Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States with 364 electoral votes and 53% of the popular vote. McCain won 174 electoral votes and 46%. The precise score is not yet known, but the democrats have picked up at least 5 senate seats and 2o house seats.
The Following are State-by-State Results from last night's election (in alphabetical order):
ALABAMA
President: McCain , as expected, wins
Senate: Jeff Sessions easily reelected
House: Bobby Bright (D) picks up the heavily republican seat of retiring congressman Terry Everett (R); Democrat Parker Griffith retains retiring Congressman Bud Cramer's marginal seat (Congressional Delegation: 4R 3D)
ALASKA
President: McCain easily wins Sarah Palin's home state
Senate: In big surprise, republican incumbent and convicted felon Ted Stevens is holding a small lead, race not yet called
House: Embattled Congressman Don Young, who many left for dead months ago, has apparently managed to win reelection, another big surprise (Congressional Delegation: 1R)
ARIZONA
President: Despite some uncertainty, McCain wins his home state
House: Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick wins the seat of retiring Republican Rick Renzi; Prominent Republican Congressman John Shadegg reelected despite tough challenge from Bob Lord; Vulnerable Democratic Reps. Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords both reelected (Congressional Delegation: 5D, 3R)
ARKANSAS
President: McCain wins, as expected
Senate: Mark Pryor crushed Green Candidate Rebekah Kennedy (the republicans failed to run a candidate)
House: No house incumbents were even challenged (Congressional Delegation: 3D, 1R)
CALIFORNIA
President: Obama wins California with massive margin
House: 4th district race between McClintock (R) and Brown (D) on knife edge and not yet called (McClintock has 400 vote lead); McNerney (D) reelected in the 11th district; Vulnerable Republicans Lungren, Dreier, Bono, Rohrabacher and Bilbray reelected; (Congressional Delegation: 34D, 18R 1 Too Close to Call)
Props: Prop 1 (Trains) Passes; Prop 2 (Treatment of Animals) Passes; Prop 3 (Children's Hospitals) Passes; Prop 4 (Parental Notification) Fails; Prop 5 (Rehab) Fails; Prop 6 (Police and Penalties) Fails; Prop 7 (Renewable Energy) Fails; Prop 8 (Gay Marriage Ban) Passes; Prop 9 (Victim's Rights) Passes; Prop 10 (Alternative Energy) Fails; Prop 11 (Redistricting) Apparently Passes; Prop 12 (Veteran's) Passes
Sacramento Mayor: Kevin Johnson beats Heather Fargo
COLORADO
President: Obama convincingly wins 04 Bush State
Senate: Mark Udall romps to victory to take retiring Republican Wayne Allard's seat
House: Democrat Betsy Markey beats longtime Democratic Target Marilyn Musgrave in the 4th District; Democrat Jared Polis takes Udall's house seat; Mike Coffman (R) easily takes retiring congressman Tom Tancredo's seat
CONNECTICUT
President: Obama easily wins
House: Democrat Jim Himes beats Republican Incumbent Chris Shays; Freshman Democrats Murphy and Courtney easily win
DELAWARE
President: Obama easily wins Biden's home state
Senate: Biden reelected to the Senate
Governor: Jack Markell (D) elected Governor
FLORIDA
President: Obama, in perhaps the most important result of the night, wins Florida
House: Democrats Suzanne Kosmas and Alan Grayson defeat republican house incumbents in the Orlando Area; Scandal-plagued Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney loses to Tom Rooney; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the Diaz-Balart brothers reelected in South Florida
GEORGIA
President: McCain wins
Senate: Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss forced into runoff with Democrat Jim Martin
House: Vulnerable Democratic Reps Jim Marshall and Jim Barrow both reelected
HAWAII
President: Obama wins a whooping 70% o the vote in his birth state
IDAHO
President: McCain easily wins
Senate: Republican Jim Risch elected to Larry Craig's Senate Seate
House: Walt Minnick (D) defeats unpopular Rep. Bill Sali (R) despite republican nature of the district
ILLINOIS
President: Obama handily wins his home state
Senate: Majority Whip Dick Durin (D) reelected to the senate
House: Democrat Debbie Halvorson easily captures the house seat of retiring republican Jerry Weller; Vulnerable Republicans Roskam, Kirk and Biggert reelected. Aaron Schock (R) wins Ray LaHood's seat; Melissa Bean (D) easily reelected
INDIANA
