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Missouri voters choose Donald Trump over Kamala Harris • Missouri Independent
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Missouri voters choose Donald Trump over Kamala Harris • Missouri Independent

Former President Donald Trump won Missouri’s 10 delegate votes in the third consecutive election on Tuesday, easily defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Associated Press called the race at 8:50 p.m.; Trump led Harris 51% to 47%, with only 30% of precincts reporting.

In 2020, Trump won Missouri by 16 percentage points over Joe Biden. He won by nearly 20 percentage points over Hillary Clinton four years ago.

Missouri’s status as a bellwether state ended in 2008, when voters narrowly rejected Democrat Barack Obama and elected Republican John McCain. Democrats managed to win nearly every statewide office in 2012, but at the same time Republican Mitt Romney won Missouri by almost 10 percentage points and Republicans gained a supermajority in the state House.

Since then, the state has continued to trend steadily toward Republicans, with all statewide offices in GOP hands.