The first projections of Election Night are in — and there have been no surprises delivered yet.
Donald Trump has won deep-red states Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, his home state of Florida, as well as Mississippi,, according to projections from the New York Times and Associated Press.
He’s also picked up Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri, Wyoming and Louisiana.
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Blue Vermont was called early in favor of Kamala Harris, according to the Associated Press and CNN. Harris also notched wins in Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia.
So far, Trump and Harris have won 190 and 102 electoral votes, respectively.
Votes cast in person Tuesday in the 2024 election are still being counted in Georgia and Virginia, where polls closed at 7 p.m.
Counting has also begun in North Carolina, Ohio and in New Hampshire where polls closed at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Additionally, polls officially closed at 8 p.m. in Pennsylvania—the biggest battleground state of all—along with parts of Michigan. Both are “Blue Wall” states where Trump made a stunning upset over Hillary Clinton in 2016, but which Joe Biden won in 2020.
Along with Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, eyes will also be on swing states Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada, and North Carolina.
All polls have just closed in Michigan at 9 p.m. ET, along with the third blue wall state of Wisconsin and Arizona, a key Sun Belt swing state. The last battleground state polls to close are in Nevada, at 10 p.m. ET.
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