November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2016 → 54.8% 42.5% | 1,485,147 1,157,475 | |
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The 2012 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Missouri. Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon won re-election against businessman Dave Spence.
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The Democratic Primary was held on August 8th, 2012.
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Nixon won with a comfortable margin, even though it was a little closer than his 2008 victory. Even with President Obama losing the state by a nine-point margin, Nixon and Senator Claire McCaskill both won reelection easily. Nixon, like McCaskill was able to get a huge number of votes from rural areas. Both Nixon and McCaskill were declared the winners of their respective races, even before the known Democratic strongholds of St. Louis, and Kansas City came in.
Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election. Turnout percentage is the portion of registered voters (4,190,936 as of 10/24/2012) who voted.