8:58 pm: A huge win for Obama as CNN projects VA for him, first time The Old Dominion goes Democratic in 44 years.9:00 pm MST: Barrack Obama is elected President of the United States !!!
9:02 pm: What a moment as the images from Chicago's Grant Park are being seen around the globe for all of mankind to witness... what a profound moment in history ! 232 years after the Declaration of Independence, a Black is elected President of the United States -- what an amazing moment for everybody ! Martin Luther King and Paul Robeson are beaming from up above to America below...
9:o4 pm: Markey leads Musgrave by 57 -42 with 61 % in for the Fourth Congressional District seat in CO ( northern and eastern part of state and Northern Front Range).
9:09 pm: US House races and governor race in UT going as expected. GOP incumbent Huntsman winning re-election easily as UT governor; two GOP and 1 Dem winning US House seats by easy margins.
9:12 pm: In WY, with 65 % of precincts reporting, GOP candidate Lummis leads Democrat Trauner by 5800 votes for states at-large US House seat.
9:14 pm: Many are saying we are at the point where the promise and hope that America has been in history is being restored... the reason why our ancestors made the choice to immigrate from their home countries to America a century or more ago without anything but a dream and inspiration...
9:15 pm: For those interested in the numbers, CNN has it 297 - 139 for the electoral votes, with MO, IN, NC, and FL still unprojected along with a couple of Western states: MT, NV, and AZ with polls still to close in the Great White North, AK, where Palin will go back to the darkness, cold, and snow where we won't have to see or hear of her for a couple of years hopefully !
9:18 pm: The McCain concession speech will be a great one, one that will stir the heart. He should have elected in 2000 instead of the deadbeat Bush.
9:24 pm: In TX, incumbent Republican Cronyn leads Democrat Noriega by 54 - 44 with about two-thirds of the precincts reporting for the US Senate seat in The Lone Star State.
9:25 pm: In spite of his defeat, McCain is still a hero and legend. It was just the wrong moment in history for him to become President as has been so often been the case for other men aspiring to the office... What a gentleman with dignity and elegance. We all richer for having had him as a public figure in our lives...
9:29 pm MST: In OR, with 22 % of the precincts reporting, Dem challenger Merkley leads GOP incumbent Smith by a 50 -44 margin. If this lead holds, this would be another Dem pickup in the US Senate.
9:33 pm: Obama speech coming up in a matter of minutes...
9:34 pm: Democrat Teague continues to lead Republican Tinsley by a 52 - 48 margin (4600 votes) in 3rd NM Congressional race with 65 % of precincts reporting.
9:35 pm: In WY, with 76 % of precincts reporting, GOP Lummis leads Dem Trauner by 8700 votes (50 - 42) in race for US House seat. It appears Lummis will keep this a GOP seat, unfortunately which means highways and roads in WY will continue to go to pot and not be modernized for safety and congestion.
9:41 pm: Electoral votes are 338 to 155 with MT, MO, IN, and NC. AK still to close. FL has been projected as an Obama win.
9:43 pm: In ID, Democratic challenger Minnick is leading GOP incumbent Sali for the First Congressional District seat by 54-46 with 14 % of precincts in. If this holds, it would be a Democratic pickup in the US House.
9:48 pm: In MN, Dem challenger Al Franken leads GOP incumbent Norm Coleman by just 316 votes with 46 % of precincts reporting. I would guess precincts from the Twin Cities have largely yet to report relative to rural MN, so its looking good for another Dem pickup in the US Senate.
9:53 pm: If polling remains as anticipated and results underway stay the same to the end, it now appears as if the US Senate will end up at 57 - 41 in favor of the Democrats, with independents in VT (Sanders) and CT (Lieberman). GA is still yet to be firmly determined, while incumbents Cronyn, Wicker, and McConnell have evidently clearly won in TX, MS, and KY, respectively. Results are still being tabulated in MN and OR with AK yet to come with GOP incumbent and criminally convicted felon Stevens expected to lose.
9:58 pm: Obama is coming out to speak with his family beside him...
10:00 pm MST: In ID, Republican challenger Risch is leading Dem challenger LaRucco by a 55 -37 margin with 14 % of precincts reporting to fill the US Senate seat being vacated by Republican sex offender Larry Craig. This should be a hold for the GOP in the US Senate.
10:03 pm: In NM, results are slowly coming as usual, and in the contest for the First Congressional District to fill the seat vacated by GOP Wilson, Dem challenger Heinrich is leading Republican challenger White by a 58 - 42 margin with 35 % of precincts reporting. If this holds, this would be a Dem pickup for the US House. In the Second District with 76 % of precincts in, Dem challenger Teague continues to lead Repub challenger Tinsley 53 -47 or by over 7100 votes.
