11:51 PM ... North Carolina Republican, Robin Hayes, who said liberals hate America, loses his seat.

11:56 PM ... Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) reacts ...

12:13 PM ... TPM's David Kurtz talks to New Yorker editor David Remnick about the election result from the press room in Grant Park ...

12:15 PM ... As you know Barack Obama is the first African-American President. What puts it in perspective for me is that he is only the third African-American to be elected to the senate since Reconstruction.

12:20 PM ... Not looking good for Virgil Goode.

12:12 PM ... I had one moment of doubt. At 9:12 I IM'd my wife: "Getting a touch nervous."