Presidential, Florida Election Results 2012

Election results and local coverage of the state and national races on Election Day 2012.

Video: Obama Volunteers Ecstatic After Victory

The Barack Obama campaign volunteers in Pinellas County were overjoyed by the fact that their hard work for the presidential run paid off.

When the election was called in favor of President Barack Obama, the celebration started at the campaign office in St. Petersburg. "We won Pinellas County and we won the entire country. It's just amazing," said Mallory Stewart Robison, an Obama campaign volunteer. Obama's re-election didn't come as a given for any of the campaign workers, who put in months of hard work promoting Obama's mission, Stewart Robison said. "I've been (at the campaign office) so much, and it's hard to believe that it's actually over," Steward Robison said. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. Florida votes were still too close to call Tuesday night, but Obama won the majority of votes in Pinellas County.

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Criminal Justice Student Supports Sheriff in St. Pete Beach

Ross Carnovale, a criminal justice student in St. Pete Beach, believes the move to the Pinellas County Sheriff is the best move in the long run.

Whether to keep St. Pete Beach Police or bring in the Pinellas County Sheriff as a replacement is one of the hot issues on the ballot today in St. Pete Beach. Ross Carnovale, a criminal justice student, believes that the move to the Sheriff's Office would be work out the best for everyone involved. "I'm a little hesitant to lose St. Pete Beach Police, but then again, I think the sheriff in the long run will be the future for us," Carnovale said. Carnovale also shared his viewpoints on the presidential election and how Florida will be playing a key role. "We have a lot of left and a lot of right in the state of Florida," Carnovale said. To hear more of Carnovale's thoughts, check out the video above. 

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St. Pete Beach Police Members Campaign to Institute the Sheriff

Employees of the St. Pete Beach Police are campaigning for people to vote yes on dissolving the police force and transferring it to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Outside the St. Pete Beach polling location at 7701 Boca Ciega Dr., employees of the St. Pete Beach Police were campaigning Tuesday about the charter referendum that would dissolve the police force and replace it with the Pinellas County Sheriff. Molly Taft, the St. Pete Beach Police records supervisor, and she and other employees are out to encourage people to vote in the Sheriff's Office. "We want people to know it's OK to vote us out," Taft said. Taft and others think that the move to the Sheriff's Office would be best for St. Pete Beach, and for the current employees of St. Pete Beach Police. Budget cuts have taken away the pensions of St. Pete Beach Police employees, and the move to the sheriff would give them all new positions at the…

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EPA Plays Role in Stetson Student's Vote

Nick Marazana, a student at Stetson, put in his vote and based it on his connections with the coal industry.

Nick Maranzana, a student at Stetson University, put in his vote today at Treasure Island and had some personal backing behind it. "I have connections with the coal industry," Maranzana said. This year's election is a bigger year for Maranzana because of current issues that his family is facing in the coal industry.  "The EPA has done some things to harm my family and myself," Maranzana said. To hear more of what drove Maranzana to vote and who he put chose for president, check out the video above.

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