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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
West Virginia projected for Trump and Justice
ABC News is projecting that Trump has won West Virginia's four electoral votes. More importantly, ABC News is also projecting that Republican Jim Justice has won the Senate race there and will succeed Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin.
That's Republicans' first flip of the night in the Senate, which means Democrats are already down to 50 seats (and could lose the majority with a Trump/Vance win) even if they hold all their other seats tonight. That's how difficult it was going to be for them.
Polls closing at 7:30 p.m.
It's now 7:30 p.m. Eastern, and all polling places in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia have closed. Here are our forecasts for the races in those states:
Babydog goes to D.C.
With ABC News projecting a win for Justice in the West Virginia Senate race, we can safely say that Jim Justice's English Bulldog, Babydog, is heading to D.C.
While she's not a newcomer to the political stage, having featured in Justice's appearance at the RNC, this will be her biggest move yet. And if you need a quick break from the barrage of election news, learn more about the top dogs of politics with 538's political dog quiz.
Miami-Dade County might be shifting right again
It's always a big moment on election night when massive Miami-Dade County in Florida reports its first batch of votes — and it just did. With 70% of the expected vote counted in the county, Trump is at 55% and Harris is at 44%. If that holds, it would be another huge shift rightward for the heavily Hispanic county. It voted for Biden by 7 points in 2020.