MISSOURI 11 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Missouri Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2008 est.       5,911,605
Total Registration, Nov. 2008               4,205,774
Note: Missouri does not register by party.
Missouri has: 114 counties (116 local election jurisdictions counting Kansas City and St. Louis). 
Largest counties: St. Louis, Jackson, St. Louis city, St. Charles, Greene. >
Largest cities: Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence. >

Government
Governor: Matt Blunt (R) elected Nov. 2004; did not seek re-election in 2008.
State Legislature: Missouri General Assembly     House 163 seats   Senate: 34 seats
Local: Municipalities and Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 5R, 4D - 1. L.Clay (D) | 2. T.Akin (R) | 3. R.Carnahan (D) | 4. I.Skelton (D) | 5. E.Cleaver II (D) | 6. S.Graves (R) | 7. R.Blunt (R) | 8. J.Emerson (R) | 9. K.Hulshof (R). 
U.S. Senate: Claire McCaskill (D) elected in 2006, Kit Bond (R) re-elected in 2004. 
2008
update   
Governor:  In the race to succeed Gov. Matt Blunt (R), Attorney General Jay Nixon (D) defeated Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R) by 1,680,611 (58.4%) to 1,136,364 (39.5%). 
U.S. House:  Hulshof's run opened the 9th CD in rural Northeast Missouri.  Businessman and farmer Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) defeated State Rep. Judy Baker (D) by 161,031 (50.0%) to 152,956 (47.5%) and 2.5% for Tamara Millay (L).  The U.S. House delegation remains at 5R, 4D.
    > Democrats pick up the governorship.  MORE

The "Show-Me" State

 State of Missouri
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General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,296,592.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.1%.

Total Registration: 4,205,774.
    +                       Official Results >

+McCain-Palin (Rep.)
 1,445,814
(49.43)
Obama-Biden (Dem.)
1,441,911
(49.29)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
11,386
 (0.39)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.) 8,201
(0.28)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
 17,813
 (0.61)
McKinney/Clemente (w/in.)
80

Total........2,925,205


2008 Overview
The McCain-Palin ticket won the "Show Me" state by 3,903 votes (0.14 percentage points).  The Associated Press did not call the race until Nov. 19; it was the closest presidential race in Missouri since 1908.  Obama racked up large tallies in Kansas City (120,102 to 31,854) and St. Louis (333,123 to 221,705 in the County and 132,925 to 24,662 in St. Louis City) and carried a few other counties.  At the same time as McCain was eking out a win the presidential race, in the gubernatorial contest Democrat Jay Nixon won by more than half a million votes.
General Election Details
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

Presidential Preference Primary  -- Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Secretary of State release.  Total Votes   1,415,951.  
Democrats
88 Delegates (72 Pledged and 16 Unpledged) and 12 Alternates. >
2.17% of the 4,047 Delegate Votes. 

Clinton  |  Obama
former: Edwards 

Official Results
Hillary Clinton
395,185
47.90%
+Barack Obama
406,917
49.32%
John Edwards
16,763
2.03%
Ralph Spelbring
220
0.03%
Dennis Kucinich
820
0.10%
Bill Richardson
689
0.08%
Joe Biden
626
0.08%
Chris Dodd
250
0.03%
Mike Gravel
438
0.05%
Uncommitted
3,142
0.38%
Total
825,050

Note: The Associated Press had called Missouri for Clinton.
 
 

 Republicans
58 Delegates: 3 RNC; 28 at-large; 27 by CD (3 x 9 CDs). 
2.44% of the 2,380 Delegates. 

Local Caucuses: 3/15/2008.  District Conventions: 4/19/2008.  State Convention: 5/31/2008.

Delegate allocation: At-large is winner-take-all per statewide vote; CD winner-take-all per statewide vote.

Huckabee  |  McCain  |  Paul  |  Romney 
former: Giuliani  |  Hunter

Official Results
Ron Paul
26,464
4.49%
Fred Thompson
3,102
0.53%
Mitt Romney
172,329
29.27%
Rudy Giuliani
3,593
0.61%
+John McCain
194,053
32.95%
Mike Huckabee
185,642
31.53%
Virgil L.R. Wiles 124, Tom Tancredo 107, Duncan Hunter 307, Hugh Cort 46, Alan Keyes 892, Daniel Gilbert 88    
Uncommitted
2,097
0.36%
Total
588,844

Libertarian
Wayne A. Root 370  (18.0%), Daniel Imperato 141 (6.9%), George Phillies 163 (7.9%), Michael P. Jingozian 79 (3.8%), Steve Kubby 196 (9.5%), Dave Hollist 141 (6.9%), Uncommitted 967 (47.0%)
 

Filing period - Oct. 16-Nov. 20, 2007 (Missouri Statutes 115.761): "on or after 8:00 a.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday prior to the presidential primary, and on or before 5:00 p.m., on the eleventh Tuesday prior to the presidential primary."

Primary Date (Missouri Statutes 115.755): A statewide presidential preference primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February of each presidential election year.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,180,960.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.3%.


Total Registration: 4,194,146.
Last day to register: October 6, 2004.
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,259,171
(46.10)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,455,713
(53.30)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 9,831 (0.36)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 5,355
(0.20)
Nader (write in)
1,294
(0.05)
Total........2,731,364
 



2004 Overview
Missouri has voted for the winner in every presidential election of the 20th century but one, thereby earning the sobriquet of "bellweather state."  The exception was 1956 when voters backed Adlai Stevenson.  In 2004 Missouri maintained its bellweather status as Bush more than doubled his 2000 margin, gaining a plurality of 196,542 votes (7.20 percentage points).  Kerry carried only St. Louis City and County and Kansas City.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush/Cheney '04
Primary Election: August 3, 2004
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,052,255.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.2%.


Total Registration: 3,860,672.
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 1,111,138
 (47.08)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 1,189,924
(50.42)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
7,436
(0.32)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,957
(0.08)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
9,818
(0.42)
Hagelin/Goldhaber(NLP)
1,104
(0.05)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
38,515
 (1.63)
Total........2,359,892


2000 Overview
In 2000 the "Show Me" state was a hotly contested battleground.  Its 11 electoral votes went narrowly to Bush, as he gained a plurality of 78,786 votes (3.34 percentage points).  Gore carried 12 counties: 3 in the St. Louis area, 4 in the Kansas City area, 3 in the southeast tip, and a couple of others by thin margins.  Missouri also saw tight races for governor and U.S. Senate.  After the loss of Gov. Carnahan on Oct. 16, "Don't let the fire go out," became a rallying cry for Democrats.  Controversy arose on Election Day in the city of St. Louis, when a judge ordered polls be kept open past closing time. 
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Clinton (Dem.).....1,053,873
(44.07)
Bush (Rep.)...........811,159
(33.91)
Perot (Ind.)............518,741
(21.69)
Others(Marrou,w/ins).7,792
(0.33)
Total........2,391,565

Useful historical perspective can be found in:
David A. Leuthold.  1994.  Campaign Missouri 1992.  Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.		 1996
Clinton (Dem.).....1,025,935
(47.54)
Dole (Rep.)............890,016
(41.24)
Perot (Ref.)............217,188
(10.06)
Others (3+w/ins)......24,926
(1.16)
Total........2,158,065

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