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m Playground Access \ Arbor Lodge Park makes room for wheelchairs and walkers the onoring ed Forces and Veterans See Metro, page 11 Special edition coverage, inside ‘City 0 /Roses' Volume XXXXI Number 43 . w w w .portlandobserver.com Wednesday • November 7. 2012 Established in 1970 , ? Committed to Cultural Diversity y C U TS • •'com m un ity servie Forward Obama Wins 2nd Term resident Obama won a second term in the White House Tuesday night, the major networks projected, over coming concerns about the fragile eco nomic recovery to edge out Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The president's win in the crucial battle ground of Ohio, coupled with subsequent victories in both Iowa and Oregon, put him over the required 270 electoral votes. Obama broke out early in the night, winning a string of key battlegrounds even as Romney built his eiectoral-vote count with wins in reliably conservative states. Obama scored a big win in Penn sylvania, a vital battleground where Rom ney made a late play for support. Obama also walked away with a win in the swing states of New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Michigan. Minutes before Obama was projected the winner, Romney claimed his first P ’* k ¡4 «• k< « n The president claimed victory after winning Ohio, tweeting: 'This happened because of you. Thank you. We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you. -b o ' i battleground prize of the night with a projected victory in North Carolina, where the Democrats held their 2012 conven tion. Elsewhere, Obama and Romney each Barack Obama wins-re-election to a sec ond term as President of the United States. racked up expected victories Tuesday night in relatively safe territory. Romney was the projected winner in Utah, Montana, Arizona, Missouri, Idaho, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Ala bama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennes see, Arkansas, West Virginia, South Caro lina, Georgia, Indiana and Kentucky. Obama was the winner in his home state of Illinois, California, Hawaii, Wash ington, Minnesota, New Mexico, Maine, New York, Delaware, Connecticut, Mary- continued n I ■ I on page 9 Marta Nunez watches the 2 0 1 2 election returns from Times Square in New York City.
