2012 Election Live Updates

2012 Election: Latest Updates, Vote Totals, State-by-State Results

• 2012 Senate Election Winners

7:15 p.m. EST: Romney is ahead in Indiana, and declared a winner in Kentucky. Obama has a lead New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia and declared the winner in Vermont.

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Polls are still open in every state except Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,and Virginia. 

8:15 p.m. EST: Romney has been declared the winner in Indiana, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia, and has leads in Texas, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, N. Carolina, Missouri, and Alabama. Obama has been declared winner in Illinois, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, and Massachusetts, and has leads in Ohio and New Hampshire.

Polls are closed in South Dakota, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mississipi.

9:00 p.m. EST: Romney has won Indiana, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia, and now Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Wyoming, and Kansas and is still leading in North Dakota Missouri, Virginia, and North Carolina. Obama has won Illinois, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, and Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Washington D.C., Connecticut, and leads in New Hampshire, Ohio, and Florida. 

Polls are now closed in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana and Arizona.

Mitt Romney has 141 electoral votes, and Obama has 109 electoral votes. 

9:15 p.m. EST: Romney now has Indiana, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Wyoming, and Kansas and now North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arkansas, Louisiana, and leads North Carolina, Missouri, and Virginia.

Electoral votes: Romney - 154 to Obama 124

10:35 p.m. EST: Romney and Obama are tied at 163 Electoral votes each.

Romney gained Montana, Utah, and previously had already won Indiana, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Wyoming, and Kansas and now North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arkansas, Louisiana and leads Arizona, Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri. Obama won New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Washington D.C., Connecticut, and New Hampshire, and leads in Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, and Florida. 

11:15 p.m. EST:  Obama has 244 electoral votes, Romney has 203.

Obama won Washington and California, Hawaii and Romney obtained Idaho. 

Alaska is the only state left with polls open. Oregon and Nevada are the only states that haven't began counting.