Results
See also: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primariesClinton had a large initial lead as the rural precincts began reporting, leading several news groups to call the primary for her. However, Obama rallied from behind as the numbers began to come in from the heavily African American precincts in and around St. Louis to win by just under 12,000 votes. The pledged delegates were evenly split between the two candidates. Geographically, Clinton won 109 of the 115 counties in the state, while Obama carried St. Louis, Kansas City and the areas around the college towns of Columbia and Maryville.
| Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary Results – 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | ||
| Democratic | Barack Obama | 406,917 | 49.32% | 36 | ||
| Democratic | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 395,185 | 47.90% | 36 | ||
| Democratic | John Edwards | 16,736 | 2.03% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Uncommitted | 3,142 | 0.38% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 820 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Richardson | 689 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Joe Biden | 629 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Mike Gravel | 438 | 0.05% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Christopher Dodd | 250 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | Ralph Spelbring | 220 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 827,107 | 100.00% | 72 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | — | ||||
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