St. Louis County Results

In Lacy Clay’s 1st Congressional District (north St. Louis County):

DEMOCRATS
BARACK OBAMA . . . . . . . . . 62,264 (68.54%)
HILLARY CLINTON . . . . . . . . 27,323 (30.08%)

REPUBLICANS
JOHN MCCAIN. . . . . . . . . . 8,922 (38.40%)
MITT ROMNEY. . . . . . . . . . 7,639 (32.88%)
MIKE HUCKABEE . . . . . . . . . 4,994 (21.49%)
RON PAUL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,069 (4.60%)
RUDY GIULIANI . . . . . . . . . 217 (.93%)
FRED THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . 183 (.79%)

In Russ Carnahan’s 3rd Congressional District (south St. Louis County):

DEMOCRATS
BARACK OBAMA . . . . . . . . . 23,600 (55.63%)
HILLARY CLINTON . . . . . . . . 17,888 (42.17%)
JOHN EDWARDS . . . . . . . . . 675 (1.59%)

REPUBLICANS
JOHN MCCAIN. . . . . . . . . . 8,988 (43.39%)
MITT ROMNEY. . . . . . . . . . 6,957 (33.58%)
MIKE HUCKABEE . . . . . . . . . 3,519 (16.99%)
RON PAUL. . . . . . . . . . . 840 (4.06%)
RUDY GIULIANI . . . . . . . . . 168 (.81%)
FRED THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . 134 (.65%)

12,803 absentee ballots were cast in St. Louis County. Here are the results:

REPUBLICANS
RON PAUL. . . . . . . . . . . 3.69%
FRED THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . 5.65%
MITT ROMNEY. . . . . . . . . . 25.22%
RUDY GIULIANI . . . . . . . . . 7.52%
JOHN MCCAIN. . . . . . . . . . 38.74%
MIKE HUCKABEE . . . . . . . . . 15.85%

DEMOCRATS
HILLARY CLINTON . . . . . . . . 41.83%
BARACK OBAMA . . . . . . . . . 46.16%
JOHN EDWARDS . . . . . . . . . 9.83%

Only 1% of the vote is reporting right now, but according to CNN’s Missouri Exit Poll, Barack Obama won among men (45% of total Democrats voting today), while Hillary Clinton won among women (55% of Democrats voting today).

Obama was favored by voters 18-39. Clinton was favored by voters 40 and over (Clinton lead by just 2 points in the 40-49 category).

54% of whites between 18-29 chose Obama, while more over-30 whites went with Clinton. 63% of white Missouri Democrats over 60 years-old chose Clinton.

Church-goers chose Obama.

Based on exit polls, CNN is projecting that Barack Obama will win his home state of Illinois. No surprise there. The real question will be by how much. Will he be able to rack up on needed delegates? IL has 153 up for grabs.

CNN is also projecting Hillary Clinton will win Oklahoma. OK has 47 delegates up for grabs today.

Barack Obama will very likely win Lacy Clay’s 1st Congressional District, but a good predictor of how well Obama will do in the all-important delegate count in Missouri will be how well he does in Russ Carnahan’s 3rd Congressional District.

The 1st District, located in north St. Louis City, midtown, and north and central St. Louis County) has a very large African-American population.

The 3rd District is mostly white and contains parts of the City of St. Louis basically south of Interstate 44 and parts of south St. Louis County.

Both Clay and Carnahan have endorsed Obama.

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, a supporter of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, today issued the following statement on what he calls push-polling by supporters of Mike Huckabee:

“Governor Mitt Romney has a proven record of bringing real change to address problems that others would consider impossible. He has turned around businesses, turned around the Olympics, and turned around Massachusetts. Today, it is clear that Washington is broken and it will not get fixed if we keep sending the same people back – just to have them sit in different chairs.

“Especially now, with concerns about the national economy, we need someone who knows how jobs are created and why it is important to cut taxes and government spending.

“But instead of talking about issues, a secret 527 Group supporting Governor Mike Huckabee – called Common Sense Issues – is distorting Governor Romney’s record with push polls in Missouri and across the country.

“I know that Missouri voters will not respond to these deplorable and desperate tactics.

“We want an issues based campaign, a campaign about the future of our country, and we will not take kindly to out-of-state special interest groups calling us up and saying things that are not true about a candidate’s record.

“Governor Romney is the real conservative candidate who will cut taxes, fight illegal immigration, and strengthen our military.

“It is time for Governor Huckabee to put an end to these push polls and begin running a campaign on the issues.”

John Edwards is out.

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of President Bill Clinton and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, will be at Kayak’s coffee shop, on the corner of Skinker and Forest Park Parkway, across the street from Washington University, today (Monday) at 3:00 PM.

Chelsea will be discussing the issues of the 2008 Presidential campaign and speaking on behalf of her mother.

BREAKING NEWS

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill broke the news at a press conference a few minutes ago: Barack Obama will be in St. Louis on Saturday for a 9:00 PM public event (no word yet where). That’s just three days before Missouri and 20 other states get a chance to vote on the Democratic and Republican candidates.

More details as they become available…

After waiting for more than three hours, the gymnasium which held thousands of Hillary Clinton supporters erupted in cheers as Bill and Hillary Clinton finally arrived at McCluer North High School.

Here’s her full 30-minute speech:

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