After a close nomination race with Romney and Giuliani, the former NYC came out on top and selected Michele Bachmann as his running mate. He goes up against Obama with unemployment standing at: 7.9%.
Election Day Polling:
D: 48%
R: 47%
7:00
Good evening America, six states polls have closed and we have winners to project. In the state of Kentucky, based on raw data and exit polling we can project Rudy Giuliani to be the winner there. We can also project he is the winner in the state of South Carolina.
For Pres. Obama we project him the winner in the state of Vermont, and in the state of Indiana we project Giuliani to be the winner in that state.
R: 52%
D: 47%
R: 28
D: 3
The state of Georgia is too close to call as is the state of Virginia.
8:00
We projected Pres. Obama the winner in the Virginia just before the break and we have more states to call for the President at this hour: Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, The District of Columbia, Maine, Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
For Rudy we can project the states of: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma.
8:30
We just projected the state of Arkansas for Rudy Giuliani, and we can also project the key state of New Hampshire for him as well.
R: 50%
D: 47%
D: 108
R: 76
9:00
More states to project at this hour: For Rudy Giuliani we project: Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming.
We project for the President: Minnesota, Michigan, Rhode Island and New Mexico.
The states of: Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin, and New York shockingly join the list of undecided states.
D: 143
R: 139
9:10
We can project that in the state of Georgia with 59% of the vote reporting we project that Rudy Giuliani will carry the state narrowly.
R: 49.4%
D: 48.1%
9:30
We project that Pres. Obama has carried the state of New York. It was unsure for a while tonight, but it stays Democratic tonight.
D: 172
R: 155
We are also reporting now that Pres. Obama will carry as he did in 2008 the second congressional district in Nebraska.
9:50
Breaking news in the state of North Carolina, we project that Pres. Obama will the state. This is a major upset for the Giuliani campaign. They were leading in the state and Michele Bachmann visited it just yesterday to drum up support, but it goes for Pres. Obama tonight.
10:00
20 electoral votes up for grab at this hour and we project that Rudy Giuliani will carry: Montana and Utah, while Pres. Obama will carry Iowa.
D: 194
R: 163
10:15
Reporting back to the state of Florida we project Rudy Giuliani will carry the state of Florida tonight.
R: 53%
D: 45%
D: 194
R: 192
10:20
We reporting now that Pres. Obama will carry the state of Wisconsin. Giuliani thought he could contest the state, but it goes to the President tonight.
10:30
We're back and we have breaking news: Pres. Obama will carry the state of Ohio. This is a major upset for the Giuliani campaign and by most estimation this signals perhaps the end of the road for the GOP candidate.
D: 49.2%
R: 48.5%
D: 222
R: 192
10:50
Ten minutes until the west coast reports its results and we can project that Rudy Giuliani will carry Missouri by the narrowest of margins.
R: 49.33%
D: 49.24%
11:00
The top of the hour again and we can project based on wins in the states of: California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii that Pres. Obama has been reelected for a second term. These results put him at 300 electoral votes, more than enough needed to become President for a second term.
D: 300
R: 209
11:15
We are awaiting Giuliani's concession shortly, probably around 11:30 eastern standard time, and in the meantime we can project Pres. Obama has carried the state of Nevada. So I guess the question tonight is, what does this translate into for the President? He has clearly won by a large margin and that number will probably go up by the end of the night.
Certainly this will not be a margin as big as Bill Clinton in 1996, or Ronald Reagan in 1984, but significant enough that there is no dispute.
Final Results:
Pres. Obama: (326) 51.9%
Rudy Giuliani: (212) 47.0%
