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| Turnout | 21.23% ( 1.81%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 County results Major: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% McKinley: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Nortoni: 30-40% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The1912 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912, and resulted in a victory for theDemocratic nominee,Missouri Attorney GeneralElliott Woolfolk Major, over theRepublican candidate, formerLt. Gov.John C. McKinley,ProgressiveAlbert D. Nortoni, and candidates representing theSocialist,Prohibition, andSocialist Labor parties. Major defeated former representativeWilliam S. Cowherd and former lieutenant governorAugust Bolte for his party's nomination, while McKinley defeated former representativeArthur P. Murphy and former Secretary of State John Ephraim Swanger.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Elliott Woolfolk Major | 337,019 | 48.20 | +0.69 | |
| Republican | John C. McKinley | 217,819 | 31.15 | −18.58 | |
| Progressive | Albert D. Nortoni | 109,146 | 15.61 | +15.61 | |
| Socialist | William A. Ward | 28,145 | 4.03 | +2.00 | |
| Prohibition | Charles E. Stokes | 5,591 | 0.75 | +0.17 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles Rogers | 1,442 | 0.27 | +0.27 | |
| Majority | 119,200 | 17.05 | +14.83 | ||
| Turnout | 699,210 | 21.23 | |||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | Swing | ||||
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