Republican candidate Donald Trump was elected 47th president of the United States on Wednesday after securing the swing state of Wisconsin.
At the time of publication, Trump had claimed 295 while Harris won 226, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Trump has so far claimed: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Georgia, Nebraska, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Harris has claimed: California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont and Washington.
Five of the have been called, with Donald Trump projected to win North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin.
The other swing states — Nevada and Arizona — are yet to be called.
With the exception of Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, none of the states that have been called for either candidate have flipped from the 2020 race between President Joe Biden and Trump.
House and Senate races
Americans have not only been voting for the president and vice president, but also senators, members of the House of Representatives and state governors.
Republicans have won the US Senate, according to AP projections, ensuring Donald Trump’s party will have control in at least one chamber of Congress.
The AP has projected the Republican tally to a 52-44 majority over the Democrats, with four seats to be called.
At the time of publication, 205 Republicans and 190 Democrats had won House of Representatives seats according to the AP.
A party must win 218 to control the chamber.
