WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
From outsider to
OVAL OFFICE Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily
Donald Trump, the business mogual from New York, was elected the 45th president of the United States early Wednesday morning, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Trump completes historic upset in presidential race
“As I’ve said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign, but an incredible and great movement.”
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-Donald Trump
In what was a tight race that ebbed and flowed between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the business mogul did exactly what he said he was going to do all along. Win. And that he did. With Trump earning the 270 electoral votes needed to win, the Associated Press made the call at roughly 1:30 a.m. Central Time, the political outsider shocked many during his final stretch for the Oval Office. Beginning with an easy edge over Clinton, the first round of results began with a lead of 19 to
3 electoral votes in favor of the Republican candidate. And slowly but surely, more and more states began to bleed red with Trump winning sweettreat battleground states such as Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, which carry 29, 18, 15 electoral votes, respectively. “It was a lot closer than we thought, we knew the race was tightening up. Then again it shows how divided our nation is and shows why it was so close,” said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman-Catt Center. Both presidential candidates
remained quiet on social media as election results poured in, and voters restlessly awaited the results of both the nation and their state. John Podesta, Clinton campaign chair, even asked that all supporters at Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Manhattan go home and get some sleep and that they will “have more to say tomorrow” as the results still had not been released by 1 a.m. At the time Podesta addressed Clinton’s supporters, Trump carried 248 electoral votes compared to Clinton who only had 215.
Podesta added, however, that the Clinton wants her supporters to know that their voices and their enthusiasm “means so much to her.” Trump addressed his supporters at about 1:40 a.m. Central Time at his campaign headquarters in downtown Manhattan, where his spoke of his vision for the United States. Walking to the podium, chants of “USA! USA! USA!” could be heard by the ever-excited crowd. The president-elect began
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King knocks off Weaver Grassley cruises to seventh in 4th District House race term in U.S. Senate race By Travis.Charlson @iowastatedaily.com U.S. Rep. Steve King has won re-election for his eighth term in the U.S. House, beating out Democratic challenger Kim Weaver, the Associated Press projects. King led Weaver by 22 percentage points with 33 percent reporting in Iowa’s 4th District, which covers Sioux City, Ames, Mason City, Fort Dodge and Boone and tends to be the most conservative part of the state. King hosted a watch party
in Sioux City. Weaver also hosted a watch party in Ames. Weaver was unable to overcome a tough bid to deny King re-election, as King was heavily favored in the district despite his reputation for being one of the more outspoken conservative House Republicans. Voter turnout favored King early on, with early voting down slightly from 2012, but more so on the Democratic side. The number of early voting ballots submitted by Democrats in the district was 50,000 — down 11,000 — compared to a Republican
turnout of 65,000, down just 3,000, according to the Iowa secretary of state. King faced opposition in the June Republican primary from State Sen. Rick Bertrand, R-Sioux City, but won the Republican nomination comfortably, 65 percent to 35 percent. The outspoken House Republican hasn’t been shy in his criticisms of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and current President Barack Obama. One issue King has men-
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By Rachel.Ori @iowastatedaily.com Incumbent U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley cruised to a seventh term Tuesday night, defeating former Democratic Lt. Gov. Patty Judge in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race, the Associated Press projected shortly after 9 p.m. Grassley was leading Judge by about 20 percentage points at 10:15 p.m., according to results from the Iowa Secretary of State. The AP, ABC News and CBS
News called the race nationally while Des Moines area news organizations called the race as well shortly after 9 p.m. While closer than some expected early on, Grassley had polled far ahead of Judge throughout most the campaign season. Grassley was up 23 points over Judge, according to the Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released last week before the election. “I sure wish that I could name all of those people who volunteered, but I hope you know we appreciate
it very much and Iowa is going to benefit from it,” Grassley said during his speech after winning reelection. Grassley, speaking with his entire family at the podium, namely thanked those who have helped him succeed and how they have benefited the campaign. “Now last, and most important, is these people that are up here with me -- my family,” Grassley said. “This never would have been possible without them, their
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ELECTION RESULTS AT-A-GLANCE U.S. PRESIDENT
U.S. SENATOR
U.S. REP
IA STATE REPRESENTATIVE
STORY COUNTY AUDITOR
DONALD TRUMP
HILLARY CLINTON
CHUCK GRASSLEY
PATTY JUDGE
STEVE KING
KIM WEAVER
BETH WESSELKROESCHELL
SONDRA CHILDSSMITH
LUCY MARTIN
BECKY JORDAN
288
215
60%
35%
61%
39%
56%
36%
56%
44%
as of press time
STORY COUNTY SUPERVISOR
MARTIN CHITTY
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