In the high-stakes presidential match-up between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, results have been projected in several of the key swing states, and Trump has secured enough Electoral College votes to appear on track for a second presidency.
Beyond the presidential race, also voters hit the polls around the country Tuesday and cast ballots to decide who controls not only the White House, but also Congress, state and local governments.
Reporters from 538 and ABC News are following along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on the results. Keep up to date with our full live blog below.
Harris surrogates already throwing in the towel
In a post to social media, Harris surrogate Mark Cuban congratulated Trump on his apparent victory and said that the election was conducted"fair and square." According to NOTUS, another person in Harris's orbit expressed devastation. "I want to go home, get in my own bed and cry," they said.
The race isn't technically over, even though Harris's path to 270 electoral votes looks more and more narrow as the night (or morning) continues. With Pennsylvania now under his belt, Trump has clinched 266 electoral votes. We're still waiting for final calls in various states — including Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin — but Trump is currently ahead in all four states.
During a speech at Trump's campaign headquarters early on Wednesday morning, the former president acknowledged what increasingly looked like his impending win. "Frankly, I believe, this was the greatest political movement of all time," Trump said amid chants of U-S-A! U-S-A! "We're going to fix our borders. We're going to fix everything about our country."
Will Trump win the popular vote?
Trump claims in his victory speech that he has won the popular vote. That's a little premature; while he does currently have 5 million more votes than Harris, Harris is expected to add to her total as more ballots are counted in states like California. If Trump does win the popular vote, it will be a remarkable achievement: Only one Republican (George W. Bush in 2004) in the last eight presidential elections has done so.
Trump claims victory
Trump is claiming victory at his speech. "I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president," he said. (ABC News hasn't yet projected that he has won, but he is very close to clinching 270 electoral votes.)
Trump is speaking
Trump, on the verge of winning the presidency, is now speaking to his supporters.
Virginia projected to remain a blue-leaning state
ABC News projects that Harris will win Virginia's 13 electoral votes. With 86% of the expected vote reporting, she leads by not quite 5 points. However, that lead is half of what Biden carried the state by in 2020, part of her general underperformance of Biden across the country.