NewsFlash: US Media Calling Victory For Governator

Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 4:33 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

NewsFlash: Media Calling Victory For The Governator

Reports have begun to come in on results in California's recall election for Governor. Albeit with a tiny fraction of the votes counted major media (MSNBC , CNN and Washington Post) are already calling the race to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, aka The Governator.

The official vote counting URL for the state of California appears to be receiving so much traffic that it is currently unreachable.

http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/Returns/summary.html

Links to latest news reports:

MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.com/news/945950.asp?0cv=CA01
Schwarzenegger wins in California

Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55221-2003Oct7.html
Voters Appear to Oust Davis, Exit Polls Show

CNN - http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/recall.main/index.html
CNN projection: Davis out, Schwarzenegger wins

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