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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Nebraska-02?


You know I haven't been paying attention when Obama gets another electoral vote and I don't even notice!

Yes, Obama won Nebraska -02 and picked up another electoral vote!!! More from Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com, and after the jump, details from Omaha:

For the first time ever, a blue circle will appear in Nebraska on national electoral maps.

Democrat Barack Obama won the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District on Friday, scooping up one of the state's five electoral votes.

In the process, he made history and shone the spotlight on Nebraska's unusual electoral college system.

Obama won 8,434 of 15,039 mail-in ballots counted Friday by Douglas County election officials. These early ballots arrived in the election commissioner's office too late to be included in Tuesday's election results.

The additional votes gave Obama a 1,260-vote lead over Republican John McCain in unofficial returns. McCain won the popular vote statewide and four electoral votes.

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