VIDEO! Watch video of McCain’s Concession Speech. John McCain’s concession speech left a sadness for McCain supporters and respect from opponents still liking the man McCain, perhaps not his policies.

McCain’s concession speech and Obama’s acceptance speech showed a “peaceful” transfer of power, as analysts said last night.

McCain said:

“I urge all Americans … I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.

“Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.

“It is natural. It’s natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again.

“We fought — we fought as hard as we could. And though we feel short, the failure is mine, not yours.”

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In the Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens wins the election, at least so it appears. Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has won the election race to re election says some reports.

99% of the state’s precincts are in and Senator Ted Stevens holds a 4,000 vote lead on Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. But there are 50,000 absentee and early ballots not counted that could day weeks to count.

Stevens was convicted Oct. 27 seven federal counts of corruption.

Stevens is the country’s longest-serving Senator, 84, and pledged his innocent in the trial that many analysts said the government was expected to loose.

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Barack Obama is your 44th President elect! Barack Obama won tonight to become America’s 44th President Elect. Obama’s win tonight turned dramatically with a huge win in Pennsylvania. It was Obama’s eventual expected win in California among other western states that put him over the top, making the first term senator America’s next president elect.

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Barack Obama WINS! Obama PRESIDENT! Barack Obama has won the election. Obama is America’s 44th President! Obama wins election tonight! Obama wins Presidency as your 44th president tonight, very early on tonight, with over 270 electoral votes.

Obama, a 47 year old first term senator from Illinois, is the projected winner by NBC tonight, reaching that point at 11 pm EST, winning California, Washington and Oregon.

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Who is currently winning the election? Barack Obama! Obama is currently winning the election with 103 electoral college votes to McCain’s 34. Obama’s big win came within the hour with Pennsylvania.

McCain has taken Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina. Obama has Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, DC, Delaware, Maryland, and Vermont.

Numbers are still coming in. For all your live 24/7 coverage through election night, stay here:

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