Harris will speak on Wednesday after Trump predicted he would win the presidency

1:24am

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ Project Trump will win Pennsylvania and has 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

1:16am

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ Project Trump will win Alaska, moving closer to victory. Trump is just 19 Electoral College votes away from winning the presidential election.

12:45 a.m

As the path to victory for Harris narrows, supporters at her watch party at Howard University have been told they can go home.

Harris-Walz campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told supporters they wouldn't hear from the vice president until Wednesday.

12:06 a.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win New Mexico.

11:46 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have projected Harris will win New Jersey and Maine's 1st Congressional Districts.

Donald Trump is expected to win Maine's 2nd Congressional District.

11:21 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have projected Harris will win Oregon, Washington and Connecticut but still trail Trump in the Electoral College.

11:00 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win Idaho.

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win California.

10:29 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win the battleground state of Georgia. This is the second battleground state Trump is expected to win. Scripps Nes and Decision Desk HQ previously predicted the former president will win North Carolina.

Georgia is a turning point for Trump. He lost the state to Joe Biden in 2020 by about 11,000 votes.

10:11 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win Iowa.

10:00 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win Utah and Montana.

Meanwhile, Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win Delaware.

9:33 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will
Colorado win.

9:24 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win the battleground state of North Carolina.

Scott Tranter, data science team lead at Decision Desk HQ, said they were able to win North Carolina for Trump because they saw similar trends when Trump won the state four years ago.

“What we've seen in North Carolina is a resurgence in the 2020 voter turnout that brought the state back to Donald Trump in 2020, particularly in rural areas,” he said. “And we have enough votes in the suburbs around Mecklenburg, in Charlotte and Raleigh. He is achieving his election goals and that is why we can call it.”

Why DDHQ North Carolina called for Trump so early

9:01 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have projected Trump will win Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska's third congressional district, Kansas, Louisiana and Wyoming.

Meanwhile, Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win New York and Illinois.

9:00 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win Ohio.

8:56 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win New Hampshire.

8:50 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win Virginia.

8:45 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win Arkansas.

8:00 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have projected Trump will win Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

Meanwhile, Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Harris will win Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island and Washington, DC

7:30 p.m

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ have predicted Trump will win West Virginia.

7:20 p.m

Election officials dispute claims by Trump that fraud is occurring in Philadelphia, a Democratic stronghold.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said, “There is no factual basis within law enforcement to support this wild claim.”

Trump also warned that tough law enforcement was “coming” in Detroit, another Democratic stronghold.

In response, the Michigan Secretary of State's Office said: “We don't know what the former president is talking about. This appears to be a fairly transparent attempt to incite fear and suppress voter turnout.”

7:07 p.m

The Scripps News and Decision Desk Headquarters has projected that Donald Trump will win Indiana, Kentucky and South Carolina and receive 28 Electoral College votes.

Meanwhile, Scripps News and the DDHQ Project Kamala Harris will win Vermont and receive three electoral votes.

7 p.m

Polling stations have begun to close in numerous states located in the Eastern time zone. These include Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. Florida has some counties in the central time zone that stay open for an hour.

6 p.m

Polls have begun to close in parts of Kentucky and Indiana. Both states lie between the Eastern and Central time zones. Polls will close only for counties in the Eastern Time Zone. In the central time zone they will remain open for the next hour.

5 p.m

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris urged every single supporter to get out and vote before the polls closed on Tuesday.

Trump, who cast his vote in Palm Beach, Florida, told reporters he was “very confident” heading into election night.

He also posted a video on social media in which he said: “Tonight we will have a great victory.”

https://t.co/ooCTf2SXZU pic.twitter.com/1ig82Uccji

– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2024

Meanwhile, Harris made a stop at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. and spoke by phone with voters.

Vice President Kamala Harris stops by DNC headquarters and takes calls from voters

She also spent the day conducting interviews with radio stations in key contested states.

Harris voted on Sunday, sending her ballot to her home state of California.

The two candidates have planned watch parties for Tuesday evening. Harris will follow the election results at her alma mater, Howard University. Trump will host his watch party at a convention center in Palm Beach.

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