November 5, 2008 Front Page News

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BREAKING NEWS AT NOLA.COM METRO EDITION
W E D N E S D AY, N O V E M B E R 5 , 2 0 0 8 •
THE 44 th BARACK JOHN
OBAMA MCCAIN
52% 47%
POPULAR POPULAR
349 159
ELECTORAL ELECTORAL
PRESIDENT
IN HISTORIC RUN, OBAMA WINS WHITE HOUSE
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
dream of our founders is alive in our time,
By Michael D. Shear and Robert Barnes The Washington Post President-elect
who still questions the power of our democ-
WASHINGTON Barack Obama
racy, tonight is your answer,” he said just
acknowledges
before 11 p.m.
en. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation’s 44th
S
the cheers and
“The road ahead will be long. Our climb
president Tuesday, riding a reformist message of change tears of thou-
will be steep. We may not get there in one
year or even one term, but America, I have
and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first sands as he
never been more hopeful than I am tonight takes the stage
African-American to ascend to the White House. that we will get there. I promise you: We as
at his election
a people will get there.”
night party in
Obama, 47, the son of a Kenyan father Standing before a crowd of more than The historic Election Day brought mil-
Grant Park,
125,000 that had waited for hours at
and a white mother from Kansas, led a tide lions of new and sometimes tearful voters,
Chicago’s Grant Park, Obama acknowl-
of Democratic victories across the nation in Chicago, on
long lines at polling places nationwide, and
edged the accomplishment and the dreams
defeating Republican Sen. John McCain of celebrations on street corners and in front Tuesday.
of his supporters.
Arizona, a 26-year veteran of Washington of the White House. It ushered in a new era
“If there is anyone out there who still of Democratic dominance in Congress, even
who could not overcome his connections to
doubts that America is a place where all
President Bush’s increasingly unpopular ad-
things are possible, who still wonders if the See PRESIDENT, A-9
ministration.
U.S. SENATE HOUSE, 1ST DISTRICT HOUSE, 2ND DISTRICT OTHER RACES
MARY LANDRIEU 963,905 52% STEVE SCALISE 178,355 66% WILLIAM JEFFERSON 83,211 56% COMPLETE ELECTION COVERAGE
BEGINS ON A-9
JOHN KENNEDY 855,723 46% JIM HARLAN 91,589 34% HELENA MORENO 65,230 44%
STATE PAGE A-25
Landrieu takes Scalise wins Jefferson ERIC SKRMETTA
a third term 1st District beats Moreno
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
JEFFERSON PARISH PAGE A-24
ELLEN KOVACH
By Ed Anderson and Bill Barrow Capital bureau By Mary Sparacello Kenner bureau By Frank Donze and Michelle Krupa Staff writers
24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, DIVISION K
Once targeted by national U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise With his trial on federal cor-
Republicans as the U.S. Sen- turned back an aggressive ruption charges looming and NEW ORLEANS PAGE A-22
ate’s most vulnerable Democ- $1.3 million challenge from questions swirling about his ef-
LEON CANNIZZARO
ratic incumbent, Sen. Mary Jim Harlan on Tuesday to fectiveness in Congress, U.S.
Landrieu defeated GOP state win a full term representing Rep. William Jefferson cruised DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Treasurer John Kennedy on the congressional 1st District. to an easy victory Tuesday in
ST. TAMMANY PARISH PAGE A-30
Tuesday to claim a third term. “This has been a hard- the Democratic Party runoff
REJECTED
Landrieu, who won by narrow margins in fought campaign,” Scalise, 43, told backers at for the 2nd Congressional District.
1996 and 2002, took a slightly more com- Andrea’s restaurant in Metairie. “The last The decisive win over Helena Moreno, a ONE-QUARTER CENT SALES TAX
fortable victory against the backdrop of her few months have been a really challenging former TV news anchor and political new-
diminished Democratic base of pre-Katrina time for my family.” comer, ensures Jefferson a spot in the Dec. 6
New Orleans. Scalise, a Republican from Old Jefferson, general election. With two-thirds of the dis- 172ND
Joined by her large family and former served 12 years as a state legislator, then trict’s voters registered as Democrats, YEAR
See LANDRIEU, A-15 See SCALISE, A-26 See JEFFERSON, A-20 12393 11111
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