FULL STEAM AHEAD
Missouri's delegation reacts to the convention as Al Gore and Joe Lieberman begin a four-day campaign trip down the Mississippi River. (8/18)

BUSH, GORE WIN
March 7, 2000 9:00 pm--The Show Me State handed decisive victories to both front-runners. Democrats apparently ignoring Bill Bradley's personal connection to his native state.

A NATIONAL POLITICAL WEATHERVANE
Richard J. Hardy, of the University of Missouri-Columbia, explores the bellwether nature of Missouri's elections in the past and what it might mean in 2000.
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  POPULATION: 5,438,559

  ELECTORAL VOTES: 11

  STATE CAPITAL: Jefferson City

  GOVERNOR: Mel Carnahan (D)

  SENATORS: Christopher Bond (R) 1986-2004,
  John Ashcroft (R) 1994-2000

  HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES: 4 GOP, 5 Democrats

  1996 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
  Clinton 48%
  Dole 41%
  Perot 10%

  1992 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
  Clinton 44%
  Bush 34%
  Perot 22%

  PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES:
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