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Obama and McCain vote

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama joined voters eager to cast ballots on Tuesday before making one last pitch for supporters to turn out for their historic presidential contest.

Obama, McCain head toward verdict

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey Tuesday, while Republican John McCain pressed for an Election Day upset.

McCain casts ballot in Phoenix

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Republican John McCain has cast his ballot at a church near his central Phoenix home.

Both parties expect Dem. Senate pickups

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Democrats counted on solidifying their thin leadership grip on the Senate as voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to fill 35 Senate seats. Embattled Republicans braced for losses but hoped they would be modest ones.

Bush stays out of sight on Election Day

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Even before one vote was counted, this result was clear: The presidential race was a verdict on George W. Bush.

Biden votes with family in Delaware

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has cast his ballot.

Hillary Clinton casts vote for Obama

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has cast her vote for Barack Obama, saying that voters understand that the nation needs "a serious president for serious times."

Record number of voters expected

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

A likely record voter turnout on Election Day has polling officials across the country braced for problems, and some difficulties surfaced early Tuesday as people turned out in droves even before balloting began before sunrise in Eastern Seaboard states.

Biden goes to encourage supporters

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden cast a vote in Delaware and then raced to Virginia to encourage supporters in the Southern swing state.

McCain makes last-minute appeal

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

John McCain implored voters Tuesday to ignore the polls and pundits and help deliver this battleground state. "America is worth fighting for. Nothing is inevitable here," the GOP nominee told his final rally of a marathon campaign.

Turnout records fall

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Even in reliably red states where Barack Obama has little chance of winning on Tuesday, unprecedented numbers of registrations and early votes have been tallied.

Pressing matters await next president

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Congratulations, Mr. President-elect. Take a moment to relax and savor your victory - but not too long. There already are plenty of pressing matters piling up in your in-box.

Some voters run into obstacles at polls

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Scattered voting glitches are already being reported at some polling places from the Eastern Seaboard to Chicago.

Obama fills in ballot at Ill. precinct

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Barack Obama brought his two young daughters to the ballot box Tuesday as he cast a vote in the election he hopes will make them the first black family to occupy the White House.

Survey says economy voters' top concern

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Six in 10 voters picked the economy as the most important issue facing the nation. None of four other issues on the list - energy, Iraq, terrorism and health care - was picked by more than one in 10.

Dems head for bigger House majority

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Democrats reached for a blowout at the polls Tuesday in heavy early congressional balloting that could add more than 20 seats to their House majority.

Voters turning out in droves

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

What began as an hour-and-a-half wait for voters when the polls opened at 7 a.m. has now increased to nearly three hours in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Obama and McCain reach out to voters

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain battled for the White House on Tuesday in an election that challenged attitudes about race as surely as it gauged sentiments about the battered economy and the war in Iraq.

Some voters run into obstacles at polls

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Scattered voting glitches are already being reported at some polling places from the Eastern Seaboard to Chicago.

Palin hopes, prays for election win

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:51 GMT

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin returned to where her political career began to cast her vote at the snow-dusted, two-story city hall where she once presided as a small-town mayor.

Dems win Senate seat, expect more gains

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Democratic former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner breezed to victory in his bid for the Senate on Tuesday, snagging a southern seat long held by Republicans and fueling expectations that Democrats would solidify their now-thin leadership grip over the chamber.

Obama turns to task of building admin.

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

After eight years of Republican rule, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building a Democratic administration to lead the country out of war and into the financial recovery that he promised.

Emanuel accepts job as White House chief

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff.

Bush congratulates Obama on victory

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

President Bush is promising to cooperate with Barack Obama in the transition work that will precede the transfer of power to the newly elected Democrat.

Voters wait for hours to cast ballots

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Lines stretched around buildings and down city blocks as people waited hours to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Powell calls Obama election 'historic'

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who broke with the Republican party to endorse Barack Obama, called Obama's election as the country's first black president "historic" and said he would be a president for all Americans.

Obama to inherit feeble economy

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Barack Obama's presidential election victory comes with an albatross of a prize - an economy beset by a stubborn housing slump and the worst financial crisis in 70 years.

Bush calls Obama

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

President Bush congratulated Barack Obama, whose dominant White House win was built on presenting himself as a change from the policies of the two-term Republican incumbent.

Obama wins presidency

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.

John McCain congratulates Obama

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 GMT

Republican John McCain conceded the presidential race to Barack Obama, saying the Democrat has achieved a "great thing" for himself and the country with his historic victory.