Decision 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris chose not to address voters gathered at Howard University in D.C. on election night. As former President Donald Trump took a commanding lead, the mood changed and the crowd thinned.

Former President Donald Trump declared victory early Wednesday — NBC News has not projected a winner — after he took a series of swing states, including Pennsylvania.

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Republican Donald Trump addressed his supporters after winning critical swing states on election night.

The amendment says the state may not interfere with that right “unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”

Republicans have flipped two key Democratic-held Senate seats in Ohio and West Virginia, according to NBC News projections, making them favorites to capture the majority, while the battles for House control and the presidency remain unsettled.

Cedric Richmond, co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign, spoke to supporters at Howard University saying Vice President Kamala Harris will not speak until Wednesday.

Abortion rights advocates lost Tuesday on a Florida ballot measure but prevailed in four other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation’s strictest bans.

Democrat Suhas Subramanyam is projected to be the first Indian American sent to Congress from Virginia. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

The Republicans took over control of the U.S. Senate for the first time in four years.

D.C. voters sent several incumbents back to the Council and voted in favor of changing way its elections are held. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Never in the Senate have two Black women served at the same time. Kamala Harris was only the second Black woman and first South Asian woman to serve in the Senate, before she was elected vice president.

Former President Donald Trump won North Carolina Tuesday, according to an NBC News projection, giving the former president the first battleground victory of the night.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican Larry Hogan for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat, NBC News projects. News4’s Tracee Wilkins and Darcy Spencer report.

Tim Kaine has won reelection to his third term as the junior U.S. senator from Virginia. The Democrat defeated Republican challenger Hung Cao in Tuesday’s election. Cao is a 25-year Navy veteran who had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Political observers said Cao faced an uphill battle. That’s because of Virginia’s moderate electorate, aversion to Trump and Kaine’s...

Republican Bernie Moreno has unseated Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, NBC News projects.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts spoke after winning a third term on Tuesday.

Angela Alsobrooks won a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday to become the first Black candidate to be elected senator in Maryland, as the Democrat prevailed in a blue state against popular Republican, former Gov. Larry Hogan, NBC News and the Associated Press project.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was reelected Tuesday night, defeating Democratic Rep. Colin Allred.

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the state’s lone U.S. House seat Tuesday, making her the first transgender person elected to Congress.