▁Republican ▁President ial ▁Primary ' s ▁results ▁were ▁non binding ▁on ▁the ▁state ' s ▁national ▁convention ▁deleg ates . ▁V ot ers ▁in ▁C ald well ▁County ▁supported ▁former ▁U . S . ▁Senator ▁Rick ▁Sant orum ▁( R - P en nsylvan ia ), ▁who ▁finished ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁at ▁large , ▁but ▁eventually ▁lost ▁the ▁nom ination ▁to ▁former ▁Governor ▁Mitt ▁Rom ney ▁( R - M ass achusetts ). ▁De leg ates ▁to ▁the ▁con gression al ▁district ▁and ▁state ▁convent ions ▁were ▁chosen ▁at ▁a ▁county ▁c au cus , ▁which ▁selected ▁deleg ations ▁favor ing ▁Rom ney . ▁▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁Missouri ▁Republican ▁President ial ▁Primary ▁was ▁closely ▁cont ested , ▁with ▁Senator ▁John ▁McC ain ▁( R - A rizona ) ▁prev ail ing ▁and ▁eventually ▁winning ▁the ▁nom ination . ▁ ▁Then - S en ator ▁Hill ary ▁Cl inton ▁( D - New ▁York ) ▁received ▁more ▁votes ▁than ▁any ▁candidate ▁from ▁either ▁party ▁in ▁C ald well ▁County ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁president ial ▁primary . ▁Despite ▁initial ▁reports ▁that ▁Cl inton ▁had ▁won ▁Missouri , ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁( D - Ill inois ), ▁also ▁a ▁Senator ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁narrow ly ▁defeated ▁her ▁state wide ▁and ▁later ▁became ▁that ▁year ' s ▁Democratic ▁nom ine e , ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁presiden cy . ▁ ▁Commun ities ▁ ▁C ities ▁B ray mer ▁Bre