Election Coverage 2012

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  Romney wins Louisiana

  Posted 8:31 PM 11/6/2012

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney scored an easy win in Louisiana for his bid to oust President Barack Obama from the White House. The victory gives Romney eight electoral votes in Tuesday's election. Romney's success in Louisiana had been so expected that neither candidate did much (More)

  
  

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  Cassidy re-elected in Louisiana's 6th District

  

  Posted 8:28 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy is returning to Washington to represent the Baton Rouge-based 6th District in Congress.

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  Mitt Romney grabs easy victory in Louisiana

  

  Posted 8:26 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney scored an easy win in Louisiana for his bid to oust President Barack Obama from the White House.

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  Obama wins Michigan, Romney takes Alabama

  

  Posted 8:23 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is the winner of the 16 electoral votes in Michigan - the state that benefitted the most from the auto industry bailout. Michigan, where Mitt Romney's father served as governor, wasn't heavily contested by the two campaigns, though it did see some late GOP (More)

  
  

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  Romney wins Georgia, Tennessee

  

  Posted 7:35 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney has won in Georgia. It's a state that had appeared to be a potential battleground early in the campaign, but ended up being part of Romney's Southern base. Romney also added Tennessee's 11 electoral votes to his total, putting him ahead of President (More)

  
  

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  Obama? Romney? Nation decides after long campaign

  

  Posted 7:04 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama moved ahead of Mitt Romney in their duel for the White House, rolling up victory margins Tuesday night in the reliably Democratic Northeast and his home state of Illinois while the Republican challenger secured his conservative base.

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  Romney 'running on fumes' in Election Day stops

  

  Posted 1:45 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - Mitt Romney is said to be "running on fumes" as he campaigns in Ohio on Election Day.

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  THE RACE: Candidates stay busy ahead of vote tally

  

  Posted 12:25 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  After many months of grueling campaigning, the waiting stage of the presidential sweepstakes is near as both parties worked furiously to boost turnout and get supporters to the polls.

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  Puerto Rico votes on US ties and chooses governor

  

  Posted 12:13 PM 11/6/2012 by AP

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Ricans were facing a fundamental question on Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?

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  PAR Guide to the 2012 Constitutional Amendments

  

  Posted 11:44 AM 11/6/2012 by Melissa Canone

  Louisiana voters will be asked to decide nine proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution on the Nov. 6 ballot. These proposals were approved by legislators during the 2012 Regular Session. Those receiving a majority vote in the statewide election will be enacted.

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  Stocks rally as Americans head to the polls

  

  Posted 11:03 AM 11/6/2012 by AP

  NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising sharply on Wall Street as Americans head to the polls in a closely fought U.S. presidential election.

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  Bob Dylan predicts Obama 'in a landslide'

  

  Posted 10:57 AM 11/6/2012 by AP

  MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Bob Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is going to win a landslide.

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  BURGERS VS. OMELETTES

  

  Posted 10:31 AM 11/6/2012 by AP

  France's version of the U.S. Election Day is playing out ... on the plate.

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  GOP protecting its House majority from Democrats

  

  Posted 10:27 AM 11/6/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans remain in position to continue controlling the House for the next two years by about the same 50-seat margin as they do today, despite the deep unpopularity of Congress and its gridlock with President Barack Obama.

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  Oil rises as US picks a president

  

  Posted 10:25 AM 11/6/2012 by AP

  NEW YORK (AP) - The price of oil is rising Tuesday as investors, along with voters across the country, await the results of the U.S. presidential election.

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