U.S. Elections 2024 results LIVE: Republicans win Senate majority, as contest between Trump and Harris narrows

Trump, Harris rack up early wins as America awaits battleground results

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris notched early wins in reliably Republican and Democratic states, respectively, as a divided America made its decision in a stark choice for the nation’s future Tuesday November 5, 2024.

Polls closed in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and North Carolina, six of the seven closely fought battlegrounds expected to decide the election, but the results there were too early to call. Balloting continued in Nevada and other parts of the West on Election Day, as tens of millions of Americans added their ballots to the 84 million cast early as they chose between two candidates with drastically different temperaments and visions for the country.

Trump won Florida, a one-time battleground that has shifted heavily to Republicans in recent elections. He also notched early wins in reliably Republican states such as Texas, South Carolina and Indiana, while Harris took Democratic strongholds like New York, Massachusetts and Illinois.

( From agencies)

Key Updates —-

• Republicans take clear lead in battle for U.S. Congress
• AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins North Carolina
• AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins California
• AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Connecticut
• AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Florida
• AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Vermont
• AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Indiana
• Polls close in six States

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• November 06, 2024 11:31 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the 1st Congressional District in Nebraska and one electoral vote Republican Donald Trump won the electoral vote tied to Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District on Wednesday. The former president easily bested Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the district that includes Nebraska’s capital city of Lincoln and surrounding rural areas. The district has long favored Republican candidates. It has not backed a Democrat for president since before 1992, when the state began splitting its Electoral College votes based on the popular votes in individual congressional districts. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 1:01 a.m. EST.-AP
• wonNovember 06, 2024 11:30AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Georgia Former President Donald Trump won the swing state of Georgia on Wednesday, returning its 16 electoral votes to the Republican column. Joe Biden narrowly carried Georgia in 2020, but Republicans have won every other Georgia presidential vote since 1996. Trump tried to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia, setting off a political and legal struggle that led to his indictment in the state. While the state has two Democratic U.S. senators, Trump’s victory proves Georgia still has a Republican bent. Six candidates appeared on Georgia ballots, but votes for Claudia De la Cruz and Cornel West weren’t counted. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 12:58 a.m. EST.-AP
• November 06, 2024 11:26 Ro Khanna wins re-election to U.S. House in California’s 17th Congressional District Demovreative Representative R O Khanna  won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday.Mr. Khanna easily defeated Republican Anita Chen in a solidly blue district. Mr. Khanna was first elected to the U.S. House in 2016 after unseating incumbent Rep. Mike Honda, another Democrat.
• November 06, 2024 11:25 Harris campaign co-chair addresses demoralized election night party: ‘We still have votes to count’Harris’ campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, told the audience gathered at what was planned to be the Democratic nominee’s election night party at Howard University that the vice president would not speak tonight, but that the campaign was not giving up the fight against Trump.“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken,” said Richmond. “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight but you will hear from her tomorrow.”Richmond said Harris would return to Howard “not only to address her supporters but to address the nation.”-AP
• November 06, 2024 11:15 More and more Trump supporters are gathering to hear the former president speakWith Trump expected to address the watch party at Palm Beach Convention Center, Trump supporters are making their way into the venue as the president heads over from Mar-a-Lago.-AP
• November 06, 2024 11:09 Republicans take Senate majority for first time in 4 years Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years. The unexpected battleground of Nebraska pushed Republicans over the top. Incumbent GOP Sen Deb Fischer brushed back a surprisingly strong challenge from independent newcomer Dan Osborn.
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• November 06, 2024 10:51 Democrat Nancy Pelosi wins re-election to U.S. House in California’s 11th Congressional District Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. Elected to the House in 1987, Ms. Pelosi was the first woman to be elected as U.S. House Speaker. She has led the House Democrats since 2003.
• November 06, 2024 10:45 Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe defeats Democratic challenger to win Missouri governorshipRepublican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe won the Missouri Governor’s race, defeating Democratic challenger Crystal Quade to maintain the GOP’s grip on the State’s government. Mr. Kehoe will succeed GOP Gov. Mike Parson, who chose him to be his second-in-command in 2018. Mr. Parson was barred by term limits from seeking reelection.
