2012 United States Senate elections
Missouri

2012 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Missouri
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Claire McCaskill (Incumbent)	1,484,683	54.71%	+5.13%

Republican	Todd Akin	1,063,698	39.20%	8.11%

Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	164,991	6.08%	+3.83%

Write-ins	251	0.01%	n/a

Margin of victory	420,985	15.51%	+13.24%

Turnout	2,713,623	64.75%

Sentence(s)

McCaskill defeated Akin by a 15.5% margin of victory and a vote margin of 420,985.

final_sentence: McCaskill defeated Akin by a 15.5% margin of victory and a vote margin of 420,985.