2012 Missouri elections

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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

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 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	—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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	—

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

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

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

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

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

^ "Missouri Secretary of State". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
^ "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - General Election, November 06, 2012". Retrieved January 1, 2018.
^ Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
^ "State of Missouri - Election Night Results".
^ 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.