Ohio 2024 live election results: Trump projected to win, Moreno flips Senate for GOP

ABC News is projecting that former President Donald Trump will win Ohio.

The former president would then take the state's 17 electoral votes.

Ohio is also home to a closely watched U.S. Senate race, the outcome of which will help determine which party controls the chamber.

State significance

Ohio used to be a battleground, but it has shifted to the right in recent years. It went for Trump in 2016 and 2020 by roughly 8 points.

The presidential candidate who won Ohio went on to get elected to the White House in every election since 1960 -- except in 2020.

Polls compiled by 538 heading into Election Day showed Trump leading Vice President Kamala Harris.

Voters in the Midwest state also cast their ballot in a key U.S. Senate race. Although Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown was looking to clinch a fourth term, Republican Bernie Moreno is projected to win the seat and flip the state.

Ohio received outsized attention this fall after Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, amplified false claims about Haitian migrants living in Springfield. The claims thrust the town and immigration policy into the national spotlight, and they prompted pushback from the state's Republican governor, Mike DeWine, and other officials.

Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about how the vote will report this year.