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2:40 a.m.: Republican Donald Trump has been declared the winner in Pennsylvania, giving him enough electoral votes to become the next President of the United States. TRUMPED: Donald Trump wins presidency, defeats pro-abort Clinton in massive upset

2:25 a.m.: It was a good night for Republicans battling to retain their majority in the U.S. Senate as pro-life Roy Blunt held off Democratic challenger Jason Kander. Meanwhile, Utah pro-life Rep. Mia Love won re-election to Congress, as did Democratic pro-life Rep. Colin Peterson in Minnesota. GOP keeps pro-life majorities in U.S. Senate and House

1:30 a.m.: Pennsylvania GOP pro-life incumbent Pat Toomey held on to his U.S. Senate seat in a race with abortion support Katie McGinty. That's another big win to help Republicans maintain control of the Senate and for the pro-life camp. The outcome of pro-life Republican Kelly Ayotte's bid for re-election to the Senate might not be decided until the morning.

1:25 a.m.: The highly competitive North Carolina governor's race is too close to call on Election Night. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's race against LGBT juggernaut won't be called till Nov. 18

1:05 a.m.: Could Americans be looking to get out of the country after the election? That might explain the Canadian immigration website going down Tuesday night. REPORT: Canadian immigration website crashes as Trump surges to likely victory

1:00 a.m.: The Hillary Clinton camp appears stunned by the results of the election. CNN: Clinton's headquarters in despair as Trump victory looms: 'Some of them have been crying'

12:55 a.m.: The Democrats were guaranteed a victory in California when two party members competed to replace retiring Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. California AG who raided baby-parts investigators wins U.S. Senate seat.

12:45 a.m.: Reaction to the results of the U.S. presidential election is shock and awe for some. Shocked Trevor Noah: 'Sh***ing My Pants' over Trump: End of the World 

12:40 a.m.: Nevada Republican Joe Heck's bid to fill the vacated U.S. Senate seat by retiring Sen. Harry Reid fell short against Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.

12:30 a.m.: Democrat Hillary Clinton is the projected winner in Nevada, according to the Associated Press. The Wall State Journal reports that Republican Donald Trump is clinging to small leads in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.  

12:25 a.m.: Other pro-life winners include North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Mac Warner for Secretary of State in West Virginia, Lloyd Smucker for Congress in Pennsylvania, and Josh Hawley for Attorney General and Jay Ashcroft for Secretary of State in Missouri.

12:00 a.m.: Election results across the country continued to favor pro-life candidates. Among the many winners were Washington Congresswomen Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican incumbent in a liberal state with a 100 percent pro-life voting record, and Jaime Herrera Beutler. Missouri pro-life Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican, was fighting off a strong bid by Democrat Jason Kander with 61 percent of the votes counted.

11:45 p.m.: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump picked up three more states with a surprising victory in Wisconsin and wins in Iowa and Georgia. Still to be decided are traditional Democratic-leaning states Michigan and Pennsylvania. Both states are extremely close. Democrat Hillary Clinton has an early lead in Nevada. She needs to win those states plus New Hampshire to hang on.

11:10 p.m.: The latest projections in the presidential race give, as expected, California, Washington, and Hawaii to Democrat Hillary Clinton. Republican Donald Trump has secured Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Battleground states Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nevada have yet to be determined.

11:00 p.m.: The pro-life movement can chalk up another U.S. Senate victory. Republican Ron Johnson, who has a 100 percent pro-life voting record, defeated Democrat Russ Feingold. The Republicans moved closer to retaining control of the Senate. BREAKING: Despite 'uphill battle,” pro-life Sen. Ron Johnson re-elected, helps GOP move toward Senate victory

10:50 p.m.: With 99 percent of the vote counted in Florida, Republican Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 135,296 votes. The Associated Press has declared Trump the winner in the state.

10:30 p.m.: Republican Donald Trump picked up a key win in Ohio. The winner in the Buckeye state has gone on to take the last 13 presidential elections. North Carolina, Florida, and Missouri also are trending toward Trump, according to one independent organization.

