Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine • 1

DAY ONE: The murder trial of Richard Reynolds begins in Skowhegan Bl Wonting rntincl In Iona ounded in 1904 onllnesentlnelcom A BLETHEN MAINE NEWSPAPER Copyright 2008 1 Waterville Maine WATERVILLE wins in a close election Unofficial results Unofficial results Voters statewide repeal beverage tax legislation ed Up With Taxes brought forward the Question! In addition the new la that Unofficial results the reform that would have tow rom the start ed Up With Newell Augur confident PLEASE SEE WATERVILLE A8 PLEASE SEE BEVERAGE A8 I 7 Si A WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5 2008 i RELATED STORIES IBV THE NUMBER THE NUMBER: Visit onlines'entineLcom for breaking news every day Obama wins all four elec toral votes in Maine A3 Historians discuss the significance of Tuesday's presidential Election A4 LePage 3611 51 How Maine Voted (36 percent reporting) Obama: 146 258 McCain: 92386 Winslow 3423 49 BY AMY CALDER StaffWriter' Reaction from local voters State race results unclear Obama 338 electoral votes McCain 127 electoral votes AUGUSTA Maine voters Tuesday overwhelminy sup ported Question 1 a repeal of Incumbent defeats Winslow Beal takes race for council seat Yss: 148603 64 percent No: 85263 36 percent BY SUSAN COVER StaffWriter BY DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent HE NUMBERS Central Mainers reflect on this election and how they view it in historic terms Bl stiO waiting for the numbers to come utid ffod With counting continuing into the night the contests for seats in the Maine Senate and House the results are largely incomplete Bl Enormous crowd in Grant Park in Chicago greets new president in the polls by double digits throughout the campaign while giving Democrat Obama' an overwhelming victory over Republican John McCain in a Special section Inside today Despite economic climate Waterville is positioned for growth local leaders say Check out special section Waterville on the Kennebec INSIDE Michaud wins fourth term Michael Michaud a Democrat from East Millinocket won a fourth term in the US House with a victory over Republican John rary Bl County race still up In the air Returns are awaited in the race between incumbent Somerset County Commissioner Philip Roy and his challenger former Commissioner Gerald' York B3 WASHINGTON Barack Obama swept to victo ry as the first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barri ers as old as America itself The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen John McCain in a string of wins in hard fought battleground states Ohio lorida Virginia and Iowa A huge crowd in Grant Park in Obama's home town of Chicago erupted in jubilation at the news of his vic tor Some went McCain called Ms former rival to concede defeat and the end of his own 10 year quest for the White House American penpie have spoken and spoken McCain told disappointed supportersin Arizona Obama and his running mate Sen Joseph Biden of Delaware will take their oaths of office as presi dent and vice president on Jan 20 2009 As the 44th president Obama will move into the Oval Office as leader of a country that is almost cer tainly in recession and figjiting two long wars one PLEASE SEE OBAMA AB Mayor Paul LePage prevailed against oppo nent Rosemary Winslow for his seat in election gar nering 3611 votes to her 3423 thank the people of Waterville enormously for hav ing the faith and giving me the honor ot serv ing as their said LePage re elected to a three year term Tm ecstatic and very hum bled by their i LePage I is a Republican? mayor in a 1 an 1 Democratic city During his cam paign he touted his economic and financial expertiseas a reason he should be re elected He has served as mayor five years and prior to that was a city councilor representing Ward 1 for four years He is general manager for Surplus Salvage stores statewide Winslow 62 a Democrat who has served nine years as a coun cilor representing Ward 3 is intergovemmenttd liaison for U5 Rep Michael Michaud She cited her ability to listen and build consensus as two of her strongest assets In other city results Democrat Mary Anne Beal defeated Republican Joseph Reisert in the race for the Ward 2 City Council seat being vacated by Henry Beck who was elected to the House District 76 seat Beck a councilor since 2006 ran unop posed Beal is a program specialist with 20 years of serving on vol unteer boards She beat Reisert an associate professor of govern ment at Colby College 596 to 337 Cart Basgall an unenrolled candidate ran unopposed for the Ward 7 City Council seat being vacated by Democratic Councilor Stephen Aucoin who is resigning Basgall who got 664 votes will fin the spot for one year Lionel A Cabana a Democrat also ran unopposed for a three year term on the Board of Education in Ward 2 and got 836 votes Cabana is chairman of that board Democrat Maryanne Bernier ran unopposed for re election to her Whrd 4 seat on the Board of lawmakers and Gov John Baldacci in April and the Maine State Chamber Sun joumalphotoby Amber Waterman CELEBRATING: US Sen Susan Collins Is greeted by supporters a pmHas Tiuveiau re wninn el ra Irw In sanship and independence state that has been carried by 7 trumped her the Democratic nominee in the era cast ballots for Collins aident minded centrist attempt to link her to President last four presidential elections During the Senate campaign ose ability to draw support Bush's policies on Iraq the econ Exit' polls indicated that Collins promoted her creden omy health care and energy About one third of Obama vot dais Ms a pragmatic and inde PLEASE SEE COUM A8 If Obama Collins headingbackto Washington rJ 4 Incumbent Republican elected after bepg challenged by former US Rep Tom Allen i a i tT JtKKT HAKKAVT (36 percent reporting) PORTLAND Republican Susan Collins outpolled Tbm ADen on Tuesday to win a third Senate term even as ticket split Toni Allen (D) tera put Maine in Barack 99551 31 column and both House seats remained in Unofficial results npmnrratir hnnde victoryoverAllen was aTkket broke for based on an analysis of voter Collins who had been leading interviews conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International Collins message of biparti Illinois senator first black to be elected president Collins defeats Allen LePage takes Waterville race LEPAGE AP photo YES WE CAN: The crow0 as It Is announced that Barack Obama has been elected the president of the United States at his election night party at Qrant PrklnChicago on TuesdaynlgijL' 4 7 i i other beverages to hdp pay for Dirtoo Health Unofficial election night to repeal taxes approved by law results show Question 1 mates and Gov John Baldacci by a comfortable margin With 9 in April The taxes which ered insurance costs for 40000 percent of voting precincts included an additional 4 cents Maine people reporting the question was on a can of soda 7 cents on a rom the start ed Up With passing 62 percent to 38 per bottle of wine and 16 cents on a Thies tan an am cent according to results com six pack of beet were meant to paign to repeal the ues They piled by the Bangor Daily News help pay for lhestari health gathered more than iuj00 sig ed Up With Taxes a coalition insurance program for frufivid natures to get foe issue on the including the beverage industry uate and small businesses ballot far more titan required hmW' al i 1 I 1 1 4 I itL 'T rf 4 st HI IW "ME I I II A rd A 2 fiPf 171 INDEX Business D5 Classified DI Comics D4 Community B2 Crossword C8 Entertainment C8 Local B1 5 National A2 3 Obituaries B4 Opinion A6 7 Sports C1 6 Sudoku D4 TV C8 World A3 RELATED STORIES.