Election Results Are In: Creve Coeur Township Voters Backed Obama, Nixon, McCaskill & The Tobacco Tax

We've known who won and lost in November's elections for more than a month, but now we know specifically how residents in Creve Coeur township cast their ballots, according to information from the St. Louis County Board of Elections.

Among the notable races:

President                Votes           %

Barack Obama (D) 11, 219       52.7 

Mitt Romney    (R)  9, 681        45.5

Gary Johnson   (L)      262          1.2

Invalid Write-Ins           70          .33

Virgil Goode     (C)        22           .10

U.S. Senate            Votes         %

Claire McCaskill (D)  12,927     62.17

Todd Akin          (R)   6,883      33.10

Jonathan Dine   (L)       918       4.42

Write In                        64           .31

U.S. Rep.                Votes         %

Glenn Koenen (D)     8,449      46.36

Ann Wagner    (R)     9,250      50.75

Bill Slantz       (L)         429        2.35

Anatol Zorikova (C)       85           .47

Invalid Write-In             12          .07

Overall, the township's Democratic-leaning base was borne out in the results. Susan Montee, the Democratic Party candidate for Lt. Governor won the township but lost the overall race to Peter Kinder.

Most notably in other contests, Creve Coeur Township voters widely approved of Proposition B, which would have raised the tobacco tax.