Missouri Democratic Primary, 2008 - Results

Results

See also: Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Clinton 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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