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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ByCooper Burton
Nov 05, 2024, 9:41 PM EST

Sarah McBride will become the first openly transgender person elected to Congress

ABC News has projected that Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has won election to her state's at-large congressional district, making her the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress. It's been a history-making night for the First State: Earlier in the evening, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester won her election to become the first woman and first Black person to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Delaware.

Sarah McBride, Democratic candidate for Delaware's at-large congressional district, speaks during an election night watch party, Nov. 5, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.
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ByMary Radcliffe
Nov 05, 2024, 9:39 PM EST

Democrat Lanon Baccam looking for an upset in Iowa’s 3rd District

In Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, a competitive race that the 538 forecast rated as Lean Republican, Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam has an early lead, ahead of Republican freshman incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn 57% to 43%, with 49% of the expected vote reporting.

PHOTO: Lanon Baccam, Democrat running for Iowa's 3rd district Congressional seat, speaks at the West Des Moines Democrats monthly meeting in West Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2024.
Lanon Baccam, Democrat running for Iowa's 3rd district Congressional seat, speaks at the West Des Moines Democrats monthly meeting in West Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2024.
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ByNathaniel Rakich
Nov 05, 2024, 9:38 PM EST

I don't like Osborn's chances, Monica

It's true that Osborn is leading in Nebraska, Monica, but I don't like his chances. That's because most of the votes that are reporting are from relatively liberal Omaha and Lincoln. I expect Fischer to gain once rural Nebraska reports.

One particularly bad omen for Osborn: He's running basically even with Harris in the state, and Harris is not going to win Nebraska.

ByIvan Pereira
Nov 05, 2024, 9:36 PM EST

Maryland, New York projected to pass reproductive rights measures

ABC News has projected that the ballot measures in Maryland and New York that enshrined reproductive rights into state law will pass.