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I chose Virginia because I live here, Pennsylvania because I am from there and Scandia, PA is still home, and New York, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, New Jersey and North Carolina because that is where my family is scattered....
VIRGINIA
| Live 2012 results | Votes | % won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,885,188 | 50.8% | |||
| 1,772,304 | 47.8 | |||
Others
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52,424 | 1.4 | ||
| 99.9% of precincts reporting | ||||
| Results: 2008 | 2004 | Votes | % won | |
|---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama
|
1,959,532 | 52.7% | |
John McCain
|
1,725,005 | 46.4 | |
Others
|
32,368 | 0.9 | |
| Live 2012 results | Votes | % won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260,835 | 59.3% | |||
| 173,786 | 39.5 | |||
Others
|
5,553 | 1.3 | ||
| 100% of precincts reporting | ||||
| Results: 2008 | 2004 | Votes | % won | |
|---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama
|
310,359 | 60.2% | |
John McCain
|
200,994 | 39.0 | |
Others
|
3,895 | 0.8 | |
President
Obama narrowly carried the Old Dominion by two
percentage points in one of the most closely watched battlegrounds of
the 2012 campaign. The president’s victory in Virginia four years ago
was the first for a Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, a
reflection of the state’s increasing diversity. It was a key
battleground this year, and polls put the race at a dead heat for
months. Obama beat Romney handily in the three large Northern Virginia
suburbs of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties. Republican
Robert F. McDonnell also won the governorship in 2009 with all three
counties, a reflection of the state’s ever-shifting electorate.
Senate
Democrat Timothy M. Kaine took one of the most contested
Senate seats in the 2012 election, defeating Republican George Allen in
the race to succeed retiring Sen. James Webb (D). The contest between
two former governors was extremely close from the start and was among
the country’s most expensive Senate races. The Old Dominion has become
more diverse in recent years, split among white-collar suburbs with
new immigrants; rural, blue-collar areas; and a heavily military
presence. Kaine led the Democratic National Committee under Obama. Allen
sought vindication after a defeat by Webb in 2006, when the Republican
made national headlines after he was caught on video using a racially
charged word, “macaca,” to describe a young man of Indian descent at a
campaign rally.
House
Republicans held their 8-2 dominance in the state’s congressional delegation.
PENNSYLVANIA
| Live 2012 results | Votes | % won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,907,448 | 52.0% | |||
| 2,619,583 | 46.8 | |||
Others
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69,468 | 1.2 | ||
| 99.7% of precincts reporting | ||||
| Results: 2008 | 2004 | Votes | % won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama
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3,276,363 | 54.7% | ||
John McCain
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2,655,885 | 44.3 | ||
Others
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62,889 | 1.1 | ||
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Pennsylvania
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President
Obama won the key swing state, keeping Pennsylvania in
the Democratic column. Pennsylvania was a critical part of Obama’s math
for winning the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Pennsylvania
last supported a Republican presidential candidate in 1988. Increasingly
Democratic since 1992, Pennsylvania emerged as a late battleground.
Romney’s campaign and conservative super PACs poured more than $11
million into the state during the final week. Polls gave Obama a lead of
about 4 percentage points. For Romney, the state offered an alternative
route to the 270 electoral votes late in the campaign as polls showed
Obama ahead in some of the states that had been the election’s main
battlegrounds, including Ohio and Iowa.
Senate
Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D) won re-election to a second
term, fighting off a tough challenge from GOP nominee Tom Smith, a
retired coal company executive who spent $17 million of his fortune on
the airwaves. The race had tightened by mid-October. Casey, an
anti-abortion, pro-gun moderate Democrat whose father was a popular
Pennsylvania governor, called his opponent “Tea Party Tom Smith” and
said he was too conservative for the state. Smith had support from the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other conservative groups.
House
In the newly drawn 12thDistrict race in western
Pennsylvania, Republican challenger Keith Rothfus, a lawyer, upset
incumbent Democratic Rep. Mark S. Critz in one of the most-watched races
nationally. The district stretches from Johnstown to north of
Pittsburgh to the Ohio border. Critz had defeated Rep. Jason Altmire in
the primary.
NEW YORK
President
Obama was declared the winner of New York’s 29 electoral
votes by the Associated Press soon after the polls closed. The
president won more than 62 percent of the vote in the Empire State.
Senate
Incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) was declared the
winner by the AP over Republican Wendy Long, in a race that was never
close in pre-election polls. And those polls turned out to be correct as
Gillibrand won more than 70 percent of the vote.
House
Daniel Maffei unseated freshman Republican Ann Marie
Buerkle in a rematch of their 2010 race in the the 24th District in
central New York. Another freshman Republican incumbent, Nan Hayworth,
lost to Democrat Sean Maloney in the 18th District north of New York
City. Democratic incumbents Timothy Bishop in the 1st District on
eastern Long Island and Brian Higgins in the 26th District around
Buffalo won their races, but Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul lost in
the 27th District in western New York against former Erie County
executive Chris Collins.
