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1 Presidential  





2 United States Senate  





3 United States House of Representatives  





4 Governor  





5 Lieutenant governor  





6 Secretary of State  





7 State Treasurer  





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Missouri elections, 2012

← 2010 November 6, 2012 2014 →

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

Presidential

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2012 United States presidential election in Missouri[1]
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

United States Senate

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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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012[3]
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

Governor

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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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Lieutenant governor

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2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial clection
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Secretary of State

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2012 Missouri Secretary of State election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

State Treasurer

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2012 Missouri State Treasurer election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Attorney general

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2012 Missouri Attorney General election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References

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  1. ^ "Missouri Secretary of State". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  • ^ "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - General Election, November 06, 2012". Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  • ^ Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • ^ "State of Missouri - Election Night Results".
  • ^ 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.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Missouri_elections&oldid=1226511237"

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