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What we know and don’t know about Tuesday’s election results in Rhode Island — 10:10 a.m.
By Dan McGowan, Globe Staff
Those of us whose televisions were glued to CNN late Tuesday and early Wednesday heard URI graduate John King finally call Rhode Island for Joe Biden after 1 a.m., explaining, “but that’s the year we’re having.”
Indeed.
The slower-than-expected early vote count has left A LOT still up in the air about Rhode Island’s results, but here’s what we know so far.
Push to relax drug laws, including marijuana legalization, gains big victories nationwide — 9:52 a.m.
By David A. Lieb, Associated Press
A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as five more states legalized marijuana and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of certain drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.
The drug measures were among 120 proposed state laws and constitutional amendments that were on the ballot in 32 states. They touched on an array of issues that have roiled politics in recent years — voting rights, racial inequalities, abortion, taxes, and education, to name a few.
Biden surpasses Obama’s 2008 total for most votes ever received in presidential election — 9:30 a.m.
By Peter Bailey-Wells, Globe Staff
According to vote totals listed by the Associated Press, former vice president Joe Biden now has received more votes than Barack Obama did in 2008, breaking the record for most votes ever received by a US presidential candidate.
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As of 9:30 a.m., Biden has received 69,544,968 votes across the country. Obama ended the 2008 election with 69,498,516.
Here’s where things stand on ballot counting in key swing states — 9:14 a.m.
By Brittany Bowker, Globe Staff
The presidential election has come down to a handful of states that are still counting votes in a tight race between President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden.
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Alaska are yet to be decided, as absentee and mail-in ballots were still being counted into Wednesday morning. And among those states, the results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, all formerly part of Democrats' “blue wall,” could potentially be the deciding factor of the election.
But what are the counting rules in each of these states? And how exactly will counting ballots work going into Wednesday morning? Here’s what we know so far.
Biden takes lead in Michigan, race still too early to call — 9:00 a.m.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White House.
It was unclear when or how quickly a winner could be determined. A late burst of votes Wednesday morning in Michigan and Wisconsin gave Biden a small lead in those states, but it was still too early to call the race. Hundreds of thousands of votes were also outstanding in Pennsylvania.
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‘Deeply irresponsible’: President Trump’s false claim that he ‘already won’ the election draws blowback — 8:50 a.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
In an early Wednesday address from the White House, President Trump falsely and prematurely claimed he “already won” the election, even as votes in key battleground states had not yet been counted, drawing swift push back.
Neither candidate had reached 270 Electoral College votes needed to win by early Wednesday, yet that didn’t stop Trump from claiming victory in multiple crucial states and vowing to take the battle to the Supreme Court.
The morning after: We survived, but at what cost? — 8:09 a.m.
By Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff
We survived — democracy didn’t completely capsize overnight — but the ship of state sure feels like it’s teetering far from shore.
Voters waking up to a nerve-wracking question: Who will be sworn in as president in January? — 7:59 a.m.
By Evan Allen and Dasia Moore, Globe Staff
It was a restless night for Quincy carpenter Mike Griffin. He went to bed with no idea whether his presidential candidate, Democrat Joe Biden, had won or lost. And when he got up a little after 2:15 a.m. to see how the vote count was coming, he saw President Trump on television, saying that he had prevailed in the hotly contested race.
“I listened to him declare he’s won. I don’t know. I almost threw up,” said Griffin as he emerged from a Quincy Dunkin' Donuts this morning on his way to work.
Anyone who fell asleep Tuesday night believing the dawn would bring clarity to the presidential election awoke to a cold and confusing morning. In Massachusetts, a state that voted overwhelmingly for Biden, the confusion was heightened by a heavy dose of angst that Trump could serve as president for another four years.
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Remaining vote in Pennsylvania appears to be overwhelmingly for Biden — 7:46 a.m.
By Nate Cohn, New York Times
Joe Biden has won absentee ballots counted in Pennsylvania by an overwhelming margin so far, according to data from the secretary of state early Wednesday. If he carried the remaining absentee ballots by a similar margin, he would win the state.
