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Kentucky Result Leaves Dems 'Basically Extinct' in the South

Dems Lose Last Legislative
Chamber in the South

ELECTION 2016

Nov 9, 2016 1:33 AM CST

Dems Lose Last Legislative Chamber in the South

GOP wins Kentucky House for first time since 1921

(Newser) - More bad news for the Democrats: In a result that the Washington Post says leaves the party "basically extinct in the South," Republicans are now in control of Kentucky's House of Representatives for the first time since 1921. The state house was the last legislative chamber in...

Campaign Chairman:
Clinton Won't Speak Tonight

ELECTION 2016

Nov 9, 2016 1:26 AM CST

Campaign Chairman: Clinton Won't Speak Tonight

He urges crowd in NYC to get some sleep

(Newser) - A shock win for Donald Trump may be all but inevitable, according to the latest results —but whatever happens, Hillary Clinton will not be speaking tonight, according to campaign chairman John Podesta. "We're not going to have anything more to say tonight," he told the crowd...

Rand Paul Re-Elected to Senate in Kentucky

GOP Keeps Control of Senate;
Rubio, McCain Are Back

election 2016

Nov 9, 2016 12:27 AM CST

GOP Keeps Control of Senate; Rubio, McCain Are Back

Democrats struggled to flip seats

(Newser) - Democrats' hopes of gaining control of the Senate were dashed Tuesday with losses in a handful of contested states. Going into the night, Democrats needed to flip five seats (or four with a Hillary Clinton victory), but Pat Toomey won re-election in Pennsylvania, Marco Rubio in Florida, Richard Burr in...

Americans May Have Crashed Canadian Immigration Site

US Election Results Crash
Canadian Immigration Site

Election 2016

Nov 8, 2016 11:26 PM CST

US Election Results Crash Canadian Immigration Site

A lot of people suddenly wanted to move north Tuesday night for some reason

(Newser) - Canada might want to talk to Donald Trump about a wall. It appears so many Americans were suddenly interested in moving to Canada Tuesday night that the country's immigration website crashed, CTV reports. According to Business Insider , the website first went down around 10:30pm ET. That's around...

Arizona Gives
Sheriff Joe
the Heave-Ho

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 11:07 PM CST

Arizona Gives Sheriff Joe the Heave-Ho

Democrat defeats 'America's toughest sheriff'

(Newser) - The man who liked to call himself "America's Toughest Sheriff" has been given the boot by voters in Arizona's Maricopa County, where he was seeking a seventh term. The AP reports that Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was criminally charged in a racial profiling case last month, has...

GOP Keeps
Control of
the House

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 10:43 PM CST

GOP Keeps Control of the House

Notable: Liz Cheney grabs dad's old seat for Wyoming

(Newser) - An analyst declared days ago that "the race for the House is over," with "zero chance" of it going to the Dems, and it appears that prediction has now come to fruition. Both ABC News and NBC News have projected the GOP will keep control of the...

Stock Futures Plunge
as Trump Surges

Nov 8, 2016 9:48 PM CST

Stock Futures Plunge as Trump Surges

Dow futures were down almost 750 points

(Newser) - Donald Trump's strong showing Tuesday night isn't sitting well with investors. Dow futures were down more than 800 points about 11pm Eastern, reports MarketWatch . Early in the night, they were actually up about 100 points, notes CNBC , but they began to plummet as Trump's count in the...

George W. Bush
Reveals Vote
(He Didn't Do
What Dad Did)

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 7:24 PM CST

George W. Bush Reveals Vote (He Didn't Do What Dad Did)

It wasn't a vote for Clinton—but it wasn't a vote for Trump, either

(Newser) - Neither of the Bush presidents voted for the GOP nominee in Election 2016—but while No. 41 reportedly opted to cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton , No. 43 took a different route. George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, "voted 'None of the Above' for president," spokesman...

Trump's Election Party Will
Have Eye-Grabbing Cake

Election 2016

Nov 8, 2016 6:47 PM CST

Trump's Election Party Will Have Eye-Grabbing Cake

'He's definitely not paying for this'

(Newser) - While the outcome of Tuesday's election is important, of equal importance—at least according to the internet—is what's going on with this Donald Trump cake . The cake was photographed by ABC News' Jason Volack as it was being wheeled into Trump Tower on Tuesday. According to a...

Secret Facebook Group Helps
Clinton Supporters Stay Sane

Election 2016

Nov 8, 2016 4:58 PM CST

Secret Facebook Group Helps Clinton Supporters Stay Sane

Welcome to Pantsuit Nation

(Newser) - Should've bought stock in pantsuits. Vox reports a private Facebook group started a few weeks ago to encourage Hillary Clinton supporters to wear pantsuits on Election Day has ballooned to millions of members. Maine resident Libby Chamberlain founded Pantsuit Nation after the final presidential debate, according to CNN . “...