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• WonNovember 06, 2024 10:40AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins the 2nd Congressional District in Nebraska and one electoral vote Democrat Kamala Harris won the electoral vote tied to Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday. The sitting vice president defeated Republican and former President Donald Trump in the district centered on Nebraska’s largest city of Omaha and its surrounding suburbs. The district has earned the nickname of Nebraska’s “blue dot” after having supported two other Democrats for president in the last 16 years – former President Barack Obama in 2008 and President Joe Biden in 2020. Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that split their Electoral College votes based on the popular votes in individual congressional districts. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 12:08 a.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 10:31 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Hawaii Vice President Kamala Harris won Hawaii and the state’s four electoral votes on Wednesday. It’s the 10th straight presidential election in which Hawaii has selected the Democratic Party candidate. The state last picked a Republican for the nation’s top office 40 years ago, when Ronald Reagan emerged victorious in 1984. Hawaii is a solidly blue state, with Democrats controlling all statewide elected offices and the state’s two U.S. House seats. Democrats have also long controlled more than three-quarters of the seats in both the state House and Senate. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 12:00 a.m. EST.-AP
• TrendsNovember 06, 2024 10:26 Republicans take clear lead in battle for U.S. CongressRepublicans looked like strong favorites to wrest the closely divided US Senate from Democratic control Tuesday after flipping two states and fending off an effort to unseat their most vulnerable members.While all eyes are on the White House race between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump, hundreds of congressional elections will determine how much of the next president’s agenda gets enacted. Jim Justice, the sitting Republican governor of West Virginia, emerged as an easy victor over his Democratic challenger in the Senate race to replace retiring moderate Joe Manchin, an independent who voted with the Democrats. Ohio then moved into the Republican column after longstanding Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown was defeated by Bernie Moreno, a Trump-endorsed businessman and the son of a one-time high-ranking Colombian government official. The US Capitol is divided into the House of Representatives, where all 435 seats are up for grabs — and a 100-member Senate, which has 34 seats at stake this year.- AFP
• November 06, 2024 10:23 Rupee hits record low on US election updates, RBI likely steps in The Indian rupee weakened to an all-time low on Wednesday as early results of the U.S. presidential election spurred a rally in the U.S. dollar, prompting the central bank to intervene. The rupee fell to 84.1950 against the dollar, down about 0.1% from its Tuesday close. Other Asian currencies, however, fared much worse, with the offshore Chinese yuan, the Korean won, the Malaysian ringgit and the Thai baht down 1% to 1.3%.The rupee’s relatively muted response was due to the Reserve Bank of India likely selling dollars, like it has done many times the last month.- Reuters
• WonNovember 06, 2024 10:14 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Virginia Vice President Kamala Harris won Virginia on Tuesday, adding 13 electoral votes to her tally. Harris’ victory marks the third time Donald Trump has lost the Old Dominion state. The Democratic nominee for president has won Virginia in every election since 2008. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:42 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 10:04AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New MexicoKamala Harris won New Mexico on Tuesday, adding five electoral votes to Democrats’ tally. The Democratic Party’s influence in New Mexico has only grown over the last two decades, with former President George W. Bush being the last Republican to win the state in 2004. Harris never made any campaign stops in the state, but support in New Mexico’s more populous areas outweighed voters in conservative pockets as second-term Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of the state’s congressional delegation campaigned on the vice president’s behalf. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:33 p.m. EST.-AP
• November 06, 2024 10:00 Harris campaign chair stresses patience to nervous Democrats, staff watching vote totalsHarris’ campaign chair stressed patience and resolve in a message to all campaign staff obtained by The Associated Press, arguing that the “closeness of the race is exactly what we prepared for” and predicting the race won’t “come into focus until the early morning hours.”The message from campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon was meant for an audience beyond campaign staff, too, as nervous Democrats nationwide watch the race between Harris and Trump narrow to a handful of key battleground states. “As we have known all along, this is a razor thin race,” wrote O’Malley Dillon, citing turnout in Philadelphia and early vote totals in suburban Bucks County, Pennsylvania; outstanding votes in Detroit; and uncounted vote in Dane and Milwaukee counties in Wisconsin, two Democratic strongholds. While the longtime Democratic operative noted forthcoming counting in Nevada and Arizona, the memo highlighted how central the so-called “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are to Harris’ path to victory.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:56 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Oregon Kamala Harris won Oregon on Tuesday, adding eight electoral votes to her tally. Oregon has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous presidential election after gaining a congressional seat following the 2020 census. The Democratic nominee for president has won Oregon since 1988. