Reid vs. Angle

10:05: The polls just closed in Nevada and this race is ridiculously close. From everything I have seen it is just about a split. Here is a tweet under the hashtag #Nevada:
somethingbanal: Raw exit poll data has #Nevada VERY close. 48-47 split between Reid (D) and Angle (R) #election.

Reported by the Washington Post, right before the polls closed Reid encouraged people to use twitter. "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada encouraged people to retweet, text, e-mail and instant message friends to find out if they voted."

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10:33: Apparently the lines for the polls in Spring Creek, Nevada are so long that the polls there aren't estimated to close until 7:45 Nevada time (10:45 Eastern).


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10:55: As of now reports continue to come out that there are still long lines all over the state of Nevada.
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11:10:"Nevada is so close because the two candidates are going against the only ones they can beat. If in either party there was someone other than Harry Reid and Sharron Angle they would win. There are no votes in right now from Nevada, and we'll take a break."-CNN Election Special (Television)

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11:20: All of the polls are officially closed now and votes are being counted. Here is a tweet from the #Nevada hashtag:

AmytheThompson:Numbers released say Reid ahead by 30,000 votes. Those are absentee & early voting numbers. #Election #Nevada

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11:29: Early election polls show that Reid is wining 53% to 43%.
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11:53: According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal 55% of the votes have been counted in Nevada and Reid leads Angle 50% to 45%.

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12:22: with 28% of the precincts reporting Reid is holding on with a 51.5% to 44% lead.
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12:48: Harry Reid was just projected to be re-elected as the Nevada State Senator. He gained 51% of the vote.

The Democrats kept the majority of the seats in the U.S. Senate with big wins in California, and West Virgina.

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1:45: LAS VEGAS (AP) - An Associated Press analysis of preliminary exit poll results shows U.S. Sen. Harry Reid won re-election with overwhelming support from minority voters

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