Trump pledges to be president ‘for all Americans’
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President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech during his election night rally tonight in New York.
WASHINGTON >> The Latest on Election Day 2016 (all times EST):
3:10 a.m.
President-elect Donald Trump is telling the American people that “I promise you I will not let you down.”
Trump, addressing supporters at his victory party in New York City early Wednesday, says he looks “very much forward to being your president.”
He tells his supporters he hopes to make them “very proud” for choosing him to be the nation’s 45th president.
And the celebrity businessman vows to “get to work immediately for the American people” and says his “movement” was just beginning.
Trump is exiting the party to one of his campaign anthems, The Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”
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3:08 a.m.
President-elect Donald Trump is trying to reassure jittery U.S. allies.
Trump ran on a platform of pulling back from historic treaties like NATO. But in his victory speech Wednesday morning Trump is trying to reassure foreign countries.
He says, “I want to tell the world that, while we will always put America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone.”
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3:06 a.m.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his victory after he condemned statements and actions by Trump during the campaign.
McConnell is pitching Trump’s victory as an opportunity to move in a different direction after eight years under Democrat Barack Obama. He says Trump has “a significant opportunity to bring our nation together.”
McConnell also says he hopes to work closely with Democrats to strengthen national and economic security.
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3:05 a.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory.
Ryan, who criticized Trump during the campaign, is likely to face some opposition among Republicans in his bid to retain his leadership post.
Ryan issued a statement early Wednesday calling Trump’s victory a “repudiation of the status quo of failed liberal progressive policies.”
He says he is eager to work with the new administration to advance the Republican agenda.
First, he urges the GOP to work to bring the country together after the divisive election.
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2:55 a.m.
Donald Trump has pledged to be a president “for all Americans.”
The president-elect, addressing supporters at his victory party in New York City, asked that the nation to come together, and promised to “represent every citizen of our land.”
He added that it was “time for America to bind the wounds of division” and “time for us to come together as one.”
He also declared his administration will be a time of “national growth and renewal.”
Trump said “America will no longer settle for anything but the best” and said that the nation will “dream big and bold and daring.”
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2:50 a.m.
President-elect Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton called him to congratulate him on his victory.
Trump, addressing supporters at his victory party in New York City, said Wednesday that he “congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign.”
He added that “we owe her a major debt of gratitude” for her service.
The gracious sentiment was a far cry from Trump’s usually heated rhetoric about Clinton. He has suggested that she should go to jail and chants of “Lock her up!” were a staple at his campaign rallies.
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2:45 a.m.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence is declaring Donald Trump’s victory “a historic night.”
Pence, Indiana’s governor, addressed Trump’s victory party in New York City early Wednesday.
Trump’s running mate said “the American people have spoken and the American people have elected their new champion.”
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2:39 a.m.
Republican Chris Sununu has defeated Democrat Colin Van Ostern to become New Hampshire’s next governor and the nation’s youngest at 42.
He will replace Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, who ran for U.S. Senate. Sununu’s father, John H. Sununu, served as governor in the 1980s.
Both Chris Sununu and Van Ostern worked together on the governor’s Executive Council but spent much of the campaign criticizing each other’s day jobs.
Van Ostern argued that the Waterville Valley ski resort suffered under Sununu’s management, while Sununu said the few years Van Ostern spent working at Southern New Hampshire University and Stonyfield Yogurt hardly make him a business leader.
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2:29 a.m.
Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States.
The Republican nominee won Wednesday after capturing Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, putting him over the 270 threshold.
Voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment picked the celebrity businessman to become the nation’s 45th president.
Trump rode an astonishing wave of support from voters seeking change and willing to accept a candidate loose with facts and accused of sexual misconduct.
He upset Democrat Hillary Clinton, who would have become the first woman to serve in the Oval Office.
Trump struck a populist tone and placed a hardline immigration stance at his campaign’s heart.
Trump rose to political fame after questioning whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States. He will now follow Obama into the White House.
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2:22 a.m.
Donald Trump has arrived at his election night headquarters after winning the state of Pennsylvania.
Trump’s motorcade traveled from nearby Trump Tower to the midtown hotel where thousands of his supporters and hundreds of reporters are gathered.
Trump is expected to address the crowd.
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2:08 a.m.
Republicans have officially retained control of the U.S. Senate.
It comes as Missouri Republican Roy Blunt and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski won their two races in Tuesday’s election.
Republicans have a 51-47 edge in the Senate. Two races remain outstanding: In Louisiana, the seat will head to a runoff election next month. And in New Hampshire, Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Kelly Ayotte are locked in a too-close-to-call race.
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2:05 a.m.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman says it has nothing more to say even as votes turn against her.
John Podesta told a crowd in New York early Wednesday that with states still uncalled “we’re not going to have anything else to say tonight.”
Clinton trails in the Electoral College count and Donald Trump is close to breaking the 270-vote threshold to become president.
Podesta told the crowd Clinton “has done an amazing job” and “is not done yet.”
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1:56 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won the statewide vote in Maine.
Clinton has won one of the state’s congressional districts, giving her three electoral votes. Trump has won one district in the state and wins one electoral vote.
Trump also won the remaining congressional district in Nebraska, which gives him another electoral vote.
Clinton now has 218 electoral votes. Her Republican opponent has 266, just four shy of the threshold needed to be elected president.
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1:36 a.m.
Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania and its prize of 20 electoral votes.
Trump’s stunning victory in the key battleground state gives him 264 electoral votes.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, has 215.
Pennsylvania last voted for a Republican for president in 1988. Trump repeatedly campaigned there, believing his populist message would resonate with the state’s working-class voters.
Clinton long viewed the state as a key part of her “firewall” and rallied in Philadelphia with President Barack Obama on Monday night. The Democrats also held their nominating convention in the city.
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1:30 a.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has congratulated Donald Trump on “his big night.”
A Ryan spokeswoman confirms that the Republican speaker called the Republican presidential nominee Tuesday evening. The spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, says they had “a very good conversation.”
She says, “The speaker congratulated Trump on his big night and also spoke with his good friend Gov. Mike Pence.”
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12:42 a.m.
The mood is dark at Hillary Clinton’s election night party.
Stony-faced supporters were crying and anxiously staring at the big screens showing election results. Some began leaving as the race wore on into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Thousands had gathered at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City for Clinton’s election night party. The glass-ceilinged building was picked as a nod to what aides expected would be the historic election of the first female U.S. president.
Clinton, her family and close aides have spent hours ensconced in a suite at the Peninsula New York, a luxury hotel in midtown Manhattan.
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12:30 a.m.
Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is describing the mood inside Trump Tower as “buoyant.”
She tells The Associated Press that the team is hopeful as results continue to roll in.
A Trump victory would represent a stunning upset against his rival Hillary Clinton.
Thousands of his supporters are gathered in a midtown Manhattan hotel ballroom watching the results on Fox.
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12:25 a.m.
Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens has won the Missouri governor’s race, beating Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster. The contest offered voters a vivid choice between experience and a fresh start.
Greitens, a first-time Republican candidate, has touted himself as an outsider and pledged to tackle corruption in the state Capitol. Koster took the opposite approach, emphasizing that his nearly 22 years in elected office make him qualified to run state government.
Without a voting record, Greitens was running on his time as a Navy SEAL officer and founder of a charity for veterans, The Mission Continues. Greitens’ lengthy resume also includes stints as a Rhodes scholar and White House fellow, champion boxer and martial artist, a best-selling author and motivational speaker.