President Donald Trump leads by nearly 700,000 votes in Pennsylvania as of 5 a.m. ET Wednesday, and Biden’s chances depend on whether he can win a large percentage of the more than 1.4 million absentee ballots that remain to be counted.
What we know, what we don’t know, and what to watch next in the election returns — 7:15 a.m.
By James Pindell, Globe Staff
Significant developments in the Election Day returns came in overnight.
There is a lot of noise, speculation, and analysis out there so let’s just cut to chase in the cleanest format possible.
Fox News made a big call in Arizona, buoying Biden and angering Trump — 7:05 a.m.
By Michael M. Grynbaum and John Koblin, New York Times
When Fox News called Arizona, officials with President Donald Trump’s campaign said they were taken aback by the projection: Jason Miller, the campaign’s chief strategist, claimed on Twitter that more than 1 million votes were still outstanding in Arizona, and he baselessly accused the network of “trying to invalidate their votes.” John Roberts, the network’s chief White House correspondent, said the campaign was “livid.” A false rumor circulated online that Fox News had retracted its call.
Basically, the projection buoyed supporters of the Democratic candidate and sent President Donald Trump’s aides into conniptions.
Trump held a victory celebration at the White House without a victory as 2020 race dangles — 5:57 a.m.
By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press
Empty wine glasses littered a table in the East Room of the White House. Pizza boxes and cans of White Claw hard seltzer abounded elsewhere in the complex.
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As Election Day came and went without a verdict in the presidential race, President Donald Trump grew agitated. At 2:21 a.m., the president took the stage before a well-lubricated crowd in the East Room and falsely claimed he had won. He vowed to take his case to the Supreme Court.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter, is headed to Congress — 5:51 a.m.
By Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times
QAnon scored its first national political victory Tuesday when Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of the convoluted pro-Trump conspiracy theory, won a House seat in Georgia, bringing into the halls of Congress an online movement that has inspired real-world violence and been branded a potential domestic terrorism threat by the FBI.
Greene was among at least a dozen Republican congressional candidates — some estimates put the number upward of 20 — who had expressed some degree of support for QAnon and its baseless belief that President Donald Trump is fighting a cabal of Satanist child-molesting Democrats and deep-state bureaucrats who seek global domination. Most were running for reliably Democratic seats.
Mark Kelly win gives Arizona 2 Democratic senators — 3:37 a.m.
Democrat Mark Kelly has won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain.
The former astronaut defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally, who was appointed to the seat after McCain’s death in 2018.
It’s the second election night contest in which a Democrat beat a GOP incumbent. The other was in Colorado.
The Arizona race was a a special election to finish McCain’s term, so Kelly could be sworn in as early as Nov. 30, when the results are officially certified.
Kelly flew combat missions for the Navy during Operation Desert Storm before becoming a test pilot and later an astronaut. He flew four missions to the International Space Station.
He is the husband of former Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head and wounded in an attempted assassination during a constituent event in Tucson in 2011.
Kelly’s victory gives Democrats both Senate seats in Arizona. He will join Kyrsten Sinema in Washington.
Paths to victory narrow for Trump and Biden in tight race for president — 3:29 a.m.
As expected, the decision by a record number of Americans to vote by mail this year has slowed ballot counting in many parts of the country, with election officials cautioning that some results may not be available until Wednesday or later. Here’s where things stand in several closely watched states.
Biden wins Maine’s popular vote, at least 3 electoral votes — 3:12 a.m.
Democrat Joe Biden surged to a statewide victory in Maine early Wednesday, winning at least three of the state’s four electoral votes in his bid to unseat President Donald Trump.
Biden collected a majority of first-place votes in the 1st Congressional District and in the statewide tally, good for three electoral votes. It was too early to call the winner of the 2nd Congressional District’s electoral vote. The count went on to Wednesday after Tuesday’s Election Day.
Four years ago, Maine split its electoral votes, when Trump also was awarded one vote to Hillary Clinton’s three after he won the rural, conservative district. 2016 marked the first time in state history that Maine divided its electoral votes.
Maine is one of only two states that divide their electoral votes. The other is Nebraska.
