U.S. Senate election, Missouri, 2010
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The Missouri United States Senate election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010 following a primary election on August 3, 2010. March 30, 2010, was the deadline for filing nominating signatures.
Roy Blunt (R) won 54.2% of the vote to defeat opponent Robin Carnahan (D), who won 40.6% of the vote.[1]
Background
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (R) was the senior U.S. senator from Missouri. He was first elected to the position in 1986 having defeated Lieutenant Governor of Missouri Harriett Woods in the general election and was subsequently re-elected in 1992, 1998 and 2004. Bond said on January 8, 2009, that he would not seek a fifth term in office in November 2010.[2]
Qualifications
Standard qualifications necessary in order to be considered for a United States Senate position as of 2010 included being at least 30 years of age, a United States citizen for at least nine years prior to the date of the election, and, in this instance, an inhabitant of Missouri when elected.
The state of Missouri required that any individual who desires to file as a candidate for election to a public office must file a Candidate's Affidavit of Tax Payments with the Missouri Department of Revenue. In signing the Affidavit, the candidate agreed that he/she was not delinquent in the payment of any state income taxes, personal property taxes, or real property taxes on his/her place of residence as stated on the declaration of candidacy and that he/she was not a past or present corporate officer of any motor vehicle and driver license office that owes any taxes to the state. The affidavit must have been notarized and a copy of the affidavit must have then be attached to the declaration of candidacy filed with the secretary of state.[3]
In order to have been considered an independent candidate on the November 2010 election ballot, the individual must have collected the signatures of at least 10,000 registered Missouri voters.
General election
On November 2, 2010, Blunt was elected to the United States Senate. He defeated Robin Carnahan (D), Jonathan Dine (Libertarian), Jerry Beck (Constitution) and numerous write-in candidates.[4]
| United States Senate, Missouri General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Roy Blunt |
54.2% | 1,054,160 | |
| Democratic | Robin Carnahan | 40.6% | 789,736 | |
| Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 3% | 58,663 | |
| Constitution | Jerry Beck | 2.1% | 41,309 | |
| Write-in | Dale M. Hoinoski | 0% | 14 | |
| Write-in | Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr. | 0% | 7 | |
| Write-in | Jeff Wirick | 0% | 4 | |
| Write-in | Charlie L. Bailey | 0% | 3 | |
| Write-in | Richie L. Wolfe | 0% | 2 | |
| Write-in | Mark S. Memoly | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 1,943,899 | |||
August 3, 2010 primaries
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Robin Carnahan, elected Secretary of State of Missouri in both 2004 and 2008, announced her candidacy on February 3, 2009.[5]
- Richard Charles Tolbert
- Francis J. Vangeli[6]
Electoral results
| 2010 Race for United States Senate - Democratic Primary[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
 Robin Carnahan (D)
|
83.8% | |||
| Richard Charles Tolbert (D) | 10.6% | |||
| Francis J. Vangeli (D) | 5.5% | |||
| Total votes | 315,776 | |||
Republican primary
Candidates
- Roy Blunt, a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 7th Congressional District and father of Matt Blunt, Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009, announced his candidacy on February 19, 2009.[8]
- Charles Allen "Chuck" Purgason, a member of the Missouri State Senate representing the 33rd District, announced his candidacy on July 23, 2009.[9]
- Davis Ronald Conway, president of Affinity Electrical Contracting
- Antonio Eugene "Tony" Laszacs
- Hector Maldonado, an Iraq and Afghanistan combat Veteran[10]
- Kristi Nichols
- Robert L. "Bob" Praprotnik, a St. Louis architecture firm owner[11]
- Deborah Solomon, a substitute teacher for the Fort Osage School District[12]
- Michael Alan "Mike" Vontz[13]
Electoral results
| 2010 Race for United States Senate - Republican Primary[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Roy Blunt (R)
|
70.9% | |||
| Chuck Purgason (R) | 13.1% | |||
| Kristi Nichols (R) | 7.0% | |||
| Deborah Solomon (R) | 2.6% | |||
| Hector Maldonado (R) | 1.5% | |||
| Davis Conway (R) | 1.5% | |||
| R. L. Praprotnik (R) | 1.4% | |||
| Tony Laszacs (R) | 1.1% | |||
| Mike Vontz (R) | 0.9% | |||
| Total votes | 577,602 | |||
Libertarian primary
Candidates
- Jonathan Dine
- Cisse Spragins[14]
Electoral results
| 2010 Race for United States Senate - Libertarian Primary[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Jonathan Dine (L)
|
58.5% | |||
| Cisse Spragins (L) | 41.5% | |||
| Total votes | 3,507 | |||
Constitution Party primary
Candidates
- Jerry Garth Beck
- Joseph "Joe" Martellaro
- Michael Arthur "Mike" Simmons, Jr.[15]
Electoral results
| 2010 Race for United States Senate - Constitution Party Primary[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Jerry Beck (CST)
|
43.4% | |||
| Mike Simmons (CST) | 29.4% | |||
| Joe Martellaro (CST) | 27.2% | |||
| Total votes | 1,885 | |||
Other candidates
