JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt won the GOP Senate primary and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan won the Democratic primary Tuesday, election returns show.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Blunt easily led a field of nine Republican candidates, pulling 71 percent of the vote, returns posted Tuesday on the Missouri secretary of state's Web site indicated. Carnahan had 83.7 percent of the vote against two other candidates for the Democratic nomination.