UPDATE: Akin wins Missouri Republican U.S. Senate primary

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | 10:51 p.m. CDT; updated 12:03 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 8, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY — U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, who touted himself as the most conservative congressman in Missouri, won a hard-fought Republican primary Tuesday for the right to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in a contest that could be pivotal for party control of the chamber.

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