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End of carouselBiden is projected to win California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware and the District of Columbia, plus one electoral vote in Nebraska.
Trump is projected to win Texas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Utah, West Virginia, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming, plus three electoral votes in Nebraska, according to Edison Research.
Democrats captured an early advantage in their fight for the Senate majority, with ex-Colorado governor John Hickenlooper unseating GOP Sen. Cory Gardner; but the party’s chances of taking the chamber dwindled as results in other states rolled in.
Republican Tommy Tuberville was projected to unseat Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama. Potentially vulnerable GOP senators, including Joni Ernst of Iowa and Lindsey O. Graham of South Carolina, held off their Democratic opponents. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was reelected in Kentucky.
Democrats appeared to be poised to retain their majority in the House but fell far short of their hopes for expansion.
The U.S. Postal Service disregarded a federal judge’s election-day order to conduct processing-facility sweeps in 12 postal districts after the agency disclosed that more than 300,000 ballots could not be traced.
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End of carouselBiden is projected to win California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware and the District of Columbia, plus one electoral vote in Nebraska.
Trump is projected to win Texas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Utah, West Virginia, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming, plus three electoral votes in Nebraska, according to Edison Research.
Democrats captured an early advantage in their fight for the Senate majority, with ex-Colorado governor John Hickenlooper unseating GOP Sen. Cory Gardner; but the party’s chances of taking the chamber dwindled as results in other states rolled in.
Republican Tommy Tuberville was projected to unseat Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama. Potentially vulnerable GOP senators, including Joni Ernst of Iowa and Lindsey O. Graham of South Carolina, held off their Democratic opponents. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was reelected in Kentucky.
Democrats appeared to be poised to retain their majority in the House but fell far short of their hopes for expansion.
The U.S. Postal Service disregarded a federal judge’s election-day order to conduct processing-facility sweeps in 12 postal districts after the agency disclosed that more than 300,000 ballots could not be traced.
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