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US Election 2008: Live results

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US Election 2008: Live results

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11:00pm: CNN declares Barack Obama President-elect

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10:01pm: Democrats are +4 in the senate.

10:00pm: stephentaylor.ca decision desk calls the presidency for Obama, even before the California polls close and lucrative pharmaceutical ads run.

9:58pm: FNC projects TX, UT for McCain. Obama projected to win IA.

9:51pm: Why so slow on projecting Obama as President? It’s over.

9:46pm: CNN projects NM for Obama.

9:33pm: CNN projects OH for Obama.

9:22pm: CNN projects WV for McCain.

9:18pm: CNN projects McConnell (R-Sen) winning in KY.

9:11pm: Levin (D-Sen) wins MI.

9:10pm: CNN has better exit poll data than FNC.

9:09pm: Johnson (D-Sen) wins SD.

9:08pm: Inhofe (R-Sen) wins OK.

9:08pm: Barrasso (R-Sen) wins WY.

9:01pm: FNC projects ID KS, ND, WY for McCain.

9:00pm: FNC projects MI, MN, NY, NM, RI, WI for Obama.

9:00pm: Polls in central US close. CNN projects RI, NY, WI, MI, MN, NY for Obama, WY and ND for McCain.

8:56pm: CNN projects AL for McCain.

8:50pm: Obama at 71% in OH.

8:45pm: US House of Representative so far +1 for the Democrats.

8:42pm: Mark Pryor (D-Sen) wins AR.

8:30pm: FNC projects GA for McCain.

8:38pm: CNN late to the show and projects PA for Obama.

8:35pm: Frank Lautenberg (D-Sen) wins in NJ.

8:34pm: Susan Collins (R-Sen) wins in ME.

8:32pm: John Kerry (D-Sen) wins in MA.

8:32pm: Dick Durban (D-Sen) wins in IL.

8:31pm: Jay Rockefeller (D-Sen) wins in WV.

8:31pm: Lamar Alexander (R-Sen) wins in TN.

8:28pm: CNN calls NH for Obama.

8:17pm: Obama leads by 250k in FL with 30% reporting

8:16pm: Correction… Dole (R) loses in NC.

8:12pm: NBC, ABC call PA for Obama.

8:02pm: CNN describes african-americans as a stronger voting block for Obama than registered Democrats.

8:00pm: McCain gets OK and TN. Obama gets MN, DC, IL, MD, CT, DE, MA, and NJ.

8:00pm: CNN projects fresh round of states 8-2 Obama-McCain.

7:55pm: CNN calls SC for McCain (44%-55% Obama?!)

7:34pm: Dole (R) re-elected in NC.

7:32pm: FNC calls Daniels (R) re-elected in IN.

7:28pm: Georgia leads for McCain. He should take it. 1,650 votes reported with McCain at 71%. 2.41% MoE, 19/20 (if the sample was representative, which it is not!)

7:24pm: McCain will take IN.

7:17pm: McCain leads in FL 54-46.

7:14pm: Star Wars hologram on CNN. WTF? (CNN title: “CNN’s Jessica Yellin via Hollogram from Chicago”)

7:12pm: McCain leads in VA.

7:10pm: So far GOP (-1) in the Senate.

7:08pm: FNC calls Linsey Graham (R) for Senate in SC.

7:08pm: FNC calls Mark Warner (D) for Senate in VA.

7:07pm: FNC calls Vermont for Obama.

7:04pm: McCain leads Indiana. Indiana hasn’t gone Democrat since LBJ.

7pm: CNN calls Kentucky

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