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Nebraska Splits Electoral Votes, in First; Obama Gets 1

Dem will get slice of state's 5

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2008 5:08 PM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama has won a single Nebraska electoral vote in post-election counting, the first time the state has split the vote since a 1991 law allowed the practice, the AP reports. No Democrat has gotten a vote in the state since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Read full story »

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