Election Day 7:55 p.m.

Rhonda Plate, a 67-year-old Oregonian, is waiting for this year’s election results at the Lane County Republican watch party. “I’d like to say he’s our next president,” said Plate.

Plate voted for Trump because of his stances on abortion, the border crisis, and his plan to lower food and housing prices. Plate would also like to see her home state of Oregon change for the better, she said. Homelessness and the fentanyl epidemic are large problems to tackle, but she believes Trump will have the best chance to do so. “He’s gonna have a full-time job.”

Election Day 7:38 p.m.

Osborne Thomas, or “Coach Oz,” was selling Harris campaign merchandise at the Democratic Party of Lane County’s watch party in downtown Eugene.  

The football coach began selling campaign merchandise during the Obama campaign when Oz and his daughter needed to earn money. “Every single house that had an Obama sign on it, I went to that house. 11 minutes later, I made $300,” he said.

Years later, Oz is selling campaign merchandise for the Harris/Walz campaign. He says that Vice President Harris will win because of love. “She loves the country. She’s trying to bring us together. In the end, that always rises to the top.”

Election Day 7:28 p.m.

“The divide between blue and red states is only going to get bigger if Trump wins,” said Ashley Terriel, 21, a senior at the University of Oregon. Terriel dropped off her ballot earlier in the day at the Erb Memorial dropbox. Terriel is disappointed with her home state of Virginia. “I am having high levels of anxiety and no levels of control.”

“I’m worried about my family because they’re still in Virginia,” she said.