Wednesday, Nov. 07, 2012
Cass County Election Day results
Presidential
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (DEM) - 34.71 percent
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (REP) - 62.95 percent
Gary Johnson/James P. Gray (LIB) - 1.63 percent
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer (CST) - 0.32 percent
(100 percent reporting)
U.S. Senator
Claire McCaskill (DEM) - 46.69 percent
Todd Akin (REP) - 44.49 percent
Jonathan Dine (LIB) - 8.62 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Governor
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (DEM) - 47.79 percent
David (Dave) Spence (REP) - 49.17 percent
Jim Higgins (LIB) - 3.0 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Lt. Governor
Susan Montee (DEM) - 37.51 percent
Peter Kinder (REP) - 56.91 percent
Matthew Copple (LIB) - 3.17 percent
Cynthia L. Davis (CST) - 2.36 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Secretary of State
Jason Kander (DEM) - 41.08 percent
Shane Schoeller (REP) - 54.79 percent
Cisse W. Spragins (LIB) - 2.72 percent
Justin Harter (CST) - 1.35 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Treasurer
Clint Zweifel (DEM) - 42.21 percent
Cole McNary (REP) - 53.13 percent
Sean O’Toole (LIB) - 4.6 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Attorney General
Chris Koster (DEM) - 53.99 percent
Ed Martin (REP) - 42.9 percent
Dave Browning (LIB) - 3.07 percent
(100 percent reporting)
U.S. Representative, District 4
Teresa Hensley (DEM) - 40.44 percent
Vicky Hartzler (REP) - 56.33 percent
Thomas Holbrook (LIB) - 2.47 percent
Greg Cowan (CST) - 0.72 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Senate, District 31
Charles A. (Charlie) Burton (DEM) - 36.93 percent
Ed Emery (REP) - 62.96 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Representative, District 33
Ron Harvey (DEM) 36.81 percent
Donna Pfautsch (REP) 63.08 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Representative, District 37
Joe Runions (DEM) - 40.95 percent
Nola Wood (REP) - 59.05 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Representative, District 55
Jim White (DEM) - 35.47 percent
Rick Brattin (REP) - 64.45 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Representative, District 56
Patty Johnson (DEM) - 34.81 percent
Chris Molendorp (REP) - 65.05 percent
(100 percent reporting)
State Representative, District 57
Don Bullock (DEM) - 38.52 percent
Wanda Brown (REP) - 61.48 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Circuit Judge, Circuit 17, Div. 1
Chase Higinbotham (DEM) - 33.76 percent
William (Bill) Collins (REP) - 66.15 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Presiding Commissioner
Terry C. Wilson (DEM) - 43.77 percent
Jeff Cox (REP) - 56.14 percent
(100 percent reporting)
District 1 (South) Commissioner
Luke Scavuzzo (DEM) - 55.95 percent
James “Jim” Hoke (REP) - 43.97 percent
(100 percent reporting)
District 2 (North) Commissioner
Phil Duncan (DEM) - 38.72 percent
Jimmy Odom (REP) - 61.17 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Sheriff
Doug Catron (DEM) - 31.45 percent
Dwight Diehl (REP) - 68.45 percent
(100 percent reporting)
County Assessor
Bob Huston (REP) - 98.64 percent
(100 percent reporting)
County Treasurer
Larry Kalwei (DEM) - 34.5 percent
Steve Cheslik (REP) - 65.42 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Public Administrator
Michelle Cornforth (DEM) - 38.2 percent
Melody A. Folsom (REP) - 61.7 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Missouri Supreme Court Judge
Shall Judge George W. Draper III of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?
Yes - 68.77 percent
No - 31.23 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Missouri Court of Appeals Judge, Western District
Shall Judge Cynthia Lynette Martin of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes - 70.21 percent
No - 29.79 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Missouri Court of Appeals Judge, Western District
Shall Judge Thomas H. Newton of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes - 69 percent
No - 31 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Missouri Court of Appeals Judge, Western District
Shall Judge Gary D. Witt of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes - 69.41 percent
No - 30.59 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Constitutional Amendment No. 3
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor’s appointees be nonlawyers?
Yes - 21.31 percent
No - 78.69 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Proposition A
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor’s appointees be nonlawyers?
Yes - 65.15 percent
No - 34.85 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Proposition B
Shall Missouri law be amended to create the Health and Education Trust Fund with proceeds of a tax of $0.0365 per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer’s invoice price for roll-your-own tobacco and 15% for other tobacco products; use Fund proceeds to reduce and prevent tobacco use and for elementary, secondary, college, and university public school funding; and increase the amount that certain tobacco product manufacturers must maintain in their escrow accounts, to pay judgments or settlements, before any funds in escrow can be refunded to the tobacco product manufacturer and create bonding requirements for these manufacturers?
Yes - 47.71 percent
No - 52.29 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Proposition E
Shall Missouri law be amended to prohibit the Governor or any state agency, from establishing or operating state-based health insurance exchanges unless authorized by a vote of the people or by the legislature?
Yes - 66.85 percent
No - 33.15 percent
(100 percent reporting)
City of Drexel
Shall the city sales tax ordinance for local parks, described as follows, be approved? Ordinance No. 597, imposing a city sales tax for local parks at a rate of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) on the receipts from all retail sales of property or services within the City which are subject to taxation by the State of Missouri under the provisions of Sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo, such sales tax to be imposed for a period not to exceed five (5) years after its effective date.
Yes - 54.29 percent
No - 45.71 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Question No. 1, City of Kansas City Should the Charter of Kansas City be amended by increasing the mandatory retirement age of Municipal Judges from 65 to 70 years of age to match that of state judges?
Yes - 41.94 percent
No - 58.06 percent
(100 percent reporting)
Question, City of Pleasant Hill
Shall the City of Pleasant Hill impose a local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax rate, currently two and one half percent (2.5%), provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax returns shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed $2,000 in any calendar year.
Yes - 23.28 percent
No - 76.72 percent
(100 percent reporting)