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12:23 a.m.
Republicans have clinched continued House control for the new Congress. They’ll likely lose seats from their current historic high, but they won enough seats to extend their six-year streak of commanding the chamber.
With voting results still being counted early Wednesday, Republicans have won at least 218 House seats. That exceeds the number needed to control the chamber.
Democrats started the year hoping Donald Trump’s divisive presidential candidacy would cost Republicans bushels of House seats. His impact on down-ballot candidates proved spotty.
Republicans now control 247 seats in the House. With a smaller GOP majority, dissident hard-right conservatives could have added leverage to press House Speaker Paul Ryan and other party leaders on the budget and other issues.
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12:21 a.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Nevada and its six electoral votes.
Her victory there in the presidential election brings Clinton’s Electoral College total to 215. Republican Donald Trump has 244 votes.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
Clinton’s win in Nevada is the first time since the 1940s that the Democrats have carried the state in three consecutive elections.
The winner of the U.S. presidential election has failed to carry Nevada only once.
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12:05 a.m.
Democrat Jay Inslee has been re-elected governor of Washington, beating challenger Bill Bryant.
Inslee, a former congressman, touted his environmental record throughout the campaign. He said the state is requiring the biggest polluters to reduce emissions and is promoting alternative energy.
Bryant, a former Seattle Port commissioner, sharply criticized Inslee in the months leading up to the November election. He said Inslee had mismanaged state departments, especially the state’s mental health system. He also said Inslee had failed to come up with a plan to fund K-12 education, as mandated by the state Supreme Court.
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12:02 a.m.
Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Iowa.
He was awarded the state’s six Electoral College votes early Wednesday.
Trump now has 244 electoral votes. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 209.
Iowa had voted for a Republican only once since 1984 but polls remained tight throughout the campaign. Trump proved popular with the state’s sizable evangelical population while Clinton and her allies campaigned frequently in its college towns.
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11:53 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Utah.
The Republican nominee was awarded its six electoral college votes.
He now has 238 electoral votes. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 209.
Utah is normally one of the safest states on the map for Republicans. But the presence of independent Evan McMullin changed the calculation this year as polls consistently reflected a tight three-way race. Trump also had struggled with Mormons, who are normally reliably Republican voters.
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11:44 p.m.
Kate Brown has been re-elected governor of Oregon over Republican newcomer Bud Pierce.
Brown became governor in February 2015 after the resignation of John Kitzhaber over an influence-peddling scandal. Brown was then secretary of state and next in line to succeed him.
Tuesday’s gubernatorial vote was a special election to fill the remainder of Kitzhaber’s four-year term.
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11:44 p.m.
Kate Brown has been re-elected governor of Oregon over Republican newcomer Bud Pierce.
Brown became governor in February 2015 after the resignation of John Kitzhaber over an influence-peddling scandal. Brown was then secretary of state and next in line to succeed him.
Tuesday’s gubernatorial vote was a special election to fill the remainder of Kitzhaber’s four-year term.
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11:43 p.m.
Donald Trump’s victory in Ohio demonstrates the Republican nominee’s ability to energize working-class voters outside of America’s largest cities.
Mahoning County stands out as a working-class county where organized labor still maintains political clout. Trump didn’t win the county that surrounds Youngstown. But he might as well have.
Hillary Clinton won by just 3 percentage points and less than 3,500 votes. Four years ago, President Barack Obama outpaced Mitt Romney by almost 25,000 votes on his way to a 28-point margin in the county. Clinton fell more than 20,000 votes shy of Obama’s total.
Youngstown is represented in Congress by a Democrat who offers some of the same populist appeal to labor as Trump. But those loyalties to Rep. Tim Ryan apparently didn’t transfer to Clinton.
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11:37 p.m.
Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott has won election as governor of Vermont.
He defeated Democrat Sue Minter.
The popular construction company executive and part-time race-car driver had served three two-year terms as Vermont’s part-time lieutenant governor. He was previously in the state Senate.
Scott takes over in January from Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin, who decided not to seek a fourth two-year term.
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11:36 p.m.
The crowd at Donald Trump’s election watch party is jubilant as returns continue to roll in putting him closer to 270 Electoral College votes.
Supporters packed into a hotel ballroom in midtown Manhattan are breaking into chants of “USA!” and embracing each other in groups.
Others are breaking into song, bellowing “God Bless America” at the top of their lungs.
The screens in the ballroom are turned to Fox News. When the station shows images of Clinton’s election headquarters, the room breaks into boos and chants of one of Trump’s slogans: “Drain the swamp!”
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11:33 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Georgia.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its 16 electoral votes.
Trump now has 232 electoral votes while his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 209.
The Democrats had some hopes that changing demographics in Georgia could allow then to flip the reliably Republican state but their efforts fell short.
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11:29 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Washington state and its 12 electoral votes.
The victory in Tuesday’s elections brings the former secretary of state’s electoral vote total to 209. Republican Donald Trump has 216.
It takes 270 votes to win the presidency.
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11:15 p.m.
California voters passed a ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a big boost to the campaign to end the drug’s national prohibition.
Adults older than 21 can legally possess up to an ounce of marijuana and grow six plants.
California was one of five states where votes were considering the legalization of recreational marijuana Tuesday. Four other states were considering measures to legalize medicinal marijuana.
So far, voters in Florida and North Dakota have also passed marijuana measures Tuesday.
Collectively, it’s the closest the U.S. has ever come to national referendum on marijuana.
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11:15 p.m.
Arizona voters have booted Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office in his bid for a seventh term after his legal problems in a racial profiling case culminated in a criminal charge two weeks before Election Day.
The 84-year-old Republican became a national figure by cracking down on illegal immigration and forcing jail inmates to wear pink underwear. He lost to Democrat Paul Penzone on Tuesday.
The race became a referendum on Arpaio’s legal woes. Federal prosecutors brought a contempt-of-court charge stemming from his defiance of a judge’s order to stop carrying out patrols targeting Latinos.
Arpaio has faced criminal investigations in the past without being charged or losing his seat. That changed Tuesday despite a devoted base of supporters and strong fundraising, mainly from out-of-state donors.
He still faces the possibility of jail time.
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11:11 p.m.
Donald Trump has won battleground North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes.
The victory in Tuesday’s elections brings the billionaire’s electoral vote total to 216. Democrat Hillary Clinton has 197.
North Carolina was one of the hardest-fought contests of the election and is one of the map’s newest swing states. It consistently went for Republicans until Barack Obama captured it in 2008. Republican Mitt Romney narrowly won the state in 2012.
At least 270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency.
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11:06 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Oregon.
The Democratic nominee on Tuesday was awarded its seven electoral votes.
Clinton now has 197 electoral votes. Her Republican opponent Donald Trump has 201.
Several key battleground states have yet to be won.
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11 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won California and Hawaii. Donald Trump has won Idaho’s four electoral votes.
The results in the West bring Clinton’s electoral vote total to 190 and Trump’s to 201. It takes 270 votes to win the presidency.
The results were not surprising. California, with 55 electoral votes, has voted for Democrats beginning in 1992. Hawaii has chosen Democrats consistently since 1988.
Idaho has voted for Republicans beginning in 1968.
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10:50 p.m.
Donald Trump has won the key battleground state of Florida.
Trump on Tuesday was awarded 29 electoral votes.
He now has 197 electoral votes. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 131.
