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Barack Obama Re-Elected President
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. ...
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Clint Zweifel Re-elected as Missouri State Treasurer
Democratic incumbent Clint Zweifel and Republican challenger Rep. Cole McNary faced off in the Nov. 6 election for the position of Missouri State Treasurer. As results came in Tuesd...
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Mitt Romney Wins Missouri
Mitt Romney is projected to win Missouri’s 10 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Barack Obama. With 48 percent of the votes counted in the state, Romney leads with 57 to 41 pe...
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Election Results: Todd Akin Concedes to Claire McCaskill in Missouri Senate Race
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has defeated Republican challenger Todd Akin in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri. With 55 percent of the precincts counted on the Missouri Secretary of ...
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Polls Closed in Missouri; Watch for Election Results on All St. Louis-Area Patch Sites
Polls closed in Missouri at 7 p.m., but some precincts in the St. Louis area were still reporting lines; anyone in line at 7 p.m. was allowed to vote. Visit Missouri.Patch.com to fin...
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Missouri Tobacco Tax, Judicial Ballot Questions Fail At The Polls
Update 1:36 a.m. Wednesday with final update with 100 percent reporting Among the items on the ballot were four statewide ballot questions, the most notably contested was Proposition...
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Gubernatorial Candidate Predicts Nixon Win, Hopes Libertarian Message Gets Attention
Libertarian Party member Jim Higgins has seen his name on the ballot before in runs for Congress, but Tuesday night he did something for the first time. He voted for himself as a statewid...
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Patch Catches up to Scott Sifton on Election Day
Missouri Senate 1st District candidate Scott Sifton voted at Lutheran South High School, in Affton this morning, and gave Patch a heads up. He said he was going to a nursing home aft...