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Obama Picks Up Another Electoral Vote
Nebraska is one of the two states (along with Maine) that awards one electoral vote for each congressional district carried plus two for the statewide winner. It now appears that Obama won NE-02 (Omaha) and picks up another electoral vote. This is the first time since 1828 that either state has split its EVs. The mapping software wasn't set up to color in Omaha separately, so the state will be marked in purple to indicate the red+blue split.
Nebraska Republicans have reacted to this development with dismay and intend to introduce legislation in 2009 to go to a winner-take-all system like 48 other states. Although technically the (unicameral) legislature is nonpartisan, de facto, the Republicans control it and also the governor's mansion, so they will probably succeed.