http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/309 Category: Presidential Election en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:48:09 -0500 The entire National Mall in Washington will be open to the public during the Jan. 20 swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama and large screens will be erected so that those without tickets can witness the ceremony, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced on Thursday. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/12/national-mall-be-open-jan-20-inauguration Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:15:31 -0500 RICHMOND A federal lawsuit over late-arriving absentee ballots from soldiers and citizens will proceed without the John McCain presidential campaign, which initiated it. The Department of Justice instead will become the plaintiff in the suit against state election officials that could determine whether those ballots will be counted, or set a precedent for future elections. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/suit-against-va-over-absentee-ballots-go-forward Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:11:27 -0500 BY JOHN BRESNAHAN POLITICO Senate Democrats have voted to allow Joseph Lieberman to keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- despite his support for John McCain and criticism of Barack Obama during the presidential race. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/lieberman-will-keep-homeland-security-post Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:23:51 -0500 WHEN NEWSCASTERS announced late on Nov. 4 that Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States, TV screens flashed with images of people all around the country reacting. Many faces were wet with tears. Other people grinned and hugged or vented their joy by screaming over and over. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/obama-letters-what-election-means Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:01:00 -0500 CHESAPEAKE Jimmy Carter was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win over Chesapeake voters. That was 1976. So it surprised a few people when Barack Obama edged Republican John McCain in Chesapeake last week by 1,369 votes. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/registration-drive-credited-flipping-chesapeake-obama Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:15:00 -0500 By David Paul Kuhn Politico President-elect Barack Obama's 34-point margin of victory with voters younger than 30 was the largest in a generation; cut across lines of class, color and education; and is the most impressive youth mandate in modern U.S. history, according to an exclusive Politico analysis. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/politico-analysis-obama-has-historic-youth-mandate Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:25:46 -0500 Want a ticket to the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama? Join the line. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/requests-obama-inauguration-tickets-are-pouring Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:49:29 -0500 CHESAPEAKE With absentee ballots added to the presidential tally, the city of Chesapeake appears to have voted for Barack Obama. Earlier published reports used incomplete election data from the Chesapeake registrar’s office on Tuesday night and indicated the city had gone in favor of John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/chesapeake-voters-favored-obama-updated-count-shows Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:37:56 -0500 By MIKE BAKER and BARBARA RODRIGUEZ RALEIGH, N.C. President-elect Barack Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a symbolic triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/associated-press-declares-obama-winner-north-carolina Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:04:04 -0500 RICHMOND Timothy M. Kaine will soon have a political ally in the White House, but the governor restated Wednesday his vow that he won't join President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet - at least not until his term here ends in January 2010. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/kaine-restates-his-pledge-finish-his-gubernatorial-term Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:25:31 -0500