President Oback Barama has been elected to a second term; Mitt Romney conceded shortly before 1 am. Locally, Senator Bill Nelson wins a third term over challenger Connie Mack, Bob Gualtieri takes another term as Sheriff in Hillsborough County, and voters in St Pete Beach did vote to disband the police department and turn law enforcement in the beach community over to the Pinellas County Sheriff.

Those eleven amendments on the ballot? Eight of them failed, including the property tax overhaul, the new abortion restrictions and the religious freedom proposal. There were a few glitches yesterday; thanks to a blown transformer, the power went out in Hillsborough at the Falkenberg Road precinct, delaying the voting for a short time. And and more than 12,000 Pinellas voters received robo-calls asking them to vote today.

The Rays David Price was won the Players Choice Award in the AL as Outstanding Pitcher. Price is also a good candidate for the Cy Young Award, which will be announced on the 14^th.

Jersey Governor Chris Christie says it was a call from Bruce Springsteen that actually made him cry. The Governor was on the phone with the President talking about storm recovery, when Obama handed the phone to Springsteen, who was campaigning with the President. Yes, the Gov is a fan, having been to more than 100 of the boss’s concerts.