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Obama campaign savors hard-fought victory

President Barack Obama's campaign was relishing a hard-fought victory for the presidency, capping a re-election bid that hinged heavily on aggressive voter registration and turnout efforts.

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Julie Pace | Updated on November 07, 2012
(AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama’s campaign was relishing a hard-fought victory for the presidency, capping a re-election bid that hinged heavily on aggressive voter registration and turnout efforts.

Obama and his team were scattered across his hometown of Chicago as supporters awaited the president’s victory speech. The president celebrated his win with his family at a downtown hotel. Hundreds of staffers watched the returns come in at the campaign’s nearby headquarters, then streamed out of the high-rise building to attend the president’s speech. And senior staffers at the convention center mused about how much earlier the election outcome was determined.

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