The Buchanan County CIP sales tax will be renewed until 2020. That was the word from voters Tuesday who approved renewal of the tax by a 64% to 35% margin.

6,890 people voted in Buchanan County Tuesday, approving an eight year sales tax that all 53 thousand registered voters will have to pay. Voter turnout was 12.9%.

Here are the final numbers from the County Clerk’s office.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX
Vote For 1
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,422 64.02
NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,485 35.98

There are 53,227 registered voters in the county.

Rick Santorum took the lead across Missouri in early results, and CNN projected he would win the symbolic primary in Missouri. According to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office, with 31.5% of the precincts reporting, Santorum led the GOP presidential slate with 54.4% of the vote, Mitt Romney gathered 25.4%, Ron Paul received 11.5%, and nearly 5% were uncommitted.

In Buchanan County, Santorum outpaced Mitt Romney 41.7% to 31.9%.