Election Night 2016
7:00
Good evening America, a historic night for who either wins tonight. On the Democratic Side Former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton is vying to become the first woman President in US history, with Sen. Marco Rubio on the GOP side vying to become the first Cuban American President.
The polls have closed in six states and we have winners to project:
In the state of Georgia we can project it for Sen. Rubio. 55%-43%
In the state of South Carolina, the home state of Gov. Nikki Haley, it also goes for Rubio: 57%-40%
The state of Vermont stays in the Democratic column once again, it goes for Sec. Clinton: 60%-37%.
Rubio is back on the map with the state of Kentucky as well as the state of Indiana.
Virginia remains too close to call at this time, with Sec. Clinton holding a narrow lead.
R: 44
D: 3
7:30
We're back and we have winners to project in two states: Both West Virginia and North Carolina are going into the Rubio column tonight. Sec. Clinton hoped to carry West Virginia after campaigning heavily in the state, but it was not meant to be.
8:00
Top of the hour once again and more states to project. For Sec. Clinton we project the states of: Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey The District of Columbia.
For Sen. Rubio we project the states of: Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee as well as his home state of Florida.
R: 126
D: 75
8:30
The polls have closed in Arkansas and it is too close to call at this time. Sec. Clinton holds a narrow lead over Marc Rubio, but not enough of a lead to project her the winner. However we can project Virginia for Sen. Rubio at this time.
9:00
A lot of delegates at state at this hour and so here we go: For Sen. Rubio we project he has carried the states of: Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Louisiana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona.
For Sec. Clinton we project the states of Minnesota, Michigan, Rhode Island, New York, as well as the state of New Hampshire at this point. We're also calling the state of Arkansas for her.
R: 222
D: 144
We can also project at this time that the state of Ohio has gone for Sen. Rubio. This now brings his electoral count to 240. He needs only 30 more delegates to win the Presidency.
10:00
We're back and the state of Utah will go to Sen. Rubio while the state of Iowa and Montana will go for Sec. Clinton. We can also project at this hour that she will carry the state of New Mexico.
10:15
We can finally project that in the state of Pennsylvania Sec. Clinton will carry it, albeit narrowly.
D: 50.2%
R: 48.8%
11:00
Top of the hour one again and we can project the states of: California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii for Sec. Clinton. With North Dakota and Idaho for Sen Rubio. For the first time tonight Sec. Clinton has taken the lead in the electoral vote, though she still trails Sen. Rubio in the popular vote.
D: 256
R: 253
11:11
We project now that the state of Nevada will go Sec. Clinton.
D: 49.41%
R: 48.86%
The states of Missouri and Wisconsin hang in the balance, with Sec. Clinton holding a narrow lead in the Badger State:
D: 49.02%
R: 48.87%
11:36
Breaking news, the state of Missouri has gone to Sen. Rubio, he now leads Sec. Clinton by one electoral vote.
R: 263
D: 262
1:00
The state of Alaska goes for Rubio as expected, but Wisconsin is still to close too call.
3:00
It is 3AM on the east coast and we have a major projection to make: Sec. Clinton will carry the state of Wisconsin and thus will be the 45th President of the United States of America.
WI:
D: 49.4%
R: 49.3%
D: 272
R: 266
Final Results:
Sec. Hillary Clinton: (272) 62,664,659 votes: 48.82%
Sen. Marco Rubio: (266) 64,318,326 votes: 50.11%
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