President: In somewhat of an upset, Obama wins Indiana, the first Democrat to do so since Lyndon Johnson
Governor: Republican Governor Mitch Daniels, once thought to be vulnerable, easily wins reelection
House: Republican Mark Souder wins reelection; First-term Democrats Brad Ellsworth, Baron Hill, and Joe Donnelly all easily reelected
IOWA
President: Iowa switches from red to blue, Obama wins easily
Senate: Democrat Tom Harkin wins easily
House: All incumbents reelected
KANSAS
President: McCain wins easily
Senate: Republican Pat Roberts wins reelection
House: First-term Democrat Nancy Boyda loses reelection to Republican Lynn Jenkins; Dennis Moore (D) reelected
KENTUCKY
President: McCain wins
Senate: Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defeats Bruce Lunsford
House: Brett Guthrie (R) wins retiring Rep. Ron Lewis (R)'s seat; Fmr. Congresswomen Anne Northup (R) unsuccessful in comeback attempt against Rep. John Yarmuth (D)
LOUISIANA
President: McCain wins
Senate: Mary Landrieu, the only vulnerable senate democrat, is reelected
House: Republican Bill Cassidy beats Democrat Don Cazayoux, with the help of a spoiler; Chuck Boustany reelected in surprising landslide; 2nd and 4th districts head to December runoff
MAINE
President: Obama wins all 4 of Maine's electoral votes
Senate: Despite aggressive challenge from Democrat Tom Allen, Senator Susan Collins (R) easily wins reelection
House: Chellie Pingree elected to replace Tom Allen in the house
MARYLAND
President: Obama wins in a walk
House: In a huge surprise, Democrat Frank Kratovil leads Republican Andy Harris in the heavily republican 1st district. Kratovil has a 900 vote lead, but the race is too close to call.
MASSACHUSETTS
President: Obama easily wins the most liberal state in the country
Senate: John Kerry easily reelected
MICHIGAN
President: Obama wins by 16 points in what should be a swing state
Senate: Carl Levin (D) easily reelected
House: Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters unseat Republican Incumbents in the Detroit Suburbs
MINNESOTA
President: Obama
Senate: In one of the closest races in the nation senator Norm Coleman (R) leads comedian Al Franken (D) by 400 votes. A recount is underway.
House: Controversial Congresswomen Michele Bachmann surprisingly wins reelection; Republican Erik Paulsen wins retiring congressman Jim Ramstad (R)'s seat
MISSISSIPPI
President: McCain
Senate: Thad Cochran easily wins, Roger Wicker, a senator since last December, reelected in a close race
House: Special Election winner Travis Childers wins; Gregg Harper (R) takes retiring congressman Chip Pickering (R)'s seat
MISSOURI
President: McCain pulled out Missouri with a tiny polarity
Governor: Democrats Jay Nixon easily elected Governor
House: Republicans pull out wins in the competitive 6th and 9th districts.
MONTANA
President: John McCain won here by a small margin
Senate: Max Baucus destroyed a gadfly to win another term in office
Governor: Uber-popular Governor Brian Schweitzer reelected
NEBRASKA
President: McCain wins all 5 of the states electoral votes
Senate: Mike Johanns (R) has defeated Scott Kleeb to take Republican Chuck Hagel's senate seat
House: Lee Terry (R) barely reelected in Omaha
NEVADA
President: Obama wins Nevada big
House: Democrat Dina Titus defeats Republican incumbent Jon Porter; Dean Heller reelected
NEW HAMPSHIRE
President: Obama wins by 10 points
Senate: Fmr. Governor Jeanne Shaheen has defeated Republican Incumbent John Sununu in one of the marquee senate races of this year
House: First-term democrats Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes reelected
NEW JERSEY
President: Obama with a significant margin
Senate: Somewhat vulnerable senator Frank Lautenberg (D) wins reelection
House: Democrat John Adler narrowly wins retiring Republican Jim Saxton's seat; Republican Leonard Lance barely holds on to retiring Republican Mike Ferguson's seat; Vulnerable republicans LoBiondo, Smith and Garrett reelected
NEW MEXICO
President: Obama wins easily
Senate: Tom Udall (D) crushes Steve Pearce (R) to take retiring Republican Pete Domenici's seat
House: Democrats sweep the New Mexico delegation, with Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague picking up republican seats and Ben Lujan holding Tom Udall's house seat
NEW YORK
President: Obama takes Clinton Country
