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A Miami-Dade Elections Department employee tallies absentee ballot reports in Doral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Elections Supervisor Penelope Townsley says the agency has �no more than 500� ballots to count Thursday. Elections workers are uploading some 21,000 ballots into the system today after uploading 10,000 on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Obama declared winner in Florida



ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida.

The state finished counting its votes Saturday. Obama was declared the winner, giving him a 332 to 206 final margin in the Electoral College.

Florida officials said Obama had 50 percent of the vote to Romney's 49.1 percent, a margin of about 74,000 votes.

The win gave Obama victories in eight of nine critical swing states, losing only North Carolina. In addition to Florida, he won Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Virginia, Colorado and Nevada.

 

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