Biden wins Arizona, flipping state for Dems — 2:54 a.m.
Democrat Joe Biden has won Arizona and its 11 electoral votes, flipping a critical battleground state that Donald Trump won four years ago and that could help determine which candidate wins the presidency.
The victory by Biden was a huge blow to Trump’s chances for reelection. Arizona has backed a Democratic presidential candidate only once in the last 72 years.
Biden’s campaign had focused on Arizona as part of its expanded battleground map through the Sun Belt, citing demographic changes, new residents and realignment away from Republicans among key suburban voters.
Arizona is among the more than half a dozen states that will help determine which candidate gets the 270 electoral votes to capture the White House.
Biden’s massive advantage in campaign cash allowed him to put Trump on defense across the country and work to build an unstoppable lead in the Electoral College.
In early-morning address, Trump highlights key wins, baselessly raises prospect of ‘fraud,’ and falsely claims he’s already won — 2:48 a.m.
By Christina Prignano, Globe staff
As counting continued into a second day early Wednesday morning, President Trump highlighted wins in key battleground states, but also falsely claimed to have already won the election even as vote tallying in critical remaining states was far from complete.
“The citizens of this country have come out in record numbers,” Trump said, thanking his supporters.
Trump baselessly raised the prospect of “fraud” and called for “all voting to stop” though polls had closed in every state and voters can no longer cast ballots. He vowed to bring the fight for the election to the Supreme Court.
“Frankly, we did win this election,” Trump said at one point, making a false claim in advance of the facts which could support it or disprove it: a full counting of the votes.
Biden wins 1 of 4 Maine electoral votes — 2:02 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won at least one of Maine’s four electoral votes in his bid to unseat President Trump.
Biden won the state’s 1st Congressional District, good for one electoral vote.
Maine’s statewide vote, which is worth two electoral votes, and the state’s 2nd Congressional District haven’t yet been called.
Maine split its electoral votes four years ago, awarding three to Democrat Hillary Clinton and one to Trump. Trump won the 2nd Congressional District, the more rural and conservative of Maine’s congressional districts.
It marked the first time in state history that Maine divided its electoral votes.
Maine is one of only two states that divides its electoral votes. The other is Nebraska.
With mail ballots counted, Question 1 passes in Rhode Island — 1:49 a.m.
By Edward Fitzpatrick, Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE — Amid a national reckoning on race, Rhode Islanders on Tuesday opted to remove the words “Providence Plantations” from the official state name.
Question 1 passed with 52.8 percent of the vote, according to the state Board of Elections results posted at 1 a.m. Wednesday that include mail ballots and early voting tallies. Earlier results had indicated that the referendum might not pass.
The narrow win marked a stark contrast to a previous attempt in 2010, when 78 percent of Rhode Island voters resoundingly rejected changing the state’s name.
Rhode Island shatters 2008 turnout record, but uncertainty reigns as count moves slow — 1:47 a.m.
By Dan McGowan, Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island shattered its all-time voter turnout record in Tuesday’s election, but the state’s glacial pace of counting early votes left the outcome of key races in multiple communities uncertain when the clock hit midnight Wednesday.
Even the presidential race, which the Associated Press called for Democrat Joe Biden minutes after polls closed Tuesday, showed Biden holding a 2,000-vote lead over President Donald Trump late into the night.
But here’s the rub: Only 268,000 votes had been counted by midnight Wednesday, and at least 487,000 ballots were turned in by Election Day. That total surpassed Rhode Island’s previous turnout record of 475,000, which was set in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president.
The state Board of Elections pledged to begin releasing early vote results by 10 p.m. Tuesday, but only a small portion had been tallied. The slow count left some residents believing that Republicans had a historically successful performance the deeply blue state, but the tide was still expected to shift on Wednesday.
Trump wins 4 of 5 Nebraska votes; Biden gets 1 — 1:36 a.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won four of Nebraska’s five electoral votes, while Democrat Joe Biden has won one electoral vote from the state.
The 1st Congressional District was called for Trump early Wednesday. He also won the 3rd Congressional District earlier, as well as the statewide vote. Trump gets one electoral vote for each congressional district, plus two electoral votes for winning the statewide vote.
