Jubilation at Va. Dems' party as Obama wins
(11/06/08 9:00pm)
Newport News resident Lychelle Chisolm kept her four children awake past their bedtimes on Tuesday night because she wanted them to experience history.
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Newport News resident Lychelle Chisolm kept her four children awake past their bedtimes on Tuesday night because she wanted them to experience history.
Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Jim Gilmore Tuesday 64 percent to 34 percent, contributing to the Democratic Party's 56-40 majority in the U.S. Senate.
* Photo Gallery: Election Day at the University of Richmond
By Duncan Philips
More than 150 elated students in the Tyler Haynes Commons embraced, shouted and cried shortly after 11 p.m., when the polls closed on the West Coast and television networks announced that Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States, the first black American to win the office.
In the final days of the 2008 Election, both political parties stormed in and around Richmond trying to muster up support before Tuesday's contest.
Newport News resident Lychelle Chisolm kept her four children awake past their bedtimes on Tuesday night because she wanted them to experience history.
By Duncan Phillips
12:14 a.m. -- Obama, in his acceptance speech, cast himself as a uniting president-elect. In telling the story of a 106-year-old voter, he was highlighting the endurance of the American spirit through the best of times, and the worst of times, in this country's history. At least 200 people are gathered here in the Commons watching his acceptance speech after McCain delivered a valiant speech, rallying his supporters to have faith in Obama and the American political system.
At 5:45 a.m., a line more than a block-and-a-half long snaked out of the Westhampton Baptist Church voting precinct where 2,200 voters were registered.
On November 4th, we will face a choice for our next president: two patriots running for the highest office in land because they believe that America's better days are yet to come. It is a clear and distinct choice: a senior Senator from Arizona who has served this nation heroically in uniform, but who is offering little in terms of taking this country in a new direction. John McCain himself has said that "on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush." We also have a young Senator from Illinois who is offering a different kind of politics -- of hope and change. " We love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight," he has said. The candidates are offering two distinct directions for the future of our economy and our country. Senator Obama's plan is the more progressive and forward looking -- albeit ambitious -- one. But since when have hope and ambition become a no-no in America?
MANASSAS, Va. -- Once more droves of supporters poured in, chants of "Yes, we can" pervaded the night's cool autumn air, and for the last time Barack Obama took center stage on the eve of a much-anticipated presidential election, as 21 months of campaigning closed here in northern Virginia.
With one day until the 2008 election, Virginia Democratic representatives spoke in the theater at Virginia Commonwealth University's Student Commons to encourage voter turnout and endorse Democrat Mark Warner for U.S. Senate and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
The volatile and troubled U.S. economy is the most important issue in University of Richmond students' choice for president, but they are divided on whom they can trust more to handle it. Still, nearly 40 percent here say their understanding of the financial crisis is "not clear," according to a recent survey by The Collegian.
Experience:
"Colin Powell or Denzel Washington." -- Dudley Versaci, senior
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