COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief has certified
the results of the raucous, expensive presidential contest and other
fall races.
Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted performed the task on Thursday.
After
the months of intensive campaigning, Democratic President Barack Obama
garnered 2,827,621 votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s 2,661,407 —
or 50.2 percent to 47.3 percent of the vote in the bellwether state. No
Republican has ever won the White House without Ohio, and few Democrats
have.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, beat Republican
challenger Josh Mandel by almost 327,000 votes. Independent
candidate Scott Rupert garnered 250,000 votes in the heated Senate
contest, which was more than the combined total of all five third-party
presidential challengers.
Statewide voter turnout was 70.5 percent.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief has certified
the results of the raucous, expensive presidential contest and other
fall races.
Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted performed the task on Thursday.
After
the months of intensive campaigning, Democratic President Barack Obama
garnered 2,827,621 votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s 2,661,407 —
or 50.2 percent to 47.3 percent of the vote in the bellwether state. No
Republican has ever won the White House without Ohio, and few Democrats
have.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, beat Republican
challenger Josh Mandel by almost 327,000 votes. Independent
candidate Scott Rupert garnered 250,000 votes in the heated Senate
contest, which was more than the combined total of all five third-party
presidential challengers.
Statewide voter turnout was 70.5 percent.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.