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:23 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 09:53 Trump’s North Carolina win gives him options toward 270 threshold By winning North Carolina, Trump maintains options to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold. Trump can reach the magic number by carrying Georgia and Pennsylvania or by carrying Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. He also can win by carrying Wisconsin and Arizona, as well as other combinations involving Nevada. But that would require him to crack the blue wall of northern states Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump blitzed North Carolina in the final days of the campaign, stopping in four cities over four days and finishing his North Carolina campaign in Raleigh on Monday.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:51 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins North Carolina Former President Donald Trump won the battleground state of North Carolina on Tuesday. Trump receives the state’s 16 electoral votes after defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Trump also won the state in 2016 and 2020, but Democrats had been optimistic they could reverse previous outcomes with campaign spending, canvassing and Harris rallies. They also tried to link Trump to embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. But Trump and running mate JD Vance visited North Carolina often during the fall campaign, pushing a more protectionist economic agenda and promises to crack down on illegal immigration and the southern border. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 11:18 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 09:47 Dollar soars, bitcoin hits record, stocks gain as Trump leads The dollar surged and bitcoin hit a record high Wednesday while most equity markets advanced as traders bet on a victory for Donald Trump as early results for the US presidential election rolled in. While polls have shown the race for the White House on a knife edge, the Republican appeared to be faring better than his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris in early projections. Both candidates have picked up expected wins in safe states, but indications that the business tycoon was edging it boosted the so-called Trump Trade.- AFP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:33 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins California Kamala Harris won California on Tuesday, giving her the largest prize in the presidential election – 54 electoral votes. The outcome in the heavily Democratic state where Harris previously served as a U.S. senator and attorney general was expected. A Republican candidate hasn’t won a presidential contest in the nation’s most populous state since 1988, and the GOP hasn’t seriously contested California in a presidential election since 2000. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in California by about 2-to-1, and the party holds every statewide office and dominates the Legislature and congressional delegation. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins IdahoFormer President Donald Trump won Idaho for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Idaho is deeply red, and the Republican presidential nominee has carried the state with more than 60% of the vote for the last several elections. The last time a Democratic presidential nominee won Idaho was 60 years ago, when Lyndon Johnson beat Republican Barry Goldwater by a narrow margin of just over 5,300 votes. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST.
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:32AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Washington Vice President Kamala Harris won Washington’s 12 electoral votes on Tuesday, besting former President Donald Trump in a state where he is not popular. Washington has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. President Joe Biden carried Washington in 2020 with 58% of the vote to Trump’s less than 39%. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• TrendsNovember 06, 2024 09:31How is it looking for the 2024 battleground States With only six State polls left to close, former President Donald Trump so far appears to be leading in electoral college votes. While he is leading on 210 votes, Vice President Harris is behind at 113 votes. To win, a candidate needs 270 electoral college votes. This is how the battleground States are faring as of now Pennsylvania: Donald Trump leads by 2%Michigan: Donald Trump leads by 4%Wisconsin: Donald Trump leads by 2%Georgia: Donald Trump leads by 3%Nevada: Counting yet to be reported Arizona: Donald Trump leads by less than 1%North Carolina: Donald Trump leads by 2%
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:16 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins the 1st Congressional District in Maine and one electoral voteVoters in Maine’s 1st Congressional District, which is comprised of wealthy coastal communities, delivered an electoral vote to Democrat Kamala Harris on Tuesday. Maine is one of two states that divide electoral votes with two votes going to the statewide winner and one apiece to the winner of each congressional district. Harris won the vote in the state’s more liberal district. The rural, conservative 2nd District voted for Republican Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner of Maine’s 1st District at 10:45 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 09:13 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins KansasFormer President Donald Trump won Kansas and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. Republican candidates have carried Kansas in every presidential election since 1964, and it was the third election in a row that Trump has won the state. Kansas City-area suburbs that once were reliable GOP strongholds started leaning more Democratic after Trump was elected president in 2016, but Trump has retained his strong popularity in much of the state and particularly in rural areas. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 10:39 p.m. EST
