Tuesday, Nov. 5 — Election Day
(All times are EST.)

As voters head to the polls in the United States, the nation anxiously awaits results for president, 34 Senate seats, all 435 House seats and  13 governors’ races, plus hundreds of local offices and ballot measures. Polls begin closing at 7 pm EST in the U.S. at which time results will begin to filter in.

Will most of the big races be decided tonight? Or, like in 2020, will it take days to resolve?

The Click is watching with reporters throughout the U.S. and in three countries.

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10:30 p.m. — AP calls Colorado and Washington, D.C. for Harris. Many swing states remain too close to call.
Running electoral total: Trump – 198 // Harris – 112

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10:00 p.m. — Polls close in three more states. AP calls Montana and Utah for Trump.
Running electoral total: Trump – 198 // Harris – 99

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks unseats Sen. Larry Hogan in Maryland’s senate race, taking back  one seat for the left in the senate.

Representing Delaware, Sarah McBride becomes the first transgender person in the U.S. Congress.

Maryland passes their ballot measure to enshrine abortion access into law. And New York passes their measure of the Equal Rights Amendment that also expands abortion rights.

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9:30 p.m. — AP calls Ohio, Texas, and Nebraska’s district 3 for Trump.
Running electoral total: Trump – 178 // Harris – 99

In North Carolina, Democrat Josh Stein defeats former Lt. Governor Mark Robinson in the governor’s race. Robinson faced a media frenzy due to the revelation of several controversial online comments.

And Georgia’s Attorney General Fani Willis won her reelection bid. Willis came into prominence for bringing charges against former President Trump.

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Reporter Field Notes:

Spirits are high in a San Marcos, Texas scratch kitchen/ bar. Young adults, presumably Texas State University college students, sit at tables with friends and watch the polls flash on the restaurant’s TV screens, pulling their eyes away during the commercials. Most guests in the restaurant have an alcoholic beverage of some sort in front of them. A few young adults have laptops, textbooks, and highlighters out while they eat and watch the screens. — Melanie Love Salazar in Texas

 

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9:00 p.m. — Polls close in 15 states. AP calls Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, and New York for Harris. Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming go to Trump.
Running electoral total: Trump – 120 // Harris – 99

Florida fails to pass ballot amendments legalizing recreational marijuana and removing restrictions to abortion access. Florida becomes the first state not to pass a measure to codify abortion rights when the issue is on the ballot. While the majority of voters did vote to pass both measures, both failed to reach the 60% of the vote to pass.

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Reporter Field Notes:
Everyone came in optimistic. By the middle of the night, the mood shifted, and attendees started filing out of The Wildflower. Half the room is reminding the other that the most hotly contested ballot measures, amendments 3 and 4 which would legalize recreational marijuana and codify access to abortion, respectively, and  needed 60% voter approval to pass.

“I’m done I’m heading out” said one voter as she exited.

“I’m moving” said another woman as she went to grab another drink. — Jasmine Knox, Florida

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8:30 p.m. — Polls close in Arkansas, and AP calls the state for Trump.
Running electoral total: Trump – 101 // Harris – 35

In another key senate race, New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim won the senate seat formerly occupied embattled Sen. Robert Menendez. Kim becomes the first Korean-American in the Senate.

 

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8:00 p.m. — Polls close in 16 more states and Washington, D.C. AP calls Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee for Trump. Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island for Harris.
Running electoral total: Trump – 95 // Harris – 35

Also, it looks like West Virginia Governor Jim Justice will take over former Senator Joe Manchin’s seat, flipping it Republican. This could shift the Senate to the right.

Another important Senate race is in Florida. Senator Rick Scott will keep his seat, keeping Florida Republican.

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7:30 p.m. — Polls close in three more states. AP calls West Virginia for Trump.
Running electoral total: Trump – 23 // Harris – 3

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7:00 p.m. — Polls close in six states. AP calls Indiana and Kentucky for former President Donald Trump, and Vermont for Vice President Harris.

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6:15 p.m. — The earliest polls close in less than an hour. Our team is on the ground in these last minutes of voting, talking to voters and following their local races and ballot measures.