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Missouri 2012 Election Results
August 7, 2012 and November 6, 2012
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Ballot Measures, August 7, 2012 Missouri voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on August 7, 2012.
Ballot measures Measure Description Result Amendment 2 Guarantees right to pray and worship on public property Passed (82.76% yes)
General Election, November 6, 2012 Missouri held its general election on November 6, 2012, deciding 180 legislative seats and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights Missouri re-elected Gov. Jay Nixon (D) but handed Republicans a 110-53 House, past the 109 votes needed to override his vetoes without Democratic help . Republicans already held two-thirds of the Senate. Jay Nixon Dave Spence winning a second term on the same night Mitt Romney carried the state by about nine points. Spence largely funded his own campaign , and Nixon spent a record $15.5 million .Democrats trimmed the Republican Senate edge from 26-8 to 24-10, leaving the two-thirds majority intact. In south St. Louis County, state Rep. Scott Sifton ousted Sen. Jim Lembke Senate District 1 , leaving the region with only two Republican senators. Democrats' other gain came without a contest, as Jason Holsman Senate District 7 unopposed. Democrats kept three of the four other statewide offices. Jason Kander Shane Schoeller Chris Koster Clint Zweifel Peter Kinder Susan Montee costly primary against Sen. Brad Lager . On new maps, 6 sitting legislators lost in November, Lembke and five House members:Beyond those, 7 races finished inside two points; the tightest was House District 114 , where T.J. McKenna Becky Ruth Voters split the 4 November measures. They narrowly rejected Proposition B , which would have raised the cigarette tax from 17 cents a pack to 90 cents , and defeated Amendment 3 , which would have given the governor more power over the commission that picks appellate judges, with more than 75 percent voting no . They approved Proposition E , barring the governor from setting up a health insurance exchange without legislative or voter approval, and Proposition A , letting St. Louis take its police force back from a governor-appointed board . Legislature House (163 seats): 56 D, 106 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 53 D, 110 R after; control stayed with Republicans.Senate (34 seats): 8 D, 26 R before the election, 10 D, 24 R after; control stayed with Republicans.Statewide races
Legislative races
Ballot measures Measure Description Result Amendment 3 Grants Governor the power to appoint four members to the Appellate Judicial Commission Failed (23.97% yes) Proposition A Requires that all municipal police forces or departments be controlled by the local governing body. Passed (63.89% yes) Proposition B Imposes an additional $1 tax on each package of twenty cigarettes Failed (49.25% yes) Proposition E Prohibits creation of a health insurance exchange unless created by legislature or initiative. Passed (61.71% yes)