• WonNovember 06, 2024 09:11 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins IowaFormer President Donald Trump won Iowa on Tuesday, claiming the state’s six electoral votes. Formerly considered a swing state, Iowa has proved to be a clear example of Trump’s appeal among Republican voters and his staying power in the GOP. A majority of Iowans backed Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 but chose Trump decisively in 2016 and again in 2020. Now, after easily earning the support of Iowa’s Republican caucusgoers earlier this year and buoying his reelection bid, Trump has won the state in three consecutive presidential elections. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 10:40 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 08:52 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins the District of Columbia Vice President Kamala Harris won the District of Columbia on Tuesday, securing the capital’s three electoral votes. Harris’ win in D.C. is no surprise – the District is a longtime Democratic stronghold whose government repeatedly feuded with Republican Donald Trump when he was the president. Trump has described modern-day Washington as a crime-ridden dystopia, and Republican allies in Congress have threatened to strip D.C. of its limited autonomy. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 10:20 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 08:50 Young voters show a small but possibly important shift toward TrumpAP VoteCast data indicates that Trump and Harris’ coalitions appeared largely similar to the 2020 race, with Harris’ coalition largely resembling the diverse group that President Biden assembled four years ago.Preliminary AP VoteCast findings, however, hints at some shifts among demographic groups that could be meaningful, including among younger voters.Younger voters have had their political lives shaped by the presence of Trump, now in his third presidential election. Voters under age 30 are a fraction of the total electorate. But about half of them supported Harris, compared to the roughly 6 in 10 who backed Biden in 2020. Slightly more than 4 in 10 young voters went for Trump, up from about one-third in 2020.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 08:41 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Colorado Kamala Harris won Colorado on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 10 electoral votes. Colorado was once a purple state, flipping between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but it has shifted blue in the past two decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to snag Colorado’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in 2004. Since then, it’s backed Democratic presidential candidates, with Joe Biden winning it handily in 2020. Colorado gained its 10th electoral vote after the 2020 census, attributed to population growth around Denver. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 10:08 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 08:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Utah Donald Trump won Utah and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. The Mountain West state is a rare Republican stronghold that has in past elections only half-heartedly supported Trump, whose brash style and comments about immigrants do not sit right with some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, make up about half of Utah’s 3.4 million residents. A Democratic presidential candidate has not won in Utah since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Voters have historically favored moderate Republicans in statewide elections. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 10:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 08:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Montana Former President Donald Trump won Montana for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Montana has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous two, as the state received an additional congressional seat following the 2020 census. Montana has gone to the Republican nominee for president in all but one election going back to 1968. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 10:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 08:31 Abortion is a top issue for some voters, mostly those who back HarrisAbortion policy remains central to some voters’ decision-making, and majorities support access to legal abortion in at least most cases. But that may have limits. Florida voters on Tuesday rejected an attempt to repeal the state’s strict six-week abortion ban. The ballot measure had a big hurdle to clear, needing robust support — 60% of voters — in order to pass. It didn’t register as hugely important to a majority of voters; just over half said the outcome of the ballot initiative was very important to them, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 4,700 voters in Florida.Nationally, about 1 in 10 voters — including 2 in 10 Harris voters — said they see abortion as the top issue facing the country, an issue that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris made a central focus of her campaign.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 08:27 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Missouri Republican Donald Trump won the reliably conservative state of Missouri on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris. Missouri voters overwhelmingly favored Trump over Democrats in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and he was favored to win again this year. In the past decade, the GOP has become increasingly dominant in Missouri, and Republicans now hold all statewide political offices. Republicans also hold large majorities in both legislative chambers. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:49 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 08:1 5U.S. Election Day unfolds relatively smoothly, even as Trump makes claims of wrongdoingElection Day in the U.S. unfolded relatively smoothly on November 5, 2024, as voters across the country faced only scattered disruptions and delays despite concerns about disinformation, foreign influence and threats to election workers and voting systems.A series of bomb threats turned out to be hoaxes in parts of Georgia and Arizona, two presidential battleground States, and federal officials warned that Russia was seeking to sow chaos and uncertainty into America’s vote for president.
