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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win the presidency
We tracked races for president, Senate, House and more across the country.
With projections made in most states across the country, ABC has projected that former President Donald Trump will win the high-stakes presidential match-up against Vice President Kamala Harris. Early Wednesday morning, Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to set himself up for a second presidency, including by flipping the key swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Plus, Republicans are set up to take back the Senate majority, with at least 51 seats locked down — while control of the House remained up in the air.
Throughout the evening and into Wednesday morning, reporters from 538 followed along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on these races and all the others down the ballot. Follow our live election-night coverage in full below.
Key Headlines
Harris projected to pick up Rhode Island
ABC News has projected that Harris will pick up Rhode Island’s four electoral votes. Harris' victory in the deep blue New England state does not come as a shock as polls consistently showed her leading Trump by double-digits.
Republicans slated to win some down-ballot races in North Dakota
ABC News has projected that Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer will win his reelection battle. Further down the ballot, Rep. Kelly Armstrong, a Republican, also won the gubernatorial race against Democrat Merrill Piepkorn. North Dakota is a solidly red state, so these results shouldn’t be too shocking. In 2020, Trump defeated Biden 65% to 32%.
Louisiana projected to go Republican as expected
ABC News is projecting that Trump will carry Louisiana. Nothing surprising here as the state has been firmly in the GOP column in presidential races since it moved away from Democrats in the 2000 election.
Harris up in Pennsylvania, but lots of Election Day votes to come
We have about 22% of the expected vote reporting from Pennsylvania, and Harris leads Trump by about 17 points, 58% to 41%. However, her ability to hold onto the lead in Pennsylvania with so many votes left is definitely open to question. Many of the big blue counties in the state (Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery and Delaware) haven't reported that many votes yet, but the ones they have are, in many cases, mail ballots or other more Democratic-leaning tranches that have Harris doing much better than Biden. Once we get more Election Day votes in the tally, however, the state will be much tighter.