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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder secured a third term, becoming the second Missourian to win three elections for the office. Election results on Tuesday show Kinder defeated Democrat Susan Montee, a former state auditor.
Kinder planned to run for governor this year but instead decided to run for re-election as lieutenant governor. The other Missourian to win three lieutenant governor elections is Democrat Frank Harris, who first took office started in 1933.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Treasurer Clint Zweifel won re-election, beating a state lawmaker from St. Louis County. Election results show Zweifel earned a second and final four-year term as treasurer. The Democrat defeated Republican House member Cole McNary.
The state treasurer is responsible for investing state funds and holds unclaimed property.
The campaign between Zweifel and McNary remained relatively low-key leading up to Election Day.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorney General Chris Koster won a second term after beating the chief of staff of a former Republican governor.
Koster's victory Tuesday keeps the attorney general's office under Democratic control for another four years. Missouri has had a Democratic attorney general since 1993.
Koster is a former state senator and Cass County prosecutor. He left the Republican Party to become a Democrat in 2007.
Republican attorney general candidate Ed Martin sought to tie Koster to President Barack Obama, calling him "Obama's lawyer." Martin served as the second chief of staff for Republican Gov. Matt Blunt.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic state lawmaker Jason Kander won the race for secretary of state. Kander defeated fellow House member Shane Schoeller to succeed Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, who opted not to run for a third term. Kander was first elected to the Missouri Legislature in 2008.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri voters rejected a measure that would have sharply increased the state's lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax.
The vote on Tuesday is the third time in a decade that voters rejected an effort to boost the tax from its current 17 cents per pack. Opponents of the increase say the state would have lost millions in dollars in tax revenue from people who cross state lines to buy cheaper smokes.
Supporters say the tax would have brought in $283 million to $423 million in new revenues that would have been earmarked for higher education, K-12 schools and smoking cessation programs. Among the measure's biggest backers was the American Cancer Society, which also promoted the tax as a deterrent to young people who would be less likely to buy higher-priced cigarettes.
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Lieutenant Governor
3,380 of 3,380 precincts - 100 percent
x-Peter Kinder, GOP (i) 1,316,655 - 49 percent
Susan Montee, Dem 1,211,352 - 45 percent
Matthew Copple, Lib 74,892 - 3 percent
Cynthia Davis, CST 63,391 - 2 percent
Secretary of State
3,380 of 3,380 precincts - 100 percent
x-Jason Kander, Dem 1,289,655 - 49 percent
Shane Schoeller, GOP 1,256,035 - 48 percent
Cisse Spragins, Lib 70,539 - 3 percent
Justin Harter, CST 27,615 - 1 percent
Treasurer
3,380 of 3,380 precincts - 100 percent
x-Clint Zweifel, Dem (i) 1,324,489 - 50 percent
Cole McNary, GOP 1,197,451 - 46 percent
Sean O'Toole, Lib 108,780 - 4 percent
Attorney General
3,380 of 3,380 precincts - 100 percent
x-Chris Koster, Dem (i) 1,482,381 - 56 percent
Ed Martin, GOP 1,081,510 - 41 percent
Dave Browning, Lib 92,465 - 3 percent
Amendment 3 - Change Judge Selection
3,378 of 3,378 precincts - 100 percent
Yes, 606,063 - 24 percent
x-No, 1,921,868 - 76 percent
Proposition A - Allow St. Louis Police Contr
3,378 of 3,378 precincts - 100 percent
x-Yes, 1,610,427 - 64 percent
No, 910,295 - 36 percent
Proposition B - Approve Tobacco Tax
3,378 of 3,378 precincts - 100 percent
Yes, 1,314,856 - 49 percent
x-No, 1,357,437 - 51 percent
Proposition E - Prohibit Health Exchange
3,378 of 3,378 precincts - 100 percent
x-Yes, 1,567,816 - 62 percent
No, 970,924 - 38 percent