You guys up near Raleigh, smh.
9:59 P.M. Wake County Helps Romney in North Carolina
North Carolina remains close, with Mitt Romney leading by about two percentage points statewide, or 60,000 votes, with half of the vote counted.
Almost all of Mr. Romneys advantage can be explained by one county, Wake County, in North Carolinas Research Triangle. President Obama won it by 64,000 votes in 2008. This year, Mr. Romney leads by 2,000 votes so far.
Nate Silver
10:07 P.M. D.C. Suburbs May Prove Decisive in Virginia
More than two-thirds of the vote has been reported in Virginia. At the moment, Mitt Romney leads President Obama by four percentage points, 51 percent to 47 percent. But keep an eye on the Washington suburbs: Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince William County, where only a tenth of the vote has been reported so far.
In 2008, Mr. Obama carried Virginia, the first Democrat to do so since 1964, largely based on his strong showing in Northern Virginia. Mr. Romney will need to cut into Mr. Obamas 2008 levels of support in the socially moderate, affluent suburbs of Washington to turn Virginia red again.
Micah Cohen