Wednesday, November 5, 2008

• Reports from Phoenix, Arizona
• Reports from Virginia
• Reports from Harlem
• Reports from North Carolina
• Reports on House and Senate Races
• State Bans on Same Sex Marriages

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Dolores Bernal Reports from Phoenix, Arizona
Though most of the US map was blue last ngiht as Barack Obama became President elect, Arizona remained quite red.  Dolores Bernalreports from Phoenix.

Chris Maxwell reports from Virginia
For the first time in 44 years, Virginians elected a democratic President.  As results were announced and the state turned blue, thousands marched in the streets to the state capitol.  WRIR's Christopher Maxwell was there and files this report.

Zoe Sullivan reports from Harlem
It was a historic night for the United States, and people in Harlem rejoiced in the streets over the election of the country's first black President.  Several hundred people filled the plaza in front of the State Office Building on 125th Street.  A jumbo television screen showed the results as they were tallied and cheers errupted each time a state went for Obama.  FSRN's Zoe Sullivan was there and files this report.

Karen Miller reports from North Carolina
After a tough campaign which included being called Godless in an attack ad, little known Democratic State Senator Kay Hagen has upset Republican Elizabeth Dole to win the North Carolina Senate seat in Congress, FSRN's Karen Miller has more.

Tanya Snyder reports on House and Senate Races
North Carolina's Kay Hagen is one of five new Democratic Senators bringing the number of democratic senate seats to 56.  Four extremely tight races have yet to be finalized, including the race between Republican Norm Coleman and Al Franken in Minnesota.  As of airtime in the House Democrats picked up 20 seats giving them a solid majority.  Tanya Snyder reports from Washington.

Puck Lo on Same Sex Marriage

Bans on same-sex marriage have been voted into state constitutions in California and Florida with results in from 95 percent of polling stations.  Same sex marriage was already illegal in Florida before the measure, but in California, the legal status of some 18-thousand couples hangin the balance.  From San Francisco, Puck Lo has the story.