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NEWS MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Candice Tarver
Managing editor
Maddy Mikinski
Digital operations editor Matt Clough
Social media editor Megan Tiger
ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT
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Business manager
Gage Brock
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Sales manager Becca Blackburn
News editor
Lara Korte
Associate news editor Conner Mitchell
Sports editor Christian Hardy
Associate sports editor Skylar Rolstad
Arts & culture editor Ryan Wright
Associate arts & culture editor Samantha Sexton
Opinion editor Jesse Burbank
Visuals editor
& design chief
Roxy Townsend
Chief photographer Missy Minear
Copy chief
Brendan Dzwierzynski
ADVISERS
Chief financial officer
Jon Schlitt
Editorial adviser
Gerri Berendzen
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Associated Press Samantha Egelhoff, a teacher at Thurgood Marshall Elementary in Seattle, Wash., reacts to the news that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Florida during a gathering for congressional candidate Pramila Jayapal on Capitol Hill in Seattle on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in Seattle.
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer as they watch election returns during an election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in New York
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Trump wins key states, eyes more, as he quickly approaches the White House
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STEVE PEOPLES
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NEW YORK (AP) Donald Trump scored victories in the nation's premier battleground states and threatened even more in the industrial Midwest as his White House prospects improved early Wednesday with a handful of battleground states still too close to call.
The New York billionaire's working-class appeal appeared to resonate across America far more than pre-election polls suggested. Friends and foes alike acknowledged the very real possibility of a Trump victory.
The show of confidence came after the Republican nominee won Okio, Florida and North Carolina. Trump also seemed to be exceeding expectations in Pennsylvania, Michigan and
"STOP saying ALL pollsters missed it," Trump campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, also a pollster, tweeted late Tuesday.
Wisconsin — all states that make up part of the Democratic Party's "blue firewall." Those three states, in addition to New Hampshire, remained too close to call.
sion of excitement inside the Manhattan hotel where he was expected to appear once a winner was announced. His supporters chanted "USA!" as the New York billionaire gathered privately with his family inside Trump Tower
Trump's strong showing triggered an explo-
Ohio Pastor Darrell Scott, who leads Trump's National Diversity Coalition, said presidential hopeful was loose and relaxed.
"Everyone was nervous but Trump," Scott said.
Earlier in the day, Trump refused to say whether he would accept the election results, injecting new drama into the final day of a turbulent election season. He also continued to raise
doubts about the integrity of the election system, warning of possible voter fraud as his campaign sought an investigation into early voting hours in battleground Nevada.
Those warnings were largely forgotten as the
It was really hard to vote for Donald Trump."
Debra Sindler Savannah, Georgia
political world envisioned a possible Trump victory.
"If Trump wins, he does deserve the benefit of the doubt because he was right on his chances and so many of us were wrong," tweeted conservative leader Erick Erickson, who had aggressively fought Trump's candidacy.
Trump's near-daily warnings of a "rigged
election" had become central argument from an outsider candidate who has repeatedly challenged the norms of presidential politics.
His outsider status ultimately helped him more than it hurt.
Trump's political inexperience allowed him to cast himself as a change agent just as frustrated voters in both parties were hungry for change. The message was particularly effective against Democrat Hillary Clinton, a
fixture in public service over the last three decades.
Yet his inexperience also fueled a series of self-created controversies, whether a days-long public feud with the parents of a slain soldier or late-night tweet storm citing a beauty queen's "sex tape." He insulted opponents from both parties in unusually personal terms, lowering
the bar for political discourse in a way never seen before on the national stage.
Ever the showman, his strategy relied almost exclusively on massive rallies to connect with voters, ignoring the less-glamorous grunt work that typically fuels successful campaigns.
Pre-election polls suggested he was the least popular presidential nominee in the modern era. Yet the incomplete election results suggested that his approach worked, both in traditional battlegrounds and areas where Republicans didn't won in decades.
Still, it's unclear whether Trump's strength was borne from support for him or opposition to Clinton.
Debra Sindler, a 60-year-old real estate agent from Savannah Georgia, said she wrestled with whether to support the New York billionaire even as she walked to the polls.
"It was really hard to vote for Donald Trump," she said.
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