Amy J. Ruiz

“Hooray! We won we won!” -via text from my best bud Jim

Amanda Fritz can’t declare victory yet, because the polls don’t close for another half hour. Behind her at the podium is a big screen with the blank Multnomah County results. But that’s not stopping her from speaking to her supporters (including Commissioner Nick Fish and Mayor-elect Sam Adams), who’ve crammed the conference room at Ecotrust […]

Rapt. CNN calls the Pennsylvania win for Obama “devastating for McCain.” And see that Bush pinata hanging from the ceiling?

Obama’s comfortably ahead in Florida:

The party hasn’t technically started yet, but we’re watching CNN on the big screen, Blogtown’s being projected on a wall, people are drinking, and the place is filling up. Hustle down here if you want to get in!

Virginia is supposedly a bellwether state–if Obama takes it, he’s good to go. So far, that’s not looking so good. But it’s tightened up considerably since it was just six percent reporting:

I stopped by the Obama HQ on NE Killingsworth to see what was going on. They seem to have more volunteers than they know what to do with, with every phone staffed: Every passerby waved at: Every voter greeted by the man on the megaphone: And every kid with a huge smile on their face: […]

From Kyle: I filled out my ballot a month ago. As an Anarchist-cum-Libertarian, I don’t really care much for voting–but they make it so easy here in Oregon, I figure what the hell. I voted for Bob Barr, the only person I’ve heard talk any sense about the economy. Unfortunately, he has no chance of […]

From M: I voted for the time in 2004. While my man lost (Kerry), I still have hope and frankly this voting thing is kind of addicting. Before this years primary I persuaded my step-dad to register who had previously never voted. He can hold his head high today, amongst his construction worker brethren, knowing […]

If you plan to party hop tonight, here’s all the info you need, and I’ll update this list if I hear of other parties. Our party starts at 6 (but the doors are opening at 5, if you want to get in an stare at a television as some of the first East Coast polls […]

From Maranda: My election experience this year has been, as I’m sure it was for many, profoundly shaped by my experience in 2004. Picture it: I was a feisty, empowered undergrad at U of O, fully invested in the political process for the first time as an intern with the New Voters Project. During the […]