Millions of voters made their voices heard by voting at the ballot box. 2024 General Electionand their votes will be counted as polls begin to close across the country.

In Texas, unofficial early voting results will be released when polls close at 7 p.m., followed by unofficial Election Day results starting at 9 p.m., with updates reported at 45-minute intervals as counties arrive at the Central Count Station.

Texans voted for president, U.S. senator, all 38 U.S. representatives, and many key state and local offices, including Texas Supreme Court justices, district attorneys, and sheriffs.

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North Carolina election results

Votes are still being counted in North Carolina and it’s too early to vote. According to NBC News.

–Natassia Paloma

Trump wins Ohio

Republican Donald Trump won the state of Ohio. He was given 17 electoral votes.

–Rebecca Morin

Trump claims Texas

Republican Donald Trump won the state of Texas, according to CNN and Fox News. He was given 40 electoral votes.

Texas has the second most votes in the country after California. The state has been reliably red since 1980.

–Rebecca Morin

Harris wins New York

Democrat Kamala Harris won New York state. He was given 28 electoral votes.

–Rebecca Morin

Great Plains, some Western states prefer Trump over Harris

Trump captured parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska. He was expected to win all areas as polls continued to close across the country.

– Marina Pitofsky

Kamala Harris takes Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware

Kamala Harris won Delaware, clinching victory in President Joe Biden’s home state. Harris rose to the top of the Democratic ticket over the summer after Biden ended his reelection bid following a disastrous debate performance.

– Marina Pitofsky

Early election results show US Senate race tight in Texas

With so many counties, some large, some small, reporting early voting results, the race between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Colin Allred is nearly tied. Note that as of this update, there are less than 20 minutes until the polls close and the counting of Election Day votes is still ongoing.

According to incomplete and unofficial information, Allred is comfortably moving forward in his home base of Dallas County. Cruz has a slim early lead in neighboring Tarrant County, which President Joe Biden narrowly won four years ago.

Early results show Allred with a slim lead in Williamson County, north of Austin, and also carries Travis and Hays counties. Reporting numbers for all rural counties so far show Cruz with a clear lead.

–John C. Moritz

Georgia election results

While several Southern states have gone for Donald Trump, all eyes are waiting to see the numbers from the US swing states. Georgia And North Carolina.

– Marina Pitofsky

Harris wins Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland

Harris captured several key Democratic strongholds in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maryland.

– Marina Pitofsky

Trump wins Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina

Donald Trump clinched victory in the three Southern states he was expected to win: Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina.

– Marina Pitofsky

What are electoral votes?

The Electoral College is the way American voters indirectly choose the next president and vice president through electors in each state. There are 538 votes to be cast between all 50 states and the District of Columbia. According to the National Archives.

To win, a candidate must receive 270 electoral delegate votes, a majority of the Electoral College.

According to the National ArchivesBefore the general election, each candidate running for president selects a slate of electors for each state. If the candidate is declared the winner in the state, their candidate will be able to vote in the Electoral College.

Five presidents in history lost the popular vote but still won the Electoral College and became president. The last one to do so is a familiar face, former President Donald Trump in 2016.

-USA Today

What are the oscillation states?

Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are swing states in the 2024 General election.

-Natassia Paloma

Trump and Harris remind voters to get in line

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are reminding voters to stay in line even after the polls close.

Both were posted on their social media pages. Shared by Harris If anyone is having trouble voting, they can call the Voter Helpline at 833-336-8683. Embers He posted a video of himself on X.

“Stay in line, they can’t do anything about it, and vote,” he said in the video.

-Natassia Paloma

Donald Trump wins West Virginia

Donald Trump took West Virginia, one of the ruby ​​red states he was expected to win on Tuesday.

– Marina Pitofsky

The first wins came: Trump took Kentucky, Indiana; Harris takes Vermont

In the first wins of the night, Donald Trump won Kentucky and Indiana, while Kamala Harris captured Vermont.

– Marina Pitofsky

This article first appeared in the El Paso Times: 2024 United States presidential election results: live updates