Chad Walsh (left) and Paul Fong (right)
Paul Fong wins with 62 percent of the vote. Chad Walsh collected 38 percent of the vote with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
While America voted for president, states across the nation voted on social issues, with voters making same-sex marriage legal in Maryland and Maine. While widely ignored by the presidential candidates, America displayed a broad acceptance for previously rejected social issues in Tuesday's election.
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Prop 32 results are in and California voters have decided not to pass the campaign finance reform measure with 56 percent of voters deciding No.
The congressional race between Ron Barber and Martha McSally is too close to call. With all precincts reporting the candidates remain within several hundred votes. IVN will update you when the race is called for either candidate.
Marty Block won the 39th District Senate Race
Susan Davis won Re-election for the 53rd Congressional District.
As of 1:44am, Incumbent Democratic Representative Susan Davis will have won the election for California’s 53rd Congressional District with 60.6% of the popular vote, compared to her candidate, Republican Nick Popaditch's 39.4%. She defeated Popaditch with 96,394 votes to his 62,708 votes.
Bob Filner is the new Mayor of San Diego
32 states have previously put the right for same-sex couples to receive civil marriages to a popular vote, and 32 times the measures were voted down. Yesterday, however, three states became the first to successfully pass ballot measures to make gay marriage legal: Maryland, Maine, and Washington.
Carrying the key battleground state of Ohio, President Barack Obama has secured reelection to a second term in office, several news networks projected Tuesday evening.
Democrat Scott Peters won California’s 52nd Congressional District in the race against incumbent opponent, Republican Brian Bilbray. He won with 51.2% of the vote to Bilbray's 48.8%. This election was decided early in the morning, around 2:31am.