• November 06, 2024 08:08 Hours extended at 9 precincts in eastern Arizona county A judge has ordered polling places to remain open two extra hours in nine precincts in an eastern Arizona county following a rocky start to Election Day that included malfunctioning equipment and a lack of printed ballots.Apache County Superior Court Judge Michael Latham agreed to keep the polls open at the request of the Navajo Nation, which filed a lawsuit asking for extended hours due to the problems.Meanwhile, bomb threats to polling places at schools in neighboring Navajo County prompted some to close momentarily and one to evacuate and send students home for the day.Authorities said they received email bomb threats at four locations in Navajo County, including at least three polling sites. They determined the threats were not credible.- AP
• November 06, 2024 08:0 1No surprises as polls close. Eyes now turn to Eastern battlegrounds There has been little surprise in results so far with polls across most of the country having closed. Trump won Republican-leaning states including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, while Harris won a swath of New England and the Northeast including New Jersey and New York. Meanwhile, attention is gravitating toward the Eastern battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 08:00 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the 3rd Congressional District in Nebraska and one electoral vote Republican Donald Trump won the electoral vote tied to Nebraska’s vast, rural 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday. The former president easily defeated Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the state’s most conservative of its three districts, covering 80 counties and two time zones. The district is also one of the most conservative in the country and supported Trump by about 3-to-1 in both 2016 and 2020. The last time the district voted for a Democrat to represent it in the U.S. House was in 1958. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:25 p.m. EST.-AP
• November 06, 2024 08:00 Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz urges voters to stay in l
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:49AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Texas Former President Donald Trump won Texas for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding 40 electoral votes to his tally. Texas gained two more electoral votes this cycle after the 2020 census. The Republican nominee for president has won Texas for nearly 50 years since Democrat Jimmy Carter carried the state in 1976. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:12 p.m. EST.- AP
• TrendsNovember 06, 2024 07:48 Donald Trump extends lead over Kamala Harris With polling now closed in over 40 States, Donald Trump has maintained his lead in electoral college votes, as per race calls made by news agencies. The former President is leading with 177 electoral votes, over Kamala Harris who has gathered 99 electoral votes)Former President Donald Trump opened his accounts with projected wins in Indiana and Kentucky. As more polls closed, he was projected to win West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris trailed as she was projected to win the following States: Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Delaware. 
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:39 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Ohio Republican Donald Trump carried Ohio for a third time on Tuesday, defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to capture the state’s 17 electoral votes. Support for the former president helped turn Ohio from a presidential bellwether to reliably Republican in recent years. Ohio voters supported him by wide margins in 2016 and 2020, and they delivered for him again this year. No Republican has reached the White House without carrying Ohio. In 2020, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win the presidency without winning Ohio since John F. Kennedy in 1960. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:08 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:34 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the statewide vote in Nebraska and two electoral votes Republican Donald Trump won the statewide popular vote in Nebraska for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, receiving two electoral college votes. Nebraska is one of two states that divide electoral votes with two votes going to the statewide winner and one apiece to the winner of each congressional district. Trump won Nebraska by 25 percentage points in 2016 and by 19 points four years later. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win the statewide popular vote in Nebraska was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. The AP declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:33 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New YorkVice President Kamala Harris won New York’s presidential contest on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 28 electoral votes. New York has now voted for the Democrat in every presidential contest since giving Ronald Reagan the nod in his landslide 1984 election. Former President Donald Trump has consistently struggled to gain traction in his home state, losing New York in each of his three runs for the White House. New York’s electoral vote haul is the fourth richest, after California, Texas and Florida, but has one fewer vote than it did four years ago due to population shifts. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins North Dakota Former President Donald Trump won North Dakota’s three electoral votes on Tuesday. His victory continues a decades long streak of Republican presidential wins in the conservative state known for its agriculture and energy production. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state was President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. North Dakota has about 784,000 residents. