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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win the presidency

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Last Updated: November 5, 2024, 11:56 PM EST

With projections made in most states across the country, ABC has projected that former President Donald Trump will win the high-stakes presidential match-up against Vice President Kamala Harris. Early Wednesday morning, Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to set himself up for a second presidency, including by flipping the key swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Plus, Republicans are set up to take back the Senate majority, with at least 51 seats locked down — while control of the House remained up in the air.

Throughout the evening and into Wednesday morning, reporters from 538 followed along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on these races and all the others down the ballot. Follow our live election-night coverage in full below.

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Here's how the news is developing.
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ByGeoffrey Skelley
Nov 05, 2024, 9:44 PM EST

New York projected to go for Harris, but lots of House races still TBD

ABC News has projected that Harris will win New York and its 28 electoral votes. With 36% of the expected vote reporting there, she's ahead by 30 points, although that margin will come down to some extent as more votes are reported (based on what's outstanding).

In the Senate race, ABC News has also projected that Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will easily win reelection, too. The big thing to watch in New York, though, is the state's half-dozen competitive House races. But each of those remains far from decided at this point.

Kamala Harris will win New York and Rhode Island, and Donald Trump will win Louisiana, ABC News projects.
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2024 Election: Projections for N.Y., R.I., and La.

Kamala Harris will win New York and Rhode Island, and Donald Trump will win Louisiana, ABC News projects.
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ByDan Hopkins
Nov 05, 2024, 9:43 PM EST

The Senate's most liberal Senator (by one metric) returns

Democrat Elizabeth Warren is projected by ABC to be reelected senator from Massachusetts. Warren, who the widely used DW-NOMINATE ideological score places as the most liberal sitting U.S. senator, joined the Senate in 2013 after defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown, who himself won a surprising special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democrat Ted Kennedy.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) arrives to speak on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago.
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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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