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, 1:40 AM EST

North Carolina legislative Democrats set to break GOP supermajority

Democrats are on their way to breaking Republicans’ supermajority in the North Carolina state House, meaning that the legislature won’t be able to override the Democratic governor’s vetoes. Prior to tonight, Republicans occupied at least 60% of North Carolina’s legislative seats. This gave the party the power to override gubernatorial vetoes if they voted as a bloc, and was massively important for Republicans as the state’s outgoing governor, Roy Cooper, is a Democrat. After tonight, Republicans will still represent the majority of lawmakers in the state’s legislature — but the party is likely to lose its supermajority. That’s because, in House District 24, Democrat Dante Pittman is leading incumbent Republican Rep. Ken Fontenot. If that trend continues then, come January, Republicans will no longer have the power to override gubernatorial vetoes; this could force the party to negotiate with Governor-elect Josh Stein in order to pass their priorities.

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Nov 06, 2024, 1:23 AM EST

Republicans will capture the Senate

ABC News projects that Republicans will gain control of the Senate in the 119th Congress, set to begin on Jan. 3, 2025. ABC News has projected Republican pickups in Ohio and West Virginia, which puts the GOP at 51 seats, and Republicans currently hold narrow leads in Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Nevada also looks very close, so the GOP could in theory secure as many as 56 seats based on the way results look right now.

Republicans are projected to clinch control of the Senate after flipping at least two key states and successfully protecting their incumbents.
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Republicans clinch Senate control with key flips

Republicans are projected to clinch control of the Senate after flipping at least two key states and successfully protecting their incumbents.
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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).