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember, 06, 2024 07:33AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins South Dakota Former President Donald Trump won South Dakota’s three electoral votes for president Tuesday. The Republican nominee had been expected to prevail comfortably in a state where GOP voters outnumber Democrats by more than 2-to-1. No Democratic nominee has carried South Dakota since President Lyndon Johnson won in 1964. Trump received nearly 62% of the vote in each of his previous runs for president, and both times his margin was more than 26 percentage points. Almost 51% of the state’s 616,000 registered voters are Republicans, while fewer than 24% are Democrats. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:32AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Louisiana Former President Donald Trump won Louisiana on Tuesday for the third consecutive presidential election, increasing his electoral vote tally by eight. In addition to voter support, Trump has various powerful political allies in and from the Bayou State, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Gov. Jeff Landry. In Louisiana, where the GOP currently holds each statewide elected office and controls the legislature, the Republican nominee for president has won every election since 1996. Trump won Louisiana with about 58% of the vote in both 2016 and 2020. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:32 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Wyoming Former President Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in deep-red Wyoming to win the least-populated state’s three electoral votes on Tuesday. One of the most Republican states by almost any measure, Wyoming gave Trump his widest margins of victory in any state in the 2020 and 2016 elections. Trump made at least one fundraising visit to Wyoming in 2024 but did not campaign in the state. He focused instead on states less certain to deliver him wins. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 07:22 Oil prices fall on stronger dollar as polls start closing in U.S. election Oil prices fell on Wednesday as early poll results in the U.S. election showed Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a tight race for the presidency. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude lost 27 cents, or 0.4%, to trade at $71.72 per barrel, and Brent crude oil futures lost 0.35 cents, or 0.46%, to trade at $75.18 per barrel at 0132 GMT. Trump won eight states in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election while Harris captured three states and Washington, D.C., Edison Research projected, but the outcome of the race remained uncertain with critical battleground states unlikely to be called for hours or even days.- Reuters
• November 06, 2024 07:14 Almost every region of Florida shifted to the rightIn comparison to 2020, nearly all of Florida has moved right during this presidential election cycle. Miami-Dade County saw the greatest increase, with an 18 percentage point shift right. It was enough to move the county from the Democrats’ column in 2020 to the Republicans’ this year.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:14AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Illinois Vice President Kamala Harris won Illinois on Tuesday, claiming the state’s 19 electoral votes for Democrats. The reliably blue state, the home of former President Barack Obama, has supported Democratic presidential candidates since 1992. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:38 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 07:06AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Delaware Democrat Kamala Harris won Delaware’s presidential contest Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Donald Trump. Harris’ victory in solid-blue Delaware was a foregone conclusion, given the stranglehold Democrats have held on the state’s three electoral votes for decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to win in Delaware was George H.W. Bush in 1988. That’s also the last time Delaware voters elected a Republican governor. Delaware’s congressional delegation for years has been composed entirely of Democrats, who also control both chambers of the state legislature. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:34 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:02 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Arkansas Former President Donald Trump secured Arkansas’ six electoral votes on Tuesday, winning the heavily Republican state for the third presidential election in a row. Trump had the backing of the state’s top Republican figures, including Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders, who had served as Trump’s White House press secretary, endorsed the former president’s bid and campaigned for him. Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination and declined to endorse Trump’s reelection. Democrats have not won a presidential election in Arkansas since 1996, when native son Bill Clinton won reelection. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:30 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 07:02 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New Jersey Vice President Kamala Harris won New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes on Tuesday. Harris’ victory over Republican Donald Trump continues Democrats’ dominance in the state, which has gone with the Democratic candidate for president in every election since 1988. New Jersey Democrats have nearly 1 million more registered voters than Republicans. Trump has ties to New Jersey, including golf clubs across the state. He also operated casinos in the shore resort of Atlantic City, but they ended in bankruptcy. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:30 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 06:58 Senator Bernie Sanders wins a fourth term representing Vermont Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent beloved by progressives, won re-election to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate.Mr. Sanders defeated Republican Gerald Malloy, a U.S. Army veteran and businessman. Also on the ballot were independent candidate Steve Berry, as well as minor party candidates Mark Stewart Greenstein, Matt Hill and Justin Schoville.