House: Democrats Mike McMahon, Eric Massa and Dan Maffei pick up republican seats; Vulnerable Dems John Hall, Kirsten Gillibrand and Mike Arcuri reelected. Republican Chris Lee win retiring republican Tom Reynolds' seat
NORTH CAROLINA
President: Not yet called, but Barack Obama seems likely to win here
Senate: Kay Hagan (D) unseats Liddy Dole (R) in a hugely important race
Governor: Bev Perdue (D) defeats Pat McCrory (R)
House: Larry Kissell (D) easily beats incumbent Republican Robin Hayes; Heath Shuler reelected
NORTH DAKOTA
President: Despite predicted close race, McCain easily wins
Governor: Governor John Hoeven cruises to reelection
OHIO
President: Obama's early win here, the first in a big swing state, sealed his victory
House: Democrats Steve Driehaus and John Boccieri pick up republican seats. Steve Stivers (R) wins the 15th; Space reelected in the 18th; Republicans Austria, Neuhardt, Schmidt, Tiberi and LaTourette win
OKLAHOMA
President: McCain wins this deep red states
Senate: Jim Inhofe easily reelected
OREGON
President: Obama
Senate: Knife Edge race between Jeff Merkley (D) and Gordon Smith(R) lots of votes left to be counted, but its looking like Merkley will win in the end
House: Kurt Schrader has been elected to replace retiring congresswoman Darlene Hooley. Both are Dmeocrats
PENNSYLVANIA
President: In one of the most decisive calls of the night, Obama takes Pennsylvania
House: Kathy Dahlkemper knocks off Phil English in Erie; Glenn Thompson holds retiring congressman John Peterson's seat for the GOP; Vulnerable Democratic Incumbents Altmire, Carney, Kanjorski and Murtha reelected; Vulnerable republicans Jim Gerlach and Tim Murphy reelected
RHODE ISLAND
President: The ocean state goes overwhelmingly for Obama
Senate: Jack Reed reelected, he is a top contender Secretary of Defense
SOUTH CAROLINA
President: South Carolina goes McCain
Senate: Lindsay Graham, McCain's best friend in the Senate, is reelected
House: Rep. Henry Brown (R) fends off a strong challenge from Linda Ketner (D)
SOUTH DAKOTA
President: McCain wins underwhelming
Senate: Senator Tim Johnson, who has had big health problems, is reelected
TENNESSEE
President: McCain takes the volunteer state
Senate: Senator Lamar Alexander (R) crushes Bob Tuke (D)
House: Phil Roe elected to succeed Rep. David Davis, who Roe beat in the Republican primary
TEXAS
President: McCain takes the 2nd biggest electoral prize
Senate: John Cornyn reelected
House: Pete Olson (R) takes back Tom DeLay's old district, beating Rep. Nick Lampson; Vulnerable Republicans McCaul and Culberson reelected, Ciro Rodriquez wins
UTAH
President: McCain easily wins one of the most republican states in the country
Governor: Governor Huntsman (R) decimates Bob Springmeyer (D)
VERMONT
President: Obama's first win of the night
Governor: Jim Douglas reelected, Democrat Gaye Symington and Progressive Anthony Pollina fight for second place
VIRGINIA
President: In a decisive win, Obama takes Virginia
Senate: Beloved Fmr. Governor Mark Warner (D) destroys Jim Gilmore (R) by 30 percent to pick up the seat of retiring republican John Warner
House: In one of the most shocking house races of the night, thought-to-be-safe Congressman Virgil Goode is trailing Tom Perreiello by less than a hundred votes and has apparently lost, though a recount is underway; In another big surprise Glenn Nye (D) unseats Congresswomen Thelma Drake (R); Gerry Connolly (D) easily wins the Northern Virginia seat of retiring retiring republican Tom Davis (R); Frank Wolf (R) is reelected
WASHINGTON
President: Obama takes reliably democratic Washington
Governor: This race was expected to be almost dead even, but Governor Christine Gregoire has comfortably beat Fmr. State Senator Dino Rossi
House: Though its not yet official, it appears that Rep. Dave Reichert (R) has, for the second time, narrowly beaten Darcy Burner (D)
WEST VIRGINIA
President: McCain
Senate: Jay Rockefeller (D) cruises to reelection
Governor: Governor Joe Manchin (D) reelected in a cake walk
House: Perennial target Shelley Moore Capito (R) holds on
WISCONSIN
President: In 2004 this was the closest state. This time, it has gone comfortably for Obama
House: Steve Kagen (D) reelected
WYOMING
President: McCain wyoms to victory
Senate: Both Barrasso (R) and Enzi (R) reelected with over 70% of the vote
House: Cynthia Lummis (R) elected to replace retiring congresswoman Barbara Cubin (R)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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