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News Orgs Projecting Obama The Winner In North Carolina
Barack Obama has won North Carolina, according to projections from NBC News , the New York Times and the Associated Press , with Obama leading by 14,000 votes out of over 4.2 million cast. Not everyone has called the race yet, but assuming Obama's apparent win here holds up it would be a ...
Obama unoffical winner in North Carolina
newsobserver.com — Democrat Barack Obama is the unofficial winner in North Carolina, but the victory over Sen. John McCain... won't be sealed until provisional ballots are counted and certified next month. >Unofficial returns show Obama ahead by 13,746 votes. Trends over ... (more) Obama unoffical winner in North Carolina
North Carolina: No decision for President
charlotteobserver.com — (Observer Staff and Wire Reports) America awoke this morning with a new President-elect, but North Carolina remains... one of two states in which the presidential race hasn't been decided. The results are too close to call in the Tar Heel state and in ... (more) North Carolina: No decision for President
North Carolina Called For Obama
huffingtonpost.com — RALEIGH, N.C. — President-elect Obama has won North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn't... voted for a Democrat in more than a generation. The Associated Press declared Obama the winner Thursday after canvassing counties in ... (more) North Carolina Called For Obama
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Political Animal — ... provisional ballots. That survey found there are not enough remaining ballots for Republican candidate John McCain to close a 13,693 vote deficit. Adding North Carolina's 15 electoral votes brings Obama's total to 364, with Missouri still to be decided. The 364 total represents 67% of the available votes. North Carolina had not supported a Democratic candidate in 32 years, with Bush having carried it by 12 points in 2004, and 13 points in 2000. For that matter, I had the same thought Eric Kleefeld did about the historical significance of this particular electoral win: "[W]e ...

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