New England states called for Barack Obama; some southern states called for Mitt Romney

As expect­ed, Barack Oba­ma is pro­ject­ed to win in Mass­a­chu­setts, Con­necti­cut, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, and the Dis­trict of Colum­bia. Wins in those states, plus Ver­mont and his home state of Illi­nois (which he is also pro­ject­ed to win), would give Oba­ma a total of six­ty elec­toral votes.

Mitt Rom­ney has picked up South Car­oli­na, Geor­gia, and Okla­homa (as expect­ed). All of those states vot­ed for John McCain.

At this point, Rom­ney has an esti­mat­ed forty elec­toral votes in his column.

Exit polls indi­cate Democ­rats in many key Sen­ate races are run­ning ahead of their Repub­li­can oppo­nents. But we don’t have hard data yet, so it’s too soon to know what is going to hap­pen for sure. It seems like Eliz­a­beth War­ren’s chances of beat­ing Scott Brown in Mass­a­chu­setts are good, and odds are Angus King will be replac­ing Olympia Snowe as the next sen­a­tor from Maine.