election 2012

Bailey joins group hoping to replace Emerson in U.S. House

Associated Press — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:05:10 +0000

Former Republican congressman Wendell Bailey has joined a crowded field of candidates hoping to fill a vacancy in southeast Missouri's 8th Congressional District.

Emerson considers retiring from U.S. House sooner than planned

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:25:22 +0000

Missouri congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson may end up resigning her U.S. House seat earlier than originally planned.

Nixon had $414,000 left over from campaign

Associated Press — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:54:43 +0000

Governor Jay Nixon spent $15.5 million on his re-election campaign and still has hundreds of thousands of dollars left over.

In An Increasingly Red State, How Did Republicans Lose In Missouri?

Chris McDaniel — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:20:04 +0000

A week after the conservative losses at the polls, about 20 tea partiers gathered at a restaurant in North St. Louis County to listen to a few lecturers talk about a few ideas for the future: the flat tax and the fair tax. And yes, to commiserate about the recent past.

“If we can’t even elect a Republican president with Barack Obama as his opponent, how in God's name do we propose to eliminate the tax code?” Bill Hennessy, who helped found the St. Louis Tea Party, asked.

How many Missourians really voted?

Lukas Udstuen — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:13:36 +0000

The day after the Presidential Election, Missouri’s Secretary of State’s office published a list indicating how many voters came out to the polls. The list gives numbers all the way down to a county level, and statewide, it estimates voter turnout at 65.7%. That statewide figure is calculated based on the number of registered voters and votes cast. John Petrocik is a professor at MU. He says that method of counting voters doesn’t accurately record the percentage of the total population that votes.

What we learned about Mo. voters from the Akin/McCaskill race

Kristofor Husted — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:28:09 +0000

With the election in the rearview mirror, the national parties have spent the last week poring through the results and voter demographic data. Turns out women, young people and Latino voters matter a lot in a presidential race.

Here in Missouri, the results for the U.S. Senate race displayed some similarities.

Jefferson City voters reject move to expand city limits

Asia Myles — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:44:39 +0000

Cole County and Jefferson City residents voted against extending Jefferson City’s boundaries last week. Proposition One would have extended city limits to include an area called Meadows by the Lake along with two hotels and a store within the area.

City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus said there was a high voter turnout, and 65 percent of voters agreed with it. But, the support needed to pass the proposition was still a little short of 66.6 percent. Nickolaus said the reason for the proposition failure could be tied to voters not being informed about it.

Analysis: Missouri voters stick with status quo

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:34:51 +0000

The status quo has got to go? Not in Missouri.

Based on election results this past week, Missouri voters might be better described as gung ho for the status quo.

Fewer Mo. voters turn out this year than last presidential election

Lukas Udstuen and Associated Press — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:14:43 +0000

Numbers released by the Missouri Secretary of State’s office show 65.7 percent of registered voters across the state, or approximately 2.7 million people, turned out for this year's presidential election. That’s a decrease from the record number of participants in the 2008 presidential election, where a record 2.9 million voters (69.4 percent of registered voters) turned out.

In the August primary, Boone County had the lowest voter turnout rate of any county in Missouri at 16.7 percent.

Libertarian Mo. senate candidate garners 6 percent of the vote

Katarina Sostaric — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:27:08 +0000

Jonathan Dine, the Libertarian candidate for Missouri senator, took 6 percent of the vote in his race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and Republican congressman Todd Akin.