LIVE: South Carolina Election Night Coverage

by: Jennifer Read

Tue Nov 04, 2008 at 18:58:58 PM EST

It's been an historic campaign season, and we're in the final hours of the homestretch now.

We'll be posting updates and race results below throughout the evening, and we invite everyone to chime in and let us know what you're hearing and thinking as the results begin to trickle in.

If you need any help commenting or have any tips you'd rather email, give us a shout out at admin@indigojournal.com.

***UPDATE: Click here for a full list of results from South Carolina's federal and state races.

11:50 p.m. - I'll publish the remaining results in a separate post that will be up tomorrow. We have a number of races in the South Carolina Lowcountry at all levels that are likely to remain up in the air until tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for joining us. I'm gonna go listen to our future president address the nation now. Night all!

11:25 p.m. - Latest SC-01 numbers: Brown 53, Ketner 47 (little more than half of precincts reporting). Just spoke to the Ketner campaign, more than 35,000 absentee ballots still to be counted in Charleston County. This one likely to go late into the night/tomorrow a.m.

11:20 p.m. - John McCain giving a very classy concession speech from Arizona.

11:15 p.m. - Obama wins Virginia, Florida, California, Washington, Oregon, and New Mexico. Tops 333 electoral votes so far.

11:00 p.m. - CNN, CBS, NBC: BARACK OBAMA WINS 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!

10:45 p.m. - SC Senate winners: Brad Hutto (D-40), Tom Davis (R-46). SC House winners: Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D-66), Ken Hodges (D-121), Shannon Erickson (R-124). Mike Rose now leads Bill Collins 53-47 with 56% of precincts reporting.

10:05 p.m. - Rep. Jim Clyburn tells gathering of SC Democrats that he's received confirmation that U.S. Senator John McCain to concede race soon.

9:55 p.m. - SC Senate Race Update: Only 10 votes separate Colins, Rose in SD 38. In SD 16, Mick Mulvaney leads Mandy Powers-Norrell 53-47 with 8 of 44 precincts in (only 300 votes). In HD 115 race, Wallace Scarborough just on Charleston TV claiming he's up 550 votes over Anne Peterson-Hutto.

9:35 p.m. - SC US House Update: SC-01 - Brown 58, Ketner 42 with 22% reporting (Charleston County yet to turn in numbers). SC-02 - Wilson 57, Miller 43 with 42% reporting (Richland County not in yet). SC-04 - Inglis 57, Corden 42 with 20% of votes in. Barrett (SC-03), Spratt (SC-05) declared winners.

9:25 p.m. - SC Senate Update: In SD 3, Kevin Bryant leads Marshall Meadors by about 700 votes, with 38% reporting; Democrats Glenn Reese (D-11),Nikki Setzler (D-26), Brad Hutto (D-40) are all cruising to victory.

9:20 p.m. - NBC calls Ohio for Obama!

9:10 p.m. - Still waiting on SC numbers. AP calls race for Clyburn in SC-06. McCain scores AR, ND, AL, and likely GA. Obama picks up MN, WI, and MI. So far, no big surprises, though Obama leading in NC.

8:50 p.m. - SC US House update: Spratt, Barrett, Clyburn, Inglis cruising to victory as expected. SC-01 - Brown 59, Ketner 41 (10% reporting). SC-02 - Wilson 62, Miller 38(34% reporting).

8:35 p.m. - SC-01 Race: with 20/387 precincts reporting - Brown 59, Ketner 41. SD 38 race: Rose 52, Collins 48 with 8% reporting. McCain projected to win AL.

8:20 p.m. - S.C. results trickling in. Officials report people still waiting in line to vote in many areas of the state.

8:15 p.m. - Kay Hagan knocks off Elizabeth Dole in NC Senate race. Ketner and Miller have early leads in SC-01 and SC-02 races, respectively.

7:50 p.m. - NBC projects Obama will take PA, MA, IL, NJ, CT, NH, ME, DE, DC. McCain takes OK, TN.

7:45 p.m. - NBC projects McCain will win South Carolina (8 EV). AP - early exit polls show South Carolinians under 45 went overwhelmingly for Obama; those over 65 showed great love for McCain. Fox News calls WV for McCain.

7:35 p.m. - S.C. numbers starting to come out. 1 precinct out of 2,291 gives McCain 63 to 35 percent lead (yeah, not too reliable but state election site still blank). Jay Rockefeller (D) projected winner in WV Senate race.

7:15 p.m. - NPR also calls S.C. U.S. Senate race for Graham. Obama projected to win Vermont (3 EV).

7:00 p.m. - Polls have closed in S.C. and MSNBC has already called the U.S. Senate race for Lindsey Graham. The S.C. presidential race still too close call. Outside S.C., KY goes to McCain (8 EV) and Mark Warner (D) is projected to win VA Senate.