Missouri elections, 2012
November 6, 2012

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

Presidential

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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.
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