Election 2024 updates: With Arizona, Trump sweeps all 7 swing states

The final electoral college count is Trump: 312, Harris: 226.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2024, 9:00 PM EST

Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.

Trump is also the projected winner in Arizona, a state the former president flipped after losing it to Joe Biden in 2020.

Trump's projected win in the vital swing state marks a sweep of the battleground states.

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Nov 05, 2024, 8:37 PM EST

Will there be any surprises this election?

In the last two presidential elections, there have been some major surprises. Surprise was, of course, the theme for 2016, when Trump won a decisive Electoral College victory with the crumbling of the "blue wall" of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. With Clinton ahead in the polls that year, this a significant upset. In 2020, Biden's victories in Arizona and Georgia came as a surprise to many observers -- neither had gone to the Democratic presidential candidate since the 1990s.

Is it possible for us to be surprised this year? Most race predictions allowed for a wide range of outcomes, with either candidate winning the popular vote, the Electoral College or one but not the other. The major competitive states still seem like anyone's guess. A Harris victory in North Carolina, where votes are still being counted, might be a slight surprise -- Trump won there in both 2016 and 2020 -- but so far, we haven't seen anything unexpected, and it's not clear that we will.

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Nov 05, 2024, 8:32 PM EST

Trump projected to win Arkansas

ABC News projects that Trump will win the presidential contest in Arkansas, gaining the state's six electoral votes. He won with 61% of the state's votes against Clinton in 2016 and 62% against Biden in 2020. His former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is the state's current governor.

Nov 05, 2024, 8:30 PM EST

Polls closing at 8:30 p.m.

It's now 8:30 p.m. Eastern, and polls are fully closed in Arkansas. Here are our forecasts for races in the Natural State.

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Nov 05, 2024, 8:28 PM EST

Republican win projected for Indiana governor

ABC News projects that Republican Mike Braun will win the governor's race in Indiana over his Democratic opponent, Jennifer McCormick, a former Republican who left the party over disagreements on education policy. He'll extend the party's 20-year hold on the position.

Republican candidate Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., speaks during a debate for Indiana governor hosted by the Indiana Debate Commission at WFYI, Oct. 24, 2024, in Indianapolis.
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