Primary Election Results for Missouri/Pettis County

Pettis County along with the rest of Missouri held a primary election on August 7 to elect candidates for the November General Election. In spite of the fact that there were a lot of uncontested races, the election exceeded expectations according to the Pettis County Clerk Nick LaStrada, who said the voter turnout was 21% for Pettis County.

Incumbent Governor Jay Nixon carried Pettis County with 934 votes, which was 85.37% of the votes cast in the race. Susan Montee won the County with 541 votes in the Lt. Governor’s race on the Democrat ticket, getting five times the number of votes of her nearest competitor. Governor Nixon’s opponent in the November election will be Republican David Spence if the rest of Missouri follows Pettis County’s lead.

Spence finished well ahead of his Republican opponents with 62.13 % of the vote, or 2479 votes. His nearest challenger got 644 votes in the race. Incumbent Republican Peter Kinder carried Pettis County with 1831 votes followed by a strong second place finisher Brad Lager with 1515, which could mean a horse race for the rest of Missouri for the Lt. Governor’s spot on the Republican ticket in November.

There were three strong candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate spot on the Republican side of the ticket, vying to face Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill in November. Sarah Steelman captured the most votes in Pettis County with 1561, followed by Todd Akin with 1230, and John Brunner with 1183. At the time Pettis County polls closed that race was still to be decided, but at around 10:15 p.m., Todd Akins was declaring victory in the race.

Republican Vicky Hartzler, Incumbent U.S. Representative for the 4th Missouri District, carried 82.59 percent of the votes in Pettis County in her race to return to Washington for a second term. Hartzler will face Teresa Hensley the Democrat candidate, who was unopposed in the primary.

UPDATE:

Here are the unofficial results of the 2012 Missouri Primary elections as of Wednesday, August 8 at 8:52 a.m. Results are reported from Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Nick LaStrada, Pettis County Clerk.

U. S. Senator    (3,424 of 3,428 Precincts Reported)
Claire McCaskill        DEM    288,985    100%
Todd Akin                    REP    217,240       36.0%
Jerry Beck                        REP    9,798               1.6%
Sarah Steelman               REP    176,080          29.2%
John G. Brunner             REP    180,678          30.0%
Mark Memoly                  REP    3,205               0.5%
Mark Patrick Lodes        REP    2,285               0.4%
Robert (Bob) Poole         REP    6,098               1.0%
Hector Maldonado         REP    7,408                1.2%
Jonathan Dine            LIB    2,468             100%
Total Votes     894,245

Governor (3,418 of 3,420 Precincts Reported)

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon     DEM    269,712    86.0%
Clay Thunderhawk                        DEM    18,224         5.8%
William B. Campbell                     DEM    25,706        8.2%
John D. Weiler                               REP    48,990         8.8%
David (Dave) Spence              REP    333,388   59.9%
Bill Randles                                     REP    90,617         16.3%
Fred Sauer                                       REP    83,602        15.0%
Jim Higgins                                LIB    2,497        100%
Total Votes     872,736

Lt. Governor    (3,418 of 3,420 Precincts Reported)

Susan Montee                  DEM    131,115    44.9%
Dennis Weisenburger         DEM    16,134         5.5%
Fred Kratky                           DEM    10,972        3.8%
Becky Lee Plattner               DEM    11,072        3.8%
Judy Baker                             DEM    46,168       15.8%
Sara Lampe                            DEM    25,887      8.9%
Jackie Townes McGee         DEM    15,462       5.3%
Bill (William) Haas              DEM    35,005      12.0%
Charles W. Kullmann          REP    34,908       6.1%
Brad Lager                             REP    239,578     41.6%
Peter Kinder                    REP    254,838  44.2%
Mike Carter                           REP    47,208       8.2%
Matthew Copple             LIB    2,429        100%
Cynthia L. Davis             CST    761           100%
Total Votes     871,537

Secretary of State    (3,418 of 3,420 Precincts Reported)

Jason Kander            DEM    247,245    86.9%
MD Rabbi Alam             DEM    37,316    13.1%
Scott Rupp                      REP    188,491    34.5%
Shane Schoeller             REP    193,033    35.3%
Bill Stouffer                    REP    165,493    30.3%
Cisse W. Spragins    LIB    2,433    100%
Justin Harter            CST    725    100%
Total Votes     834,736

