(refresh often for live updates)

BREAKING: (according to sources)
– FOX NEWS PROJECTS WIN FOR OBAMA/BIDEN

OBAMA/BIDEN WIN

– MATT DENN WINS 64%
– STEWART WINS 64.4% OF VOTE
– MARKELL WINS 71.6% GOVERNOR
– OBAMA TAKES DELAWARE
– HOCKER WINS OVER MARY RYAN
– BIDEN WINS SENATE
– CASTLE WINS

County Council

– DEAVER DEFEATS MARK BAKER
– SAM WILSON DEFEATS WYATT 56% - 43%

– PARISH DEFEATS FULLER (CLERK OF THE PEACE)
– ATKINS WINS 53% TO HASTINGS 47%
– BIFF LEE WINS
– DANNY SHORT WINS
– JOE BOOTH DEFEATS TRUITT
– CAREY REELECTED
– DAVE WILSON 61% DEFEATS CHAFFINCH 39%
– BOB WALLS DEFEATS PETERMAN 53% - 46%
– GARY SIMPSON 55.1% DEFEATS DOWNES 44.9%

DELAWARE UPSETS!

– BARBIERI DEFEATS TERRY SPENCE
– JAQUES DEFEATS VINCE LOFINK
– PARADEE DEFEATS THORNBURG
(recount THORNBURG +50 over PARADEE 11/07/08)

– BENNETT DEFEATS DONNA STONE
– SCOTT DEFEATS NANCY WAGNER
– WILLIAMS DEFEATS VALIHURA

7:58

Fox News Projections

Obama: Delaware/Vermont
McCain: South Carolina/Kentucky/Oklahoma

8:04:

Obama takes same states Kerry did in 2004: Ill., Pa., N.J., Md., Mass., Conn., Me., DC., Del., N.H.;

McCain takes Tenn., S.C. and Okla

8:05 — WGMD Local Election coverage starts.

8:06 Voter Turnout HUGE!

by 3:00 50% voter turnout in DE

HOB 85% turnout by 7:15 - - Mariner Middle School 81%

FOX NEWS PROJECTS: Obama Wins MA, MD, IL, DC, CT, DE, NJ, ME; McCain Wins OK, TN

8:09 John Brady calling from i-95 — “I’ve been campaigning in Sussex… in Wilmington… it has been a momentous experience for me personally running on a statewide ticket, i’ve learned a lot.. I’m anxiously awaiting.. I want to first thank everyone who voted for doing their duty today. I am satisfied I did everything I could to send the message across Delaware”

8:15 - Dan Gaffney “AP and others calling Delaware for Jack Markell”

8:19 Trish Hinders talks to Jack Markell supporter http://www.wgmd.com/images/stories/audio/Election/trish1.mp3

8:23 Dan Gaffney — Big Voter Turnout on the 41st District

8:24 — Bill Lee concedes election to Jack Markell with zero districts reporting.
Audio from Wilmington with WGMD’s Andy Lynch

8:30 - Obama takes PA. N.H, Conn, NJ, Del, Md, D.C., Ill. Maine, Vt
McCain Ok, Ark, Ala, Tenn, Ky, SC according to Fox News

8:32 — Mari Lou “Warm Rain didn’t keep voters away”
// Trish Hinders “It’s had an interesting effect… people are waiting for Markell to come to the ballroom” people beginning to celebrate Markell victory.

8:33 Scott Wilkens at Sussex Dem HQ — waiting for results — “great turnout!” — “no final numbers” “amazed by the number of people that came out..”

8:36 Obama 102 / McCain 49 (foxnews)

8:37: Fox News: PA with 21 electoral votes for Obama and NH (4)
Obama 103 / Mccain 54

8:40 — Dan Gaffney “We Have A Governor Markell”

8:41 - McCain takes Alaska (foxnews)

8:43 — No numbers coming in yet — Joe Cicannti at Sussex Election HQ — exepecting results in the next few minutes.. “overall number of voters” responsible for delay.

8:44…McCain camp objects to Fox (and others) calling PA for Obama. (Listener report Pat Patterson)

8:45 Bill Colley “within the next 70 minutes we’ll have all the answers on the presidential election.”

8:50 Scott Wilkens “things looking so far so good for the democrats in delaware”

Trish Hinders Rep HQ in Wilmington; Chris Coons “We are still waiting for any kind of results” led everyone in a resounding chant of “Yes We Can, Yes We Can” — everybody kind of in the dark right now

AP from WGMD’s ML — AP calls Mike Castle for reelction of Nagle. AP calling Biden for Senate.

Joe not heard any rumors of computer glitches.

