2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri

2010 United States Senate election in Missouri
	County results Blunt: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Carnahan: 50–60% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election; Kit Bond; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Roy Blunt; Republican

2010 United States Senate election in Missouri

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The 2010 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 2, 2010 alongside 36 other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on August 3, 2010. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kit Bond decided to retire instead of seeking a fifth term. Republican nominee Roy Blunt won the open seat.^[1]

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Poll source	Dates administered	Roy Blunt	Chuck Purgason	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 13–15, 2009	53%	16%	31%
Public Policy Polling	March 27–28, 2010	48%	18%	34%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Blunt	411,040	70.9%
	Republican	Chuck Purgason	75,663	13.1%
	Republican	Kristi Nichols	40,744	7.0%
	Republican	Deborah Solomon	15,099	2.6%
	Republican	Hector Maldonado	8,731	1.5%
	Republican	Davis Conway	8,525	1.5%
	Republican	R.L. Praprotnik	8,047	1.4%
	Republican	Tony Laszacs	6,309	1.1%
	Republican	Mike Vontz	5,190	0.9%
Total votes			579,348	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robin Carnahan	266,349	83.9%
	Democratic	Richard Charles Tolbert	33,731	10.6%
	Democratic	Francis Vangeli	17,511	5.5%
Total votes			317,591	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Jerry Beck	819	43.5%
	Constitution	Mike Simmons	554	29.4%
	Constitution	Joe Martello	511	27.1%
Total votes			1,884	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	2,069	58.6%
	Libertarian	Cisse Spragins	1,460	41.4%
Total votes			3,529	100.00%

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Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report^[13]	Lean R	October 26, 2010
Rothenberg^[14]	Lean R	October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics^[15]	Likely R	October 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[16]	Likely R	October 21, 2010
CQ Politics^[17]	Lean R	October 26, 2010

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Roy Blunt (R)	Robin Carnahan (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 10–11, 2009	867	± 3.3%	44%	45%	––	11%
Wilson Strategies (R)	March 7–9, 2009	600	± 4.0%	44%	47%	––	9%
Democracy Corps (D)	April 28–30, 2009	800	± 3.5%	44%	53%	––	3%
Momentum Analysis (D)	September 19, 2009	802	± 3.5%	45%	48%	––	7%
Rasmussen Reports	September 21, 2009	500	± 4.5%	46%	46%	2%	5%
Public Policy Polling	November 13–15, 2009	763	± 3.6%	42%	43%	––	15%
Rasmussen Reports	December 15, 2009	500	± 4.5%	44%	46%	4%	6%
YouGovPolimetrix	January 6–11, 2010	500	––	39%	43%	––	19%
Rasmussen Reports	January 19, 2010	500	± 4.5%	49%	43%	3%	5%
Rasmussen Reports	February 10, 2010	500	± 4.5%	49%	42%	3%	6%
Rasmussen Reports	March 9, 2010	500	± 4.5%	47%	41%	4%	8%
Public Policy Polling	March 27–28, 2010	495	± 4.4%	45%	41%	––	13%
Rasmussen Reports	April 6, 2010	500	± 4.5%	48%	42%	3%	7%
Rasmussen Reports	May 3, 2010	500	± 4.5%	50%	42%	4%	4%
Rasmussen Reports	June 2, 2010	500	± 4.5%	45%	44%	4%	6%
Rasmussen Reports	June 28, 2010	500	± 4.5%	48%	43%	3%	6%
Rasmussen Reports	July 13, 2010	750	± 4.0%	47%	45%	2%	6%
Mason Dixon	July 19–21, 2010	625	± 4.0%	48%	42%	––	10%
Rasmussen Reports	July 27, 2010	750	± 4.0%	49%	43%	4%	4%
Rasmussen Reports	August 10, 2010	750	± 4.0%	50%	43%	3%	4%
Public Policy Polling	August 14–15, 2010	––	± 3.73%	45%	38%	8%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	August 23, 2010	750	± 4.0%	51%	40%	5%	4%
Rasmussen Reports	September 7, 2010	750	± 4.0%	53%	43%	2%	2%
Rasmussen Reports	September 21, 2010	750	± 4.0%	52%	44%	2%	3%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research	October 2, 2010	1,000	± 3.0%	50%	42%	5%	3%
CNN/Time/Opinion Research	October 1–5, 2010	1,398	± 2.5%	53%	40%	4%	––
Rasmussen Reports	October 5, 2010	750	± 4.0%	51%	43%	3%	2%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research	October 16, 2010	1,000	± 3.0%	49%	43%	5%	3%
Public Policy Polling	October 17–18, 2010	646	± 3.9%	46%	41%	6%	7%
Rasmussen Reports	October 19, 2010	750	± 4.0%	52%	43%	4%	3%
Mason-Dixon	October 18–20, 2010	625	± 4.0%	49%	40%	3%	8%
KSN3/Missouri State University	October 20–27, 2010	821	± 3.8%	54%	41%	3%	2%

Candidate (party)	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt
Roy Blunt (R)	$8,203,670	$4,537,049	$4,003,030	$0
Robin Carnahan (D)	$7,297,929	$3,658,278	$3,639,651	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roy Blunt	1,054,160	54.23%	-1.86%
	Democratic	Robin Carnahan	789,736	40.63%	-2.17%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	58,663	3.02%	+2.29%
	Constitution	Jerry Beck	41,309	2.12%	+1.73%
	Write-in		31	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			1,943,899	100.0%
	Republican hold