Biden’s win in the 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha, is a flip from 2016, when Trump narrowly won it against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
While Trump easily carried the state itself, Nebraska is one of only two states that divides its electoral votes.
In 2016, Trump won all five of Nebraska’s electoral votes.
Biden wins Omaha-area district, a flip from ’16, picking up an electoral vote — 1:28 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha. That flips a district that Donald Trump won in 2016.
Nebraska, one of two states that divides its electoral votes, has five total electoral votes up for grabs. On Tuesday, Trump won the statewide vote, which is good for two electoral votes. He also won the 3rd Congressional District, which nets him a third vote.
Biden earns one electoral vote for winning Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District hasn’t yet been called.
In 2016, Trump narrowly won Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Twitter is hiding an election-related post by President Trump — 1:27 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Twitter is hiding an election-related post by President Trump, warning that its content is disputed and could be misleading.
Trump stated without evidence early Wednesday that Democrats were trying to “steal” the election. He also falsely said votes cannot be cast after polls are closed.
States allow voters to cast ballots if they are in line when polls close. Some states also allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received later to be counted.
Trump’s tweet came after his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, delivered remarks as the race was too early to call in key battleground states.
Biden told his supporters to be patient while all the votes are counted.
Twitter says placing a warning on the tweet is in line with its “Civic Integrity Policy.” The tweet is still visible after clicking through the warning.
Democrat Stephen Lynch wins reelection to US House — 1:20 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democratic US Rep. Stephen Lynch, who represents the state’s 8th Congressional District, defeated independent opponent Jon Lott.
Democratic US Rep. Bill Keating wins reelection in Mass. — 1:14 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democratic US Rep. Bill Keating, who led a congressional investigation of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, has clinched his bid for reelection to a sixth term.
Keating, of Bourne, first was elected to Congress in 2010 from the 9th Congressional District, which includes the South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
The 68-year-old lawmaker easily defeated Republican Helen Brady and independent Michael Manley.
Marine vet Jake Auchincloss wins open House seat in Mass. — 1:12 a.m.
By The Associated Press
In the state’s only open US House race, Democratic Newton City Councilor Jake Auchincloss, who served as a captain in the Marine Corps, defeated Republican Julie Hall, also a veteran, to become the newest member of the state’s congressional delegation.
Auchincloss came out on top of a crowded Democratic primary field to seize the party’s nomination. The seat is currently held by Kennedy, who opted not to seek reelection after deciding to challenge Markey.
Trump wins Texas despite Democrats' efforts — 1:09 a.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Texas and its 38 electoral votes despite a furious, late push by Democrats to turn America’s biggest red state blue.
An avalanche of early votes fed Democrats' high hopes of ending decades of losses in Texas, where polls showed Joe Biden running unusually close. But Trump carried Texas for a second straight year.
Trump won Texas by 9 percentage points in 2016 and all but took a win here for granted. He didn’t swing through Texas for campaign rallies or swamp television airwaves, and his conservative allies on the ground scoffed at Biden’s chances as a far reach.
Trump sought to make an issue out of Biden’s answer during their final presidential debate that Biden would “transition away from the oil industry” if elected president. Texas is among the swing states with voters who depend on the oil industry to make a living.
Trump says he will make a statement early Wednesday — 1:00 a.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump says he’s planning to make a statement early Wednesday morning as the race remains too close to call.
Neither Trump nor Democrat Joe Biden has reached the 270 Electoral College vote threshold.
Trump is insisting by tweet that “Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed!” even though, in multiple states, ballots can be counted if they arrive after after Election Day.
Many of the battleground states have yet to be called, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.
Trump won Florida, Iowa and Ohio, while Biden carried New Hampshire and Minnesota. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
Republican Joni Ernst wins 2nd term in Iowa — 1:00 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst has won a second term in Iowa, fending off a competitive challenge from Des Moines real estate developer Theresa Greenfield.
Ernst argued that she had been true to her deeply conservative beliefs as both a state legislator and U.S. senator while also trying to portray herself as a senator who crossed party lines on some issues. Ernst serves in Republican leadership and has been an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump.