Both candidates have spent an extraordinary amount of time in Florida, one of the most important prizes on the map. Trump calls Florida his “second home” and his campaign acknowledged that a win there is vital to his White House hopes.
Barack Obama captured the Sunshine State in both 2008 and 2012.
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10:43 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Colorado.
The Democratic nominee captured its nine electoral votes Tuesday. She now has 131 total electoral votes while her Republican opponent Donald Trump has 168.
Colorado has become an attainable state for Democrats in recent years thanks to shifting demographics.
Clinton tried to woo a surge in Latino voters and the state’s college-educated whites while Trump repeatedly made pitches to Colorado’s large military population and swaths of rural voters.
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10:40 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Virginia.
The Democratic nominee has captured its 13 electoral votes.
Virginia was reliably Republican for decades until Barack Obama won it twice, thanks in part to huge turnout from Washington, D.C.’s suburbs. Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine, is a senator from Virginia, though Trump made a late push in the state.
The victory gives her 122 electoral votes. Her Republican opponent Donald Trump has 168.
10:37 p.m.
Donald Trump has won the electoral prize of Ohio, a state known for picking presidents.
The Republican wins the state’s 18 electoral votes in Tuesday’s election, bringing his total to 168. Hillary Clinton has 109.
Clinton had appeared ready to concede Ohio’s 18 electoral votes to Trump as polls showed him pulling ahead even in some traditionally Democratic blue-collar areas. But Trump struggled after release of a video in which he talked about groping women and kissing them without their permission.
Republicans held their nominating convention in Cleveland. Governor and one-time Republican presidential rival John Kasich refused to endorse Trump.
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10:25 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Missouri.
The Republican nominee was awarded its 10 electoral votes. The result was not as a surprise, as the last Democratic victory in the Show Me State came in 1996.
Trump now has 150 electoral votes. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 109.
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10:25 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Missouri.
The Republican nominee was awarded its 10 electoral votes. The result was not as a surprise, as the last Democratic victory in the Show Me State came in 1996.
Trump now has 150 electoral votes. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 109.
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10:21 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won New Mexico and its five electoral votes.
That brings her electoral college vote total in Tuesday’s election to 109. Republican Donald Trump has 140 votes.
10 p.m.
Republican Gary Herbert has been re-elected governor of Utah.
Herbert had a strong advantage in Tuesday’s elections and was considered the favorite in the conservative state. But many Utah conservatives were not enthused about GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. And Herbert had vacillated on his support for the New York billionaire.
Herbert has been in office since 2009 and had been challenged by Democrat Mike Weinholtz, a wealthy former CEO of a medical staffing company.
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10 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Montana.
The Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday was awarded the state’s three electoral votes.
The result was not a surprise, as Montana was considered a safely Republican state.
Trump now has 132 electoral votes. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton has 104 votes.
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9:40 p.m.
Preliminary exit polls show the racial divides that were expected to define the 2016 presidential election.
Polls conducted for national media by Edison Research show Republican Donald Trump winning a majority of white voters while Democrat Hillary Clinton is drawing support from about three out of four nonwhite voters.
Trump’s support is strongest among whites without a college degree. He’s winning nearly two-thirds of them. Whites with college degrees are split between Trump and Clinton. Trump is winning both among white men and white women, though his margin is much higher among men.
Clinton’s strongest support comes from African-Americans. She’s winning about nine out of 10 black voters. She’s winning about two out of three Hispanics and Asian-Americans.
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9:30 p.m.
Republican Donald Trump is maintaining Republicans’ advantage among white voters nationwide, but perhaps not by the usual margin that the party’s nominees have enjoyed.
Preliminary exit polls of voters who have already cast presidential ballots show Trump winning a majority of whites. He has not quite reached the roughly six-out-of-10 share that Mitt Romney notched four years ago in his unsuccessful challenge of President Barack Obama.
The difference appears to come among white women. Trump is posting about the same, if not a slightly wider margin among white men as Romney did in 2012. But his lead over Clinton among white women appears to be in single digits, short of Romney’s double-digit advantage four years ago.
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9:28 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Louisiana and its eight electoral votes.
That extends his Electoral College total in Tuesday’s elections to 137, compared with Hillary Clinton’s 104.
History was on Donald Trump’s side in the state. Louisiana hasn’t given its electoral votes to a Democrat since Bill Clinton won 52 percent of the vote two decades ago.
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9:26 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Connecticut.
The Democratic nominee on Tuesday was awarded Connecticut’s seven electoral votes.
The result was not a surprise, as Connecticut was considered a safely Democratic state.
Clinton now has 104 electoral votes. Her Republican opponent Donald Trump has 129.
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9:15 p.m.
Republican Eric Holcomb has won the governor’s race in Indiana and Democrat Jim Justice has won the governor’s race in West Virginia.
Holcomb defeated Democrat John Gregg in Tuesday’s election and will succeed Gov. Mike Pence. Pence is presidential candidate Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate.
In West Virginia, Gregg defeated state Senate President Bill Cole.
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9:08 p.m.
Republican Donald Trump has won Arkansas and its six electoral votes.
That brings his electoral vote total in Tuesday’s election to 129. Democrat Hillary Clinton has 97.
It takes 270 votes to win the presidency.
The result was expected. Earlier polling showed Trump leading Clinton by double digits in the state where she served as first lady for 12 years while her husband was the governor.
The once reliably blue state has turned red in recent years. Republicans now control all of Arkansas’ statewide and federal offices, as well as a majority of seats in both chambers of the state legislature.
Arkansas has backed the Republican candidate for the White House in every election since 1980 — except for years when Bill Clinton was running for president.
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9:05 p.m.
Hopeful Hillary Clinton supporters have gathered on a Brooklyn street corner they expect to be prophetic: The intersection of President and Clinton Streets.
Photos and video posted on social media Tuesday show hundreds of people gathered for a block party where the streets cross.
Organizers have set up a large screen to stream election coverage. A food truck is dispensing tacos to the crowd.
The street signs in the intersection have been an attraction all Election Day for Clinton boosters snapping selfies.
It is just under a mile from Clinton’s national campaign headquarters in Brooklyn.
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9:05 p.m.
Polls in Colorado will close at 7 p.m. MST after a judge denied the Colorado Democratic Party’s request to extend voting by two hours.
The head of the Colorado Democratic Party argued that voting hours should be extended to account for a 29-minute computer glitch Tuesday afternoon. The statewide glitch affected same-day voter registration and caused some voters to have to cast provisional ballots.
The Secretary of State opposed the extended hours. Deputy Secretary of State Stephanie Staiert says no one was prevented from voting because of the glitch.
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9:01 p.m.
Republican Doug Burgum has won the North Dakota governor’s race.
The Fargo businessman and onetime Microsoft Corp. executive was considered a shoo-in in Tuesday’s election. He defeated Democrat Marvin Nelson.
The matchup focused on qualifications to lead the socially conservative state amid declining oil and crop revenues.
Burgum has stuck to themes of budget discipline, job creation and opposition to tax increases. Nelson has been highly critical of deep cuts to government agencies and a massive raid on the oil-rich state’s savings to make up for a more than $1 billion budget shortfall due to a drop in oil drilling and depressed crude prices
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9 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska while Hillary Clinton has won New York and Illinois.
Trump also on Tuesday won two of Nebraska’s congressional districts. In the state that awards by congressional district, one remains too close to call.
