We, the People, now must decide who will stand at the helm of the nation’s most powerful office. Stay tuned for the latest updates.*
*(All times in Eastern Time).
Sunday - Trump wins Arizona, taking all seven swing states, 312 electoral votes.
4:25 - Harris delivers her concession speech.
“While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” she said.
3:15 - Harris and Biden concede the election.
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have both separately called Trump to congratulate him on his win. Harris will formally concede the race in an address to the nation at 4:00 P.M.
Negative reactions poured in from many celebrities, including rapper Cardi B, who posted on Instagram: “I hate y’all bad.”
1:15 P.M. - Trump wins Michigan, surging to 292 electoral votes.
Wednesday morning - Trump leads in all three remaining swing states, Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona, which have not been called yet.
2:30 - Trump addresses raucous campaign supporters, declaring victory.
“We will make America safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and free again,” he said. “And I’m asking every citizen all across our land to join me in this noble and righteous endeavor.”
1:50 - Trump wins Wisconsin, improving his margin of victory.
1:20 - Trump wins Pennsylvania, effectively securing the presidency.
12:50 - Trump locks down the Peach State for 16 electoral votes.
Now, he only needs Pennsylvania to win.
12:45 - Cedric Richmond, Harris-Walz Campaign Co-Chair, says we will not hear from the vice president tonight.
Not even 90 seconds of remarks at Kamala Harris's supposed victory party.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024
Just one minute and 14 seconds from Cedric Richmond, saying Harris won't be talking tonight. pic.twitter.com/W5uDN5bEdO
12:30 A.M. - Trump favored to win
Trump leads in five of the six outstanding swing states (Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona), with 232 electoral votes already in tow. Nevada has yet to post results.
The New York Times shows that Trump has a 93% chance of victory as Harris’s path narrows.
Midnight - Republicans are projected to seize control of the Senate, a promising sign for Trump.
11:20 - Trump wins North Carolina, first battleground state, for 16 electoral votes.
11:10 - Harris climbs to 193 electoral votes as polls close in reliably blue states, California, Oregon, and Washington.
11:00 - Trump wins Iowa, dispelling rumors about possible Harris upset.
10:30 - Trump and Harris still neck to neck in Virginia
Trump and Harris are still neck and neck in Virginia, with nearly 70% of the vote counted. Trump leads in swing states Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona but trails in Michigan. Nevada has not posted any results yet.
9:00 - New wave of states, plus an update from Virginia
Twenty-one states, plus the District of Columbia, have closed with 163 electoral votes at stake. This new wave includes Arizona and Wisconsin, the last two swing states before Nevada closes at 10:00. Trump leads with 178 electoral votes to Harris’s 113.
Over the past several hours, the candidates have sparred over the non-swing state Virginia, with Trump currently leading by less than one point. The former president has repeatedly claimed that the Old Dominion, which elected a Trump-endorsed governor in 2021, may turn red.
8:30 - COS Election Night live stream begins as non-competitive state closes
No one is covering the elections like COS! In addition to special guests Mark Meckler and Michael Farris, co-hosts Rita Peters and Andrew Lusch will interview several on-the-ground reporters for a perspective you'll only get in one place.
Also, polls are closed in Arkansas, a non-competitive state.
8:10 - Electoral scores surge
Votes for both Harris and Trump have surged, pushing their electoral scores to 72 and 105, respectively.
8:00 P.M. - New batch of states closes
A massive wave of states, including two “blue wall” states, has closed, leaving 171 electoral votes in the balance. Michigan and Pennsylvania, which Trump flipped in 2016 and lost to Biden in 2020, could determine the race’s outcome.
Early predictions show Trump leading with 32 electoral votes to Harris’s three.
7:30 P.M. - Polls close in three more states, early results trickle in
Voting has ended in Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina as early results trickle in from Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont, and more. Within 30 minutes of the first polls closing, Florida had already counted over 50% of its votes. Harris won her first victory in the Green Mountain State. With 320,000 votes counted, Georgia currently leans toward Trump.
7:10 P.M. - First states called for Trump
Multiple sources have called Indiana and Kentucky, both Republican strongholds, for Trump. Neither state had counted more than 15% of the vote.
7:00 P.M. - First major wave of states close
All polls have closed in six states, including the first swing state, Georgia, putting 60 electoral votes on the line. Although it took over two weeks to call the Peach State for Biden in 2020, analysts predict the state will count “relatively fast” this year. With 16 electoral votes, Georgia could prove crucial to either candidate’s path to victory.
Additionally, select polls have closed in Florida and New Hampshire.
6:00 P.M. - First polls close
Select polls have officially closed in Indiana and Kentucky. Both states will likely vote for Trump.
5:45 P.M. - Another swing state extends voting
Two precincts in North Carolina have extended voting by an extra half hour after technical issues stalled polling places in Burke and Wilson counties.
3:30 P.M. - Cambria County extends voting hours in crucial battleground state
The Keystone State prolonged voting hours for Cambria County voters after a “software malfunction… prevented voters from scanning their ballots.” Reportedly, the issue threatened “to disenfranchise a significant number of voters.”
“Our Pennsylvania lawyers are all over this issue and will ensure fairness and accuracy in the process,” wrote Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.
1:30 P.M. - NYT admits election results “could take days.”
“Counting the votes will extend beyond election night on Tuesday,” the New York Times predicted. After surveying election officials in all 50 states, the newspaper determined that America may not know the outcome of the race for several days. Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada, in particular, will “take longer than election night.”
GOP declares election integrity victory in swing state
HUGE election integrity victory in Georgia.
— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) November 4, 2024
Democrat-run Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 absentee ballots AFTER the Election Day deadline. We took this case to the Georgia Supreme Court.
We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day — not the week…
1:10 P.M. - Final polling averages in battleground states show Trump ahead in four states, trailing in Pennsylvania: According to FiveThirtyEight’s final polling averages, Trump leads Harris in four of the seven swing states: Arizona (2.1 points), Nevada (0.3), North Carolina, (0.9.), and Georgia (0.8). Harris maintains a slight advantage in the “blue wall” states: Michigan (1), Wisconsin (1), and Pennsylvania (0.2). All seven states are still considered toss-ups.
