Carolina Politics Online

Here we go!  Election night begins!

1:17am - Good night everyone!  I’m off to bed.

1:08am - It is still not known whether Obama or McCain has won North Carolina, but that is irrelevant at this point.

12:53am - In South Carolina:

• Philip Lowe (R - Florence) is trailing significantly in the 60th.
• Anton Gunn (D) has flipped House District 79 for the Democrats.

12:42am - With 96 of 100 counties reporting in North Carolina, it appears the remaining races will break as follows:

• Beth Wood (D) will defeat Les Merritt (R) and become the new Auditor
• Steve Troxler (R) will defeat Ronnie Ansley (D) to be Commissioner of Agriculture
• Wayne Goodwin (D) will be the Insurance Commissioner
• The Labor Commissioner’s race between incumbent Cherie Berry (R) and Mary Fant Donnan (D) is too close to call.  Berry is leading by one percentage point.
• Janet Cowell (D) will be the new State Treasurer
• R.C. Soles (D) will remain Senator in the 8th Senate District
• Julie Boseman (D) has won reelection in the 9th Senate District
• Tony Foriest (D) has won reelection in the 24th Senate District
• It looks like Debbie Ann Clary (R) has won the 46th Senate District.  That is a Republican pick up.
• Robert Edmunds (R) will barely win reelection to the Supreme Court.

12:31pm - Dan Ramirez (R) ousted from Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners.

11:41pm - Patrick McHenry has been reelected to Congress.

11:32pm - Obama has won Colorado and Florida.  Henry Brown has won reelection to Congress.

11:26pm - McCain has won Arizona.

11:22pm - Obama has won Nevada.

11:13pm - Obama has won Oregon and Hawaii

11:07pm - It’s looking like Les Merritt is going to lose reelection.

11:03pm - Heath Shuler has won reelection to Congress.

11:00pm - Obama has won California.

10:58pm - Joe Wilson has won reelection to Congress.

10:56pm - McCain has won South Dakota.

10:54pm - Shane Massey now has a 5 point lead over Greg Anderson in SC 25th Senate District.

10:52pm - Debbie Clary is holding a one point lead over Keith Melton in NC 46th Senate District.  If Clary wins it will be a Republican pickup in the State Senate.

10:43pm - Bettie Fennell is holding a slight lead over R.C. Soles in the 8th Senate District in North Carolina.  Cherie Berry has a one point lead in the Labor Commissioner’s Race.  Les Merritt is trailing by 6.

10:41pm - Obama has won Virginia.

10:35pm - Bob Inglis, John Spratt, Jim Clyburn, and Gresham Barrett have all won reelection to Congress.

10:28pm - Bev Perdue has won the North Carolina Governor’s race.

10:26pm - Robin Hayes has lost reelection.

10:21pm -Perdue 49%, McCrory 48%

10:16pm - McCain has won Mississippi.

10:05pm - Sue Myrick has won reelection.

10:00pm - McCain has won Utah.  Obama has won Iowa.

9:59pm - McCain has won Texas.

9:50pm - Virginia Foxx has won reelection.

9:45pm - Shane Massey and Greg Anderson are neck and neck in SC Senate District 25

9:37pm - McCain has won Idaho

9:31pm - McCain has won Louisiana.

9:31pm - The Governor’s race is tightening.  Perdue 50, McCrory 46

9:18pm - Barack Obama has won Ohio and has become the next President of the United States

9:16pm - McCain has won Kansas.

8:59pm - Obama has won Wisconsin, New Mexico, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, and Michigan.  John McCain has won North Dakota and Wyoming.

8:58pm - Perdue leads McCrory 51-46.

8:55pm - Obama has won Washington

8:40pm - McCain has won Georgia

8:30pm - McCain has won Arkansas

8:24pm - Nick Mackey has huge lead in House District 99

8:14pm - Democrats are leading all state wide races in North Carolina.

8:13pm -  Obama has won New Hampshire.

8:08pm - Kay Hagan has defeated Elizabeth Dole!

8:07pm - NBC has called Pennsylvania for Obama.

8:05pm - McCain has won Tennessee.

8:04pm - 8:00pm - Obama has won Maine, Massachusetts, connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, and D.C.  McCain has won Oklahoma.

7:51pm - McCain has won South Carolina

7:41pm - Delaware has gone to Obama

7:32pm - Dole/Hagan race too close to call.  Hagan slightly ahead.

7:30pm - McCain has won West Virginia

7:10pm - Lindsey Graham has been reelected.  That sucks.  Conley gave it a good run.

7:06pm - Republican turnout in Charlotte has been very high.

7:04pm - Obama has won Vermont.  McCain has won Kentucky.  South Carolina is too close to call!

6:45pm - Polls in North and South Carolina close in 15 minutes.

6:23pm - Obama is trailing by 2 points in North Carolina according to exit polling.

5:30pm - The first exit polls have come out for the Presidential race:

• In Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia new voters are decisively breaking for Obama
• In Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia white men are breaking for McCain
• Late deciders breaking for Obama by a small majority.

5:22pm - The McCain campaign sued the Commonwealth of Virginia today because they allege that several thousand military ballots were mailed out late and did not arrive to the soldiers on time.  A Federal judge has ordered the state to preserve the ballots for the meantime.

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