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Election Day 2024 live results: The 7 swing states have yet to be projected

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Last Updated: November 5, 2024, 10:16 PM EST

Polls have closed in some states and the first results are coming in in the high-stakes presidential match-up between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. According to 538's forecast, both candidates have a roughly equal chance to win.

Voters are still at polling places around the country, casting ballots to decide who controls not only the White House, but also Congress, state and local governments.

Reporters from 538 and ABC News will be following along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on the results. Keep up to date with our full live blog below!

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When did these states last go blue?

At 8 pm, ABC News projected Trump wins in Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Oklahoma hasn’t been in the Democratic column in a presidential race since 1964, while Alabama also last cast its electoral college votes for a Democrat in 1976, when Jimmy Carter (from neighboring Georgia) was the nominee.

Missouri and Tennessee both went Democratic for the last time in 1996 with Bill Clinton seeking re-election.

And Florida was a swing state until more recently, so the fact that it was called so early is a striking reminder of how times (and swing states) change. The 2000 election was decided after 36 days and an intensive recount in Florida, where George W. Bush very narrowly prevailed over Al Gore.

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Republicans projected to take West Virginia's Governor's race

Shocking no one, ABC News projects that Republican Patrick Morrisey has won the West Virginia gubernatorial race.

Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia attorney general, is seen in Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis. July 15, 2024.
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Chris Murphy projected to win a third term in the Senate

ABC News is projecting that two-term incumbent Connecticut senator Chris Murphy will (perhaps expectedly) go back to the chamber for a third term.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy speaks during a debate with Republican senate candidate Matt Corey, Oct 30, 2024, in New Haven, Conn.
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Early marker in Virginia suggests Harris leads there, but may have reason to worry

Loudoun County outside of the nation's capitol contributed the third-largest share of Virginia's statewide vote in 2020 (4.4%), and with 95% of its expected vote reporting, Harris clearly leads there by about 16 points, 56% to 40%. That puts her ahead our benchmark for her in Loudoun (Harris +12), but puts her well behind Biden's 25-point margin there in 2020. So on the one hand, Harris may be in a position to win Virginia. However, Loudoun is a highly affluent, highly educated county — the kind of place Harris may need to improve on nationally if she's losing ground in other sorts of places. It is true, however, that Loudoun took a sharp turn to the right in the state's 2021 gubernatorial election, which the Democratic nominee carried by only 11 points en route to a 2-point loss statewide. So we'll want to keep seeing data from other spots before saying Loudoun is a signal of a national trend.