Greenfield often spoke of her childhood roots working in her family’s crop-dusting business and focused on core Democratic issues such as protecting Social Security, increasing job training and expanding health care options.
Biden tells supporters to ‘keep the faith’ — 12:55 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Joe Biden is asking his supporters to “keep the faith” as the counting goes on in the drawn-out U.S. presidential election.
The Democratic presidential candidate emerged Wednesday after midnight to speak on the election results that have left the outcome in the balance. He spent the evening watching the returns come in from his home in Wilmington, Delaware, then drove downtown by motorcade to make his statement outside the Chase Center.
He told a gathering of supporters that his hopes for victory remain high despite the uncertainty and cautioned them that it could take a day or longer to know who won.
He told them: “Your patience is commendable.”
Hours after the polls have closed across America, however, the result is up in the air.
A number of key states still have hundreds of thousands of ballots outstanding, after a large influx of mail ballots have slowed down the count in states across the nation.
Officials in Michigan say results could be reported as soon as Wednesday — 12:53 a.m.
By Hayley Kaufman, Globe Staff
While votes in a handful of battleground states are still being tallied, officials in Michigan say results could be reported as soon as Wednesday.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Michigan could set a record for voter turnout, with 2 million to 2.5 million in-person votes cast Tuesday, in addition to the more than 3.25 million mail-in ballots received, according to The Detroit Free Press.
“All around the state today, our clerks wanted to make sure that every single vote was counted and every voice was heard,” Benson said at a press conference.
Democrat Seth Moulton reelected to US House — 12:51 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democratic US Rep. Seth Moulton, who mounted a brief campaign for his party’s presidential nomination last year, has beaten back a challenge from Republican John Paul Moran to win reelection.
The 42-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran in Iraq had been heavily favored to continue representing Massachusetts' predominantly Democratic 6th Congressional District.
Moulton launched an unsuccessful bid for president, exiting the crowded race in August 2019. He had focused his White House candidacy on mental health treatment after revealing his own struggles on that front
McGovern wins reelection to US House — 12:47 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, who represents the state’s 2nd Congressional District, defeated GOP challenger Tracy Lovvorn.
McGovern, first elected to the US House in 1996, is chair of the House Rules Committee and senior member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Oversight. Lovvorn described herself as “a mother, a healthcare provider, an operational manager and a small business owner.”
Trump wins Florida, biggest battleground prize — 12:40 a.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Florida and its 29 electoral votes, the biggest prize among the perennial battlegrounds and a state crucial to his reelection hopes.
A victory in Florida means reelection is within Trump’s grasp. A loss in the state would have made it nearly impossible for Trump to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to retain the White House.
Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign had hoped the devastating toll of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly among older adults, would put him in a strong position in a state popular with retirees.
Trump moved his official residence to his Palm Beach estate Mar-a-Lago from New York last year.
Trump narrowly beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016.
Question 2 backers of ranked-choice voting concede race — 12:35 a.m.
By Matt Stout, Globe Staff
Massachusetts voters rejected a measure to implement ranked-choice voting, dealing a blow to a movement that had drawn millions in out-of-state support and the backing of Massachusetts' leading Democratic officials in the hopes of reshaping the state’s election system.
The committee pushing the measure, known as Question 2, conceded shortly after midnight, with unofficial results showing voters opting against the measure, 54 to 46 percent, with nearly 80 percent of precincts reporting.
The outcome was a surprise decision in a state where officials have long prided themselves on being at the forefront of progressive policy-making. The measure’s supporters had also hoped a victory would create another toehold for wider electoral reform across the country.
“Structural reform is a marathon not a sprint. Changing the status quo — especially during this pandemic — is never an easy task,” said Evan Falchuk, the Yes on 2 committee’s chairman. “We are obviously deeply disappointed that we came up short in this election.”
The committee pushing the ballot question had drawn from the leadership of the successful ranked-choice voting effort in Maine, where voters approved it four years ago, and it had spent nearly $8 million by the end of October pitching the concept across Massachusetts. A committee opposing the measure spent had spent just $2,000.
