AP:Obama wins

By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states — Ohio, [...]

Dems expand their control of Senate

By TOM RAUM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Democrats have retained and expanded their control of the Senate, picking up at least four seats now held by Republicans in Tuesday’s election.
Democrats, who now exercise slim 51-49 control of the chamber, have ousted incumbent Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina and John Sununu in Hampshire in their march [...]

Presidential update

Barack Obama secures victories in seven more states and the District of Columbia, while John McCain grabs three more wins.

Thompson wins election

BULLETIN (AP) – Bennie Thompson, Dem, elected U.S. House, District 2, Mississippi.

Mississippi polls

The polls have closed in Mississippi but people still in line will be allowed to vote.

Presidential race update

WASHINGTON (AP) – John McCain carried Kentucky, and Barack Obama countered with a victory in Vermont on Tuesday night as he bid to become the first black president. Democrats gained a Senate seat, the first of several they had in their sights.

Video: Election Day in Lee County

Daily Journal photographer Deste Lee shot this video and conducted interviews around Lee County on election day.

ELECTION RESULTS

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Survey: Economy top concern for US voters

The Associated Press
Preliminary results from a national Associated Press exit poll of voters in Tuesday’s elections:
THE ECONOMY DOMINATES
Six in 10 voters picked the economy as the most important issue facing the nation. None of four other issues on the list — energy, Iraq, terrorism and health care — was picked by more than one in [...]

Monroe County Update

As of 3:25, 550 people had voted at the Wren Precinct in Monroe County. Poll workers stated there had been no problems and things were “going smoothly.”
- Jeff Clark