JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Voters will have plenty of choices in Missouri's presidential primaries. Twenty-seven candidates have signed up for the Feb. 5 primaries. The deadline to do so was Tuesday evening. The list includes all the leading contenders from the Democratic and Republican parties -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee. It also includes numerous lesser-known candidates. Anyone who paid a $1,000 filing fee to his or her party could qualify for the primary. The ballot will include 12 Republicans, nine Democrats and six Libertarians.

Libertarians: Dave Hollist, Daniel Imperato, Michael Jingozian, Steve Kubby, George Phillies, and Wayne Root.

Republicans: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson, Daniel Gilbert, Hugh Cort, and Virgil Wiles.

Democrats: Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson, and Ralph Spelbring.

Source: Missouri Secretary of State