Big swing state goes for Obama
AP, CNN and Politico all call Pensylvania for Obama. This state went Democrat in 2004 as well, but it is perceived as one of those key states needed for either candidate to win. Politico is also showing with 42 percent of precincts reporting in Florida, Obama is maintaining a 3 percent lead there. That lead has shrunk through the night, however. North Carolina, which just booted out incumbent GOP Sen. Elizabeth Dole, is showing a 5-point lead for Obama. North Carolina has been a solidly GOP state in the last two elections.
– Bob Doucette
Updated president, congressional results
Despite AP’s call for Jim Inhofe, Andrew Rice has an early lead in votes that are actually counted. Stay tuned.
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 48 OF 2231
JOHN McCAIN REP 29,813 54.43%
BARACK OBAMA DEM 24,960 45.57%
FOR U.S. SENATOR 48 OF 2231
JIM INHOFE REP 23,581 47.03%
ANDREW RICE DEM 24,903 49.67%
STEPHEN P. WALLACE IND 1,652 3.30%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 1 3 OF 349
JOHN SULLIVAN REP 3,351 69.48%
GEORGIANNA W. OLIVER DEM 1,472 30.52%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 2 15 OF 570
RAYMOND J. WICKSON REP 4,578 31.08%
DAN BOREN DEM 10,153 68.92%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 3 13 OF 571
FRANK D. LUCAS REP 6,569 68.41%
FRANKIE ROBBINS DEM 2,401 25.00%
FORREST MICHAEL IND 633 6.59%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 4 14 OF 416
TOM COLE REP 4,638 65.35%
BLAKE CUMMINGS DEM 2,193 30.90%
DAVID E. JOYCE IND 266 3.75%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 5 6 OF 330
MARY FALLIN REP 4,440 32.91%
STEVEN L. PERRY DEM 9,053 67.09%
Updated president, congressional results
From the state Election Board. So far, the GOP is holding strong at the top of the ticket. Lone exception is U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, who is (as expected) running strong.
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 19 OF 2231
JOHN McCAIN REP 17,530 63.06%
BARACK OBAMA DEM 10,271 36.94%
FOR U.S. SENATOR 19 OF 2231
JIM INHOFE REP 13,840 54.54%
ANDREW RICE DEM 10,640 41.93%
STEPHEN P. WALLACE IND 894 3.52%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 1 2 OF 349
JOHN SULLIVAN REP 3,169 69.48%
GEORGIANNA W. OLIVER DEM 1,392 30.52%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 2 6 OF 570
RAYMOND J. WICKSON REP 2,507 34.13%
DAN BOREN DEM 4,839 65.87%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 3 7 OF 571
FRANK D. LUCAS REP 3,547 75.97%
FRANKIE ROBBINS DEM 768 16.45%
FORREST MICHAEL IND 354 7.58%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 4 2 OF 416
TOM COLE REP 2,237 71.52%
BLAKE CUMMINGS DEM 770 24.62%
DAVID E. JOYCE IND 121 3.87%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 5 3 OF 330
MARY FALLIN REP 2,473 44.65%
STEVEN L. PERRY DEM 3,066 55.35%
Obama maintains lead in Florida
From Politico.com: Obama has a 6-point edge over McCain with 30 percent of precincts reporting.
More early returns
From the state Election Board
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 1 OF 2231
JOHN McCAIN REP 3,694 66.44%
BARACK OBAMA DEM 1,866 33.56%
FOR CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (FULL TERM) 1 OF 2231
JEFF CLOUD REP 3,359 63.01%
CHARLES GRAY DEM 1,972 36.99%
FOR CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (SHORT TERM) 1 OF 2231
DANA MURPHY REP 2,902 54.30%
JIM ROTH DEM 2,442 45.70%
FOR U.S. SENATOR 1 OF 2231
JIM INHOFE REP 2,914 56.81%
ANDREW RICE DEM 2,028 39.54%
STEPHEN P. WALLACE IND 187 3.65%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 1 1 OF 349
JOHN SULLIVAN REP 614 71.48%
GEORGIANNA W. OLIVER DEM 245 28.52%
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 2 1 OF 570
RAYMOND J. WICKSON REP 1,540 36.53%
DAN BOREN DEM 2,676 63.47%
Lucas weighs in on McCain vs. Obama
Rep. Frank Lucas kicked off the Republican watch party to cheers here at the Marriot Hotel in northwest Oklahoma City. He told attendees to forget the polls, which he described as “interesting.”
“The fact of the matter is,” he said, “we have an outstanding candidate in the form of Senator McCain.”
He said this presidential election is the most historic since 1948.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
News of the (so far) irrelevant, Part 2
CNN, with those same three votes counted in Maine, has CALLED THE STATE for Obama. Obama 2, McCain 1.
AP: Oklahoma goes to McCain
McCain wins Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain has won Oklahoma and collected the state’s seven electoral votes in a state that hasn’t supported a Democrat for president since 1964.
Neither McCain nor Democratic challenger Barack Obama campaigned in Oklahoma after their party’s national conventions and instead spent their time in battleground states.
The Associated Press made its call based on surveys of voters as they left the polls.
News of the (so far) irrelevant
Politico, CNN had, for a time, showed that Barack Obama had a stunning 66 percent of the vote in Maine. Yes, with three people voting, two voted for Obama and one voted for McCain.
Two minutes after polls closed in Oklahoma, CNN and AP are already giving the state to McCain. I think there may still be people voting here.
McCain wins another
CNN projects John McCain as the winner in South Carolina.
