President Barack Obama was re-elected as the 44th president of the United States of America on Tuesday night, surpassing the necessary 270 electoral votes needed for re-election.
Obama defeated challenger Mitt (Willard) Romney. His win was announced around 11:15 p.m. by national news outlets and his win was sealed when the swing state, Ohio, was called for the incumbent president, though all votes were not tallied.
However, with projections, media outlets confirmed that President Barack Obama would be re-elected even if he did not win Ohio.
Obama also won Pennsylvania earlier on Tuesday night, as well as the other contested states such as New Hampshire and Iowa.
As of midnight, Obama had 285 votes in the electoral college, according to the New York Times, who said Obama won the second term when Virginia went to him.
Complete returns for Pennsylvania are available here.
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