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VOLUME 92, ISSUE 35
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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TA K I N G A C L O S E R L O O K
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US SENATE Sherrod Brown (D) 2,600,323 votes Josh Mandel (R) 2,327,539 votes
US HOUSE Bob Latta (R) 186,473 votes Angela Zimmann (D) 128,579 votes
OHIO SENATE Randy Gardner (R) 99,889 votes Jeff Bretz (D) 70,413 votes
OHIO HOUSE Tim Brown (R) 30,146 votes Kelly Wicks (D) 25,444 votes
ISSUE 1 VOTED DOWN
3,096,039 NO votes | 1,438,105 YES votes
ISSUE 2 VOTED DOWN
2,961,109 NO votes | 1,697,199 YES votes
Obama defeats Republican Challenger Mitt Romney, winning Ohio, Wood County again By Tyler Buchanan In Focus Editor
The people have spoken. Four more years. Incumbent President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney, securing at least 300 electoral votes on an election day that marks the end of a long, hard-fought presidential campaign. Obama won the state of Ohio, a crucial swing state heavily campaigned by both candidates during this election. The incumbent also picked up numerous other swing states that brought him to a victory, including Iowa, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Before he even made a victory speech, Obama addressed his supporters on Twitter. “We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are,” Obama personally tweeted. Wood County continued its string of correctly predicting the presidential winner, with Obama winning nearly 51 percent of the vote. Obama also won Wood County in the 2008 elections. Sophomore Morgan Holliger, secretary of College Democrats and a political science major,
FALCONS TAKE ON BOBCATS With the season heading down the home stretch, BG and Ohio face off as they battle for position in the MAC East. Both teams enter the game 4-1 in MAC play. See how the team is developing its game plan. | PAGE 9
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said a strong grassroots campaign helped contribute to Obama’s success at the University and Wood County area. With nearly 98 percent of Wood County precincts reporting in Tuesday night as of 1:00 a.m., Obama led by just more than 2,000 votes over Romney, according to the Wood County Board of Elections. “We have had awesome students with the Obama campaign,” Holliger said. “We have a great base of supporters.” Democratic First Ward Council Member Daniel Gordon said the Democrats had an advantage this election due to the strong political presence on campus. “There has never been a more efficient and powerful ground game in American politics,” Gordon said. Gordon, who volunteered for Obama’s campaign in 2008, said this election’s efforts were successful due to the large numbers of student registrations and long lines to vote on campus. Each state is designated an amount of electoral college votes proportional to its populations. While
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BOWLING GREEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY VOTED DOWN
7,662 NO votes 6,984 YES votes
LIQUOR OPTION PRECINCT 010 PASSES
314 YES votes | 120 NO votes
AS GOES OHIO, SO GOES THE NATION THE DECIDING FACTOR:
Ohio was a deciding factor in pushing Incumbent President Barack Obama over into a second term. The 18 electoral votes were crucial for Obama. Wood County also went to Obama as it did in 2008
LIQUOR OPTION PRECINCT 104 PASSES
459 YES votes | 265 NO votes
*ELECTION RESULTS *All information is pulled from the Wood County Board of Elections results page and the Ohio Secretary of State results page. Results reported are projections based on a number of precincts that reported as of 1:00 a.m. Wednesday.
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