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.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Nov 06, 2024, 12:58 PM EST

Mitch McConnell congratulates Trump

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is leaving GOP leadership, addressed reporters Wednesday in the Capitol for the first time since Republicans seized control of the Senate.

“It’s certainly a happy day for the GOP. And let me start by congratulating President Donald Trump. What he’s accomplished has not been done… since Grover Cleveland -- which is a while back," McConnell said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky. speaks during a news conference about the election at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 6, 2024.
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McConnell said the results of the election were a “referendum of the current administration in part -- people were just not happy with this administration and obviously the Democratic nominee was a part of it."

McConnell said "the filibuster is very secure" with Republicans controlling the Senate.

"One of the most gratifying results of the Senate becoming Republican -- the filibuster will stand, there won’t be any new states admitted to give a partisan advantage to the other side and we'll quit beating up the Supreme Court every time we don’t like a decision they make. So, I think this shifting to a Republican Senate Majority helps have control of the guard rails," he said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Nov 06, 2024, 12:39 PM EST

VP Harris to speak at 4 p.m.

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks at 4 p.m. at Howard University, according to her office.

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 2024.
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Nov 06, 2024, 11:26 AM EST

Nikki Haley congratulates Trump, calls on Harris to concede

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley congratulated former President Donald Trump on Wednesday and called on Vice President Kamala Harris to concede the election.

"You can’t just talk about unity in a campaign, you have to show it regardless of the outcome," Haley wrote in a post on X.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley introduces Republican senate candidate, Dave McCormick at a campaign rally, Oct. 30, 2024, in Pennsburg, Pa.
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-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Nov 06, 2024, 11:07 AM EST

Former President George W. Bush congratulates Trump

In a statement Wednesday morning, former President George W. Bush congratulated former President Donald Trump and thanked President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their service.

"The strong turnout in this election is a sign of the health of our republic and the strength of our democratic institutions," Bush said.

Bush notably did not endorse a candidate or publicly reveal how he would vote. His daughter, Barbara Bush, canvassed in Pennsylvania for Harris last month, and is former vice president, Dick Cheney, said he was voting for Harris.

"We join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government. May God continue to bless our great country," Bush said.

-ABC News' Karen Travers