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1:44 am
Wed November 7, 2012

Four More Years: Obama Wins Re-Election

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President Obama walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to deliver his victory speech on election night in Chicago.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers his concession speech in Boston.
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney react to his defeat in Boston.
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Supporters cheer as President Obama delivers his victory speech in Chicago.
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Originally published on Wed November 7, 2012 5:58 am

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Americans elected Barack Obama to a second term Tuesday, with the president capturing or on the verge of winning all of the key states that had been at the center of his hard-fought campaign against Republican Mitt Romney.

"Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you," Obama said early Wednesday at a speech before thousands of supporters in Chicago. "I have learned from you. And you've made me a better president.

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1:21 am
Wed November 7, 2012

Plummer Concedes To Enyart In Illinois 12th District

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A Republican lumber company executive is conceding defeat in a southern Illinois congressional race.

Jason Plummer made Wednesday's announcement a day after voters in the 12th Congressional District elected Democrat Bill Enyart, a Belleville lawyer who has headed the Illinois National Guard. The Green Party's Paula Bradshaw finished third.

Plummer says in a one-paragraph statement e-mailed to The Associated Press that he thanks the thousands of supporters, volunteers and friends who backed his campaign.

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Beyond November
1:20 am
Wed November 7, 2012

Martin Loses Attorney General Race By Large Margin

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Incumbent Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will keep his seat after being challenged by Republican candidate Ed Martin.
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The Republican nominee for Missouri Attorney General, Ed Martin lost the race against incumbent Chris Koster last night by a double-digit margin.

He remained hopeful even as the gap began to widen early in the night.

"We have a Secretary of State who’s had a history of some sort of irregularities in how she reports stuff, so we’ll wait and see,” Martin told supporters gathered at a south St. Louis hotel. "But right now what we’re seeing on our internals is that we’re within two or three points."

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