In a decisive victory, Trump wins a series of swing states, while his Republican Party also gains control of the Senate.

Conspiracy theories have emerged to claim the elections are being "stolen" from Republicans Sam Brown and Kari Lake.

Control of the House is in limbo Wednesday as votes in several critical races continue to be tallied.

It will take 218 seats to rule the House, and although neither party had yet to reach the threshold, the numbers appeared to favor the GOP.

Los Angeles City Council District 14 candidate Ysabel Jurado declared victory over embattled incumbent Kevin de León on Thursday, Nov. 7, in what was the most watched and contentious city council contest that Angelenos witnessed this year.

Lichtman, a historian known for his predictions of presidential elections and who expected a Kamala Harris victory, is explaining what happened.

Follow Texas House District 33 election results live during the 2024 election. Get updates on voting outcomes from the Texas House election, including maps from NBC News.

With 95% of votes counted, Mr Trump had increased his vote share across all counties by 89% compared with 2020. That was true even in reliably blue states: in New York, for example, he secured 44% of the vote as of November 7th (with some counties left to count),

Sanders said the presidential election "should come as no great surprise" because Democrats "abandoned working-class people."

The 2024 presidential election is over, but the path to Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 is just beginning. The votes have to be certified in the states, the Electoral College has to meet and then Congress counts the vote.

In the final sprint to the election, Kamala Harris’ campaign — at her insistence, aides and allies said — started playing Donald Trump’s most incendiary comments on the jumbotrons at her rallies, displaying in technicolor his meandering, racist and, sometimes, violent rhetoric.