%33% Billy Long
8th 61%35% Jo Ann Emerson

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