President Barack Obama Wins Colorado, Adds 9 Electoral Votes To His Reelection Win (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: Obama Takes Colorado
US President Barack Obama waves at supporters during a campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, on November 4, 2012. Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are both showing signs of exhaustion as they dart from swing state to swing state, trying to fire up enthusiasm among supporters and win over any last wavering voters before November 6 election. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama waves at supporters during a campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, on November 4, 2012. Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are both showing signs of exhaustion as they dart from swing state to swing state, trying to fire up enthusiasm among supporters and win over any last wavering voters before November 6 election. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

By about 9:15 p.m. MST, President Barack Obama had been declared the winner of Ohio and shortly thereafter, he was projected to take another swing state: Colorado.

With 1.6 million votes counted, The Denver Post first called the centennial state for the president, reporting President Obama with 50 percent to Mitt Romney's 47 percent.

Despite his initial performance flop in the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, President Obama was able to carry key swing counties, specifically, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Larimer County.

In 2008, President Obama's biggest wins were those two counties, which went for President George W. Bush in 2004.

This year is only the fifth time Colorado has voted Democrat since World War II.

Tonight President Obama made significant gains with the Latino vote, claiming an estimated 74 percent of Colorado's Latino vote, and just about 43 percent of the white vote.

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