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Obama Wins One Electoral Vote In Nebraska

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Electoral College, Nebraska

Yesterday I talked about how it could happen.

Today it’s a reality.

The Democratic presidential candidate claimed an electoral vote in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District — the first time in more than four decades a Democrat won any of Nebraska’s electoral votes.

The Omaha World-Herald is calling the race after Obama won 8,434 out of 15,039 early votes that arrived too late to be included in Tuesday’s results. They were counted today by Douglas County election officials.

Those ballots give Obama a 1,260-vote lead over Republican John McCain in the 2nd District.

It also added one more electoral vote to Obama’s win over McCain in Tuesday’s election. The electoral count now stands: Obama, 365, McCain, 162.

Who would have thunk it?

So that makes 9 red states and 1 red district flipped from 2004 to 2008.

Missouri is the only state that hasn’t been called yet, and we may not know until next week because it’ll probably take a lot of time to count all of those absentee and provisional ballots. Still, with McCain up almost 6,000 votes right now, I think this one is close to being called for McCain.

More as it develops…

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4 Responses to “Obama Wins One Electoral Vote In Nebraska”

Andy Says:
November 7th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
As someone who worked the pavement in NE 02, this one gives me a great sense of satisfaction.
mw Says:
November 7th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Heh. I believe this is the only thing I got correct utilizing my - no facts - no logic - no reason - Just Hope! prognostication technique:

MW Hopes™ the final Electoral Result will be:
McCain 272 Obama 266
(This is one different than the map, as MW Hopes™ Obama takes Omaha, Nebraska)
Avinash_Tyagi Says:
November 7th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
If Missouri does tip Obama, I can still come close in my prediction, I said 375, if Missouri does go Obama it’ll be 376, only one off
Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Obama Wins Single Electoral Vote From Nebraska Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 6:51 am
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