Trump was awarded Texas’ 38 electoral votes, the second-largest prize on the map. He also won six from Kansas, four from his victories in Nebraska and three apiece from Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Clinton was awarded 20 from Illinois and 29 from New York, the state both candidates call home. Trump had declared he would try to win New York but never mounted a serious effort there.
The Republican nominee now has 123 electoral votes. Clinton has 97.
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8:55 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is watching election returns with a collection of close campaign aides and her family in a suite at the Peninsula New York, a luxury hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Aides say the group is snacking on salmon, roasted carrots and fries — along with vegan pizza and crème brulee for former President Bill Clinton, who’s careful about his diet. Her granddaughter, Charlotte, is wearing a dress emblazoned with the campaign logo.
Clinton and her husband have also been working on her election night remarks with her speechwriters.
Later Tuesday evening, they’ll move to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City for her election night party. It’s a building with a glass ceiling — a nod to the historic moment.
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8:51 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Mississippi and its six electoral votes.
That brings his Electoral College total in Tuesday’s election to 66, compared with Hillary Clinton’s 48.
The outcome was not unexpected. Mississippi has voted for Republicans in every presidential election starting with 1972, with the exception of Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976.
8:40 p.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Rhode Island and its four electoral votes.
That brings her total Tuesday to 48, compared with Donald Trump’s 60.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
Rhode Island has voted for Republicans for president only four times since 1928.
In 2012, President Barack Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the state by about 27 percent.
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8:33 p.m.
Exit polls conducted by Edison Research for national media outlets suggest Hillary Clinton is still struggling with white voters who have put Georgia in the Republican column for every presidential election but one since 1980.
Exit polls in Virginia show Clinton and Republican Donald Trump split white Virginia voters with college degrees. In North Carolina, Trump apparently won a slight majority of college-educated whites. But in Georgia, whites with college degrees sided with Trump by more than 2-to-1.
Among whites with no degree, the gaps were even wider. Trump won about two out of three of those voters in North Carolina and Virginia. In Georgia, he won about four out of five.
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8:27 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Alabama and its nine electoral votes after Sen. Jeff Sessions endorsed the billionaire candidate.
That brings Trump’s total in the Electoral College to 60 votes, to Clinton’s 44 votes.
It takes 270 votes to win the presidency.
The results continue the state’s streak of voting for Republicans every presidential election since 1980.
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8:25 p.m.
A mariachi band has serenaded Donald Trump on the sidewalk outside Trump Tower in New York City.
The group of men in big white sombreros paraded down the sidewalk Tuesday across the street from the skyscraper playing horns and guitars.
The vibrant performance interrupted a mostly low-energy night outside Trump headquarters.
A separate group of about five Trump backers marched along the sidewalk across from the midtown Manhattan hotel where Trump is expected to address supporters later Tuesday night. They chanted, “Lock her up!” as they marched behind police barricades.
A group of enterprising vendors also patrolled the outside of the hotel, selling Trump buttons, shirts and hats.
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8:25 p.m.
Texas authorities say they arrested a man who claimed to be working for Donald Trump for voter fraud.
Phillip Cook, Jr. was arrested after trying to vote for a second time at a polling station in an unincorporated area outside of Houston on Tuesday. Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls says Cook told poll officials and sheriff’s deputies that he was helping the Trump campaign and testing election security.
Nehls said Cook was booked on suspicion of a felony charge.
Trump has alleged widespread voter fraud and that there are insufficient safeguards to protect the integrity of the election.
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8:13 p.m.
Donald Trump has won Tennessee and its 11 electoral votes.
Tuesday’s vote is the fifth presidential contest in a row in which the state voted for the Republican candidate. That includes the 2000 election, when native son Al Gore lost the state to Republican George W. Bush.
It takes 270 votes to win the presidency.
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8:10 p.m.
An election watchdog says some voters were denied provisional ballots at several polling stations in Atlanta.
Georgia Election Protection coalition spokesman Harold Franklin says poll mangers refused to provide provisional ballots to voters Tuesday. He says the group received reports that voters were given no reason for being refused.
Franklin claims voters who are eligible or entitled to a provisional ballot were denied. He did not know the number of voters who were refused, but said the bulk occurred in Fulton County.
Franklin says he spoke with Fulton County election officials, who he said told polling managers to provide voters with ballots. The Fulton County elections office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Election Protection is organized by the Lawyers Committee for Civils Rights Under Law.
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8:09 p.m.
Donald Trump has won South Carolina.
The Republican nominee was awarded the state’s nine electoral votes, giving him 40 for the night. The result was expected as the state has long been a Republican stronghold.
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8:08 p.m.
Democratic Rep. John Carney has won the Delaware governor’s race eight years after losing his first bid to become the state’s chief executive.
Carney easily defeated Republican state Sen. Colin Bonini of Dover in Tuesday’s gubernatorial contest. The victory was driven by voter registration numbers that heavily favor Democrats.
Carney has said job creation and economic development will be among his top priorities, along with improving Delaware’s public education system.
He also has acknowledged that the next governor faces significant challenges given troubling revenue expectations and escalating costs for Medicaid and state employee health care.
Carney will succeed Jack Markell, who defeated Carney in the 2008 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Carney previously served as lieutenant governor.
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8:05 p.m.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has written in his father, former Rep. Lawrence Hogan, as his choice to be president.
Doug Mayer, Hogan’s spokesman, said Tuesday the Republican governor voted early.
Hogan has been saying for months that he wasn’t going to support Republican Donald Trump. He has said he has been extremely disappointed in the candidates from both major parties.
Mayer says the governor decided to write in the name of the person who taught him what it meant to hold public office with integrity.
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8 p.m.
Democrat Hillary Clinton has won Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and the District of Columbia while Republican Donald Trump has captured Oklahoma.
Clinton was awarded Massachusetts’ 11 electoral votes, 10 from Maryland, 14 from New Jersey and three each from Delaware and the nation’s capital, giving her 44 for the night. Trump picked up seven from Oklahoma, giving him 31.
The results Tuesday were not surprising. Massachusetts and the District of Columbia are two of the nation’s safest Democratic strongholds.
The last time Oklahoma went for a Democrat was 1964, when it voted for Lyndon Johnson. Maryland last went for the GOP in 1988.
New Jersey has been a safe Democratic state for 20 years. Its governor, Chris Christie, is a close Trump ally but is saddled with low approval numbers.
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7:45 p.m.
A state official says Democrats have gone to court to extend voting across Colorado by two hours after the secretary of state’s voter registration system went down for nearly 30 minutes Tuesday.
Lynn Bartels, a spokeswoman for the secretary of state’s office, says the hearing was scheduled for federal court in Denver.
She says state officials are investigating what caused the outage, which forced in-person voters to cast provisional ballots. Some county clerks were unable to process mail ballots that needed to have the signature verified.
Tauna Lockhart, spokeswoman for the state information technology office, says the system came back up about 3:20 p.m. She says the incident is under investigation by state officials, but there is no evidence the network was hit by hackers.
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7:35 p.m.
The North Carolina Board of Elections has agreed to extend voting in eight precincts in Durham County, where Democrats have a 4-to-1 registration advantage over Republicans.
The state board voted 3-2 Tuesday night to extend voting by an hour in two precincts most affected by a computer glitch. The problem forced poll workers to check for registered voters on paper printouts, causing long lines at some locations.
The board says six more precincts can stay open for a shorter time.
The NAACP’s North Carolina chapter had asked for the eight precincts to stay open for 90 extra minutes. Hillary Clinton’s campaign also supported keeping the polls open later in Durham.
