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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
Trump could carry all seven swing states
Let's check in on the results in the seven main presidential swing states. As we've reported, Trump is already projected to win Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. And so far, more votes have been counted for him than for Harris in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin as well. That raises the possibility that he could sweep all seven states for a 312-226 Electoral College victory.
John James wins Michigan's 10th District
ABC News projects that John James has won reelection in Michigan's 10th District. This isn't a huge surprise, as our preelection forecast said this was a "Lean Republican" seat. Nevertheless, James is winning it by a notably large margin: 53-43%.
When will Wisconsin be projected?
Wisconsin could be one of the next states to be projected. One of the big things we're waiting for there is for all the absentee ballots in Milwaukee to be counted, which is done all together at a central location. According to Alison Dirr of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, that process is just getting started.
Democrats retain Michigan's 8th District
ABC News projects that Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet has defeated Republican Paul Junge in Michigan's 8th District. Located around Flint, Trump did better in that part of the state than previously, but Democrats managed to retain this open seat held by retiring Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee.