Election Day is upon us. As the final votes are cast across the country, the question on everyone’s mind is: who’s going to win?
It’s complicated. We are may not have the answer for a while. We’ll have you covered here with all major updates as the night progresses.
Polls have closed in most states, though voters who are in line when the polls close can still vote. Decision Desk HQ has called nearly two dozen states already, but we probably won’t know many of the results — especially in huge swing states — for a while.
- The day ran relatively smoothly at the polls, but voters in some states across the country reported receiving robocalls discouraging them from casting their ballot and false information about voting Pennsylvania has flooded the internet.
- In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, polling places nationwide took to curbside voting for people who have tested positive for the virus.
Alabama Democrat Doug Jones loses his Senate seat — 10:17 p.m. ET
Democratic Sen. Doug Jones lost his Alabama seat on Tuesday night, Decision Desk HQ has projected, resetting the war for control of the Senate back to even. Jones lost to Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn University football coach who ran as an ally of President Donald Trump. Tuberville beat Trump’s own former attorney general Jeff Sessions in a primary earlier this year.
Alabama was always a difficult state for Democrats to hold onto. Jones won the seat in a 2017 special election after Sessions became attorney general, in part because his Republican opponent was former judge Roy Moore, who was accused of child molestation. Moore ran again this year but lost to Tuberville.
Jones’ loss is a blow to Democrats who had picked up a Senate seat earlier the evening in Colorado where former Gov. John Hickenlooper defeated Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. The party needs a net of four seats to win control of the Senate, but with Jones’ loss, they are now back to zero.
John Cornyn and Lindsey Graham are reelected after tough races — 10:06 p.m. ET
Cornyn, a Texas Republican, defeated Democratic challenger MJ Hegar to win his 4th term in the Senate.
Graham, meanwhile, fought off his Democratic opponent Jamie Harrison — who raised more money than any Senate candidate in history — to keep his Senate seat. The South Carolina Republican is one of Trump's most fervent allies.
Landmark firsts in Congress — 9:56 p.m. ET
It's a history-making night in US politics. After McBride's historic win in Delaware, Ritchie Torres became the first openly gay Black man to be elected to Congress from New York.
Madison Cawthorne, a 25-year-old Republican from North Carolina, will become the youngest member of Congress after winning his race to fill the seat left open by Mark Meadows, who left the House to become Trump's chief of staff. Cawthorne has had to deny accusations that he's racist in recent months, after his connections to the far right came under scrutiny.
And for the first time in the state's history, Wyoming elected a woman to the US Senate: Republican Cynthia Lummis.
Ilhan Omar wins reelection — 9:44 p.m. ET
The US representative from Minnesota handily beat her Republican opponent Lacy Johnson, according to the Associated Press.
Trump wins South Carolina — 9:38 p.m. ET
The president adds 9 more electoral votes to his count.
John Hickenlooper is elected to the Senate — 9:29 p.m. ET
Democrats have picked up their first Senate seat of the night, after Decision Desk HQ called the Colorado Senate race for former Gov. John Hickenlooper. The Democrat defeated Sen. Cory Gardner, widely considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans up for reelection this year. Hickenlooper briefly ran for president this year before announcing his campaign for the Senate seat. He was a popular governor as well as mayor of Denver. Gardner, who also served in the House for six years, will finish his first term in the Senate in January.
Democrats need to net four Senate seats in order to take control of the chamber outright. If former vice president Joe Biden wins the White House, Democrats will only need three Senate seats, since vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris would be able to break a tie.
New Jersey legalizes weed — 9:25 p.m. ET
In news that sent group chats across the northeast ablaze (sorry) tonight, New Jersey legalized the possession, use, and sale of marijuana in a move that will likely push forward the timeline for neighboring states like New York and Pennsylvania to do the same.
Results from eight more states roll in — 9:14 p.m. ET
Trump wins Mississipi (6 electoral votes), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Wyoming (3), Louisiana (8), and Nebraska (5).
Biden wins New York (29 electoral votes) and Colorado (9).
Trump wins Arkansas, Biden wins New Jersey— 8:55 p.m. ET
Trump picks up 6 more electoral votes from Arkansas, and Biden collects 14 electoral votes from New Jersey.
Polls in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming will close at 9 p.m. ET.
