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Two national guardsman stand by in their truck at Bishop Molloy Recreational Center, where voting took place on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Point Lookout , N.Y., one of several voting locations that were created as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Election Day turnout was heavy Tuesday in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek) Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren, left, emerges from the polling booth as she votes in Cambridge, Mass. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Warren is running against Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who was elected in a special election in 2010 after the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA). (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Vice President Joe Biden exits with his wife Jill Biden after voting at Alexis I. duPont High School, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Greenville, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his son Beau Biden, his wife, Hallie and their daughter Natalie, stands in line to cast his ballot at Alexis I. duPont High School, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Greenville, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he arrives at a polling station to vote in Belmont, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Dora A Winter of Nampa, looks up after an "I Voted" sticker was placed on her forehead at Karcher Church of the Nazarene on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Nampa, Idaho. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., make an unscheduled stop at a Wendy's restaurant in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. President Barack Obama calls to thank volunteers in Wisconsin, at campaign office call center the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. Carla Windhorst is seated next to the president. Roseville Bakeryin Roseville, Minn. has been selling Obama and Romney cookies and tallying sales as part of a decidedly unscientific cookie poll. Roseville Bakery owner Amy Johnson says she's done her cookie poll in the past two elections, and it correctly predicted the winner both times. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Barack Obama is embraced by a volunteer as he visits a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) People watch election results displayed on a utility lift suspended from the front of the GE Building at Rockefeller Center, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. From center left are Bryan Fletcher of Park City, Utah; Jen Hudak, Salt Lake City; Lindsay Arnold, Park City; K.C. Oakley, Park City, and Emily Cook, Park City. After a year of campaigning, polls have begun to close after Americans across the United States headed to the polls to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Ed Lippman, 58, wears a message on his jacket on Election Day while walking home, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) People cast their votes Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at polling location inside the Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia, where a mural of President Barack Obama painted on a wall behind two voting booths was ordered covered up by a Philadelphia court. The mural had been left uncovered when the polling location opened, but was ordered covered after Republicans filed a complaint. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek) After voting, Mike Weigart, 30, carries his ballot and his surfboard to the ballot box at the polling place at the Venice Beach lifeguard headquarters in Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Weigart said "It's awesome the polling place is where I surf." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) King County Elections employee Jan Reese looks over a ballot at the King County Elections ballot processing facility in Renton, Wash. as the mail-in ballots continue to come in on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) Jeffrey McGinn guides cars to a ballot drop box at the King County Elections ballot processing facility in Renton, Wash. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) Austin Ventling, 14, watches the election returns at the Ohio Democratic party election night celebration Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) Democratic candidate for Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee, shakes hands at the Eastgate Park-and-Ride in Bellevue, Wash. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) Ballots are movedin the King County Elections ballot processing facility in Renton, Wash. as the mail-in ballots continue to come in on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) Jennifer Shiberou, right, votes with her children, from left, Sophie Pauti, 10, Yakube Pauti, 16, Samuel Shiberou, 7, and Addis Shiberou, 4, at the Trinity United Methodist Church on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mark Weber) Voters line up in the dark to beat the 7:00 p.m. deadline to cast their ballots at a polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Miami. Florida voters queued up before dawn Tuesday to cast their ballots as long lines began forming at some precincts across the state. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Virginia Tech freshman and first-time voter Macy Kinder stands in line to cast her ballot after the appointed time for polls to close had passed at the Montgomery Executive Airport voting precinct on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Blacksburg, Va. The precinct location was overwhelmed by voter turnout Tuesday but kept open until everyone in line voted. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry) Voters line up at the Engine 26 Ladder 9 firehouse to cast their vote in New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Sallie Kladnik, left, and Jackie Dierks-Walker, campaign supporters for Congressional District 1 candidate Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Arizona, react to the announcement of President Barack Obama's re-election during an election night party at the Radisson Woodlands Flagstaff Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Flagstaff, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso) An unidentified Mitt Romney supporter watches television reports, saying that President Barack Obama had been reelected as President of the United States, after the Connie Mack for Senate watch party in Bonita Springs, Fla. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) Supporters cheer as results are displayed as President Barack Obama's election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Loris Tangvik, a supporter of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, reacts as she watches the election results at the election night event for Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., in Billings, Mont., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Kayla Daniels, 19, of Indianapolis, looks at an electoral map on her iPad, as she and other students at Howard University, a historically black college, attend a presidential election result watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Nancy French, from Columbia, Tenn., watches vote results displayed on a television screen during Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/David Goldman) A supporter reacts to election results at the election night party for President Barack Obama Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Howard Nizebeth, 48, watches election results in Times Square, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. After a year of campaigning, polls have begun to close after Americans across the United States headed to the polls to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Arizona Democrats celebrate as President Barack Obama is declared the winner of the presidential race at Democratic Party gathering, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives to give his concession speech at his campaign election night event at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool) Standing with their families, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stands with his wife Ann, and Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., second right, stands with his wife Janna after Romney's concession speech at his election night rally in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Ana Sledge of New York celebrates in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, after President Barack Obama was projected to win a second term. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Jon "Captain America" Angell salutes as Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney concedes the election to Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Minnesota Republican election headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid) Supporters cheer as they wait for President Barack Obama at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) From left, Blanca Lipson, Ann Connally, Margarita V. Rebollal and Jose M. Garcia celebrate as Alexander Andresian, 20, weeps as President Barack Obama was declared the winner Tuesday, Nov. 6. 2012, during the Nevada State Democratic Party gathering at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Gurzinski)  Dennis Eugene Hatton reacts while watching televised reports on the presidential election at an Obama watch party in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Election Day 2012