Her challenger in 2012 was [[movement conservative]] [[Todd Akin]]. The [[Democratic National Convention]] decided against holding it in [[Missouri]], perhaps in part because of the political weakness of Claire McCaskill and her need to distance herself from the [[Obama Administration]] in order to have any chance of being reelected. | Her challenger in 2012 was [[movement conservative]] [[Todd Akin]]. The [[Democratic National Convention]] decided against holding it in [[Missouri]], perhaps in part because of the political weakness of Claire McCaskill and her need to distance herself from the [[Obama Administration]] in order to have any chance of being reelected. |