Two groups filed lawsuits seeking to keep the polls open, but a state superior court judge declined to intervene.
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7:32 p.m.
North Carolina got more attention than usual this election, and exit polls show why.
Exit polls conducted by Edison Research for national media outlets suggest a tight finish between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump for the state’s 15 electoral votes.
The polls suggest a majority of men back Trump, while Clinton won a majority among women — with the margins essentially even. The polls suggest women made up slightly more of the electorate.
About four out of five nonwhite voters backed Clinton, while about six out of 10 white voters supported Trump. But the exit polls don’t offer definitive information about actual turnout among those groups, with the estimates again pointing to a close finish.
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7:30 p.m.
Republican Donald Trump has won West Virginia and its five electoral votes.
The Mountain State was one of the billionaire’s biggest supporters in the Republican primary. He is popular for promising to bring back coal jobs. Hillary Clinton had largely been largely shunned for making comments perceived as an affront to the industry.
The dynamic has resulted in one of the few states where Republicans didn’t shy from the brash businessman and instead looked to ride his coattails. Many Democrats for congressional and other races scrambled to distance themselves from Clinton and refused to endorse her.
West Virginia has voted for Republican presidential candidates in each of the last four presidential races.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
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7:15 p.m.
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams says he has found no evidence of fraud or intimidation at the city’s polls despite Republican candidate Donald Trump’s warnings about voter fraud.
Williams says no major problems have emerged among the 68 complaints his office investigated during the first half of Election Day.
Meantime, several Pennsylvania counties are reporting a handful of complaints about touchscreen machines switching votes. They say the machines are quickly being re-calibrated to fix the problem.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro Cortes says the GOP reported problems with about 25 machines, out of nearly 24,000 deployed statewide. He says in all cases votes ended up being recorded correctly.
State GOP Chairman Rob Gleason says he doesn’t see anything “nefarious” in the apparent vote switching on older machines.
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7:10 p.m.
Vast divides of race, gender and education are keeping the presidential race in two tightly fought southern states close shortly after polls close.
In both Virginia and Georgia, about 9 in 10 black voters and two-thirds of Hispanics backed Clinton, while most whites backed Trump.
That’s according to exit polls conducted by Edison Research for national media outlets.
In Georgia, large majorities of whites with and without college degrees backed Trump. In Virginia those two groups diverged. Whites without a college degree backed Trump by a large margin, while those with a degree split their votes between the two major-party candidates.
Women in both states were far more likely than men to back Clinton. Majorities of women in both states said Trump’s treatment of women bothers them a lot.
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7 p.m.
Republican Donald Trump has won Kentucky and Indiana while Democrat Hillary Clinton has won Vermont.
Trump was awarded Kentucky’s eight electoral votes and Indiana’s 11. Vermont gives Clinton three. These are the first states to be decided Tuesday in the 2016 general election.
The wins were expected.
Vermont has voted for a Democrat every election since 1988, while Kentucky has gone Republican every cycle since 2000.
Indiana is normally a Republican stronghold but went for President Barack Obama in 2008. The Republicans captured it again in 2012 and Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, is the state’s governor.
The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.
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6:45 p.m.
Americans who have voted already in the presidential election appear to be evenly divided on the benefits of international trade.
According to an exit poll conducted by Edison Research for national media outlets, about four out of 10 voters believe trade among nations creates jobs. Another four out of 10 say it takes jobs from Americans.
Republican nominee Donald Trump has railed against decades of U.S. trade policy and has energized working-class voters with his promises to create more jobs at home. Democrat Hillary Clinton has historically supported U.S. trade deals, including as secretary of state.
But she has backed off her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. President Barack Obama’s trade agreement with Pacific Rim nations is still pending.
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6:40 p.m.
OK, so forget those ballot box selfies. Bring on the “I voted” stickers!
Stuck to noses, dogs and children, the stickers are front and center on social media, including many customized by cities and states. Others were served generic designs of stars and flags.
New York City went with the Statue of Liberty. In Tennessee, there were red stickers in the shape of the state. Some Georgia voters got an orange peach, and in parts of Virginia, a fancy eagle emblem was encircled in yellow.
One of the most impressive stickers may have belonged to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where stickers featured one of the famous Blue Dogs painted by New Iberia native George Rodrigue.
But alas, not everyone went home with a sticker. Some polls ran out, prompting some to express their sadness on social media as well.
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6:35 p.m.
A majority of Americans who have cast ballots already are at odds with Republican Donald Trump on two of his signature immigration proposals.
According to the preliminary results of exit polling conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks, just four out of 10 voters say they support building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. A majority oppose the idea.
About seven out of 10 people who have voted already say they’d rather allow workers in the U.S. illegally have a way to apply for legal status than have them deported. About a quarter of voters support deportation.
Trump fueled his rise to the Republican nomination with his promise to build a border wall and deport millions of residents in the U.S. illegally.
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6:25 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is thanking members of a Facebook group called “Pantsuit Nation.”
In a message Tuesday, Clinton said the group, which was named for her signature apparel, provides a special place for supporters to build a community. She said that “for some of you, it’s been difficult to feel like you could wear your support on your sleeve.”
Clinton also joked about the group’s moniker, saying “have you ever heard a better name?!”
The Democratic presidential nominee said she was hopeful she would win the presidential contest. If she does, she said she wants “to use those pantsuits for the best occasion of all — celebrating.”
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6:05 p.m.
Guests are beginning to gather at Donald Trump’s election night party in midtown Manhattan.
The GOP nominee is holding his event in the grand ballroom of a midtown Hilton hotel, where a stage has been decorated with dozens of American and state flags.
Trump’s campaign has also set up museum-style glass displays around the venue holding campaign merchandise, including his iconic “Make America Great Again” hats and pins.
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6 p.m.
More than half of Americans who went to the polls earlier Tuesday say Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has the temperament to serve as president. About a third of voters say the same about Republican nominee Donald Trump.
But neither candidate can claim a mandate as the honest candidate according to the preliminary results of exit polling conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.
About six out of 10 voters say they don’t view Clinton as honest. About the same proportion say Trump isn’t honest. About three out of 10 voters say they believe neither candidate is honest.
As for what percentage of voters think both nominees are honest, that number is in single digits.
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5:55 p.m.
The Colorado Secretary of State’s voter registration system went down for nearly 30 minutes during midday voting Tuesday.
The failure forced in-person voters to cast provisional ballots, and some county clerks were unable to process mail ballots that needed to have the signature verified.
Tauna Lockhart, spokeswoman for the state information technology office, says the system came back up about 3:20 p.m. She says the incident is under investigation by state officials, but there is no evidence the network was hit by hackers.
She says the IT office has been monitoring its network for activity and said “there were no blips or anything.”
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5:40 p.m.
Police say they arrested two women after they took off their tops in protest at the Manhattan polling place used by Donald Trump.
The disruption occurred Tuesday morning at a grade school gym about two hours before Trump arrived.
The women began shouting and took off their tops to reveal anti-Trump slogans painted across their bare chests before police escorted then away.
They were released after being given summonses for electioneering, a violation of rules outlawing political activity at polls.
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5:37 p.m.
At least 2,000 people are already waiting inside the New York City convention center where Hillary Clinton is scheduled to hold her election night party.
Most people are sitting on the floor in an area the size of an airplane hangar. A handful of women are wearing pantsuits to honor Clinton.
Barnard College senior Madeline Walsh is wearing a black pantsuit. She says the garment means its wearer is more than just a woman.