COLORADO
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Colorado
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President
Obama repeated his sweep in Colorado from four years ago
after a competitive contest with Romney. Before the president’s 2008
victory, Republicans had won the state in eight out of the previous nine
presidential elections. On Tuesday, Obama won the two suburban counties
around Denver, both major battlegrounds. He needed high turnout among
Latinos and strong support from women to win, the same coalition that
narrowly carried Democratic Sen. Michael F. Bennet to victory in 2010.
House
Republicans kept their 4-3 hold on the state’s
congressional delegation. In the 6th District south of Denver, Rep. Mike
Coffman (R) survived a challenge from Democratic state Rep. Joe
Miklosi, despite a controversial comment Coffman made last spring when
he questioned whether Obama was born in the United States and added, “I
do know this: In his heart, he’s not an American.”
TEXAS
Texas
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President
Mitt Romney was the decisive winner of this consistently
red state, according to the Associated Press said. He rolled up 57
percent of the vote compared to Obama’s 41 percent. Texans have voted
for Republicans for president in each of the past nine general
elections. In 2008, John McCain received 55 percent of votes in the
Lone Star State.
Senate
Ted Cruz, a former state solicitor general and
Republican up-and-comer, won the Senate seat of retiring Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison (R), defeating Democrat Paul Sadler.
House
Of the 36 House races in Texas, 24 went to Republicans
and 12 to Democrats. In two hotly contested races, state Rep. Pete
Gallego (D) beat out freshman Rep. Francisco R. Canseco (R) for the 23rd
District, while state Rep. Randy Weber (R) bested former congressman
Nick Lampson (D) for the 14th District seat. Weber will succeed GOP Rep.
Ron Paul, who retired from Congress have eight terms in the House.
GEORGIA
Georgia
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President
Romney won the Georgia contest by a margin of about 7.5
percentage points, with nearly all precincts reporting, according to the
Associated Press. That’s an improvement for the GOP over 2008, when
Obama lost to Sen. John McCain by a mere five percentage points in a
rare show of strength in the Deep South.
House
A Republican, Doug Collins, has won a new, fourteenth
House seat that Georgia gained through redistricting, according to the
AP. However, Republicans otherwise failed in their bid to increase their
House majority in Georgia, as all five Democratic incumbents were
reelected (along with all eight GOP incumbents). Among the Democratic
victors was Rep. John Barrow, the last white Democratic congressman from
the Deep South. Barrow’s 12th District seat had been in jeopardy due to
redistricting. His Republican challenger, State Rep. Lee Anderson,
benefitted from $3.5 million in spending by outside groups. But Anderson
won the GOP nomination by just 159 votes in a bruising primary that
required a runoff election. And Barrow, a Blue Dog Democrat who has made
a point of distancing himself from his party by voting against Obama’s
health-care law, defeated Anderson by more than seven percentage points,
according to the AP.
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey
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President
Obama won the Garden State, according to the Associated
Press, making it the sixth straight victory here for Democrats.
Senate
Sen. Robert Menendez (D) defeated his Republican
challenger, state Sen. Joe Kyrillos, who was outspent 4 to 1 by the
incumbent. Menendez was not especially popular but had a sizable lead
going into the contest.
House
In the new 9th District, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. beat his
Republican challenger Shmuley Boteach, according to the Associated
Press. Pascrell fought a tough race in the June primary, defeating
Steven R. Rothman by a large margin in an expensive Democratic primary
for the newly drawn district. In the most closely watched House race in
the state, first-term Republican Rep. Jon Runyan in the 3rd District
won reelection, fighting off Democratic challenger Shelley Adler, the
widow of his 2010 opponent. Runyan, a former Philadelphia Eagles
offensive tackle, was favored to win but it was a tough and sometimes
nasty race.
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina
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President
Mitt Romney secured a narrow victory in the Tar Heel
state despite fierce efforts from the Obama camp, who won North Carolina
by a margin of just 0.4 percent in 2008. Democrats poured significant
resources into North Carolina, including holding the Democratic National
Convention in Charlotte earlier this year. Democrats appeared to have
toned down efforts in the state after that, and polls showed a
consistent Romney lead. Despite a tighter-than-expected final margin of
just two points, this proved more than enough to secure a Romney victory
in this traditionally Republican state.
Governor
Republican Pat McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte,
claimed victory in the gubernatorial contest, a race he was strongly
favored to win. Though eligible to stand for a second term, incumbent
Democratic Governor Bev Perdue announced earlier this year she would not
seek a second term. McCrory lost a tight race in 2008 to Perdue, but
his growing political profile made him strong favorite for the 2012 race
over Democrat challenger incumbent Lieutenant Governor Walter H.
Dalton.
House
Redistricting hurt Democrats across several North
Carolina House seats, leading to two incumbents – Reps. Brad Miller and
Heath Shuler – retiring, both their seats picked up by Republicans. Rep.
Larry Kissell attempted to defend his seat in the 8th District, but was
defeated by Republican challenger Richard Hudson.
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