Treasurer    (3,418 of 3,420 Precincts Reported)

Clint Zweifel    DEM    267,691    100%
Cole McNary    REP    479,538    100%
Sean O'Toole    LIB    2,445    100%
Total Votes     749,674

Attorney General    (3,418 of 3,420 Precincts Reported)

Chris Koster               DEM    276,172    100%
Ed Martin                        REP    373,079    71.6%
Adam Lee Warren         REP    148,315    28.4%
Dave Browning         LIB    2,452    100%

U.S. Representative - District 4    (372 of 372 Precincts Reported)

Teresa Hensley           DEM    24,629    100%
Vicky Hartzler            REP    71,598    84.0%
Bernie Mowinski             REP    13,641    16.0%
Herschel L. Young          LIB    168    42.2%
Thomas Holbrook    LIB    230    57.8%
Greg Cowan                CST    118    100%
Total Votes     110,384

State Representative - District 48    (39 of 39 Precincts Reported)

Ron Monnig       DEM    1,914    100%
Dave Muntzel    REP    3,353    100%
Total Votes     5,267

State Representative - District 51    (22 of 22 Precincts Reported)

Gary L. Grigsby          DEM    1,303    66.9%
Raymond F. Kinney       DEM    646    33.1%
Dean A. Dohrman    REP    2,588    100%
Bill Wayne                  LIB    26    100%
Total Votes     4,563

State Representative - District 52    (20 of 20 Precincts Reported)

Phyllis Sue Domann    DEM    761    100%
Stanley Cox                     REP    2,578    100%
Total Votes     3,339

State Representative - District 54    (14 of 14 Precincts Reported)

Nancy Maxwell    DEM    867    100%
Denny Hoskins    REP    3,713    100%
Total Votes     4,580

Circuit Judge Circuit 18

Number of Precincts         24
Precincts Reporting          24     100.0 %
Total Votes                         3814
Robert L. Koffman        REP      3814     100.00%

Western Commissioner (REP)

Number of Precincts        13
Precincts Reporting         13     100.0 %
Total Votes                        2583
Mike Johnson                   644     24.93%
Doug Needy                      837     32.40%
John Ficken                      140     5.42%
Jim Marcum                    962     37.24%

Western Commissioner (DEM)

Number of Precincts        13
Precincts Reporting         13     100.0 %
Total Votes                        510
Randy Dillon                    510     100.00%

Eastern Commissioner (REP)

Number of Precincts        12
Precincts Reporting         12     100.0 %
Total Votes                         1636
Brent Hampy                942     57.58%
Dan Kroeger                      694     42.42%

Eastern Commissioner   (DEM)

Number of Precincts        12
Precincts Reporting         12     100.0 %
Total Votes                        462
Earl Luebbering         462     100.00%

Sheriff

Number of Precincts     24
Precincts Reporting      24     100.0 %
Total Votes                     3943
Kevin C. Bond          3943     100.00%

Assessor

Number of Precincts         24
Precincts Reporting         24     100.0 %
Total Votes                        4127
Karissa Logan              2723     65.98%
Karen Hill                          1404     34.02%

County Treasurer (REP)

Number of Precincts         24
Precincts Reporting          24     100.0 %
Total Votes                         4142
Kim Lyne                        1784     43.07%
Bill Hering                         807     19.48%
David H. Hagebusch       1551     37.45%

County Treasurer (DEM)

Number of Precincts                 24
Precincts Reporting                  24     100.0 %
Total Votes                                 968
Sheryl Von Holten             968     100.00%

Coroner
Total
Number of Precincts        24
Precincts Reporting         24     100.0 %
Total Votes                        3881
Robert Smith               3881     100.00%

Committee Woman Prairie TWP

Number of Precincts           2
Precincts Reporting            2     100.0 %
Total Votes                           483
Sherri Bond                          153     31.68%
Marsha L. Boeschen     330     68.32%

Constitutional Amendment 2    (3,417 of 3,419 Precincts Reported)
Yes: 779,628     82.8%
No: 162,404          17.2%
Total Votes            942,032

Green Ridge R-VIII School Prop 1

Number of Precincts        5
Precincts Reporting         5     100.0 %
Total Votes                       545
YES                                 445     81.65%
NO                                      100     18.35%