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• candidateNovember 06, 2024 06:50 Once the bellwether, Florida quietly slides to Trump Florida is the third-biggest prize of the night in electoral votes, but Trump’s win is no surprise since Florida has been trending Republican for the past decade.The last Democrat to carry Florida was Barack Obama in 2012, but it since has slipped decidedly into GOP ranks in statewide elections. Ron DeSantis won reelection by nearly 20 percentage points in 2022, a political lifetime after the contested 2000 presidential election came down to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stop the recount in the race between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush.- AP
• TrendsNovember 06, 2024 06:41 Donald Trump leads with 95 electoral votes As polls closed in over half the States, early race calls made by news agencies projected Donald Trump as leading with 95 electoral votes, over Kamala Harris (35 electoral votes)Former President Donald Trump opened his accounts with projected wins in Indiana and Kentucky. As more polls closed, he was projected to win West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris trailed as she was projected to win the following States: Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland.
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:34 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins South Carolina Former President Donald Trump won South Carolina on Tuesday, earning its nine electoral votes for the third straight election. South Carolina has not voted for the Democratic nominee for president since 1976, when Democrat Jimmy Carter — the governor of the neighboring state of Georgia — defeated Republican President Gerald Ford throughout the South. Four years ago, Trump won 55% of the vote, matching his performance from 2016. Given the success Republicans have in the state, presidential candidates rarely spend time campaigning there. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:01 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:33 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Maryland Vice President Kamala Harris won Maryland and its 10 electoral votes on Tuesday. Maryland is a heavily Democratic state that is home to many federal workers next to the nation’s capital. The state has a Black population of about 30%, the largest percentage of any state outside the Deep South. Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1 in the state. Former President Donald Trump is deeply unpopular in Maryland. In 2020, Trump received just 32% of the vote. A Republican has not won a presidential election in the state since George H.W. Bush in 1988. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Oklahoma Former President Donald Trump won Oklahoma and its seven electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. A Democrat has not won the presidential race in Oklahoma since 1964, and Trump was heavily favored to win. The last time a Democrat won one of Oklahoma’s 77 counties in a presidential race was in 2000 when Al Gore won nine counties in the eastern part of the state during his loss to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Tennessee Former President Donald Trump won Tennessee on Tuesday, keeping the firmly Republican state and its 11 electoral votes in his win column. Trump won Tennessee by about 23 percentage points in 2020 and by 26 points in 2016. The state’s two Republican U.S. senators, Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, both won their first elections behind endorsements from Trump. The state has not voted for a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton’s reelection in 1996. Voters in 2000 turned on Clinton’s vice president from Tennessee, Al Gore, and voted for George W. Bush. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:33 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Connecticut Vice President Kamala Harris won Connecticut on Tuesday, extending the state’s long trend of supporting Democratic presidential candidates and adding seven electoral votes to her tally. This year marked the ninth consecutive presidential election in which Connecticut voters favored the Democratic candidate. The last Republican presidential candidate to win the state was George H.W. Bush in 1988. Former President Donald Trump has now lost Connecticut three times, first to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then to Joe Biden and now to Harris. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:32 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Massachusetts Vice President Kamala Harris won Massachusetts on Tuesday, continuing a decades long streak of victories for Democratic presidential candidates in the Bay State. The last time Massachusetts backed a Republican candidate was in 1984 when voters cast their ballots for Ronald Reagan. The commonwealth and its 11 electoral votes have become one of the reliable gains for Democrats in presidential elections. In 2020, Joe Biden easily defeated Donald Trump, winning more than 65% of the vote. The state has also become a steady source of campaign cash for both Republican and Democratic candidates, though few spend time campaigning in the state. Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:32 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Rhode Island Vice President Kamala Harris won Rhode Island on Tuesday, giving her four electoral votes and continuing the Democrats’ dominance in the state. The last time a Republican presidential candidate won Rhode Island was in 1984, when former President Ronald Reagan defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale. President Joe Biden easily defeated former President Donald Trump in Rhode Island in 2020, winning more than 59% of the vote. Hillary Clinton also did well in the state, winning over 54% of the vote in 2016. Given the Democrats’ success in Rhode Island, presidential candidates rarely spend time campaigning in the state. