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 06, 2024, 1:18 AM EST

Fischer hangs on in Nebraska

ABC News projects that Republican Sen. Deb Fischer will defeat independent Dan Osborn to win reelection. Osborn put up a surprisingly strong performance for a non-Republican in the Cornhusker State, even running close to Fischer in our polling average. But Fischer avoided defeat, aided surely by her state's red lean. With around three-fourths of the expected vote reporting, she leads by about 5 points, 52.6% to 47.4%. If you look at the map below, you'll see that Osborn carried the major counties of Douglas (Omaha) and Lancaster (Lincoln), as well as a smattering of other places in the state, but it was not enough to topple Fischer.

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Nov 06, 2024, 1:16 AM EST

Checking in on abortion ballot measures around the country

Since our last update, the results of a few more ballot measures related to abortion have been projected. In Nevada, ABC News has projected that Question 6, which would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state's Constitution will pass. ABC News also projects that the pro-abortion rights ballot measures will pass in Colorado and Arizona.

Meanwhile abortion rights measures are leading in Missouri and Montana, and trailing in South Dakota and Nebraska (where there are dueling measures).

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Nov 06, 2024, 1:13 AM EST

Carbon emissions cap in Washington state to stay?

Washington state has on its ballot a measure to repeal the cap on carbon emissions. With lots of votes still to be counted, the "no" side is up 62% to 38% on Initiative 2117.

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Nov 06, 2024, 1:04 AM EST

It’s a dead heat in Arizona

In the presidential race, it’s 50% Trump to 49% Harris. Looking at the benchmarks tells us that while Trump is performing very well in some of the less-populated counties, Harris is able to hang on by hitting her benchmarks in Maricopa county, and slightly overperforming in Pima county. That being said, only about half of the vote has been counted, so there’s still plenty of time for a gap to appear — and given Trump’s performance in other swing states, it might not be in the Democrat’s favor.