By Najib Aminy

As Barack Obama closed in the 2008 Presidential election, Brian X. Foley (D) defeated New York State’s 36-year-incumbent senator Caeser Trunzo (R) in the Third State District. Foley’s win over Trunzo secured a democratic majority in the state senate leaving democrats in complete control of New York State for the first time in forty years. Foley, the former Brookhaven Supervisor, ousted Trunzo recording 61% of the votes.

By Michael Kelly

There was no election day surprise as to why John McCain could not complete a final campaign comeback. After surging in the polls in the week leading up the election, time ran out for the GOP hopeful. Here are five reasons why…

By Adrian Carrasquillo

The Role of Race

Conventional wisdom at the outset of the general election held that Barack Obama would lose because he would not garner the necessary support from white voters to win the Presidency. His increased support from African-Americans was acknowledged but its potential as a game-changer was largely dismissed. Well, conventional wisdom had the unfortunate drawback of being conventional during an election that was anything but.

By Lauren Cioffi

For many Republicans at Stony Brook University, their right to exercise their political affiliation only took place at the voting booth. Unlike some Democrats who proudly wore pins and held signs on campus cheering “Barack the Vote,” the Republicans were nowhere to be found.

Alex Chamessian, editor of the Patriot, explained the reason behind the silence of the Republican voice on campus. “There is a fear you hold to these Republican sentiments,” Chamessian said. “Unless you want to be ostracized by your peers.”

By Joe Incantalupo

As the races for State Assembly came to a projected end, the consolation speeches have begun at Republican head quarters. Among those who have made consolation speeches were Scott Salimando of District three, Bruce Bennet of District four, Caesar Trunzo and John Bugler of District five. The speeches had a variety of tones but the overwelming mood was depressing.

In a brief moment of frustration Scott Salamando uttered the phrase "we will be waking up to a very different country tomorrow."

By Ross Barkan

Sen. Barack Obama’s appeal to the younger voters is no secret. Republicans here fret that college students have been blindly led by the Democratic Party. The other side to his appeal is the perception that Sen. McCain, 72, is too old to be a viable presidential candidate. Suffolk County Republicans stress that McCain’s age should not be an issue when casting a vote.

Television networks project that Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States.

By Mike Kelly

Democrat Brian X. Foley has defeated Republican incumbent Caesar Trunzo for the state Senate seat of New York's third district, according to a CNN projection.

By Sean Moore and Joe Incantalupo

The somber tone seemed uniform throughout the convention room, hallways and lobbies of the Suffolk County Republican Committee headquarters tonight in Holtsville.

Two televisions on clothed tables were tuned into CNN and FOX news, causing nervous republicans to turn and glare at Obama's lead.

"McCain was scattered, he didn't hammer [the] issue," said Frank Tantone who serves on the executive committee in Islip. "He was talking about corporate greed one day then taxes the next. He's in a lot of trouble."