- Midge Potts, Co-Chair of the Progressive Party of Missouri and delegate to the Green Party of the United States National Committee[16]
- Frazier Glenn Miller, founder of the White Patriot Party[17][18]
General Election campaign
Commercials
Endorsements
- Coalition of Missouri State Senators[19]
- Family Research Council Action PAC[20]
- Jim Talent, former United States Senator from Missouri[21]
- Missouri Republican Assembly
- Missourians United for Life[22]
- Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and presidential candidate[23]
- National Republican Senatorial Committee[24]
- Peter Kinder, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri[21]
- Red State[25]
- Committee for County Progress (CCP)[26]
- Council for a Livable World[27]
- EMILY's List[28]
- Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska Conference of Teamsters[29]
- Missouri Laborers' Legislative Committee[30]
- Sierra Club[31]
Polling data
Rasmussen polls
| Rasmussen Poll - September 21, 2009[32] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Robin Carnahan (D) | 46% | |||
| Roy Blunt (R) | 46% | |||
| Some other candidate | 2% | |||
| Undecided | 5% | |||
| Total voters | 500 | |||
| Rasmussen Poll - January 19, 2010[33] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Roy Blunt (R)
|
49% | |||
| Robin Carnahan (D) | 43% | |||
| Some other candidate | 3% | |||
| Undecided | 5% | |||
| Total voters | 500 | |||
| Rasmussen Poll - February 10, 2010[34] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Roy Blunt (R)
|
49% | |||
| Robin Carnahan (D) | 42% | |||
| Some other candidate | 3% | |||
| Undecided | 6% | |||
| Total voters | 500 | |||
| Rasmussen Poll - March 9, 2010[35] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Roy Blunt (R)
|
47% | |||
| Robin Carnahan (D) | 41% | |||
| Some other candidate | 4% | |||
| Undecided | 8% | |||
| Total voters | 500 | |||
| Rasmussen Poll - March 9, 2010[36] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Roy Blunt (R)
|
48% | |||
| Robin Carnahan (D) | 42% | |||
| Some other candidate | 4% | |||
| Undecided | 8% | |||
| Total voters | 500 | |||
A telephone survey of 750 likely voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports on October 19, 2009, found Blunt leading with 52% of the vote compared to Carnahan's 43%.[33]
Public Policy poll
| Public Policy Polling (PPP) Poll - March 27-28, 2010[37] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Roy Blunt (R)
|
45% | |||
| Robin Carnahan (D) | 41% | |||
| Undecided | 13% | |||
| Total voters | 495 | |||
Fundraising
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Democrat Robin Carnahan raised $868,000 and Republican Roy Blunt raised $1.34 million. It was the first quarter since announcing candidacy that Carnahan did not exceed $1 million in fundraising.[38]
In the first quarter of 2010, Carnahan raised $1.5 million and Blunt raised $1.3 million.[39]
Noteworthy events
National Voter Registration Act
Under President George W. Bush, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against the state of Missouri and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan for violation of the National Voter Registration Act (NRVA). The complaint said the state had not complied with voter list maintenance provisions.[40]A district court ruled that the DOJ had not provided enough evidence to prove Missouri violated its obligations under the NRVA, and an appeals court affirmed this evidentiary ruling in July, 2008. The DOJ did not pursue further litigation.[41][42]
In June, 2009, the state of Missouri settled a lawsuit with Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a community-based advocacy group that conducted large-scale voter registration drives. ACORN sued the state for violation of Section 7 of the NRVA requiring the Missouri Department of Social Services to provide low-income Missourians with the opportunity to register to vote.[43]Democratic candidate Robin Carnahan was serving as secretary of state at the time of the lawsuit. KRCG News said the Missouri Republican Party provided them with emails between ACORN and Carnahan's staff regarding research for the case. They said, "KRCG News checked and found that none of the e-mails are actually to, or from, Carnahan herself - all deal with her staff."[44]
Republican ads said Carnahan had connections to (ACORN). Lloyd Smith, said about Carnahan, "Her chief-of-staff and other staff people have had inappropriate connectivity to ACORN." Smith said ACORN was "A group that's been shown not just in Missouri but across the nation being involved in illegal voter activity."[45]
Carnahan said, "I don't have any ties to ACORN," and "I've called on law enforcement officials to prosecute anyone who violates election laws, whether it's ACORN or anybody else."[46]
External links
- List of candidates qualified for Missouri's August 3 United States Senate primary
- Green Paper's list of candidates for United States Senate, 2010
General Election candidates
- Robin Carnahan for Senate Campaign website
- Roy Blunt for Senate Campaign website
- Jerry Beck for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Jonathan Dine for U.S. Senator Missouri 2010 Campaign website
- Midge Potts for U.S. Senate Campaign website
Former candidates
- Richard Tolbert for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Francis Vangeli for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Ronald Beller for Senate Campaign website
