Trump Wins Georgia, Leading In Key Battleground States Of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona — Harris Campaign Co-Chair Addresses Demoralized Election Watch Party (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the latest developments.

As polls begin to close for the 2024 presidential election, the nation waits to see if Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will secure a historic victory.

Trump has secured Kentucky and Indiana, while Harris has won Vermont, according to the Associated Press. With 34% of votes counted in Kentucky, Trump leads with 64.6%. In Indiana, with 24% of votes counted, Trump holds 64%. Meanwhile, with 20% of Vermont’s votes tallied, Harris has 69%.

In Kentucky, Trump received the endorsement of Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) despite their previous differences over the Jan.6 Capitol Riots, noted AP.

Vermont is considered a Democrat stronghold and the state’s Republican Governor Phil Scott voted Democrat in this election, according to the report.

Trump’s former Vice President and former Indiana Governor Mike Pence did not endorse him in the 2024 run but the Hoosier State is a reliable GOP stronghold where the party has held the governor’s office for the past two decades.

West Virginia voted for Trump for the third straight presidential election cycle as well. No democrat has won the presidential election in the state since Bill Clinton in 1996, according to AP.

Florida, the third-largest prize of the night in electoral votes, delivered a predictable victory for Trump, as the state has trended Republican over the past decade, noted AP.

The last Democrat to carry Florida was Barack Obama in 2012, but since then, the state has solidified its shift toward the GOP in statewide elections.

The rejection of the abortion rights measure marks Florida as the first state where such a proposal has failed since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. The initiative sought to prevent lawmakers from imposing abortion restrictions before viability or when necessary to protect the health of the patient.

Trump’s victory in Georgia marks the state’s shift from the 2020 election results, becoming the first to flip.

Key Battleground States

As of early morning updates, Trump holds leads in multiple battleground states, with notable margins in some areas:

• Georgia: Trump leads by 2% with 93% of votes counted.
• North Carolina: Trump has a 3% lead with 92% of the vote in.
• Florida: Trump holds a substantial 13% lead, with 98% of votes counted.
• Maine's 2nd Congressional District: Trump leads by 11% with 45% reporting.
• Pennsylvania: Trump leads by 3% with 86% of votes counted.
• Arizona: Trump has a narrow lead of less than 1% with 51% of votes tallied.
• Michigan: Trump is ahead by 6% with 53% counted.
• Wisconsin: Trump leads by 4% with 81% of votes counted.

On the Democratic side, Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District shows Harris in the lead by 8% with 84% of votes counted.

"We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted," Cedric Richmond, Harris' campaign co-chair, said on Tuesday, according to AP. "So you won't hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow."

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This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Kaustubh Bagalkote