Television networks project that Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States.

By Mike Kelly

Democrat Brian X. Foley has defeated Republican incumbent Caesar Trunzo for the state Senate seat of New York's third district, according to a CNN projection.

By Sean Moore and Joe Incantalupo

The somber tone seemed uniform throughout the convention room, hallways and lobbies of the Suffolk County Republican Committee headquarters tonight in Holtsville.

Two televisions on clothed tables were tuned into CNN and FOX news, causing nervous republicans to turn and glare at Obama's lead.

"McCain was scattered, he didn't hammer [the] issue," said Frank Tantone who serves on the executive committee in Islip. "He was talking about corporate greed one day then taxes the next. He's in a lot of trouble."

John P. Murtha, D-Pa. won a bitter reelection campaign to the House. Murtha came under fire for saying that parts of Pennsylvania harbored white racists who wouldn't vote for Obama. In the end the Democratic sweep of much of the country surfaced in Pennsylvania as well. Obama's big victory had down ticket effects which helped Murtha win.

By Daniel Aldarondo

“Electapaloozaaaaa!”

These words could be heard from the upstairs of the Tabler Arts Center in Tabler Quad by Alex Nagler, President of the Stony Brook College Democrats. Room 107 was the site of Electapalooza, a party thrown by the college Democrats in support of Presidential Democrat nominee Barack Obama.