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Breaking Barriers
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 4, 2008
All day, I read blog posts about elderly black people casting their first votes for Barack Obama. But at my own polling place, my thoughts ...
Categories: Election Results

South Dakota: Abortion Ban Trails
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 4, 2008
It doesn't look like the challenge to Roe v. Wade will happen in South Dakota. Right now, the ballot measure to ban abortion is ...
Categories: Election Results

California Gay Marriage Trails Narrowly in Exit Polls
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 4, 2008
The exits are in on Prop. 8. The measure to ban gay marriage gets 48% of the vote from men and 47% of the vote from women. If ...
Categories: Election Results

Shays Concedes
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 4, 2008
This space is taking a pass on U.S. House races tonight, but I wanted to note that Connecticut Republican Chris Shays -- incidentally the ...
Categories: Election Results , National Politics

NC-GOV: Perdue Wins
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 4, 2008
Democrat Bev Perdue has won the North Carolina governor's race according to NBC. This is a really impressive win for Perdue, who is North ...
Categories: Election Results

What to Watch at 11
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 4, 2008
Update: We wrote this in advance, but clearly the thing to watch is Obama going over 270 thanks to California. The marquee race in this time ...
Categories: Election Results

IN House Update
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 4, 2008
Ed Feigenbaum comes through with notes from the field: HOUSE AND SENATE : We're only watching one Senate races, SD 05, and Sen. Ed Charbonneau (R) ...
Categories: Election Results , State Offices

Waiting for 11:00
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 4, 2008
There's a pretty good chance Obama will be announced as the next president in 15 minutes. But, I'll also be interested in checking the ...
Categories: Election Results

DeWeese Locked in Tight Race
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 4, 2008
Bill DeWeese, leader of the House Democrats in Pennsylvania, is locked in a tight race, AP reports. DeWeese is up 52-48 over Republican Greg Hopkins, ...
Categories: Election Results , State Offices

Massachusetts and Michigan: A Good Night for Marijuana
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 4, 2008
Wow, that's an alliterative headline! Massachusetts has voted to decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana. Michigan has voted for medical marijuana.
Categories: Election Results
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