Obama campaign says it won Florida; Romney concedes defeat
November 09, 2012  13:22
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Two days after he was re-elected President of the United States, Barack Obama's campaign said today he has won 29 electoral college votes in Florida, the only state which had not declared a winner on Election Day. Republican challenger Mitt Romney's campaign too conceded defeat in Florida, a key battleground state.

With the win in Florida, 51-year-old Obama's tally reached 332 against Romney's 206.

In the 2008 presidential elections, Obama, the first black American to occupy the White House, had secured 358 votes. In the state-by-state electoral college system, a candidate needs 270 votes for victory and Obama already had 303 before Florida was called.
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