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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
Connecticut projected to stay in the Democratic camp
ABC News is projecting Harris to hold Connecticut’s seven Electoral College votes. The Senate race in the state was also projected for Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy earlier this evening.
Texas Republicans hold at least one border-area Congressional seat
ABC News is projecting that Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz will retain control of Texas’s 15th District. With nearly 70% of the expected vote in, De La Cruz currently leads her opponent, Michelle Vallejo, 55% to 45%.
Harris team growing more nervous, but believe blue wall is possible
Sources close to the Harris campaign told ABC News that her team is getting more nervous, but still they believe they can clinch the blue wall and the Nebraska blue dot.
In the meantime, the mood at Howard University has dampened over the last couple of hours. The night started out with music pumping and crowds dancing. Now, there's a giant screen playing CNN and the crowds are muted, with many glued to the screen.
The crowd cheers anytime races are called for Harris and boos whenever states are called for Trump.
Several Howard University attendees told ABC News the results are making them nervous, but they're still cautiously optimistic.
But one Democratic operative just told ABC News, "I am horrified it is close and going to bed."
A Democratic operative in Wisconsin told ABC News the situation is anxiety-inducing but would still "rather be us than Trump." This person says it could be a "late night again. Right now we have Trump holding a red mirage lead before the absentee ballots."
The source's view is that they won't see absentee ballots until later tonight, and they're already beating Biden's numbers in Waukesha County, arguing that the state-wide strategy is paying off: "holding the line in rural areas and accelerating in urban areas. It's the kind of margin you generate through massive door-knocking campaign."
This operative said, "Blue wall has been core strategy all along and it still is."
Republican women projected to lose in Alabama's 2nd and New York's 18th
A couple of non-incumbent Republican women we're watching are in races that have been called.
In Alabama's 2nd, ABC News projects that Caroleene Dobson will lose, and in New York's 18th District, ABC News projects that Alison Esposito will also lose.