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5:35 p.m.
A spokesman says former President George W. Bush did not vote for Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Freddy Ford says the most recent Republican president voted “none of the above for president and Republican down-ballot.” That means Bush voted for Republicans in congressional and local races.
It’s not a complete surprise. The Bush family includes the two most recent Republican presidents but neither endorsed nor campaigned for the billionaire businessman who captured the party’s nomination. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was a one-time favorite to win the GOP presidential nomination until Trump got into the race and branded him with a name that stuck: “Low energy.”
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5:30 p.m.
Preliminary presidential exit polls results suggest that a clear majority of Americans going to the polls Tuesday have at least a moderate amount of confidence that votes will be counted accurately.
About half of those polled for The Associated Press and television networks told Edison Research they are very confident in the results. Another third said they are somewhat confident.
Fewer than one out of five say they’re not very confident or at all confident in the vote count.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has railed against the electoral system. He’s called it rigged and suggested without evidence there is widespread voter fraud that could affect the outcome.
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5:25 p.m.
Just more than half of voters going to the polls Tuesday approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing. But a majority is still upset with the way the federal government is working.
That’s according to preliminary results of the exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research.
Just under half of those surveyed say they’re dissatisfied with the government’s performance. About a quarter say they’re angry.
About four out of 10 voters said the top quality they’re looking for in a candidate is change. That outranks good judgment, the right experience and caring about people like you as the preferred qualities in a president.
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but,but,but…What a surprise. Trump doing pretty good. HiLIARy feeling ill.
IRT Sarge22, yep, what a surprise, or was it. Internal polling showed the Trump/Pence campaign the correct data and thus placed their limited resources in the critical areas and may pull out this election. A few more hours and we will conclude the 2016 Presidential election. At our polling place this morning, there was a line that never ended and we had some 600 filed votes in two and 1/2 hours. A very high turn out. I’m interested to see the final count from our precinct. Wow, Trump 167, Clinton 109 electoral votes.
Hillary’s camp looks so sad. We need a leader, not Hillary.
Where is boots?
Time for the adults to take charge
Hopefully Trump puts Hillary in jail.
And where is our chief predictor klastri now ? Biting his nails I think.
he/she is under their other alias “kauai” on another story here…spewing the same ch_t…da buggah can’t move on.
In the end, the Democratic Party simply lost touch with the millions of voters who felt deeply, deeply offended at being dismissed as ignorant hicks by people – some familiar to readers here – who simply cannot resist the urge to display their superior education and high salary professions on their sleeves. Some Hillary Clinton supporters like Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen, needlessly widened this divide by punishing innocent Americans just to make a point he could well afford to make. But enough of this. Political historians will be writing of tonight’s results a hundred years from now.
Whether your favored candidate won or lost, if you took the time and effort to vote, you have my respect. I hope the victors will be gracious in victory and the losers will console themselves that defeat does not have to be disgrace.
They should have endorsed Bernie Sanders.
Well said.
Strong showing by Trump. He might just pull this one out.
Trump will win both the popular vote and the electoral vote.
The country said NO to lifetime politicians
By my calculations, Trump will exceed 270 electoral votes, barring a major upset in Florida.
Much to my dismay, Trump just won Florida. Game over!
the government dependents, liberals, blacks and Hispanics of California will vote Hillary and ruin the ELECTION AND THE COUNTRY.
One last time they have been defeated!
IRT TigerWarrior, Trump 285, Clinton 167, and 86 outstanding. Game over.
To paraphrase what you stated, Hillary should take Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) and Washington (12 electoral votes) and several other states which have 10 or less electoral votes. But it won’t be close to enough to reach 270. Game over!
Look on the bright side, at least we’ll get to see his tax returns.
IRT TigerWarrior, sorry for I did not include Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes to the 285. Could be 305 electoral votes for Mr. Trump.
hawaiikone — so what, even if he showed them now it wouldn’t have made the slightest difference. He pays hundreds of millions in corporate and employment taxes and employs countless Americans but his personal income might be in shambles as he takes on financial risks because he runs a private business and not a publicly traded company. That my friend is a business like the many countless businesses in America all over. Go back to your community college and take a simple business class to better educate yourself.
dragon, try and read more. I’ve opposed Hillary from the get go, and, although I’ve supported Johnson, I’ve have made it pretty clear on multiple occasions that Trump was a better choice than her. I expect you to mouth off for a few days, the abuse Trump supporters have been dealt entitles them to that, but the reality of Trump presidency is coming very soon, and it will be time for us all to begin working together again. For myself, I’m hoping he surrounds himself with good people and listens to their counsel. The preservation of a constitutional court is perhaps the biggest win we’ve had tonight, and I feel extremely grateful for that in itself.
clinton CARTEL is history and good riddance!
Where are they people for Hillary. Klassless, Nanakukliboobbo Wikini and a whole lot of others who predicted Hillary I know thw nnights not over but things are LOOKINNG GOOD.
Nani-kool-aid likely got arrested in Waianae for battery of an elder. News a few days back, haven’t seen him post anywhere since the arrest. Must have been him as he no posts since the arrest. lol http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/11/05/breaking-news/assault-suspect-arrested/
Klastri, Mexican anchor baby and Trump University law professor, is probably on the bus to Tijuana Mexico to let her parents know that amnesty isn’t coming their way anytime soon. She has to bear the bad news that they have to get back to digging tunnels, cooking meth and tamales in the kitchen.
Cellodad and Ikefromeli were probably Klastri’s pseudonym accounts… that or her two little pets were handed over to the La Raza family to become drug mules for the Los Zetas Cartel to distribute tamales and black-tar to whitey on the mainland.
Wiliki, well, I guess he’s out looking for Krook Caldwell to see if he’ll still be on the payroll to keep cheer leading for the choo-choo and Jones Act.
Dragon mouth water, Nanakuli is still here. Let’s see if he builds the wall,lock her up,repeal ACA and all those things. One thing, he’s our president and I will respect that. You won’t here foul mouth disrespect here. All he gotta do is put up.
Oh and thanks for looking for me in the last week. Unlike some ppl, I enjoy life and not sit watching my phone. Aloha.
I didn’t think Trump had a chance and wrote him off as a joke. I was wrong. Now I get it.
Join us on the TRUMP TRAIN!! chooo chooo MAGA!
A trump win will end the overrun of our borders by tens of million wretched hordes.
And conversely, thousands of American citizens will flee to countries like Canada.
if the flee they flee; no loss
But you do realize that America was built on the backs of slaves and will continue to built on the backs of wage slaves. If our borders are ever sealed off completely–not allowing illegals from Mexico to come into the U.S. by droves–this will mean lower wages for legal U.S. residents along with forcing disabled and elderly individuals back into the workforce. Americans will be expected to work harder and be more productive for less and less wages, while corporations and their shareholders will continue to make huge profits. There must be a reason why the U.S./Mexico border has been keep relatively open for this long. And lastly, Trump promises to bring back jobs which have been exported overseas back home–and yet his apparel line outsources cheap labor from countries such as Bangladesh and China.
America was built on the backs of slaves and will continue to built on the backs of wage slaves.
Gotta be tough being on the side of a loser, eh?
Learn how o forgive those who trespass against you – – the burden lifted will make your life much lighter.
