President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, U.S. Rep. Billy Long, Gov. Jay Nixon and a number of other Missouri incumbents won re-election bids during the Nov. 6 general election.
The majority of Missouri voters - 1.5 million, or 53.9 percent - cast a ballot in favor of Republicans Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan, while 1.2 million Missourians, or 44.3 percent, voted in favor of Democrats Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, according to
Politico.com.
Romney picked up Missouri's 10 electoral votes but ultimately lost to Obama, who accumulated more than the necessary 270 electoral votes.
With 1.5 million votes, or 54.7 percent, McCaskill, a democrat, retained her spot in the U.S. Senate, beating Republican opponent Todd Akin, who received 1.1 million votes, or 39.2 percent, according to the Missouri secretary of state's
website.
Long, R-District 7, won re-election for the U.S. House of Representatives with 203,358 votes, or 63.8 percent. His closest opponent, Democrat Jim Evans, grabbed 98,384 votes, or 30.9 percent.
With 54.7 percent of the 2.7 million votes cast, Democrat Gov. Nixon retained his title, winning against Republican St. Louis business owner Dave Spence, who received 42.6 percent of the votes.
Other Missouri winners:
- Peter Kinder retained his position of lieutenant governor with 49.4 percent of the 2.7 million votes cast, beating Democrat Susan Montee.
- Democrat Jason Kander won the race for secretary of state by a slim margin. Kander received 1.29 million votes, or 48.8 percent, and his closest opponent, Republican Shane Schoeller, earned 1.26 million votes, or 47.5 percent. Current Secretary of State Robin Carnahan did not run for re-election.
- Incumbent State Treasurer Clint Zweifel, a democrat, won his re-election bid against Republican opponent Cole McNary. Zweifel received 50.3 percent of the 2.6 million votes, and McNary took home 45.5 percent.
- Democrat Chris Koster retained his role as attorney general, with 1.5 million votes, or 55.8 percent, defeating Republican Ed Martin, who had 1.1 million votes, or 40.7 percent.
Proposition B, which would have raised Missouri's tax on major brands of cigarettes to 90 cents per pack, or 429 percent, was narrowly defeated by voters. The ballot measure received 1.35 million no votes, or 50.8 percent, and 1.31 million yes votes, or 49.2 percent, according to the secretary of state.
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