Audio from 8:50 Trish/Scott/ML/Joe

8:56: “Transmission problem in New Castle County affecting whole state”

9:00 fox news: Kansas, North Dakota Wyoming for McCain
Wis, NM, Minn, NY, Rhode Is. Mich for Obama

Obama 180 / McCain 81

9:05 — Dem win Senate in NH and NM (foxnews) Fox News on projecting PA for Obama

9:06 — Bill Lee speech in Wilmington

“I called Markell to congratulate him” “all the major networks calling it for Markell… for the sake of me and my family.. the fate of DE is in his hands and I wish him success..” “Jack is taking us in the wrong direction” “I expect the rep. part to come around and will turn this thing around in a hurry… we have a couple of races behind us to give us better results than this one has.. we’re hanging on for Copeland and Brady… [with Castle] we’ll be able to establish a platform for the party based on rep. principles.. for me, not a sad ending… we had a marvelous campaign.. Jack earned the mantle of change from that government.. i apologize to you that i was not able to do what i wanted to do.. i did it because i thought we had a scenario were we could provide you with a victory… i failed you… i apologize.. you did not fail me.. as long as you’re honest… you’ll never hang your head.. your first loser of the night is going to get out of the way.. this is not a bad night for me…”

Trish Hinders “Yes We Can” chanting in Wilmington…

Joe in Georgetown: “right now we are hearing that John Atkins won the race” / Biff Lee wins… the numbers are starting to come in now.. ???? … QUESTIONABLE …

Listener response: 9:06…McCain can’t get any more than 284 electoral votes at this point.

9:16 — with 11% reporting in MATT DENN IS LEADING — CASTLE AHEAD 63% –

9:19 == Sussex Election HQ JOHN ATKINS WINS — BIFF LEE WINS

Pat Patterson on the blog: 9:20…My home state, Ohio, goes to Barack Obama.

Don’t blame me…I voted for Chuck Baldwin.

9:20 — “still no Sussex County Numbers”

9:23 — Gerald Hocker Wins “I’ll work as hard as i can, not only for the 38th, but for the people of Sussex County” — HOCKER Audio

9:26 — other sources.. ABC News projecting Obama 195 McCain 76

9:28 — Scott Wilkens with Prelim results — 33rd district — Bob Walls leads Peterman..

9:30 other sources.. ABC News projecting Obama 195 McCain 90

RECAP — BILL LEE CALLS IT QUITS/MARKELL WINS == HOCKER WINS == SUSSEX HQ SAYS ATKINS/BIFF LEE WIN == CASTLE WINS == BIDEN WINS SENATE == AP OBAMA WINS DE/MD/PA

9:32 — Trish speaks to upstate voter…

BLUE STATE

with 83% of votes.. MATT DENN WINS 64% — STEWART WINS 64.4% OF VOTE — MARKELL WINS 71.6% GOVERNOR

9:41 — Absentee numbers causing trouble in Sussex (Audio)

9:43 — Gary Downes leads Simpson 52% - 42% “We might be staying up with the folks in California tonight!” — Scott Wilkens Milton!

9:46 — News Agencies Obama 200 / McCain 130

BLUE STATE!

9:49 – Terry Spence loses in the 18th to Michael Barbieri — Vince Lofink loses! 48.7 - 48.3 — dist. 29 Thornburg loses to Charles Paradee III 50.1 49.9 — Valahura loses! to Williams — Donna Stone loses to Bennett. Wagner loses to Scott.

Stewart “it’s been a hard campaign.. looking to delawarians for help”

10:04 Copeland is defeated (audio from copeland)

“Hello my name is Charlie Copeland, and I’m a republican… it’s a tough environment out there, you all have seen the numbers.. it’s hard to beat George Bush.. i think we had a great race.. we had a ticket top to bottom that was full of quality candidates that went out there and told the truth.. we have a lot of problems that won’t be solved by more spending… we need to be the loyal opposition, we need to come together and help make sure delaware gets back on the right track.. let’s be honest this state has been run by dems for 16 straight years.. and where exactly are we? i view this as a night to say ‘let’s reload let’s get back on the horse and start moving forward”

10:15 - ML “I’ve never seen anything like this… this is the most amazing thing I have ever seen”

10:19 TRISH HINDERS ON MARKELL’S SPEECH (audio)

10:20 JOHN BRADY CONCEDES (audio)

“I’ve learned a lot, I’ve met a lot of great people.. numbers were just not with me.. this is not the end of the big guy.. i say that for one main reason… my license plate says big guy and i renewed it for 2 more years.. i’m back to work tomorrow as recorder of deeds… you may see me two years from now.. and four years, who knows what i’ll be running for!”

10:30 Pete Schwartzkopf talks DEM victories (audio)

“I was the very first one confirmed as a winner tonight… we thought Nancy Wagner’s race could go either way… Terry Spence went down.. Valihura.. Lofink.. We picked up 8 seats.. We had a good group of people out there.. they worked hard.. they fought hard.. and were successful… Six short years ago we were down to 12 people in the house.. we’re up to 26 right now.. (will be running for majority leader) trying to figure that out within the next week”

10:35 caller Rick (audio) (funny!)

“Spence and Valihura, the architects of the smoking bill ‘bye-bye!’”

10:41 Bill Colley “McCain Can’t Win”

11:02 — FOX NEWS PROJECTS BARRACK OBAMA AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Current Obama 284 McCain 145 — Stay tuned to WGMD 92.7 or on the web at www.wgmd.com for more election coverage and live with Dan at 5:30am

–END OF WGMD LIVE BLOG–

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