Signed. Sealed. Delivered. He's Yours! Barack Hussein Obama wins re-election as President of the United States of America. President Obama defeated Mitt Romney, winning 303 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the 2012 election in perhaps the closest race, leading up to the election, in presidential history. Romney with 206 of the electoral votes, in his concession speech during the wee hours of Wednesday morning said, he has been "humbled", while President Obama in his victory speech said to supporters, "You lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful. He thanked the country's First Lady, his wife, Michelle and his daughters Sasha and Malia for her support, noting how his daughters were growing up to be fine, smart young women. "Just like their mother", the president said to a roar from the crowd. The First Family after wining Election 2012. The president has fought hard during his first tenure for the rights of women