Campaign 76: Election Night Coverage (Part VI)
Sergeant Foley
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9:28 PM EST CBS NEWS PROJECTS PRESIDENT NELSON ROCKEFELLER WINS REELECTION
Cronkite: "It's 9:28 PM EST, the polls have already closed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Tennessee.Ladies and Gentlemen, the CBS News Decision Desk has researched information from exit polls, data analysis, etc., can now determine based on trends coming in. CBS News can now officially project that President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, the man who sought the Presidency three different times in unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964 and 1968, the man who served 14 years as New York State Governor before becoming the 41st Vice President of the United States, eventually ascending to the Presidency upon the assassination of President Gerald Ford on September 5, 1975, has been declared the winner of the 1976 Presidential election.
President Rockefeller has reached as of now 339 Electoral Votes having been declared the winner in New Jersey (17 Electoral Votes), Pennsylvania (27 Electoral Votes), Michigan (21 Electoral Votes), Minnesota (10 Electoral Votes), Wisconsin (11 Electoral Votes) and Tennessee (10 Electoral Votes)."
(1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS) 55% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING
Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY St)/Linwood Holton (R-VA):
55,873,773 (63.83%)✔
338 Electoral Votes
George Wallace (D-AL)/Jimmy Carter (D-GA)
20,804,672 (32.73%)
31 Electoral Votes
9:47 PM EST
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: GOVERNOR WALLACE REPORTEDLY CALLS PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER TO CONCEDE 1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Cronkite: "We're back with a major development: sources from both campaigns tell CBS News that Governor Wallace just phoned President Rockefeller to conceding the presidential election. The three-term Alabama Governor has reportedly congratulated the President on his landslide victory and wished him well in the upcoming first full four-year term. And we're just hearing that both candidates will be giving speeches tonight, but not before all results in all 50 states are in. For this, stay tuned as we continue live coverage of Campaign 76 right here on CBS News."
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