Obama wins Jefferson Middle School mock election handily

CHAMPAIGN – If Jefferson Middle School students were electing our next president, Barack Obama would be headed to the White House.

Students at the middle school voted Monday in the National Student/Parent Mock Election, a voter-education program for students from kindergarten through college. They can vote online at www.national mockelection.org.

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