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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump takes back White House, Senate flips to GOP
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 by flipping the key swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Plus, Republicans are set to take back the Senate majority, with at least 51 seats locked down — while control of the House remained up in the air.
Reporters from 538 and ABC News are following 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 coverage in full below.
Key Headlines
- Former President George W. Bush congratulates Trump
- Trump adviser says Trump and Harris have not connected yet as of earlier this morning
- Liz Cheney calls for accepting election results but for citizens to be 'guardrails of democracy'
- Will Trump have a (truly) unified government this time around?
- Baldwin takes the lead in Wisconsin's Senate race
- Trump wins Wisconsin and the presidency
- Trump could carry all seven swing states
- What went wrong in Pennsylvania
Mixed early numbers in Georgia
Georgia is one of the seven most important swing states in this presidential election, and the early returns there don't reveal much about the direction it may be headed. Now, Trump leads with about 60% to Harris' 40% with only 9% of the state's expected vote reporting. But notably, the two Atlanta-area metro counties that have reported at least 70% of their expected vote are both notably bluer than they were in 2020, while many other more rural counties in the state that have reported that much are notably redder. Still, around three-fourths of Georgia's vote so far is estimated to be early in-person or absentee, which should be at least somewhat more favorable to Democrats than Election Day votes. However, the extent of that partisan split in preferred vote method — so apparent in 2020 — remains to be seen.
Florida’s abortion rights ballot measure is very close
With 66% of the expected vote reported in Florida, Amendment 4, the ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution, is ahead with 59% of the vote in favor and 41% of the vote against, according to the AP. The measure would prevent lawmakers from passing laws that restrict abortion until fetal viability, effectively restoring the standard of Roe v. Wade in the state. But in Florida, 59% of the vote isn't enough — constitutional amendments require 60% of the vote to pass, so this one may come down to the wire.
Will Indiana or Missouri elect its first female governor?
There are 18 states that have never had a female governor. Tonight, two Democratic female candidates could break their state's dry spell: Jennifer McCormick in Indiana and Crystal Quade in Missouri. But because both these states lean red, it remains unlikely.
Currently, more women are serving as governor simultaneously than ever before. It's just 12.
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.