10:08 pm: In AZ, Shadegg will win the Third Congressional District for another term; and in the 1st district, Dem challenger Kirkpatrick leads Repub challenger Hay 54 -42 or by over 23,000 votes with 63 % of precincts in. The other six congressional district contests in The Grand Canyon State all went as expected with incumbents winning ( 4 Dems, 2 Repubs). The AZ congressional districts delegation looks as if it will 5 -3 Dems, a big turnaround from years past.
10:12 pm: In CO, in the Fourth Congressional District race, Dem challenger Markey leads GOP incumbent Musgrave 57 -43 or by about 34,000 votes with 70 % of precincts reporting. It appears the Democrats will be successful here in picking up this seat in the US House which will have the CO congressional districts delegation at 5-2 Democrats, a reversal from just a few years ago.
10:16 pm: In MT, Obama has the lead over McCain 51 -46 or by 8500 votes with 34 % of precincts reporting. Baucus easily wins re-election to the US Senate by at least a 3 - 1 margin; and Rehberg will return to the US House as he leads his Dem challenger Driscoll 62-35 or by over 48,000 votes with 35 % of precincts reporting. Popular Democratic populist incumbent Brian Schweitzer is also winning by a broad margin, 68 -30 or 69,000 votes with 35 % of precincts reporting.
10:22 pm: In MN, Coleman has about a 15,000 vote lead over Franken with 56 % of the precincts in The Land of 10,000 Lakes reporting. Still too close and too early to know the winner.
10:25 pm: In ID, Minnick continues to lead Sali, now by a 53 - 47 margin with 24 % of precincts reporting across The Gem State for the First Congressional District. District Two will go easily as expected to the GOP incumbent Simpson as he leads the Dem candidate Holmes by a 76 -34 margin or by over 41,000 votes with 34 % of precincts reporting.
10:29 pm: In NV results are still in the early stage for the three key House races being contested. District One has already seen the Dem incumbent Berkley projected as a winner as she leads by a 69 -27 margin or about 78,000 votes with 39 % of the precincts reporting. In District Two, just 16 % of precincts are in and Repub incumbent Heller leads Dem challenger Derby by about 5900 votes or a 48 -45 margin. In Distict Three incumbent Repub Porter trails Dem challenger Titus by a 50 - 40 margin or by about 23,000 votes with just 6 % of precinct reporting. These three races will be updated at least once per half-hour.
10:36 pm: In NE, McCain will carry the state by about a 57 -43 margin over Obama. In the US Senate race in The Cornhusker State, GOP challenger Johanns will take the seat by around 58 -42 over Dem challenger Kleeb for the seat being vacated by Repub Chuck Hagel, a strong vocal opponent of George Bush, who is retiring. NE has three congressional districts, and the GOP incumbent will win easily in Districts One and Three; in District Two, the Repub incumbent Terry has a narrow 51 - 49 lead or is ahead by 5300 votes with 61 % of precincts reporting. This race will be updated later on this blog.
10:42 pm: In OR, the race for the US Senate seat being contested by challenger Dem Merkley against Repub incumbent Smith is very close: with 40 % of the precincts reporting, Merkley leads by less than 800 votes or a 48 -47 margin. Another race to keep tabs on over the next few hours.
The OR US House delegation will consist of four Democrats and one Republican after today's elections.
10:46 pm: In WA, incumbent Dem Governor Gregoire leads Repub challenger Rossi by a 52 -48 margin or by about 37,000 votes with 43 % of precincts reporting. This is a rematch between these two opponent from 2004.
The WA US House delegation for 2009 - 2010 will consist of seven Democrats and two Republicans, a change from the current 6 -3 Democratic margin.
A controversial ballot issue in The Evergreen State to allow doctor-assisted suicide is passing by a 58 - 42 margin with 43 % of precincts reporting.
10:52 pm: In NM it is appearing that all three US House seats being contested will be won by Democrats as Heinrich leads White 57 -43 or by over 32,000 votes with 63 % of precincts reporting in District One; Teague continues to lead Tinsley 55 - 45 or over 17,000 votes with 87 % of precincts reporting in District Two; and Lujan has won over East by about a 54 -33 margin or over 42,000 votes with 93 % of precincts reporting in District Three. This would represent a pickup of two seats in the US House for the Democrats, and will leave the entire Senatorial and Congressional delegation from NM as Democrats, highly unusual anywhere, let alone in a state in the Mountain West as Udall won the open US Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Pete Domenici, and Democrat Jeff Bingaman has held the other US Senate seat from NM since the early 1980s, which now makes him the senior federal legislative member from The Land of Enchantment with the retirement of Domenici.
10:57 pm MST: I will create a new post for the blog with new entries in it starting at the top of the 11pm MST hour. It will have the words, "Part Three", on the end of the post title.
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