Florence and opened a bistro. He lived for extended periods in both countries during the last decades of his life and became a fixture of the Italian community in San Diego. Seracini had previously campaigned for an overseas seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 general election as a candidate of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. A newspaper report from 2006 described him as "vague on details about his platform" but eager to serve Italians living in the diaspora.<ref>Rachel Rivera, "NY seeks Italy Senate seat to represent Italians abroad," Associated Press Newswires, 10 January 2006, 15:50.</ref> He died in San Diego in 2009, after a two-year battle with cancer. Vittorio Coco is a broadcaster in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He had previously sought election to the Italian Senate in 2006. The Right–Tricolour Flame Giuseppe (Joseph) P. Cirnigliaro was born on November 10, 1954, in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily. He ran for the New York State Senate's 19th district in 1988 as a Republican. During the 2008 campaign, he argued that Italy should adopt a strong presidential model of government akin to that of the United States of America. Franco Misuraca was born on June 10, 1943, in Aprigliano, Calabria, and later moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a longtime supporter of the right-wing Italian Social Movement. In 2008, he centered his campaign around the slogan, "God, country, and family." The results Berlusconi's electoral coalition won a narrow plurality, defeating the Democratic Party by only 793 votes. Basilio Giordano received the most votes of the candidates on Berlusconi's list and was declared elected. Democratic Party incumbent Renato Turano actually received more first preference votes than Giordano, but, as his party list was defeated, he was not returned to office. Detailed results by country More than 90 per cent of the total votes were cast in the United States of America and Canada. The Democratic Party won narrow victory in the United States, Mexico, and Nicaragua, but was defeated everywhere else. The People of Freedom won a narrow victory in Canada; this was a significant shift from the 2006 election, when the centre-left had won by a credible margin. Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama United States of AmericaNote: The country-by-country totals provided by the Italian Ministry of the Interior do