President powers to re-election

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

• Dora A Winter of Nampa, Idaho, looks up after an “I Voted” sticker was placed on her forehead.

• President Barack Obama waves as he walks on the stage with his daughter Malia at his election night party Wednesday in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

• Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney concedes the election Wednesday in Boston.

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions.

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Published: 11/07/2012