8:45 - Emerson wins re-election

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Republican incumbent Jo Ann Emerson isre-elected to her U-S House seat in southeast Missouri. Emerson beat Democrat Veronica Hambacker in the Eighth Districtrace. The 56-year-old Emerson was first elected in 1996, five monthsafter the death of her first husband, longtime Congressman BillEmerson. Hambacker is a political newcomer. She's a retired Englishteacher who served as president of the Missouri State TeachersAssociation and eight years as head of the state's Public SchoolRetirement program.