The SF State College Republicans had been campaigning for Arizona Sen. John McCain's run for presidency, as well as local Republican candidates, for months. On election night, their hard work culminated with the attendance of a party at Club Sport in Pleasanton, sponsored by Republican San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the State Assembly.

The college GOP spent the last few months tabling, phone banking, and precinct walking for various candidates. They said they endured extensive negative feedback from liberal SF State students, but they also gained some support.

"There's a lot of general feeling from the far left students that we shouldn't even be here," said James Kincaid, vice president of the club. "But then everyday we also get people that come up to us and say they're happy to see us out there."

As they watched McCain concede the presidency to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the College Republicans were disappointed, but remained stoic in the face of a historic defeat, wherein America elected its first black president in place of their preferred candidate.

"Just because the man we've been spending the past God-knows-how-many-months fighting against got elected president, doesn't mean we're going to stop fighting," said Alan Perez, a marketing major who is active in the club.