Delaware elects the nation's first openly trans state senator — 8:30 p.m. ET
Sarah McBride, who was expected to win the race, will become the highest-ranking transgender legislator in the country. The 30-year-old was elected to the General Assembly after defeating her Republican opponent, Steve Washington.
"I hope tonight shows an LGBTQ kid that our democracy is big enough for them, too," she said in a statement.
Mitch McConnell wins reelection — 8:25 p.m. ET
The Senate majority leader, a crucial ally to President Trump, defeated Democrat Amy McGrath to win his 7th term in Kentucky.
Biden takes Delaware, his home state — 8:20 p.m. ET
The former vice president has won Delaware, where he began Election Day visiting his late son Beau Biden's grave with his family. Delaware has 3 electoral votes.
Decision Desk HQ also called Maryland (10 electoral votes) and Washington, DC (3) for Biden.
Decision Desk HQ calls several more states — 8:18 p.m. ET
Trump wins Indiana (11 electoral votes), Alabama (9), Oklahoma (7), Missouri (10), and Tennessee (11).
Biden wins Illinois (20 electoral votes) and Massachusetts (11).
More polls close — 8 p.m. ET
Polls in a number of battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Ohio, have closed. Don’t hold your breath, though — it will likely take hours, or days, or even weeks for us to find out the results in some of these states.
Trump takes West Virginia and Kentucky, Biden takes Virginia — 7:44 p.m. ET
Decision Desk HQ has called these three states. Trump sweeps five electoral votes from West Virginia and eight from Kentucky. Biden adds Virginia's 13 electoral votes to his count.
Biden takes Vermont — 7:20 p.m. ET
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won Vermont and its three electoral votes, according to Decision Desk HQ.
A QAnon supporter has been elected to Congress — 7:06 p.m.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of the collective delusion that claims Trump is fighting a satanic cabal of elites who abuse children, has been elected to represent Georgia in the House of Representatives. She has gained support and legitimacy from Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffer, who campaigned with her last month, and Trump, who has called her a "future Republican Star."
Greene faced no challenger. Her Democratic opponent had quit the race in September.
Polls have started to close — 7:03 p.m. ET
The first polls closed in Indiana and Kentucky at 6 p.m. ET, and election results will slowly trickle in as polls across the country close throughout the night and the vote counting commences.
Despite everyone's worst expectations, Election Day has been running relatively smoothly, with few disruptions at the polls — so far, at least. Voting is far from over, and people who are in line when polls close can still cast their ballot.
But there have been issues. Voters in battleground states have reported receiving robocalls discouraging them from voting, and false information about voting in Pennsylvania has been spreading like wildfire on the internet.
The really hard part begins now that polls are starting to close and vote counting begins. President Trump, who has consistently lagged behind former vice president Joe Biden in polls, has for months laid the groundwork to challenge the election results. And if Biden wins, but not decisively, Trump could very take this fight all the way to the Supreme Court, as he has signaled he would do.
For now, there's no way of knowing if we'll find out who won the election tomorrow, or Friday, or even next week. But there's one silver lining, no matter the result: More than 100 million people already voted before Election Day, and this presidential election is on track to hit a record high turnout in more than a century. It's a stunning feat for a country besieged by a deadly pandemic, and infamous for its hourslong lines at the polls.
How we got here
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there was a giant spike in early and mail-in voting. More than 95 million Americans cast their votes before Tuesday.
The record number of mail-in votes will likely delay vote counting in several states. It’s possible that the winner might not be determined on election night. In-person votes on Election Day tend to skew Republican while absentee ballots usually favor Democrats. So, states that count absentee ballots late may give the impression that Trump is winning, only for Biden to overtake him as more votes are counted.
This is not unusual, but Trump is using this as a way to sow distrust and confusion and undermine the process.
The president has spent the last few weeks of the campaign trying to suppress the vote and casting doubt on the validity of mail-in voting — which he has used for years — suggested that it’s illegal for a winner not to be declared on election night. He has also said there would be “bedlam” if a winner was not called tonight.
Let’s be clear: despite what the president says, there is nothing illegal or fraudulent about a winner not being called tonight. We at BuzzFeed News have partnered with the analysts at Decision Desk to help determine who won what state. Sometimes, based on how many votes have been counted, those calls can be made quickly. Sometimes, like in tight races, you need to wait as state officials count.
The first polls closed at 6 p.m. ET in parts of Indiana and Kentucky, and the last polls will close at 1 a.m. ET in Alaska.
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