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Obama wins Iowa’s 6 Electoral College votes

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November 6th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Democrat Barack Obama has won the battleground state of Iowa, beating Republican Mitt Romney after a campaign that featured repeated visits by both candidates to the state. Obama earned Iowa’s six Electoral College votes, winning a state that has played crucial roles in his presidential bids.

Obama’s surprising victory in the 2008 Iowa caucus helped propel him to the Democratic nomination, and the state gave him an easy win in the 2008 general election.  Both candidates campaigned frequently in Iowa during the summer and fall, and their campaigns spent millions on advertising in the state.

By Election Day, both candidates had been campaigning for president in Iowa for nearly six years. Romney ran for president in 2008 but lost the nomination to Republican Sen. John McCain.