But unofficial results showed most voters did not embrace a system whose most high-profile opponent in Massachusetts was Governor Charlie Baker. The moderate Republican said he feared it would create another “layer of complication” for voters, potentially delay election results, and hike administrative costs, though state officials have not said by how much.
Trump wins Iowa and Montana — 12:25 a.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Iowa and Montana.
The Republican nominee on Wednesday was awarded six electoral votes from Iowa and three electoral votes from Montana.
Trump won Iowa by more than 9 percentage points four years ago against Democrat Hillary Clinton, but his support eroded significantly over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the overall direction of the country.
Trump rallied in Iowa in the final stretch of the campaign, going so far as to announce he would be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Iowa wrestling legend Dan Gable. In an appeal to the state’s farmers, he told them he was responsible for $28 billion in aid designed to help offset damage stemming from his trade war with China.
Trump takes Ohio — 12:25 a.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Ohio and its 18 electoral votes, holding on to a battleground state where the race against Democrat Joe Biden had tightened in recent months.
The Republican nominee comfortably carried the Midwestern state four years ago, but polls heading into the final weeks showed Biden well within range, forcing the president to spend more time in the state than anyone expected.
In 2016, Trump saw notable support from blue-collar manufacturing and mining communities disenchanted with his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, and buoyed by the Republican’s promise to bring back jobs to their hard-hit communities.
Biden saw the gap as overly daunting early on but seized an opening in the closing months amid Trump’s softening support among college-educated suburban women. The campaign responded with a summer ad blitz and string of in-person campaign appearances.
Biden wins Minnesota, turning back Trump push — 12:17 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has carried Minnesota, turning back a strong push by President Trump and holding on to a state narrowly won by Democrat Hillary Clinton four years ago.
Biden was awarded the state’s 10 electoral votes on Tuesday.
Biden made up for his campaign getting a late start in Minnesota compared with Trump, who held several campaign rallies in the state this election cycle. The former vice president took advantage of anti-Trump sentiment and organizing efforts by the state’s Democrats, who stressed COVID-19 and health care issues.
Trump came within 1.5 percentage points of carrying Minnesota in 2016 and made winning the state this time a personal priority. Republicans invested time and money in building a field organization to boost GOP turnout, focusing on conservative rural Minnesota and suburban areas that were once mostly Republican but have become swing territory.
The last Republican presidential candidate to capture the state was Richard Nixon in 1972.
Donna Shalala, Clinton Cabinet member, is upset in House reelection bid — 12:16 a.m.
By The New York Times
Rep. Donna E. Shalala, a Democrat who served as President Bill Clinton’s health secretary, narrowly lost her Florida seat to the Republican candidate, Maria Elvira Salazar, on Tuesday, becoming one of the more notable Democratic casualties in the House.
In a rematch of their 2018 House race, Salazar, a former television journalist, will represent Florida’s 27th Congressional District, which includes Miami and surrounding communities in Miami-Dade County.
Biden wins Hawaii — 12:09 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won the state of Hawaii.
He was awarded its four electoral votes on Tuesday.
Hawaii is a reliably Democratic state and last went for a Republican presidential candidate in 1984, when it was won by Ronald Reagan.
Prepared for unrest, police in Mass. report few disruptions on Election Night — 11:57 p.m.
By Milton J. Valencia and Vernal Coleman, Globe Staff
Following days of preparation and uncertainty over the potential for voting disruptions and unrest on Election Day, law enforcement agencies across Massachusetts were reporting few, if any, notable incidents Tuesday night.
As national election results trickled in and temperatures dropped into the 20s Tuesday night, many, it seemed, chose to wait out their anxieties at home. Authorities in cities and towns ranging from Brockton to Boston to Amherst reported relative quiet in their community.
“Don’t jinx us,” Brockton Police Sgt. Michael Skinner told a Globe reporter Tuesday night. Brockton was among a handful of area cities that saw violent protests in the spring amid a social justice movement and push for police reforms. As of 9 p.m., Skinner reported no incidents in Brockton.
