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.”