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Election Night Coverage: Mitch McConnell wins Kentucky Senate election against Bruce Lunsford

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According to CNN News, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have won a fifth Senate term, sparing his party a devastating loss on a tough Election Day. On Election Night (11/04/08) at 08:59 PM, CNN projected that Senator John McCain has won the State of Kentucky and Senator Mitch McConnell has defeated Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford.

McConnell’s win in Kentucky over Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford makes it harder for Democrats to reach 60 seats in the Senate, which would give them enormous power to push through legislation.

With nearly 50 percent of precincts reporting, McConnell is holding a 51-to-49 percent lead over Lunsford, prompting Fox News to call the race for the Republican. If McCain loses Tuesday night, McConnell will likely emerge as the most powerful Republican in Washington as the Senate minority leader. Democrats have already picked up three Senate seats Tuesday, expanding their majority to 54-46, with a host of races still to be decided.

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BREAKING: President-Elect Obama Speaks to the Crowd at Grant Park, IL (11/4/08)

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On Tuesday evening, November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama addressed a massive crowd at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. The crowd, estimated to be well larger than 140,000, was beyond excited to be the first to greet the next President of the United States of America, President-Elect Barack Obama and the next First Lady Michelle Obama.

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By the time Senator Obama took the stage, all the major news networks projected that Senator Barack Obama had obtained the necessary 270 Electoral College vote needed to win the Presidency. President-Elect Obama appeared on stage with the First Lady-Elect Michelle Obama and their two children Sasha and Malia Obama. In addition, an assemblage of local and national Democratic politicians and celebrities appeared on behalf of President-Elect Barack Obama.

Although CNN, ABC, NBC, and Fox News were relying on projections to place states like Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Florida, and Ohio for Senator Obama, the unusually large turnout numbers make these news networks willing to announce these projections.

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BREAKING: John McCain Speaks to the Media at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ (11/4/08)

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On Tuesday evening, November 4, 2008, Senator John McCain spoke to the media assembled at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoeniz, Arizona.  Senator McCain appeared with his wife, Cindy McCain at his side.

Senator McCain, while promising to wait till all the Election Day results have been fully reported, all but conceeded to Senator Barack Obama.  Senator McCain thanked his campaign staff and the Americans that supported his Presidential election effort.

Although speaking at the same location as his election night party, at the Biltmore Hotel in Arizona, Senator McCain chose not to address the assembled crowd in the Biltmore Ballroom.  Instead, McCain spoke to the media on the lawn of the Biltmore.  Later tonight, President-Elect Barack Obama is expected to address the crowd at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Senator McCain is awaiting the final results in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio before conceeding the Presidental election to Senator Barack Obama.

Election Night News: ABC News Calls Kay Hagan the Winner over Liddy Dole (8:30pm)

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Incumbent Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole lost her tough Senate reelection battle against Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan, ABC News has anounced at 8:30pm on Nov 4, 2008.  In the last week of the campaign, Senator Elizabeth Dole began running an ad accusing Kagan of having ties to an atheist group, leading Kagan to file a lawsuit against Dole.

Just last week, as his wife Elizabeth was making her own campaign stop about two hours to the west in Salisbury, North Carolina, former Sen. Bob Dole spoke at Sarah Palin’s rally Saturday night rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Now I know that Sen. Bob Dole was just here — I was honored to get to meet him,” Palin said. “And you must be so proud of Bob Dole. Truly he is a great American. He is a hero, a servant to his country in war and in peace.”

Last week’s rally marked the fourth straight time Palin has made a public event in North Carolina without Sen. Elizabeth Dole by her side. The last time the two appeared together was at a presidential debate watch party in Greenville on Oct. 7, 2008.

Lieberman Likely to Lose Committee Chair if Democrats win Control

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Democratic leaders are discussing a major reshuffling of Senate committee chairmanships, according to multiple sources, and the proposed changes include ousting Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) from his coveted chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee.

Lieberman, a former Democrat who supports Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, is likely to lose his gavel on the Homeland Security Committee he has chaired since January 2007, say the sources who see him being replaced by Sen. Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), the committee’s third-ranking Democrat.

Lieberman spokesman Marshall Witmann dismissed the speculation, saying Lieberman “is focused on doing all he can to elect John McCain as president rather than post-election Washington politics.”

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