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.

By Bradley Donaldson

Sen. Barack Obama dominated the polls at Stony Brook University Tuesday night, garnering more than 77 percent of the popular vote.

Obama, the democratic nominee for president swept 1,778 of the 2,324 ballots cast at the polling station. Obama’s landslide win mirrors the results of the primaries held at the university in February, when he collected 56 percent of the total number of votes.

By WUSB News Team

Placed within an elegant ballroom decorated abundantly with blue and white balloons, a quiet evening began picking up for local Democrats at the Mariott hotel in Islandia, NY.

Election propaganda adorned the walls of the large room as eager guests and politicians watched two large projection screens with the latest updates.

Although the crowd started the night very quiet and calm, the number of guests picked up as the night moved on, and with it enthusiasm picked up as well.

The results from Stony Brook University's Polling Place in the Student Activities Center is in!

Out of 2324 votes:

Barack Obama - 1778
John McCain - 218
Third party candidates - 328

North Carolina, Florida, Virginia and Indiana are too close to call. The four states hold the key to an Obama landslide. McCain wins seem improbable but if he sweeps the states then the race will tighten up considerably.

By Mike Kelly

NBC News is projecting New Mexico for Obama.

New Mexico was a state that narrowly voted for George W. Bush in 2004. It was a battleground state in this election as well, with polls consistently showing Obama ahead in the state in the weeks leading up the election.