Just remember it is not long until the next election. You republicans have such a great record of achievement. Lets see, GW Bush Trillion plus deficit after inheriting a surplus. Uncle Ron, multiplying Carters deficit by a lot. Yes, lots of red ink to look forward to. And what do we get for this red ink? Why a nice new shiny 50 ft fall along the border and tax cuts for the rich. Love that republican fiscal responsibility.
Not the first time I have voted for the loser but all times I have voted for the loser, the so called conservative winner drove the country into the ditch. Remember GW? Papa Bush? even Uncle Ron? Shame republicans no longer believe in balanced budgets.
Boots you still chirping about republicans but look who won. Yes, we’ll see in 4 years but in the meantime please stfu!! Take it and work with it or move to another country!!
Boots says:Just remember it is not long until the next election. You republicans….yada yada yada
It ain’t republicans (who over the last decade having been taken over by Gutless Obsequious Pussycats became so terrified of their own shadow they would typically rushed to apologize for things they had not done to show how “nice” they are), Bootlick. It is WE THE PEOPLE. This was not a campaign, but a MOVEMENT founded on the need to make America great again.
The Wall might just get built after all.
Be easier to build a laser fence and shoot the beam across the border line.
NY Times who can not stand Trump, has just come out and announced that they predict Trump will win. Hey Klastri what do you have to say now.
Guess better late than never on NY Times prediction lol!
Feminazis like cellodad, Klastri and Ikefromeli are mighty silent today. Maybe they’re on the bus back to Tijuana Mexico where they will be greeted by their loving La Raza family the Los Zetas Cartel. You guys don’t forget to send post cards! We all love those 3rd world country cartel selfie post cards of decapitated mules the loving and caring Zetas love to make.
Excuse me dragging in the water, My ancestor signed the Declaration of independence, your ancestor arrived in steerage. Do I agree with women’s rights? Of course I do. do I agree with the Constitutional rights of all citizens? Of course I do. My ancestors wrote it.
and by the way, I’m still married because I respect and support women. You must not get many second dates with “feminazii” type comments. Please talk with your health care provider as soon as possible.
Not sure what your point is. Maybe you should look up what that term means.
Aren’t you the same narcissistic government pension leech that married a woman for her money given that she earned twice your salary? haaaaaaa
I guess taking financial advantage of a women is your definition of supporting and respecting them.
That’s mighty white of you.
Thanks to Klastri, and all the HilLIARy bots for nominating such a despised, unlikable candidate. How is it Hawaii is declared for HilLIARy before all the polls are closed, corruption? Media bias SA? Oh well, thank you BluesB, wiliki, Million Monkees and all the confident HilLIARy supporters, Mahalo!
Just like the majority of abused women that keep going back to their abusers, the massive inept “D” voter base here loves getting fleeced by the Jones Act and soon to be choo-choo in addition to other countless fleecings. Until someone with a big sack of balls comes in to sweep the corruption, it’ll always remain a politically corrupt 3rd world style state where the majority inept voter base loves to get abused and taxed to death by the inept “D” politicians they vote in.
Thank you America, the election is over and the right person won. Let’s get over the rhetoric and come together. Let’s put aside our differences in this very divisive period, and give the president elect a chance. One thing is true for every American, time to stand as one and Let’s Make America Great Again!
By “divisive” and “time to stand as one” are you implying that you like the idea that America will now have no system of checks and balances as the Republicans will now control the presidency, both houses of congress, the U.S. Supreme Court along with the majority of governorships and statehouses?
You did not seem to object to such an arrangement in 2009.
Trump 16 electoral votes away. The latest 254 to 209. Trump is breaking down the blue wall.
I believe Trump now after his comments about the elections being rigged. He might have been talking about ..in his favor?
Pools swung significantly after second release of FBI inquiries of the same e-mails.
Anyhoo, we move forward and prepare for more turmoil in the world stage. I’ll be watching for the start of the “Wall”.
Should be interesting to see if it works. Currently they digging under the fences so…
Just because the media is almost 100% in the tank for Hillary (except for Fox, which presents both voices, whether you believe it or not), it doesn’t mean the voters are.
The PBS NewsHour crew did spend considerable time discussing how the televised network and major newspaper polls could have been so slanted in predicting a decisive Hillary Clinton victory. Except maybe for David Brooks, it seems most of them concluded it was probably a result of “smart college educated people” only talking amongst themselves. It’s happened before (think of John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs fiasco) and will again. Sometimes it’s true: you’re only as smart and as good as the people you have around you.
ISIS better watch out, Undocumented immigrants better get your bags ready,Obamacare is gone,and trade will have new deals. I wonder if Trump will start having his merchandise made in the US and not in China.
Klastri is already on the bus to Tijuana Mexico to tell her La Familia that no amnesty green card coming her way anytime soon! Good riddance!
Klastri can rent a bus and take the celebrities who said they would leave the country if DJT won!! lol
If Trump wins, that means the media lost.
All you EBT card holds and welfare recipients better get a second job/and or your resumes in order. If Trump wins, the government gravy train is gonna stop.
2nd job? They don’t even have a 1st job! LOL
I sure hope Trump puts an end to all the welfare the illegals are gaming. I pay an immense amount of taxes and it really sickens me when my tax dollars are wasted on illegals while our military vets, retirees, natives and even citizens. All US Citizens are short changed by politicians that pander to criminals aka illegals!
Klastri, where is the Clinton landslide you repeatedly said would occur?
She mentioned a few weeks back booked a flight and hotel to attend HitLIARy’s inauguration. haaaaaaaa
Hey Klastri, you still going to use that $1,000 a night no-cancellation and no refund hotel and flight to attend HitLIARy’s funneral?
klastri was so rude and snotty to anyone that didn’t support his beloved HiLIARy. All I can say is she would have hurt this country, much worse than even Barry did. Sorry Klastri, you lost, but the country won.
Too many Grubers woke up…
klastri under his/her other alias “kauai” issued a comment on another story here…same spew….can’t miss his/her signature narcissistic vitriol. as locals would say..”good fo u!”
To ALL the people that said they will move to Canada(like Cher) if Trump becomes our next President… start packing. January will come awfully fast Homey.
To all who are moving to another country, Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya…
Sorry folks. I just finished shifting my stocks and bonds. There’s still time. Congrats to Trump. Time to move your money. Now let’s see what Trump does to make america great. Good luck to the showman. Hawaii is still my country. Broak casting live from Nanakuli head quarters.
Good night. Nice playING with you. Trump and Rail!!
The US Exchanges are are closed at this hour. Good luck shifting those buffalo-chips in your homeless shelter after all those nasty comments you’ve made towards everyone.
too funny!
Market is up. Surprise. Media is down. Aloha
Once in a generation election
funniest thing is that our local news which is practically the last in the time zone, can report more up to date new than the main stream media. I mean, Im watching the whole election unfold and the main stream media Fox news, CNN, and CBS are holding back the result to gain viewership. Either that or they can’t accept the fact that Trump has won… Come folks, stop picking sides and just report the news!!!!!!!
I too noticed that in several states, polling was closed for several hours, yet the election results still weren’t even in. This would make a bit of sense in states with several million voters or in cases where the elections were too close to call. However, in some cases, there were states where candidates led by a large margin and states with comparable electoral votes to that of Hawaii that appeared to have their election results delayed for hours even after their respective polls were already closed. In stark contrast, as Maipono mentioned earlier, Clinton was declared the electoral vote victor before the polls were closed here in Hawaii.
it is time for all americans to come together as one and work together to lock the female felon and her band of conspirators up.
Billy Kenoi, mo bettah!
