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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 projected to win Nebraska
ABC News projects that Trump will three of Nebraska's five electoral votes -- two from the statewide count, and one from the 3rd District. The 2nd Congressional District, which covers the Omaha area, hasn't been projected yet, and Harris has a much better shot at winning its one electoral vote.
Ayotte projected to win for New Hampshire governor
ABC News projects that Republican Kelly Ayotte will win the election for New Hampshire governor. With 50% of the vote counted, she leads Democrat Joyce Craig 53% to 46%. Ayotte will succeed retiring Gov. Chris Sununu, a fellow Trump-skeptical Republican.
Abortion measure projected to pass in Arizona
ABC News projects that Arizona's measure protecting access to abortion will pass. The measure establishes a constitutional right to abortion until viability, with exceptions for later pregnancies.
After Roe v. Wade fell, Arizona's 1864-era law banning abortions almost entirely went into effect, until it was challenged in the courts and the state legislature ultimately repealed it, passing a law banning abortions after 15 weeks. Except Florida, where a measure failed tonight, every post-Roe abortion rights amendment has passed. And most Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Measures are also projected to pass in Colorado, Maryland and New York, and we're watching for results in six other states.
Democrat Andy Kim projected to win New Jersey’s Senate race
One of New Jersey's Senate seats is up for grabs this year after Bob Menendez was convicted of federal corruption charges and resigned in August. Available race results show that Democrats are poised to retain control of the seat, as Rep. Andy Kim has a commanding lead -- 53% to 45% -- over his lead opponent, Republican hotelier Curtis Bashaw with 70% of the vote in.
Notably, before tonight, polling suggested that, a good chunk of voters didn't know enough about either candidate to have strong opinions of them. This didn't appear to hurt Kim, though, who will make history as the first Korean American senator.
In a sense, this result shouldn't be too shocking. New Jersey's voters haven't elected a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, when the state went for George H.W. Bush. And in the U.S. Senate, Democrats have won every race in the state since 1972.
Bashaw and Kim are among six candidates who ran to fill Menendez's seat. George Helmy, a former chief of staff of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, is temporarily filling the role.