Nov 03 Polls to close in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington at 11 p.m. ET At 11 p.m. ET, polls close in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Washington, California and Oregon are among the nine states that automatically mailed ballots to all registered voters. In all three cases, early voting has accounted for more than…
Nov 03 Trump wins Missouri The Associated Press has called Missouri for President Donald Trump more than two hours after polls closed at 8 p.m. EST. He won the state by 18.5 percentage points in 2016 and was expected to win again this year. Missouri…
Nov 03 About 1 in 5 voters in Florida is Latino About 3.1 million Latino voters live in Florida, accounting for roughly 20% of the state’s electorate. Florida has the third largest share of Latino voters in the nation after California and Texas.
Nov 03 Sen. John Cornyn wins reelection in Texas Texas GOP Senator John Cornyn defeated his Democratic challenger M.J. Hegar in a race listed as leaning Republican by the Cook Political Report. Polls closed in Texas at 9 p.m. ET.
Nov 03 First round of Pennsylvania results not expected until midnight The first round of results in Pennsylvania is not expected until midnight and the second round tomorrow morning, reports NewsHour’s Senior Political Reporter Daniel Bush. Under state law, Pennsylvania could not begin counting ballots until 7 am on election day.
Nov 03 Trump wins Kansas The Associated Press called Kansas for President Donald Trump. He won the state by 20.5 percentage points in 2016 and was expected to win again easily this year. Kansas has 6 electoral votes.
Nov 03 Sen. Lindsey Graham wins reelection The Associated Press called the South Carolina Senate race for incumbent Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. His challenger, Democrat Jaime Harrison, set an all-time fundraising record in the last quarter. Graham won the seat by more than 15 points in 2016…
Nov 03 Republicans lose Senate seat in Colorado Former Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner, securing a coveted Senate seat from the GOP. The race was listed as leaning Democrat, according to the Cook Political Report.
Nov 03 Electoral math: Biden leads early At the moment, Biden has 131 electoral college votes to Trump’s 92, though the 15 battleground states that hold the most electoral college votes have yet to determine a winner. A candidate needs 270 votes to win — and it’s…
Nov 03 Polls to close at 10 p.m. in Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah Polls will close in Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah at 10 p.m. ET. Iowa is up for grabs this year after President Trump won Iowa in 2016 and President Obama won the state in 2012. Nevada, which has sided with…