Missouri Election Results Live Thread 8/7/12

Missouri Secretary of State ^ | 8/7/12

[SoFloFreeper]

U. S. Senator (4 of 3,428 Precincts Reported)

Claire McCaskill DEM 598 38.9%

Todd Akin REP 232 15.1%

Jerry Beck REP 16 1.0%

Sarah Steelman REP 343 22.3%

John G. Brunner REP 300 19.5%

[TomGuy]

U.S. Senate - GOP Primary

August 07, 2012 - 09:36PM ET

Missouri - 331 of 3428 Precincts Reporting - 10%

	Name	Party	Votes	Vote %
	Akin , Todd	GOP	25,087	34%
	Steelman , Sarah	GOP	23,186	31%
	Brunner , John	GOP	22,063	30%
	Beck , Jerry	GOP	1,427	2%
	Maldonado , Hector	GOP	1,066	1%
	Poole , Bob	GOP	943	1%
	Memoly , Mark	GOP	455	1%
	Lodes , Mark	GOP	320	0%

[Impy]

I’m still mystified why you think that a former State Treasurer and a current Congressman are second-tier candidates.

I hope one of them wins and not Brunner who lead in the last primary poll I saw.

I’m also confused why some people think Steelman is a RINO while others think she’s the second coming.

I’d vote for Akin if I lived in the state.

Recovery is not impossible but right now McCrapskull would lose for sure to any of the 3.

[katiedidit1]

Agree. MO has 3 good senate candidates. Turnout was srrong in my little town. I am so glad as that is a good sign. Hoping Kinder wins Lt. Gov...he has the endorsement of Rush Limbaugh.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Just saw this. Akin and Steelman are first-tier (as is Brunner, by reason of his $$). If they’re not, nobody in MO is.

[KC Burke]

Thanks Tom. I’m without local news coverage for Missouri right now.

[tennmountainman]

The only consistent trend I have noticed tonight is the SORRY
Election Site. It either crashes or takes forever to load the
page. They can’t handle the traffic. Some IT-Tech Heads need to roll.

[Random_User_250]

McCaskill’s at only 31.4% overall with about 12% reporting. Granted KC hasn’t reported yet so that will certainly boost her numbers when those results come in.

Akin has a slight lead for now but it’s still close.

[katiedidit1]

How is Peter Kinder doing?

[katiedidit1]

How is Peter Kinder doing?

[TomGuy]

U.S. Senate - GOP Primary

August 07, 2012 - 09:42PM ET

Missouri - 478 of 3428 Precincts Reporting - 14%

	Name	Party	Votes	Vote %
	Akin , Todd	GOP	32,050	34%
	Steelman , Sarah	GOP	29,675	31%
	Brunner , John	GOP	28,463	30%
	Beck , Jerry	GOP	1,912	2%
	Maldonado , Hector	GOP	1,356	1%
	Poole , Bob	GOP	1,168	1%
	Memoly , Mark	GOP	595	1%
	Lodes , Mark	GOP	393	0%

[Charles Henrickson]

what is was your reasoning for not voting for Palin's choice?

"Palin's choice" means nothing to me. Palin is not from Missouri.

I've not been impressed with how Steelman has conducted herself the last four years or so, since she ran for the nomination for governor.

I don't like how Brunner has conducted this campaign, using his fortune to run a bunch of negative, misleading TV ads.

That leaves Akin. He's been my congressman, he's a conservative, and overall I've been satisfied with him.

I think there is no overwhelming choice here among conservatives in Missouri. We're voting for all three. And we'll all vote for the nominee against ObamaClaire.

[House Atreides]

Thanks. It looks like we’re really in for a horserace—it may be a long night. It’s nice to be in a situation where we don’t have a RINO in the race taking advantage of a split in the conservative vote.

[TomGuy]

Lieutenant Governor - GOP Primary

August 07, 2012 - 09:45PM ET

Missouri - 470 of 3420 Precincts Reporting - 14%

	Name	Party	Votes	Vote %
	Lager , Brad	GOP	40,511	45%
	Kinder , Peter (i)	GOP	37,969	42%
	Carter , Mike	GOP	6,854	8%
	Kullmann , Charles	GOP	5,100	6%

[listenhillary]

Aug 7, 9:18 PM EDT

Mo. election website bogged down on primary night

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri secretary of state’s office is blaming new computer software and heavy usage for troubles that people are having viewing election results over the Internet.

The website for Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has been slow to display results from Tuesday’s primary elections.

Carnahan’s office acknowledged the problems in a tweet, stating that the new software and heavy website traffic were slowing down the computer servers. The secretary of state’s office said it is working on a solution.

[katiedidit1]

Go David Spence for Governor!!!!!!!!!!!! come on Kinder!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Kinder is damaged goods. He shouldn’t even be running for reelection.

[tennmountainman]

Of course it will have heavy traffic on election night.
The real question to Carnahan is why did you not anticipate
the heavy traffic?

[katiedidit1]

Rush has really been pushing for Peter Kinder on his show..would be a terrible loss for MO if it doesn’t pull it off. I would bet David Limbaugh is supporting Kinder too.

[katiedidit1]

why do you say that fieldmarshaldj?

[TNCMAXQ]

I suppose if Robin Carnahan were a Republican some on the left would accuse her of incompetence, or trying to fix the vote somehow.

Anyway I hope the strongest candidate wins in MO. I did not know it was an open primary so I was surprised to see McCaskill’s name there too. I just think closed primaries are better.... Any preferences on who should win in Michigan tonight also?