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Liveblog: the 2012 election
Election results, links to the Star's coverage, your commentary and social media.
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And the polls close! Go to www.azstarnet.com to follow all of our election coverage. #AZVoteby carlibrosseau via twitter 11/7/2012 2:00:52 AM -
Welcome to our election liveblog. We'll include links to the Star's updates, and we're pulling in tweets as well. You're welcome to add your commentary on the vote. (Please keep our guidelines in mind; no bad language or personal attacks on others posting here.) -
Polls closed at 7 p.m. in Arizona. It usually takes a bit over an hour for results to start flowing from the Arizona Secretary of State's office and the county recorders' offices. The numbers should feed into our page at http://azstarnet.com/elections and update frequently.
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We'll be updating the Obama-Romney race throughout the evening: azstarnet.com
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney captured Kentucky and West Virginia and President Barack Obama countered with Vermont on Tuesday night in a duel for the White House shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment that crimped middle class dreams for millions.
In the popular vote, Romney led 51 percent to 48 percent with less than 1 percent of the nation's precincts tallied. -
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Former Gov. Angus King has won the Senate race in Maine, running as an independent. King will take over the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe. Another independent, Vermont's Sen. Bernie Sanders, also has been re-elected.
Four Democrats senators have also won re-election: Bill Nelson in Florida, Sheldon Whitehouse in Rhode Island, Ben Cardin in Maryland and Tom Carper in Delaware. Republican Sen. Bob Corker was re-elected in Tennessee.
King hasn't said which party he will caucus with, but Republican groups have spent millions of dollars opposing his candidacy.
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#AZVoteby PeaceLoveKenny via twitter 11/7/2012 2:12:55 AM -
Obama carried Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and Romney's home state of Massachusetts. Also, as expected, he won Delaware and Maryland as well as the District of Columbia and Illinois.
Romney had Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia in his column. He also won Indiana, a state Obama carried in 2008 but did not contest this year.
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Pima County elections officials and voters are reporting an abnormally high number of names missing from the voter rolls, requiring the casting of provisional ballots.
If you had problems at the polling place and had to cast a provisional ballot, please send us an email to politics@azstarnet.com. Please include your name and a telephone number.
The information will not be published but we intend to track the tabulation of provisional ballots and resolution of problems over the next few days, and we may contact you. -
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President Barack Obama won the reliably Democratic Northeast, and Republican Mitt Romney secured his Republican conservative base Tuesday night in a tense duel for the White House shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment.
The critical battlegrounds with the key to victory were unsettled — Virginia, Ohio and Florida among them — with long lines in many locations after poll-close time.
Romney led in the national popular vote with 13 million votes, or 51 percent, to 12 million or 47 percent for Obama, with 10 percent of the precincts tallied.
Romney also held an early electoral vote advantage, 153-123, with 270 needed for victory, although he lost both his home state of Michigan and Massachusetts, where he served one term as governor.
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Got my new pad, my new pen, full phone battery, let's do this! #azvote #election2012by Hannah Gaber via twitter 11/7/2012 2:27:13 AM -
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Crowd erupts at the Democrats' party as results project Obama to win Wisconsin. #AZvoteby Samantha Cummings via twitter 11/7/2012 2:33:54 AM -
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Not impressed - the vote total doesn't show until you vote. Unless you were the first voter, how are you determining how the vote was tabulated? News organizations all over the world use this ScribbleLive software, and I've heard of no such problems.
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Seen while waiting for elections director Brad Nelson p.twimg.com/A7ELaPPCQAENRmC.jpg
by Hannah Gaber via twitter 11/7/2012 2:37:24 AM -
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Martha McSally thanks crowd of 105 gathered at Radisson, says it's been 'an incredible journey so far.' #azvoteby Phil Villarreal via twitter 11/7/2012 2:43:21 AM -
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Uproar of cheers as Elizabeth Warren is elected as Massachusetts Senator. #AZvoteby Samantha Cummings via twitter edited by John Bolton, StarNet night... 11/7/2012 2:45:48 AM
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At Marriott Demo HQ in Tucson; MSNBC on the big screen TV. Loud roar goes up when Elizabeth Warren declared Mass. Senate winner.by Tony Davis via twitter 11/7/2012 2:50:13 AM -
Napier at tonight's GOP event in Tucson, AZ. #AZVote p.twimg.com/A7EOganCEAAyw6J.jpg
by Ashley Grove via twitter 11/7/2012 2:50:55 AM -
Waiting at Pima Co. Elections office with KVOAs @nateoneal who doesn't know who ace reporter April O'Neill is. Tragic. #azvote #election2012by Hannah Gaber via twitter 11/7/2012 2:50:57 AM
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Lesser hum from the Tucson Marriott crowd when Mourdock loses, Donnelly wins Indiana Senate race.by Tony Davis via twitter 11/7/2012 2:51:08 AM
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4-member folk band Fried Squirrel serenades McSally crowd. Say they call themselves Refried Squirrel @ Mexican weddings #azvoteby Phil Villarreal via twitter 11/7/2012 2:55:08 AM
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Heard at headquarters: "This is a community effort." #azvote #election2012by Hannah Gaber via twitter 11/7/2012 2:55:51 AM
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Another roar from Marriott crowd when TV shows Obama ahead in FLA, 60 percent in Broward County.by Tony Davis via twitter 11/7/2012 2:56:26 AM
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Big turn out at #Tucson GOP election night #azvote p.twimg.com/A7EP8ntCYAMMPyL.jpg
by Ashley Grove via twitter 11/7/2012 2:57:13 AM -
Crowd rises to their feet as Obama takes lead in Florida. #AZvoteby Samantha Cummings via twitter 11/7/2012 2:57:16 AM
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Back in contact with AP now, and the latest news is ...
The battlegrounds that held the keys to the White House were anything but settled — Virginia, Ohio and Florida among them — with long lines in many locations long after poll-close time.
Romney led in the national popular vote with 17.9 million votes, or 50 percent. Obama had 17.2 million, or 48 percent, with 19 percent of precincts tallied.
The former Massachusetts governor also held an early electoral vote advantage, 153-123, with 270 needed for victory, although he lost his home state of Michigan as well as Massachusetts, where he served as governor. -
Former Dem. state chair, US Sen. candidate Jim Pedersen sez "I think the presidential thing is a done deal . You can see the trends."by Tony Davis via twitter 11/7/2012 2:58:52 AM
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Jim Kelley at tonight's Republican Party event for the #Election2012 #azvote p.twimg.com/A7EQZUBCAAIRS8d.jpg
by Ashley Grove via twitter 11/7/2012 2:59:10 AM -
In another contest of local interest: Arizona leads Chico State 47-23 at halftime: azstarnet.com
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Daniel Hernandez Jr. just entered the party #rpa12 #azvoteby Daniel Gaona via twitter 11/7/2012 3:01:40 AM -
Big crowd at Marriott. Cookies, chips, beef and swiss sandwiches.by Tony Davis via twitter 11/7/2012 3:01:51 AM
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