OMG, what a miracle. Obviously the country, Hawaii not included, wanted a change. Talk ia cheap so now he needs to prove himself. I just hope he does a better job than Obama who has been a great disappointment.
Scary 2:The Movie
And now, for something completely different …………
Thank you Pres Trump for running and putting up with the bs press. But to think about it all the bs from the press and current Pres is what may have actually helped you. Congrads…
I am looking forward to Barbara Streisand and other celebrities to move out of the country quickly as they said they would do if Trump was elected President.
Fulfilling some of those intentions could take awhile; certain VIPs declared they would flee to another planet, another dimension, or an alternate universe.
hahaha, I recall Elon Musk is still looking for volunteers to take that one way trip to Mars. Let’s hope some of those HitLIARy promoters sign up!
Al Sharpton too…
They probably wont leave and they lied
the CNN people are shocked and Poed off.
CNN won’t be the same for awhile.
Yeah, I noticed too. The Communist News Network (CNN) is going nuts and still can’t phantom Trump won!
What an amazing accomplishment. Hillary Clinton had all the big guns campaigning for her – her husband and former President Bill Clinton, her daughter Chelsea, President Obama and his wife Michelle, Vice President Joe Biden and huge stars including Barbara Streisand, Madonna, Katy Perry, Beyonce, Jay-Z, and Lady Gaga who offered to give oral zex to anyone who voted for Hillary. Despite bringing out the most powerful liberals in the country to campaign for her, she was not able to win. I am now waiting for Lady Gaga to follow through on her promise.
Hillary Clinton’s Achilles heel was that her core base of support (college educated white women) had not materially increased since 2008. It alone wasn’t enough to turn back challenger Barack Obama then, and it wasn’t enough to carry her to the presidency now. As I replied to klastri quite some time ago, as high minded as many Democrats sound in public, there remains a substantial disaffected segment of the party that profoundly regrets that a black man – and not a woman – won the White House in ’08.
Worked Tuesday night so dvr’d msnbc so as to enjoy the meltdown. Its better than snl.
We seized control of our country and gave a big “up yours” to the mass media. The media took the American people for fools and thought they could control the message and spoon feed voters whatever rubbish they saw fit. The media was wrong. Dead wrong. Not so powerful are you?
The media firms are at the brink of extinction. Everyone I know is cutting the cord! Soon they’ll all end up like the record companies.
So true— I go to reddit.com for the news links and they often skip the major networks. Its a new world.
So……….Trump triumphed……..I told you so……….there will be no honeymoon…….watch the trolls come out to dump trump……time to lick your wounds and regroup.
looking to cutbacks and trying to do more with less….Rail will struggle…..hold on to your wallets.
Congratulations to Trumpo. What started as a joke actually reflected the thoughts of the American people. Politically correct should not always rule over common sense. Patronizing people for it to hide the real issues should not be the political strategy as has been the case for insanity to rule. Let’s hope for changes for the better.
This win is a turning point for American “journalism” in my opinion. I have never seen the mass media be so biased against a candidate. The fact that all of their attempts to control the message utterly FAILED should be a wake up call to them. They are not as powerful or influential as they once were. Good luck trying to get a press credential for a President Trump press conference, too. He will not hesitate to toss a reporter out of a press conference or revoke a press credential. He can see right through what the American media is shovelling.
I believe the man has a lot of pride and will try his best to accomplish the tasks at hand. It is going to be difficult and some major turn around is needed in respect to law and order, immigration, and world politics. We need negotiators not patronizing snobs directing the leadership.
I laughed when the musicians and other “celebrities” came out to speak publiclyl against Trump. What they forget is that it’s pretty hard for someone who lives in a multi-million dollar estate and who drives luxury vehicles to come across as someone with whom the average American can relate. What a joke. Stick to writing and singing songs.
ALLU,
Some superstar musicians either forgot their humble roots or lost their way after achieving success. Take the Bruce Springsteen example. By forcing a last minute cancellation of a concert because of personal political sentiment, he hurt many Americans who were neither LBGT haters nor neo-Nazis. Some people lost income because they were counting on “The Boss” keeping his commitment to show up. And, let’s not forget the many innocent fans who were righteously disappointed at being stood up.
Yes, it can get pretty silly and selfish. Musicians live in an ego-driven industry, so I suppose they can sometimes forget what’s really important. They lose sight of reality because they live in a world very different from the average person.
Democratic suicide watch. Call 911.
Funny. Actually, not so funny….
I wonder what the Filipino President is going to say about our new president now?
he’s still gonna say putang ina mo… dat guy is crazeeee boyeee!
The American people have spoken while diligently listening to FOX and Rush Limbaugh.
We need to ‘DRAIN THE SWAMP’ with Obama critters including AG, FBI director and State Dept. cronies.
Donald can now choose responsible people in the Supreme Court that will support the constitution the way it was intended.
States like California didn’t even ‘matter’ in the decision-making process as 270 electoral votes was decided way before arriving to the West coast.
Hawaii votes probably went to Hillary, however Jimmy Crack Corn and I don’t CARE !
Whoo-Hoo Trump !
Oh great, somehow Bozo the clown conned enough people to believe in his trash to get elected president. But the politicians only have themselves to blame. People were fed up and would vote for anyone who promised a change from the standard politics. Now comes the bad part, who do you think will be paying for all the change he wants? Mostly the middle class because the rich will now get richer with Trump in charge.
cannot believe!!!! anyway parents do not let your daughters be interns in the white house. trump is another bill clinton!!!!
Trump says, “I want to tell the world that, while we will always put America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone.”
WHOA… what’s wrong with that statement America ?
Something neither NO-Bama nor Dillary would utter.
Okay.. let’s take a poll:
Who believes Trump will kneel and kiss the ring of the King of Saudi Arabia ???
For certain, I will be on President Trumps winning team. It’s your choice if you want to join us.
I hope there is a silver lining in Trump defeating Hillary. I hope he cuts off all Oahu federal rail transit funds for waste of federal money and signs an executive order repealing Obamacare and see if they can start from scratch where ONLY the truly uninsured are given some kind of plan. Also would like to see Trump allow interstate purchase of health care insurance so Hawaii residents are not held hos tage by HMSA and can shop for established and reputable health insurance carriers from other State.
FBI director Comey really stuck it to Hillary in the last days of the election and probably helped Trump win over last minute voters. But cannot hide the fact that Hillary, like General Petraeus, should have been indicted for her home brew email server. Hillary and the rest of the Clintons need to go away forever. How about Tulsi Gabbard for President of the US in 2020 on the Demo Ticket? Forget old man Bernie, Kaine, or Biden. That would be cool to have 2 people with ties with Hawaii to become Pres of the US.
PS: Hillary will NOT make history of being the first female Pres of the US. How about that honor go to Gabbard?
Did PI President Duderte call Trump and tell him to “Go to hell” yet?
I think that they will get along fine. They are each other’s alter egos.
The only other American that Trump is concerned about is himself. It’s all about himself and his own ego.
Practice trPractice trying to sell that threadbare line of goods to an increasingly skeptical audience.
You’ll have plenty of time – – indeed for more than the next 8 years – – to try rolling that boulder of bull-[redacted] up against the steep slope of Truth before it rolls back down to flatten you again and again and again, a Sisyphean reprise if ever there was one.
By all means DOOOO carry on. Watching you hoist on your own petard is far more amusing than a cast iron bull dog door stop, albeit not quite as useful.