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Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Missouri's nine members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011 until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on August 3, 2010. Of the nine elections, the races in the 3rd and 4th districts were rated as competitive by ''The Cook Political Report'', ''CQ Politics'', ''The Rothenberg Political Report'' and ''Sabato's Crystal Ball''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri (03) House 2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri (04) House 2010 )〕 Seven of Missouri's nine incumbents were re-elected, while one (Ike Skelton of the 4th district) unsuccessfully sought re-election〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri )〕 and one (Roy Blunt of the 7th district) did not seek re-election. In total, six Republicans and three Democrats were elected.〔 A total of 1,920,675 votes were cast, of which 1,103,290 (57.44 percent) were for Republican candidates, 708,064 (36.87 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 92,485 (4.81 percent) were for Libertarian Party candidates, 8,759 (0.46 percent) were for Constitution Party candidates, 7,193 (0.37 percent) were for an independent candidate and 884 (0.05 percent) were for write-in candidates. ==District 1== The 1st district included Ferguson, Florissant, Hazelwood, Spanish Lake, and parts of St. Louis and University City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri – 1st District )〕 The district's population was 54 percent black and 40 percent white (see Race and ethnicity in the United States Census); 83 percent were high school graduates and 24 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $41,404.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri 1st District Profile )〕 In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 80 percent of its vote to Democratic nominee Barack Obama and 19 percent to Republican nominee John McCain.〔 Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr., who took office in 2001, was the incumbent. Clay was re-elected in 2008 with 87 percent of the vote.〔 In 2010 Clay's opponent in the general election was Republican nominee Robyn Hamlin, an insurance agent. Libertarian Party nominee Julie Stone also ran. Candice Britton also sought the Democratic nomination. Martin Baker and Marshall Works also sought the Republican nomination. Robb Cunningham also sought the Libertarian nomination.〔 Clay raised $693,370 and spent $635,944. Hamlin raised $23,930 and spent $24,012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri District 01 Race )〕 Britton raised $1,813 and spent $2,026.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Candice Britton (D) )〕 Prior to the election ''FiveThirtyEights forecast gave Clay a 100 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 74 percent of the vote to Hamlin's 23 percent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri 1st District )〕 On election day Clay was re-elected with 74 percent of the vote to Hamlin's 24 percent. Clay was re-elected in 2012, again over Hamlin,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Missouri )〕 and in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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