The final electoral college count is Trump: 312, Harris: 226.
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.
As of 11:30 p.m. Eastern with 89% of the expected vote reported, ABC News has called the election for Ohio's Senate seat for Republican Bernie Moreno.
He currently leads incumbent Sherrod Brown by 5 points. That will make for a pretty big overperformance of the fundamentals and polls in the State; our final forecast had the state 1 point off of Lean Moreno.
ABC News is projecting Harris to hold Connecticut’s seven Electoral College votes. The Senate race in the state was also projected for Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy earlier this evening.
ABC News is projecting that Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz will retain control of Texas’s 15th District. With nearly 70% of the expected vote in, De La Cruz currently leads her opponent, Michelle Vallejo, 55% to 45%.
Sources close to the Harris campaign told ABC News that her team is getting more nervous, but still they believe they can clinch the blue wall and the Nebraska blue dot.
In the meantime, the mood at Howard University has dampened over the last couple of hours. The night started out with music pumping and crowds dancing. Now, there's a giant screen playing CNN and the crowds are muted, with many glued to the screen.
The crowd cheers anytime races are called for Harris and boos whenever states are called for Trump.
Several Howard University attendees told ABC News the results are making them nervous, but they're still cautiously optimistic.
But one Democratic operative just told ABC News, "I am horrified it is close and going to bed."
A Democratic operative in Wisconsin told ABC News the situation is anxiety-inducing but would still "rather be us than Trump." This person says it could be a "late night again. Right now we have Trump holding a red mirage lead before the absentee ballots."
The source's view is that they won't see absentee ballots until later tonight, and they're already beating Biden's numbers in Waukesha County, arguing that the state-wide strategy is paying off: "holding the line in rural areas and accelerating in urban areas. It's the kind of margin you generate through massive door-knocking campaign."
This operative said, "Blue wall has been core strategy all along and it still is."
