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Monday, November 05, 2012  One day left in their stubbornly close race, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are storming through a final exhaustive campaign push Monday that won't end until the wee hours of Election Day in pursuit of every possible vote.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Officials with the Associated Students of the University of Missouri continued their voter registration drive at Mizzou’s student center.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said Mitt Romney is the most-likely of the Republican candidates to defeat President Obama in the November election.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  A Missouri House committee is taking up a proposal Tuesday to overturn a new dog-breeding law approved by state voters last year.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  It's the largest republican majority in Missouri history. The GOP gained 17 seats in the Missouri House of Representatives and three in the Missouri Senate in Tuesday’s elections.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  The losing candidate in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District is demanding an investigation of what he said is possible voter fraud.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Update: Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 4:11 p.m. Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri prevailed through four economic recessions, five presidents and 17 elections. Until now.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Republicans enjoyed an enormous day in Missouri's elections. And that has some experts suggesting Missouri may have finally shed its bellwether status to become a red-shaded state.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Update: Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 1 a.m. Missouri Republican Rep. Roy Blunt is being promoted to the U.S. Senate.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Update: Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 12:50 p.m. Missouri will have tighter regulations on dog breeders under a ballot measure approved Tuesday.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Graves gets re-elected to U.S. House District 6 with 69 percent of the vote.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Jo Emerson got re-elected to the U.S. House District 8 seat.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Blaine Luetkemeyer gets re-elected to the U.S. House District 9 seat.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  The U.S. attorney's office in Kansas City has appointed one of its prosecutors to monitor Tuesday's elections and respond to claims of fraud, which is routine for every election.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Poll workers in Missouri are having problems accessing the state's online voter registration database.