10:20 p.m.: Colorado becomes the sixth U.S. state to adopt allow suicide. BREAKING: Colorado voters approve assisted suicide

10:15 p.m.:  Three pro-life U.S. senators have secured re-election. North Carolina Republican Richard Burr prevailed in a hotly contested battle, Iowa Republican Charles Grassley won a seventh term, and Utah Republican Mike Lee defeated Democrat Misty Lee, the first transgender candidate for U.S. Senate. BREAKING: Pro-life Sen. Richard Burr re-elected, beats former state ACLU director

9:55 p.m.: Indiana has elected a pro-life governor and a U.S. senator. BREAKING: Pro-life Republican Eric Holcomb wins Indiana governor's race

9:45 p.m.: Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and VP candidate Mike Pence watch election results come in at Trump's campaign headquarters with family and staff.

9:40 p.m.: The Detroit Free Press is projecting Democrat Hillary Clinton as the winner in Michigan. Clinton also has locked up New Mexico.

9:30 p.m.: Pro-life Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia retained his seat.

9:15 p.m.: Pro-life Republican Rep. John Mica lost his U.S. house race in Florida to Democrat Stephanie Murray, a pro-abortion candidate backed by Emily's List. Mica was a 12-time Congressman who had a 100 percent pro-life voting record. In the race for president, Connecticut went to Democrat Hillary Clinton and Arkansas to Donald Trump. 

9:00 p.m.: With the polls closing in 16 more states, Republican Donald Trump added Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming to his projected victories. Florida continues to go down to the wire. As expected, the Republicans retained control of the House of Representatives. 

8:45 p.m.: The Republicans hold a seat in the U.S. Senate: BREAKING: Ohio's pro-life Rob Portman re-elected to Senate

8:30 p.m.: Tennessee and Alabama have gone to Republican Donald Trump. In Florida, the race is extremely tight. With 91 percent of the vote counted, Trump holds a 48.9 percent-48.1 percent lead over Hillary Clinton. Pro-life Republican Todd Young has secured the U.S. Senate seat in Indiana in a race with Democrat Evan Bayh to replace retiring Dan Coats. BREAKING: Pro-life Todd Young wins Senate seat in Indiana

8:15 p.m.: Republican Sen. Mario Rubio held his seat in Florida. The pro-life former Republican presidential candidate fought off a challenge from Democrat Patrick Murphy. See story here: BREAKING: Pro-life Marco Rubio wins Senate re-election 

8:00 p.m.: Fox News projected Republican Donald Trump the winner in South Carolina. Democrat Hillary Clinton has taken Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware and the District of Columbia. No surprises there. Incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk was unseated by Democrat Tammy Duckworth in Illinois. BREAKING: Pro-abort Republican Sen. Mark Kirk loses seat to Democrat

8:00 p.m.: Polls closed in 16 states plus the District of Columbia. All eyes are on Florida, considered one of the key states for both presidential candidates.  

7:45 p.m.: Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, stayed open late for visitors to Susan B. Anthony's grave on Election Day. Here's why: Pro-lifers to Hillary backers flooding Susan B. Anthony's grave: She opposed abortion!

7:30 p.m.: Voting ended in Ohio, North Carolina, and West Virginia. But some locations in North Carolina will stay open later. Republican Donald Trump has been declared the winner in West Virginia. Ohio is a critical state, and early returns were pointing toward Republican Donald Trump. Republican Sen. Rob Portman is the projected winner over Democrat Ted Strickland, a former Ohio governor.

7 p.m.: The polls have closed in six states and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is the projected winner in Kentucky and Indiana and Democrat Hillary Clinton the winner in Vermont, the home state of her former challenger, Bernie Sanders. News outlets reported that Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina were too close to call. In the U.S. Senate, Rand Paul is projected as the winner in Kentucky.  

6:45 p.m.: Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council offered an interesting tweet: Majority of Americans will be either “concerned” or “scared” if EITHER Trump or Clinton is elected. @CNN @FRCdc #Election2016 

6:30 p.m.: Some early presidential election results are starting to trickle in. Republican Donald Trump has opened a big lead in Indiana with less than 1 percent of the vote counted. His running mate, Mike Pence, is the governor of that state. Trump also is on top early in Kentucky, where he was expected to win handily.

5:45 p.m.: Hillary Clinton's extreme abortion views are definitely a hot topic on Election Day. Don't believe it? Read this: BREAKING: Google Trends just revealed abortion is top 'search' about Hillary 

5:30 p.m.: The first poll closings are only minutes away. Voting ends in some Indiana and Kentucky counties at 6 p.m. ET. Those states are spread across two time zones and some precincts won't close until 7 p.m. ET. Other states with 7 p.m. cutoffs are Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia, which is one of the closely watched states that both candidates are hoping to secure.  

