politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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Sen. John McCain has won the state of Missouri.
(CNN) – It's taken more than two weeks, but we finally have a winner in Missouri.
Fifteen days after Election Day, Republican Sen. John McCain has narrowly edged out President-elect Barack Obama in the state, according to CNN's review of the latest unofficial vote totals from the Missouri [...]
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/20/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
MCCAIN WINS MISSOURI.... It took a little longer
than expected, but we now know the results of...
the presidential race from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Missouri, the lone holdout, was called today for McCain. With all...
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McCain wins Missouri
google.com - 11/19/2008
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google.com —
2 hours ago JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Republican
John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri...
the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election. McCain's narrow victory over Obama breaks a bellwether streak in which ...
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The Associated Press: McCain wins Missouri in close race ...
primebuzz.kcstar.com - 11/19/2008
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primebuzz.kcstar.com —
It looks like John McCain has won Missouri
— the last state not marked in either red...
or blue on the electoral map. The Missouri Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday night the Arizona Republican led President-elect Barack Obama by 4,355 votes ...
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McCain wins Missouri. Kind of. Two weeks later. Obama is ...
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McCain wins Missouri
Political Animal —
... 2.9 million cast -- a margin of 0.12 percentage points. Both men spent considerable resources trying to win Missouri, a state that Obama ultimately did not need for his national victory. Obama won 365 electoral votes. Missouri's 11 electoral votes will give McCain 173. McCain's win breaks Missouri's long-standing streak -- in every election since 1956, the winner of Missouri's electoral votes won the presidency. (Before 1956, Missouri had backed the eventual winner in every race dating back to 1904 .) So much for that "bellwether" talk. The best part about today's ...
McCain wins Missouri, nation goes berserk
The Reaction —
... It's still unofficial, but CNN has called it: "According to the unofficial results, McCain won the state by 3,632 votes . The unofficial count shows McCain with 1,445,812 votes, or 49.4 percent, and Obama with 1,442,180 votes, or 49.3 percent." ...
McCain Wins Missouri, Nation Goes Berserk
The Moderate Voice —
... It’s still unofficial, but CNN has called it: “According to the unofficial results, McCain won the state by 3,632 votes. The unofficial count shows McCain with 1,445,812 votes, or 49.4 percent, and Obama with 1,442,180 votes, or 49.3 percent.” ...
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Can Obama Free Missouri?
taylormarsh.com 10/21/2008 — BY TAYLOR MARSH
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having trouble , that’s an understatement, even in the Show Me state. But
for Obama, it’s a tall order given my home state’s history.
There was Dred Scott .
Brown v. Board of Education ...
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From NBC’s Cherelle Kantey Rahm Emanuel , the chief of staff to President-elect Obama , tipped his hat to Sen. John McCain yesterday, saying the Obama administration plans to work in a bipartisan fashion to address the challenges of the new ...
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