Pennsylvania congressman sues over state’s mail-in ballot ‘cure’ — 11:43 p.m.
By Bloomberg News
A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania sued the state’s top election officials for allegedly allowing voters whose mail-in ballots were invalidly submitted to “cure” their votes by using provisional ballots.
The suit filed Tuesday evening by US Representative Mike Kelly alleges Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar improperly directed election staff on Nov. 2 to alert mail-in voters about ballots with errors that need to be fixed. Mail-in ballots aren’t supposed to be opened until Election Day.
The suit, filed in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, seeks an injunction barring Boockvar from allowing voters with invalid mail-in ballots to fix the problems. Kelly cites legal precedent holding that identifying information on mail-in ballots can’t be revealed, which would prohibit such corrections.
Race looks likely to come down to the ‘blue wall’ — 11:30 p.m.
By Liz Goodwin, Globe Staff
For the American electorate, it was another night on the razor’s edge, another night with an unsettling, confusing, and, familiar feel.
Those who hoped for clarity on Election Night will have to wait a little longer to find out who their next president will be, as President Trump and Joe Biden remain locked in a close race for the White House.
Once again, the race looks likely to come down to the “blue wall” states in the Midwest of Minnesota and Michigan, as well as Pennsylvania, states with a long history of going for Democrats that Trump managed to flip to red four years ago but has struggled to defend from Biden this time around.
Major incidents of voter intimidation and disruption largely fail to materialize — 11:25 p.m.
By Hanna Krueger and Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff
Much of America was on edge going into Election Day, in part due to warnings of widespread disruption and voter intimidation amid an unorthodox and heated election with historic turnout. But such fears did not appear to materialize as polls began to close across the eastern part of the country Tuesday night.
The most nefarious voter intimidation scheme seemed to take place over the phones with a series of robocalls telling voters to “stay home and stay safe,” rather than head to the polls. Meanwhile, a legal battle brewed between a federal judge and the US Postal Service, which ignored an order to sweep mail processing facilities for misplaced ballots in swing states with strict absentee deadlines.
Clark wins reelection to US House — 11:23 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark, who represents the state’s 5th Congressional District, defeated Republican Caroline Colarusso.
Clark is a member of the Committee on Appropriations and three subcommittees. In 2018, she was elected to serve as vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, making her one of the higher-ranking Democrats in the House.
Ocasio-Cortez wins second term in Congress — 11:16 p.m.
By The Associated Press
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be returning to Congress for a second term.
The New York City Democrat on Tuesday defeated Republican John Cummings, a teacher and former police officer.
Ocasio-Cortez has become one of the most well-known voices of the American left in her first term.
She was a lead sponsor of the Green New Deal, a proposal to have the federal government mobilize a massive effort to wean the nation from fossil fuels and invest in zero-emission transportation. She’s agitated with members of her own party to support universal health care, a higher minimum wage, cancellation of student debt and abolition of immigration enforcement.
Ocasio-Cortez has also become a target of constant criticism from the right, demonized frequently by conservative talk show hosts as the socialist future of the Democratic Party.
Ocasio-Cortez’s 14th Congressional District in Queens and the Bronx was among the places hit hardest in the city by the coronavirus.
Trump wins Utah — 11:13 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won the state of Utah.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its six electoral votes.
Utah hasn’t supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Trump won Utah in 2016, but independent candidate Evan McMullin had a strong showing in the state owing to widespread distaste of both Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. McMullin captured more than 20% of the vote.
Democrat Ayanna Pressley wins reelection to US House — 11:11 p.m.
By Danny McDonald, Globe Staff
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a member of the Democratic “squad” in Congress, has breezed past independent Roy Owens to win a second term.
First elected in 2018, the 46-year-old Pressley faced no Republican opponents in either the primary or the general election. She represents the 7th Congressional District, which contains large swaths of Boston plus the cities of Somerville, Everett, Chelsea, parts of Cambridge and Milton, and the town of Randolph.
She burst onto the national stage in part by her association with three other Democratic congresswomen, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, labeled the “squad” for their scathing criticism of President Donald Trump. Pressley declared victory Tuesday night in a Zoom message.
