Election 2024 updates: With Arizona, Trump sweeps all 7 swing states
The final electoral college count is Trump: 312, Harris: 226.
Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.
Trump is also the projected winner in Arizona, a state the former president flipped after losing it to Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump's projected win in the vital swing state marks a sweep of the battleground states.
Key Headlines
- With Arizona, Trump sweeps all 7 swing states
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- Trump to meet with Biden Wednesday
- Maryland election boards receive bomb threats as ballots are counted
- Steve Witkoff and Kelly Loeffler expected to lead Trump's inaugural efforts
- Trump projected winner in Nevada
- Trump announces chief of staff
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.
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: