The votes come in

UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT:

EARLY RETURNS show Kerry doing better than Gore in KY, IN (less that 1% of vote counted), Mongiardo up by 600 votes in his bid to unseat Jim Bunning.

MONGIARDO 56, BUNNING 44, 4% reporting

Call KY, IN for BUSH, giving him early 19 EV lead

MONGIARDO (D) 57, BUNNING (R) 43, 20% reporting, KERRY better than GORE so far in KY (GORE lost 57-41, KERRY losing 53-46)

Call GA for BUSH, VT for KERRY, EV tally 34-3 BUSH, VA, SC too close to call, which many think means it is a KERRY night a-comin'.

MONGIARDO 53.5, BUNNING 46.5, 44% reporting

OH, NC, SC, VA still to close to call.

Heh. KERRY up in VA 57-42, 1% reporting. Probably won't hold, but it looks good now.

WV called for BUSH, NH has KERRY up 52-46, 1% reporting. BUSH up in EV 39-3.

MONGIARDO (D) 52, BUNNING (R) 48, 61.5% reporting. Looking like a big DEM upset in the Senate if it holds.

VA - BUSH 58-42, 11% reporting.
NH - KERRY 61-38, 3% reporting.
FL - BUSH 55-44 , 10% reporting, MARTINEZ (R) 51, CASTOR (D) 46, 8% reporting
OH - BUSH 50.5-49 , 1% reporting
SC - BUSH 60-39, 5% reporting, DEMINT (R) 57, TENENBAUM (D) 41

BUNNING (R) closing on MONGIARDO (D) in KY SENATE race - 51.1-48.9, 64.4% reporting.

5 PM PST UPDATE
FL too close to call
BUSH wins KY, IN, GA
KERRY wins VT
KERRY wins IL
KERRY wins NJ. Bad news for BUSH trying hard to push.
BUSH wins TN
KERRY wins MA
KERRY wins MD
KERRY wins CT
BUSH wins AL
BUSH wins OK
KERRY wins ME
KERRY wins DE
KERRY wins DC
BUSH wins MS
Too close to call MO, VA, NC, SC, NH, OH, FL

*EV vote KERRY 77, BUSH 72*
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