Results are coming in from Ohio and across the U.S.
10:40 p.m. Romney wins Arizona and Obama gets the 4 electroral votes in Maine
10:21 p.m. Marcy Kaptur elected to the U.S. House in District 9 in Ohio.
Fifteen-term U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo took a commanding lead over her Republican opponent, Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, leading 70 percent to 26 percent with more than 110,000 votes cast in the 9th District.
Kaptur crushed eight-term Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland to advance from the primary election for the right to represent the new 9th Congressional District -- an unusual gerrymandered configuration that hugs the Lake Erie coastline for 100 miles from Cleveland's West Side to Toledo.
10 p.m. In Akron, what a difference a year makes. Twelve months after watching their levy fail by fewer than 200 votes, Akron school leaders are watching a landslide in their favor.
Issue 61 leads with a comfortable 59-41 advantage with more than half of all city precincts reporting.
Passage of the 7.9-mill emergency levy will allow the district to remain afloat during tough times that earlier this year led to teacher layoffs along with the loss of some middle school programs, including music and athletics.
A failure Tuesday would have led to massive cuts and possible state financial takeover.
Even with success at the polls, Akron school leaders must still trim $9-$12 million to offset fewer state dollars and a drop in other income. Had Issue 61 failed, the cuts would easily have topped $20 million.
School leaders had rolled the dice by only attempting one levy during the 2012 campaign rather than following the lead of some suburban districts. Many had attempted to pass levies earlier in the year knowing they'd have a second chance in November if the first levy was unsuccessful.
9:49 p.m. President Obama wins Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has turned out to be safe for the Democrats after all. The state's 20 electoral votes are going to President Barack Obama.
Pennsylvania had been considered to be in Obama's column for much of the campaign. But in recent days, as polls appeared to narrow, Mitt Romney's campaign saw an opportunity.
There was a late advertising blitz for Romney, and the candidate added visits to Pennsylvania Sunday and again on Election Day. Voters in Indiana have rejected one of the two Republican Senate candidates whose campaigns ran into trouble because of comments about rape and abortion.
Democrat Joe Donnelly defeated Republican Richard Mourdock, who slipped in the polls after saying during a debate that when a woman who is raped becomes pregnant, it's what "God intended."
9:36 p.m. Democrat Sherrod Brown has won re-election to the U.S. Senate after one of the most expensive and closely watched match-ups in the country.
The 59-year-old Brown beat Republican challenger Josh Mandel despite an onslaught of attacks from conservative outside groups.
Mandel is the state treasurer and a Marine veteran. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Crossroads GPS and other outside groups spent more in Ohio than any other state, criticizing Brown's support for President Barack Obama's stimulus and health care overhaul.
Mandel called Brown a career politician, seeking to turn his decades in office against him. Mandel told voters he would make Washington more accountable.
Brown made the auto industry bailout a key campaign issue, highlighting Mandel's opposition to the rescue that affected about 800,000 Ohio jobs.
9:32 p.m. President Barack Obama is the winner of the 16 electoral votes in Michigan - the state that benefitted the most from the auto industry bailout.
Michigan, where Mitt Romney's father served as governor, wasn't heavily contested by the two campaigns, though it did see some late GOP advertising. Obama also won in New Jersey, battered last week by Hurricane Sandy.
Romney, meanwhile, has added Alabama's nine electoral votes to his column. Romney also captured the 38 electoral votes at stake in Texas, and added wins in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas and Wyoming. He also won at least four of Nebraska's five votes.
Obama won in New York, with 29 electoral votes. At last count, Romney has 153 electoral votes to Obama's 123. Texans elected Republican Ted Cruz as the state's first Hispanic U.S. senator. Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow won re-election over former U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra.
9:27 p.m. With the 9 p.m. closing time, Romney wins several states in the South and in the heartland. Obama wins New York, with 29 electoral votes, and Michigan, with 16 electoral votes. Romney wins: - Texas (38 electoral votes) - South Dakota (3 electoral votes) - North Dakota (3 electoral votes) - Louisiana (8 electoral votes) - Kansas (6 electoral votes) - Wyoming (3 electoral votes) - Nebraska (4 electoral votes, 1 still to be called)
9:18 p.m. Obama wins New Jersey; Romney wins Arkansas and Mississippi
9:12 p.m. Brown holds early lead in Ohio Senate race. Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio has a lead in very early election returns. Brown faced an expensive challenge by Republican Josh Mandel, the state treasurer and a U.S. Marine veteran.
Outside groups spent more than $30 million in the state in efforts to defeat Brown, whose liberal record and surprise victory over then-incumbent Mike DeWine in 2006 made him a prime national target. Brown allies, primarily labor unions, spent about $4 million against Mandel.
With 7 percent of votes counted Tuesday, nearly 56 percent of voters were favoring the 59-year-old Brown over the 35-year-old Mandel. Brown made the federal auto bailout and his support of the middle-class key campaign issues, while Mandel emphasized the need for change in Washington.
8:46 p.m. Romney wins Georgia, Tennessee: Mitt Romney has won in Georgia. It's a state that had appeared to be a potential battleground early in the campaign, but ended up being part of Romney's Southern base. Romney also added Tennessee's 11 electoral votes to his total, putting him ahead of President Barack Obama so far.
Romney has 67 electoral votes so far, to Obama's 64. Romney had been far ahead of Obama in the polls in Tennessee, with strong support from white evangelical voters. Romney lost his party's primary in Tennessee earlier this year to Rick Santorum. Tennessee voters also re-elected Republican Sen. Bob Corker.
In Connecticut, Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy has defeated Republican former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in the race for the Senate seat that had been held by retiring independent Joe Lieberman. McMahon spent more than $42 million of her own money on the Senate bid.
8:14 p.m. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections says the absentee count for Issue 107 for the Cleveland schools levy with 0 of 958 precincts counted:
29,738 FOR and 24,005 AGAINST.
8:01 p.m. In the race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, absentee ballot voting in the state shows Brown with 549,015 votes (59%) and Republican Treasurer Josh Mandel with 343,314 votes (36.89%)
7:52 p.m. Cuyahoga County Absentee votes are counted with Obama getting 176,162 (70 percent) and Romney getting 72,135 votes (28 percent)
Total Number Precincts in Ohio....9,231
Number of Precincts Reporting 1
Registered Voters 7,985,428
7: 30 p.m. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each have an early victory. As expected, Obama was the winner in Vermont, with three electoral votes, while Romney captured Kentucky's eight electoral votes.
Vermont voters also re-elected Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders. Still to come are the returns from the handful of states, including Ohio, Florida and Virginia, where Obama and Romney have concentrated their efforts in recent weeks.
An exit poll conducted nationwide today for The Associated Press finds that the economy is still at the top of the list of voter concerns, with 6 in 10 saying it's the biggest issue facing the nation.
WKYC-TV
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