National Politics

By Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will be America’s 47th president, CNN projected Wednesday, after mounting the most momentous comeback in political history that will hand him massive, disruptive power at home and will send shockwaves around the world. Four years after leaving Washington as a pariah, following his attempt to overturn the

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican former Sen. Kelly Ayotte will win the New Hampshire governor’s race, CNN projects, completing a political comeback eight years after she lost her Senate seat. Ayotte defeated Democratic former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig in the race to replace outgoing GOP Gov. Chris Sununu. The race was a test

By Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Republicans will win the US Senate majority, CNN projects, shifting the balance of power in Washington and putting the chamber in position to boost Donald Trump’s presidency. With several races still to be declared, Republicans now have 52 seats in the chamber and will assume control under a yet-to-be

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Deb Fischer will win reelection in Nebraska, defeating an unexpectedly strong challenge from independent Dan Osborn, CNN projects. Fischer was first elected to the Senate in 2012, when she became the first female senator elected to a full term in Nebraska. Prior to being elected to Congress,

By Jeremy Herb, Tami Luhby and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Battleground states continued counting outstanding ballots into the early hours of Wednesday after Election Day voting that largely went smoothly despite fake bomb threats that targeted multiple states. The results showed Donald Trump won the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White

By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Republican Bernie Moreno will defeat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, CNN projects, a key pickup for the GOP in a state that’s been trending its way and putting the GOP one step closer to securing the Senate majority. The three-term incumbent was already the last remaining Democrat in nonjudicial statewide

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will win reelection to a third term, CNN projects, defeating Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred and denying Democrats one of their best chances to mitigate potential losses elsewhere. The Longhorn State has long been a Republican stronghold, with the GOP winning every statewide election there

By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will win the Maryland Senate race, CNN projects, defeating Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, whose candidacy made the race to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin competitive in this otherwise deep-blue state. Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive, will be just the fourth Black woman elected to

By Andrew Menezes and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — The winners of several elections up and down the ballot will make history this year, CNN projects. With Donald Trump winning a second term as president, his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is poised to be sworn in as the nation’s first millennial vice president.

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, will win her state’s at-large US House seat, making her the first out transgender person to serve in Congress, CNN projects. The at-large seat was vacated when outgoing Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester opted to run for the state’s open US Senate seat. Despite

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein will win North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign struggled as his history of incendiary remarks became public. Stein, who is currently serving his second term as attorney general, will become the state’s first Jewish governor.

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Rick Scott will win a second term in Florida, CNN projects, defeating Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in a race that demonstrated the strength of the GOP in a state once considered one of the country’s premier political battlegrounds. With a return to the Senate next year assured, Scott

CNN, POOL, KYW, WPVI, WXIA, WLUK, WMTV, BEN VON KLEMPERER, @KIMJFLANDERS, X, CNN, CNN, POOL, KYW, WPVI, WXIA, WLUK, WMTV, Ben Von Klemperer, @KimJFlanders/X By Tami Luhby, Eric Levenson and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Polls have closed in most of the US while voting continues in some Western states as tens of millions of

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — What are exit polls? They’re a set of surveys that ask voters whom they voted for, as well as additional questions about their political opinions, the factors they considered in the election and their own backgrounds more broadly. That helps us better understand who came out to vote, how

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Even on Election Day 2024, the consequences of Donald Trump supporters rioting after the 2020 election are still playing out — with a man who was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and then participated in an anti-government group sentenced to probation on Tuesday. The case, when Fi

By Amy O’Kruk, Annette Choi, Lauren Mascarenhas, Kaanita Iyer and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — More than two years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states cast ballots on whether to cement reproductive rights in their state constitutions. Measures

CNN By Eric Levenson, Tami Luhby and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — American voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose the country’s next leaders in a mass democratic experiment in which tens of millions of votes will be cast without incident. Still, scattered issues with voter eligibility; logistical problems such as long lines and

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — While Florida generally makes it challenging for people in the state with felony convictions to regain their voting rights, former President Donald Trump had no issue casting a ballot for himself Tuesday in Palm Beach. Trump was convicted in Manhattan earlier this year of 34 counts of falsifying business