Rep. Todd Akin wins hotly contested GOP Senate Primary–
Congressman Todd Akin won a hard-fought Republican primary for the right to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Missouri went to the polls today to pick their candidates for the November election.
CSPAN has the results.
Here’s the Missouri Secretary of State’s website with results.
At 8:30 PM CST here are the results on the GOP Senate race with 7% reporting:
Akin, Todd GOP 17,143 34%
Steelman, Sarah GOP 15,601 31%
Brunner, John GOP 15,156 30%
UPDATE: 9:15 PM CST here are the latest results:
1072 of 3428 Precincts Reporting – 31%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Akin, Todd GOP 71,062 36%
Steelman, Sarah GOP 59,741 30%
Brunner, John GOP 58,859 29%
UPDATE: Dave Spence won the GOP primary for governor.
UPDATE: At 10:00 PM EST:
2366 of 3428 Precincts Reporting – 69%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Akin, Todd GOP 163,871 36%
Brunner, John GOP 134,222 30%
Steelman, Sarah GOP 130,327 29%
UPDATE: Ann Wagner wins the Dictrict 2 GOP primary:
437 of 470 Precincts Reporting – 93%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Wagner, Ann GOP 40,438 67%
Jotte, Randy GOP 13,786 23%
Morris, John GOP 4,294 7%
Baker, James GOP 2,220 4%
UPDATE: TODD AKIN WINS GOP SENATE PRIMARY—
Race is called at 10:15 PM CST
U.S. Senate – GOP Primary
2764 of 3428 Precincts Reporting – 81%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Akin, Todd GOP 197,871 36%
Brunner, John GOP 161,176 30%
Steelman, Sarah GOP 158,775 29%
UPDATE: Peter Kinder won the hotly contested GOP primary for Lt. Governor.
Lieutenant Governor – GOP Primary
3413 of 3420 Precincts Reporting – 99%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Kinder, Peter (i) GOP 254,795 44%
Lager, Brad GOP 239,536 42%
Carter, Mike GOP 47,201 8%
Kullmann, Charles GOP 34,906 6%
UPDATE: Ed Martin wins the primary of GOP Attorney General.
Attorney General – GOP Primary
3413 of 3420 Precincts Reporting – 99%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Martin, Ed GOP 373,006 72%
Warren, Adam GOP 148,301 28%
