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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win Pa., third swing state

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Last Updated: November 5, 2024, 11:56 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. With wins in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Trump is on track to win the presidency.

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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Here's how the news is developing.
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ByAlexandra Samuels
Nov 05, 2024, 10:31 PM EST

Democrats retain control of Maryland’s U.S. Senate seat

ABC News projects that Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will win the open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland.

Democratic Maryland Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks cheers during an election night watch party, Nov. 5, 2024, in College Park, Md.
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She faced off against Republican Larry Hogan, the former governor in the state. Alsobrooks will replace Sen. Ben Cardin, who retired in May after five decades in politics. With roughly 53% of the expected vote in, Alsobrooks led Hogan 60% to 39%. The Democrat's victory makes her the first Black U.S. senator in Maryland's history.

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ByMonica Potts
Nov 05, 2024, 10:30 PM EST

Polls are closed in swing state Nevada, but we probably won't see results for awhile

Polls closed in an important swing state -- Nevada -- 20 minutes ago. But let this be your reminder that it could be an hour or two before we see any results and possibly days before we know the results of the presidential election there. The state is very close and many voters vote by mail. Historically, it has taken Clark County, where the vast majority of the states' voters live, several days to finish counting.

ByMary Radcliffe
Nov 05, 2024, 10:28 PM EST

The polls are having another good night

The results from the Southeastern states are looking good for Trump, as Nathaniel mentioned earlier, and that seems like a win for polling this cycle. As we saw in 2022, we've had a cacophony of complaints about the polls this year: that they were too Republican-leaning, or that they underestimated Trump twice before and might do it again. But everything so far tonight seems to validate that the death of the polling industry, once again, may have been greatly exaggerated.

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ByGeoffrey Skelley
Nov 05, 2024, 10:26 PM EST

Trump slightly ahead in Pennsylvania with half the vote in

With just about half of the expected vote reporting in Pennsylvania, Trump leads by about 2 points, 50.5% to 48.6%. The good news for Trump is that he's improved on his 2020 position by about 3 points collectively in the 12 counties (of 67) that have reported at least 90% of their expected vote. One notable example is Lackawanna County in the state's northeast, which has reported 95% of its expected vote. Home to Scranton, Biden's birthplace, it's currently going to Harris by 3 points -- but that's a 5-point decline from Biden's 8-point margin edge there in 2020. Harris' hopes probably lie in winning more votes in the Philadelphia blue-collar counties and Philadelphia proper, which have many outstanding votes.