Ohio certifies presidential, Senate race results

Asso­ci­ated Press

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s elec­tions chief has cer­ti­fied the results of the rau­cous, expen­sive pres­i­den­tial con­test and other fall races.

Repub­li­can Sec­re­tary of State Jon Husted per­formed the task on Thursday.

After the months of inten­sive cam­paign­ing, Demo­c­ra­tic Pres­i­dent Barack Obama gar­nered 2,827,621 votes to Repub­li­can nom­i­nee Mitt Romney’s 2,661,407 — or 50.2 per­cent to 47.3 per­cent of the vote in the bell­wether state. No Repub­li­can has ever won the White House with­out Ohio, and few Democ­rats have.

U.S. Sen. Sher­rod Brown, a Demo­c­rat, beat Repub­li­can chal­lenger Josh Man­del (man-DEHL’) by almost 327,000 votes. Inde­pen­dent can­di­date Scott Rupert gar­nered 250,000 votes in the heated Sen­ate con­test, which was more than the com­bined total of all five third-party pres­i­den­tial challengers.

Statewide voter turnout was 70.5 percent.

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