McCaskill Defeats Akin to Keep Missouri Senate Seat
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Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill defeated Republican Representative Todd Akin to win a second U.S. Senate term.
The race was turned upside down Aug. 19 when Akin, 65, said in a television interview that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy. The remark prompted party officials, including Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to urge the six-term congressman to leave the race. It was a political gift to McCaskill, 59, who had been trailing Akin in polls.