Friday, September 03, 2010
62° Fair
Hi: 74° | Lo: 56°
Clear
Click below for your detailed WeatherLAB forecast.

The latest local news, weather and high school sports in and around Columbia and Jefferson City - Powered by KRCG

Home > News : Story
McCain, Obama race tests Mo. bellwether status
Posted: 11.04.2008 at 9:26 PM
  • Get News Alerts
  • Sign up for news alerts, send us your email:
Stay updated:
1
comments
 
retweets
 
shared
Read more: Local, State, National, Politics, Election

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- Missouri's reputation as a presidential bellwether is on the line tonight -- Democrat Barack Obama has won the presidency but it's still not clear whether he also would carry Missouri.

With about two-thirds of precincts reporting results statewide, McCain led Obama 51 percent to 48 percent in Missouri.

But that included only about half the precincts from the state's most populous area of St. Louis County, where long lines meant voters cast ballots into the night and where Obama was faring better than McCain.

(Copyright ©2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)