U.S. Senate Primary Results – Claire, you must be living right edition

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Claire McCaskill, John Brunner, missouri, Primary, Sarah Steelman, Todd Akin

Spending eight million dollars on your primary election doesn’t always work. Via the Missouri Secretary of State:

U. S. Senator (3,400 of 3,428 Precincts Reported)

Claire McCaskill DEM 286,721

Todd Akin REP 214,360

Jerry Beck REP 9,730

Sarah Steelman REP 175,087

John G. Brunner REP 179,001

Mark Memoly REP 3,182

Mark Patrick Lodes REP 2,273

Robert (Bob) Poole REP 6,073

Hector Maldonado REP 7,382

Jonathan Dine LIB 2,448

Total Votes 886,257

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Senator Claire McCaskill (D) gets to run against the most awesome right wingnut opponent in the general election:

GOP rep questions Medicare constitutionality, global warming

By Justin Sink – 09/06/11 10:39 AM ET

Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) said Saturday that he believes Medicare might be unconstitutional, and that climate change science is “highly suspect….”

For GOP U.S. Senate candidates, Ryan budget doesn’t go far enough

By Jo Mannies, Beacon political reporter

3:18 pm on Fri, 03.30.12

….Akin was the most blunt: “Back off of the ‘red tape,’ back off of the taxes, stop the regulation of the banks.”

“We’ve created a toxic atmosphere for business,” the congressman continued, adding that it stemmed in part because the federal government has “promised too much stuff.”

He singled out Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SCHIP (the health care plan for children) and food stamps, saying all consume way too much in federal resources.

“We’re overtaxing the people who work and overpaying the people who don’t work,” Akin said….

Evita Mooselini couldn’t help Sarah Steelman (r) – so, can we stop reading old media accounts about the former half term governor’s primary endorsement winning streak? Just asking.

3 thoughts on “U.S. Senate Primary Results – Claire, you must be living right edition”

Bob Yates said:

August 8, 2012 at 6:18 am

That will be fun, too.
Rex Sinquefield’s puppet lost in the 21st. Did he have any luck elsewhere?

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Michael Bersin said:

August 8, 2012 at 6:19 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 7, 2012
[….]
With Opponent Set, Election Becomes Clear Choice for Voters in November
Campaign Will be About Stark Contrast Between Todd Akin’s Record of Standing on the Side of Extreme Washington Politicians and Claire’s Record of Standing on the Side of Working Families
Kansas City, Mo. — Tonight, voters across Missouri learned Todd Akin has pulled off a victory in the Republicans’ bruising Senate primary, a race in which Akin repeatedly voiced support for positions that are beyond the mainstream of Missouri’s working families: privatizing Social Security and Medicare, ending federal support for student loans and raising taxes on working families to pay for tax giveaways to Big Oil and mega-millionaires.
“This election is now a clear choice, and it boils down to a very simple question: whose side are you on?” said McCaskill. “Todd Akin has made it clear he would side with extreme politicians in Washington to privatize Medicare and Social Security, end student loans, and protect tax giveaways for corporations that ship Missouri jobs overseas. When Missourians have a chance to hear what Akin really stands for, they’ll take a look at my record and see that I’ve always been an independent voice standing on the side of Missouri’s families.”
Now that Republicans have selected a challenger to run against Claire McCaskill, the campaign becomes a clear choice between Claire, a Senator standing on the side of Missouri’s families, and Akin, who’s led the charge for an extreme agenda that most Missourians reject.
Throughout the primary campaign, Akin repeatedly gave voice to positions that show how extreme he is, and how willing he would be to throw middle class families under the bus to protect tax breaks for the mega-wealthy and tax giveaways to Big Oil.
For more than a year, nearly $16 million has been spent attacking Claire, many of that from secret money attack groups, because the special interests know that Akin would be a consistent vote for their agenda while Claire’s been a moderate, independent voice taking on the special interests, standing up to her own party and fighting for Missouri’s working families.
Beginning today, Missourians have a clear choice between Claire, a Senator on their side, and Akin, a politician on the side of extreme Washinton interests. McCaskill for Missouri 2012 will spend the next three months making sure Missourians clearly understand what’s at stake in this election.
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I believe that qualifies as a campaign fist pump and happy dance.

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