Barack Obama won the Missouri primary on Tuesday, Feb. 5 by approximately 10,000 votes. Of the 113 counties in the state, he prevailed in only six:
- Boone County (Columbia [University of Missouri])
- Cole County (Jefferson City)
- Jackson County (Kansas City)
- Nodaway County (near extreme northwest corner of state; Largest town: Maryville [Northwest Missouri State University])
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
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