5:15 p.m.: Pennsylvania is a hotly contested state in the presidential election. Republican candidate Donald Trump hoped for an upset and said the only way he could lose the state was voter fraud. Well, USA Today reported some strange happenings there. Several voters who cast ballots for Trump in Lebanon County had Clinton's name appear on the screen when they previewed their selections. Others who went for a straight Republican party ticket said the machine flipped their vote to a Democratic party ticket. Officials blamed the issues on the calibration of several machines or oil on a screen causing fingers to slide, but they said no incorrect ballots were cast. In Philadelphia, USA Today reported approximately 68 complaints for various reasons, including alleged improper assistance.

3:30 p.m.: The Associated Press reported Tuesday that a record 46.27 million Americans took advantage of early voting so far in 28 states and the District of Columbia. With more early votes coming in, the total could reach 50 million, or approximately 40 percent. In Florida, 6.5 million people cast ballots early, nearly half of the state's voters. The AP speculated that the large early voting numbers could benefit Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

2:30 p.m.: Anti-Trump protesters from the radical group FEMEN created a ruckus before the Republican presidential candidate arrived to vote on Tuesday morning in New York. BREAKING: Topless pro-aborts arrested at Trump’s polling place

1:30 p.m.: LifeSite is monitoring Twitter throughout Election Day for news and reaction from pro-life and pro-abortion leaders and organizations. We’ll keep you posted here: TWEET WAR: Pro-life and abortion advocates duke it out on Twitter for Election Day – LIVE UPDATES

1:15 p.m.: Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both cast their ballots in New York on Tuesday morning. Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, accompanied her to to Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua. “I know how much responsibility goes with this and so many people are counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country, and I will do the very best I can if I'm fortunate enough to win today,” she said. Trump encouraged Americans to get out and vote. Both candidates have scheduled victory parties for Tuesday night in New York City.

1:00 p.m.: Voter turnout appears to be heavy in many locations throughout the U.S. Delays and long waits were reported in Baltimore. Other areas also were experiencing lengthy backups.

12:45 p.m.: Early polls show voters putting an emphasis on strong leadership among the qualities most important to them in the presidential race. According to a Morning Consult/POLITICO exit poll, 36 percent of respondents said they wanted a strong leader, 29 percent a candidate with a vision for the future, 16 percent someone who cares about me, and another 16 percent a person that shares their values. Republican candidate Donald Trump has stressed his leadership ability throughout the campaign. Other exit polling data indicated a majority of voters believe the mainstream media are more interested in making money than telling the truth while more than half of those interviewed “don't identify with what American has become.” 

12:00 p.m.: Early voting reached record numbers in Florida, a key battleground state in the presidential election. The Cuban-American turnout was reported to be high. Florida has proved pivotal in several previous presidential elections, and it is again considered an important swing state. President Obama told Hillary Clinton supporters on Monday that if she wins Florida, she wins the election.

10:00 a.m.: LifeSite has run a full summary of Clinton and Trump's promises and key quotes on life, marriage, and family. Find it here: The complete breakdown of where Trump and Clinton stand on life and marriage

 

November 8, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — Americans began heading to their polling places early Tuesday morning to elect Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as the next President of the United States.

Both candidates made last-minute pitches in New Hampshire on Monday night before retreating to their campaign headquarters to monitor the results and watch coverage of what’s generally considered one of the most significant elections in U.S. history.

Clinton is an extremist on life issues who supports late-term abortion and government funding for Planned Parenthood. And with one vacancy on the Supreme Court and several other seats that might come open during the next four years, the liberal Democrat could shape the direction of the judicial branch for years to come. She almost certainly will nominate judges who support Roe v Wade.

Clinton’s vice presidential running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, is a professed Catholic who supports unfettered abortion rights and gay “marriage” and has predicted that the Church will change its position on homosexual unions.

Trump, meanwhile, is a convert to the pro-life movement. Among the Republican’s campaign promises are defending religious freedom, repealing the Johnson Amendment, and nominating conservative judges in the mold of the late pro-life Antonin Scalia, a devout Catholic.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s VP candidate, is an Evangelical and former Catholic who is solidly pro-life and pro-family.

Key battleground states to watch as results come in this evening that could determine the outcome of the presidential election include Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, and Colorado.

A number of U.S. Senate seats and state governorships are also at stake involving pro-life candidates.  Two of those are in North Carolina with Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and incumbent Sen. Richard Burr fighting to remain in office.

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