The incumbent Congressmen in the local area easily held on to their seats: Vicky Hartzler, Emanuel Cleaver and Sam Graves. We have the complete results for those races and the rest of Missouri.
In a state that went overwhelmingly for Mitt Romney, Democrat Jay Nixon was re-elected to a second term as governor of Missouri.
U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler held on to the U.S. 4th district seat in what turned out to be a decisive victory over Democrat Teresa Hensley.
Missouri’s 5th District Congressman Emanuel Cleaver got 60 percent of the vote and an easy win over Republican opponent Jacob Turk.
Almost sixty-two percent of Missouri ballots were cast in favor of Proposition E Tuesday night.