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:32 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Florida Donald Trump won Florida on Tuesday for the third consecutive election, earning the state’s 30 electoral votes. Once a crucial battleground state, Florida has been drifting toward the Republican Party in recent years. A Democratic presidential nominee has not won the state since Barack Obama carried it in 2012. Meanwhile, Trump grew his margin of victory in his adopted home state between 2016 and 2020. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:01 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:31 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Mississippi Former President Donald Trump won Mississippi on Tuesday, claiming the state’s six electoral votes and continuing a long winning streak for Republicans. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Mississippi was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Republicans hold both of Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seats, three of its four U.S. House seats, all eight statewide offices and a wide majority in the state House and Senate. Gov. Tate Reeves and most other Republican officials in Mississippi endorsed Trump, while Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson endorsed the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:31 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Alabama Former President Donald Trump won Alabama for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding nine electoral votes to the Republican’s tally. Democrats have not won Alabama since 1976, when Jimmy Carter carried the state. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST- AP
• November 06, 2024 06:21 Trump urges supporters on social media to ‘stay in line’ Trump posted a clip on his social networks asking Republican voters to “stay in line.”“We’re doing really well. If you’re in line, stay in line,” he says in the 13-second clip. “Don’t let them take you off that line.
• November 06, 2024 06:06Trump adviser projects confidence Senior Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski is projecting confidence as polls begin to close.“ He feels great,” he said of Trump, speaking at the former president’s watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida. “We are ready, when the election is called, to begin the transition to put this country back on track.” Trump’s campaign sees its easiest path to the nomination running through Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. “Donald Trump has momentum,” he argued. As for the persistent gender gap in polls, he says, “Women do not vote only on their gender … It’s a fallacy.”- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 06:02AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins West Virginia Former President Donald Trump won West Virginia for the third straight presidential election cycle on Tuesday. The victory adds four electoral votes to the former president’s count. West Virginia has one fewer electoral vote this cycle after losing a congressional seat following the 2020 census. The state is one of only two where Trump won every county in 2016 and 2020. No Democrat has won the presidential election in West Virginia since Bill Clinton in 1996. Republicans control every elected partisan statewide office in West Virginia. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 7:30 p.m. EST.- AP
• November 06, 2024 06:02 Polls close in three more States The second batch of polls closed in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia North Carolina has counted votes quickly in the past. It could be slower this year in western counties devastated by Hurricane Helene since those residents got additional options for returning ballots. – AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 05:39 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Kentucky Former President Donald Trump won Kentucky for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding eight electoral votes to his tally. The Republican nominee for president has won Kentucky in every election since Democrat Bill Clinton carried the Bluegrass State in 1996. Kentucky’s most powerful Republican, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, once called Trump “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. But in a remarkable turnaround, McConnell endorsed Trump’s bid to return to the White House. During Trump’s term, the two worked together to pass a tax cuts package and to put three conservative justices on the Supreme Court. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 7:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 05:38 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins Vermont Kamala Harris won the Democratic stronghold of Vermont on Tuesday. The small state has voted in favor of Democratic candidates in the previous eight presidential elections. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, has been a critic of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and voted for Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 7:00 p.m. EST.- AP
• WonNovember 06, 2024 05:37 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Indiana Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election in Indiana on Tuesday. The reliably conservative state, where Republicans have held the governor’s office for 20 years, gave Trump its 11 electoral votes over Democrat Kamala Harris. Indiana has been favorable toward Trump in his three races for the White House. In 2016, the year he won the presidency, and again in 2020, Trump took 57% of the Hoosier state vote. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 7:00 p.m. EST.- AP