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President Obama appears with his family at an election night rally at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago.
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People gather in Lafayette Park, across from the White House.
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From left, Anthony Streiff, Alex Sand and Nam Dorjee, all of Minneapolis, break into celebratory tears when it is announced that voters had rejected a proposed amendment to Minnesota's constitution to ban gay marriage, at an Minnesotans United for All Families election-night event in St. Paul, Minn.
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From left, Mary Kate Annerino, 22, Mary Edmonds, 59, Joan Daniel, 50, and Alana Broomfield, 16, watch for election results during President Obama's rally at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago.
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Joshua Estrada, 21, left, from El Salvador, and Cindy Monge, 17, from Guatemala pray for the passage of Question 4.
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From left, Daniel Niño , 17 originally from Colombia, Ricardo Campos, 23, originally from El Salvador, Joshua Estrada, 21, from El Salvador, and Cindy Monge, 17, from Guatemala, cheer as election results are read for Question 4, which will give some illegal immigrant students in Maryland a break on college tuition. At the Casa de Maryland main building in Hyattsville, immigration advocates gathered to watch the results for Question 4, the "Maryland Dream Act," and the presidential race.
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