Trump Has Already Filed
Lawsuit Contesting Votes

UPDated

Nov 8, 2016 1:44 PM CST

Trump Has Already Filed Lawsuit Contesting Votes

And promptly had it thrown out by a Nevada judge

(Newser) - Donald Trump still isn't saying if he'll accept the results of the election, but a lawsuit filed by his campaign's lawyers—and promptly tossed by a judge—Tuesday in Nevada may give an indication. CNN reports the Trump campaign is suing Clark County's registrar of voters;...

Get 'More Accurate' Real-Time
Early Voting Results Here

Election 2016

Nov 8, 2016 12:31 PM CST

Get 'More Accurate' Real-Time Early Voting Results Here

Updating models show Clinton with lead in 7 swing states

(Newser) - Let's be honest, you weren't going to get any work done today anyway. So why not spend the rest of Election Day feverishly updating Slate's VoteCastr . VoteCastr is tracking early voting in seven swing states in a way Slate claims is both new and "far more...

One Trend in This Election
Could Be a Game-Changer

the rundown

Nov 8, 2016 9:48 AM CST

One Trend in This Election Could Be a Game-Changer

Latino 'surge is real, and it's big'

(Newser) - With the big day upon us, a sampling of opinion pieces making the rounds:

A long-forecast surge in Hispanic voters seems to have finally arrived this year, and it could have long-lasting implications. "The surge is real, and it's large," writes Nate Cohn in the New York

...

Miami Herald's
Endorsement,
in Just 5 Words

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 8:21 AM CST

Miami Herald's Endorsement, in Just 5 Words

Short and sweet

(Newser) - Herald for the endorsement win. In just five words, the Miami newspaper offered its take on how Election 2016 should play out, with smiling headshots of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, followed by the words: "Her. Not Him. Enough Said." It's hard to beat that...

10 Big Names Predict
How This Is Going to End

election 2016

Nov 8, 2016 7:33 AM CST

10 Big Names Predict How This Is Going to End

It remains good news for Hillary Clinton

(Newser) - Either the poll-readers are way off or Hillary Clinton is going to be the next president of the United States instead of Donald Trump. Here's a look at some big-name predictions, expressed as either the candidate's odds of winning or their electoral votes:

Nate Silver , FiveThirtyEight: Clinton, 70%

...

What to Watch:
Trump Needs
2 of These
3 States

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 5:58 AM CST

What to Watch: Trump Needs 2 of These 3 States

Both candidates will spend election night in NYC

(Newser) - That's all, folks: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finally wrapped up their long and bruising campaigns with rallies after midnight, the Washington Post reports. "Today is our independence day. Today the American working class is going to strike back," Trump told an audience in Grand Rapids, Mich....

Clinton Wins
in First Town
to Report Results

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 5:08 AM CST

Clinton Wins in First Town to Report Results

Romney, Johnson tied for 3rd in Dixville Notch, NH

(Newser) - The election is over in tiny Dixville Notch—and it did not go well for Donald Trump. With all eight votes counted in the New Hampshire town, traditionally the first in the US to report election results, Hillary Clinton has four votes to two for Donald Trump. Gary Johnson and,...

7 Other Things Americans
Are Voting On Today

THE RUNDOWN

Nov 8, 2016 4:33 AM CST

7 Other Things Americans Are Voting On Today

Pot, hunting, executions

(Newser) - If ballot measures are a reliable indicator of what a country cares about, America has been thinking a lot about pot: Various degrees of marijuana legalization are on the ballot in no fewer than nine states, in an election that features 162 ballot measures, 72 of which were citizen initiatives....

GOP's Share
of Governors'
Mansions
Could Swell

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 4:25 AM CST

GOP's Share of Governors' Mansions Could Swell

Republicans poised to pick up Democratic seats

(Newser) - It's not just the White House and Congress up for grabs: Governors are being chosen in a dozen states, as well as American Samoa and Puerto Rico, where the leading candidate plans a big push for statehood . Analysts say that even if Republicans struggle further up the ballot, the...

Maine Gov. Accused of Trying
to Discourage Student Voters

ELECTION 2016

Nov 8, 2016 1:00 AM CST

Maine Gov. Accused of Trying to Discourage Student Voters

ACLU wants LePage investigated for voter intimidation

(Newser) - Maine Gov. Paul LePage should be encouraging first-time voters in his state, not trying to scare them off, says the ACLU, which wants the Republican to be investigated for alleged voter intimidation. When LePage was asked Monday about fliers that appeared on a college campus over the weekend falsely claiming...