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OBAMA TRIUMPHS

Pa. helps deliver clear victory; McCain eloquent in loss

AT A GLANCE
U.S. Senate
Virginia
Mark Warner (D): 63.4%
James S. Jim Gilmore III (R):
35.2%
North Carolina
Elizabeth Dole (R): 44.4%
Kay Hagan (D): 52.3%
Kentucky
Mitch McConnell (R): 52.6%
Bruce Lunsford (D): 47.4%

U.S. House
3rd District
Phil English (R): 48%
Kathy Dahlkemper (D): 52.1%
4th District
Melissa Hart (R): 43.5%
Jason Altmire (D): 56.5%
11th District
Paul E. Kanjorski (D): 51.9%
Lou Barletta (R): 48.1 %
18th District
Tim Murphy (R): 63.5%
Steve ODonnell (D): 36.5%

State Senate
37th District
John Pippy (R): 65.6%
Amy Judge Schmotzer (D):
34.4%
47th District
Elder Vogel Jr. (R): 56.3%
Jason M. Petrella (D): 43.7%

State House
14th District
Jim Marshall (R): 57.9%
Dennis Rousseau (D): 42.1%
27th District
Frank Liberatore (R): 19.6%
Daniel Deasy Jr. (D): 80.4%
39th District
Monica Douglas (R): 45.8%
David Levdansky (D): 54.2%
57th District
Tim Krieger (R): 49.8%
John Boyle (D): 50.2%
59th District
Mike Reese (R): 58.3%
Michael J. OBarto (D): 41.7%

Attorney General
Tom Corbett (R): 50.1%
John Morganelli (D): 48.1%
Marakay J. Rogers
(Libertarian): 1.8%

JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

President-elect Barack Obama and his family take the stage during his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, where about 100,000 supporters gathered.

The nations 1st black president will take over amid war
and a financial crisis that propelled him to a historic win.
BY MIKE WERESCHAGIN
AND D AVID M. BROWN
TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Barack Obama, the son of a black

man from Kenya and a white
woman from Kansas, on Tuesday
was elected the 44th president of
the United States.
If there is anyone out there who
still doubts that America is a place
where all things are possible, who
still wonders if the dream of our
founders is alive in our time, who

PRESIDENTIAL RACE

OBAMA 52% MCCAIN 47%

ELECTORAL VOTES

OBAMA 334 MCCAIN 157

(at 1 a.m.)

doubts the power of our democracy,

tonight is your answer, Obama
said during his victory speech in
Grant Park, in his hometown of
Chicago, where about 100,000 supporters had gathered. Its been a
long time coming, but tonight because of what we did on this day, in

this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

His decisive triumph over Republican John McCain, of Arizona,
capped an epic campaign.
What he did was a combination
of the man, the message, the particular economy that helped propel him
over the finish line, and his ability to
communicate a sense of moderation, said G. Terry Madonna, director of Franklin & Marshall Colleges
SEE PRESIDENT A12

JASON REED/REUTERS

Change has come to America, Obama says in his victory

speech Tuesday night after capturing the White House.

STATE HOUSE

SENATE SEATS

DEWEESE 53% HOPKINS 47%

DEMOCRATS 56 REPUBLICANS 40

HUMBLED
DEWEESE
HANGS ON

DEMS MAKE MAJOR

GAINS IN CONGRESS
But they probably will not achieve
a filibuster-proof Senate majority.

BY DEBRA ERDLEY

BY ERIN KELLY

TRIBUNE-REVIEW

GANNETT NEWS SERVICE

WAYNESBURG Pennsylvania House Majority Leader

Bill DeWeese, battered by a
multimillion-dollar bonus
scandal that rocked his Democratic Caucus, appeared to be
winning a 17th term Tuesday
in a close rematch with Republican Greg Hopkins.
Hundreds of supporters,
about half of them wearing
blue and white T-shirts or
sweatshirts bearing DeWeeses
name, packed Rohannas
restaurant outside Waynesburg to watch the returns with
DeWeese.
Ive told many people that
most politicians arent as humble as we need to be, but some
of us are a lot more humble
SEE DEWEESE A11

S.C. SPANGLER/TRIBUNE-REVIEW

SEE MURTHA A11

SEE CONGRESS A11

Voters return Murtha to office

BY ROBIN ACTON
TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Veteran Rep. John Murtha

emerged from a hard-fought campaign to defeat Republican challenger William Russell.
In a race that gained national
attention, the Johnstown Democrat defeated Russell, 44, a retired
Army lieutenant colonel, to hold
his seat for an 18th term. With 65
percent of the precincts reporting,
Murtha had 57 percent of the vote

Mild and sunny

today; clear
tonight. A18

12TH DISTRICT

MURTHA 58% RUSSELL 42%

and Russell 43 percent, according
to unofficial returns.
Murtha, 76, the ninth most senior representative in the 435-member U.S. House, will continue to
represent the sprawling 12th District, which includes Greene
County and parts of Allegheny,
Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, In-

Classified E1
Comics D8
VOL. 120 NO. 277
Crossword D7
Advice D7
Editorials A16
Business B8
Financial B9
City & Region B1 Horoscope D7

Index

Weather

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diana, Somerset, Washington and

Westmoreland counties. He has
served since 1974.
We have a lot to do, Murtha
said. There are going to be a lot of
difficult votes in the next two years.
Russell, who lived in Alexandria, Va., before moving to Johnstown, said hell remain in the district and run again in two years.
This was a fight that had to be
fought, Russell said. We had a

WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats are

strengthening their control of Congress by expanding
their majorities to levels that could reach those not
seen in 15 years.
However, it appeared that Senate Democrats would
fall just short of their goal of achieving a filibusterproof majority, which would have required them to
pick up at least nine Republican seats.
Democrats had so far picked up four Senate seats
with projected wins in North Carolina by state Sen. Kay
Hagan, in New Hampshire by former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, in Colorado by Rep. Tom Udall and in Virginia
by former Gov. Mark Warner.
However, Republican Minority Leader and Sen.
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Sen. Saxby Chambliss
of Georgia and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were projected to win re-election in races that the Democrats
had targeted.
Senate Democrats had hoped to get the 60 votes they
needed to achieve a filibuster-proof Senate. That would
have enabled them to prevent Republicans from blocking

Rep. John Murtha accepts congratulations from Debra Oliver of Johnstown as he acknowledges victory
at his campaign headquarters in downtown Johnstown. We have a lot to do, Murtha says.

Living D1
Lotteries A18
Movies D5
Obituaries B4
Sports C1
Television D6

Inside today
I Local: The Port Authority, which serves
220,000 daily riders, prepares for a strike. B1
I Business: The owners of Quecreek Mine
and an engineering company are fined $55,000
each for grossly negligent actions. B8

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