- Davis Conway for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Tony Laszacs for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Hector Maldonado for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Kristi Nichols for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Bob Praprotnik for Senate Campaign website
- Chuck Purgason for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Schmidt for United States Senate Campaign website
- Deborah Solomon for United States Senator Campaign website
- Mike Vontz for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Joseph Martellaro for U.S. Senate Campaign website
- Mike Simmons for U.S. Senate Campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2010," accessed May 23, 2024
- ↑ United Press International, "Sen. Kit Bond of Mo. announces retirement" 8 Jan. 2009
- ↑ Missouri Department of Revenue "Candidate's Affidavit of Tax Payments and Bonding Requirements," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ AMERICA Blog, "Robin Carnahan is running for Senate in Missouri" 3 Feb. 2009
- ↑ FEC.gov, "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES SENATE," accessed May 9, 2024
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 State of Missouri - Unofficial Results 2010 Primary Election
- ↑ FOX News, "Rep. Roy Blunt to Run for Senate in 2010" 18 Feb. 2009
- ↑ St. Louis Public Radio, "Purgason launches Senate bid, knocks both parties' approach toward health care," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Hector Maldonado files for US Senate, To Begin Tour" 24 Feb. 2010
- ↑ Columbia Missourian, "St. Louis business owner Robert Praprotnik declares Senate candidacy" 6 Feb. 2010
- ↑ The Examiner, "Deborah Solomon running for U.S. Senate" 18 Dec. 2009
- ↑ FEC.gov, "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES SENATE," accessed May 9, 2024
- ↑ FEC.gov, "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES SENATE," accessed May 9, 2024
- ↑ FEC.gov, "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES SENATE," accessed May 9, 2024
- ↑ Green Party of New York, "Green Candidate, Midge Potts, Says She Will Walk for US Senate," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ Springfield News-Leader, "Miller ran for office, posted manifesto," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ Southern Poverty Law Center, "Frazier Glenn Miller," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ Roy Blunt for Senate 2010 "Coalition of Missouri State Senators Supporting Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate" 15 May, 2009
- ↑ Sun Herald, "FRC Action PAC Endorses Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate" 10 April, 2010
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Catherine Favazza, "Former Sen. Jim Talent to Endorse Roy Blunt for Senate" 19 June, 2009
- ↑ Missourians United for Life, "Missourians United for Life Endorses Roy Blunt for United States Senate" 30 June, 2009 (dead link)
- ↑ GOP 12 "Romney unveils six new endorsements" 26 March, 2010
- ↑ KSDK Channel 5 "Roy Blunt gets GOP endorsement in 2010 Senate bid" June 2009
- ↑ Red State, "RedState Endorses Roy Blunt for Missouri" 26 Aug. 2009
- ↑ Blog CCP "CCP Endorses Robin Carnahan for US Senate" 21 May, 2009
- ↑ Council for a Livable World - Endorsed for U.S. Senate by Council for a Livable World Candidate Fund
- ↑ Life News, "Missouri Abortion Advocate Robin Carnahan gets Pro-Abortion Senate Support" 5 Feb. 2009
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Carnahan picks up Teamster endorsement, then dodges card-check questions" 17 April, 2009
- ↑ St. Louis Beacon, "Carnahan attracts key labor endorsement -- and bus opposition" 17 Feb. 2009
- ↑ Missouri Sierra Club, "The Missouri Sierra Club Endorses Robin Carnahan" 1 April, 2010
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "Missouri State Survey of 500 Likely Voters" 21 Sept. 2009
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Rasmussen Reports, "2010 Missouri Senate: Blunt (R) 49%, Carnahan (D) 43%" 21 Jan. 2010
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "2010 Missouri Senate" 10 Feb. 2010
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "2010 Missouri Senate" 9 March, 2010
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "2010 Missouri Senate" 9 March, 2010
- ↑ Public Policy Polling, "Blunt moves ahead in Missouri" 30 March, 2010
- ↑ Politico, "4th-quarter totals offer 2010 clues" 2 Feb. 2010
- ↑ The Hill, "Carnahan ramps up fundraising in Missouri Senate race, outraises Blunt $1.5M to $1.3M," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ Department of Justice, "JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES MISSOURI FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF VOTER RIGHTS," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ Find Law, "UNITED STATES v. MISSOURI (2008)," accessed May 8, 2024
- ↑ Law professor Blogs Network, "EvidenceProf Blog: Bad Motor Voter?: Eighth Circuit Affirms Hearsay Rulings In United States' Suit Against Missouri For Violating The Motor Voter Act," accessed May 8, 2024
- ↑ Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, "ACORN v. Scott," accessed May 8, 2024
- ↑ 13KRCG, "GOP: Carnahan 'cozy' with ACORN," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ 13KRCG, "GOP: Carnahan 'cozy' with ACORN," accessed May 6, 2024
- ↑ 13KRCG, "GOP: Carnahan 'cozy' with ACORN," May 6, 2024