“I’m so honored to have decisively earned your trust and your confidence for a second term,” she said. “We are just getting started.”
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Biden wins 3 Western states, Trump takes Idaho — 11:04 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won California, Oregon and Washington state, while President Donald Trump has won Idaho.
California, Oregon and Washington are all liberal states, while Idaho is conservative.
California has 55 electoral votes, the biggest haul of any state. It’s also the home of Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. She served as the San Francisco district attorney and the state’s attorney general before winning election to the Senate in 2016.
Biden nets 74 electoral votes for the three Western states, while Trump takes four electoral votes from Idaho.
Biden wins New Hampshire, holding it for Dems — 10:59 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won New Hampshire and its four electoral votes, holding on to a state that President Donald Trump only narrowly lost in 2016.
The state was considered a 2020 battleground despite not going for a Republican presidential candidate since George W. Bush in 2000.
Four years ago, Democrat Hillary Clinton won the small state over Trump by roughly 2,700 votes. That’s less than 1% of the 732,000 ballots cast, and it was the second-closest margin of victory in the country.
Biden didn’t fare as well in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Democratic primary in February. He finished a dismal fifth, behind Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. But his candidacy took off after a commanding win later that month in the South Carolina primary, leading to the exits of several of his competitors.
Why the AP called Virginia for Biden — 10:55 p.m.
By The Associated Press
The AP declared Democratic nominee Joe Biden the winner of Virginia at 7:31 p.m. EST, after results from early returns and an AP survey of the electorate showed the former vice president had beaten President Donald Trump in the state.
While only about 10% of the vote had been counted statewide at the time, completed counts in a representative selection of precincts in communities across Virginia showed Biden comfortably ahead of Trump.
Those results matched data from AP VoteCast and an analysis of early voting statistics. The survey found Biden with a substantial lead in the state. VoteCast, the AP’s wide-ranging survey of the American electorate, captures voters' choices and why they made them.
Madison Cawthorn wins in North Carolina, becoming youngest Republican elected to House — 10:46 p.m.
By The New York Times
Madison Cawthorn won North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating former Air Force colonel Moe Davis and keeping the conservative seat in Republican hands after a race that became unexpectedly competitive when Cawthorn was accused of racism and sexual misconduct.
Cawthorn is the youngest Republican ever elected to Congress, and the youngest person of any party elected to it in more than 50 years. He turned 25, the minimum age to serve in the House, in August.
Exit polls showed the vote came down to the pandemic versus the economy — 10:36 p.m.
By The New York Times
As the country faces a dual national crisis — a monthslong pandemic and economic devastation — voters were deeply divided on what mattered more: containing the coronavirus or hustling to rebuild the economy, according to early exit polls released Tuesday.
Their opinion of which was more important fell along starkly partisan lines, with those who viewed the pandemic as the most pressing issue favoring Joe Biden for president, while those who named the economy and jobs leaned toward reelecting President Trump.
Trump wins Missouri — 10:35 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won the state of Missouri.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its 10 electoral votes.
In 2016, Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the state by 18 percentage points.
R.I. political status quo upended as House Speaker trails at the polls — 10:33 p.m.
By Edward Fitzpatrick, Globe Staff
CRANSTON, R.I. — Voters in a slice of Cranston upended the status quo in Rhode Island politics on Tuesday, giving Republican challenger Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung a large lead over Democratic House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello.
With all four precincts reporting in the House District 15 race, Fenton-Fung had 65 percent of the in-person Election Day votes, while Mattiello trailed with just 35 percent.
Those totals do not include early-voting and mail ballot tallies, but they sent a seismic shock through a State House political system that has the conservative Democratic Mattiello at its pinnacle.
Cornyn retains seat for Republicans in Texas — 10:31 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas has defeated Democrat MJ Hegar in his hardest-fought reelection battle in almost two decades.
Cornyn held an edge in polls and fundraising for most of the race but was still forced into mounting an unusually aggressive defense as Democrats poured millions of dollars into Hegar’s race.
Hegar is a former Air Force helicopter pilot who narrowly lost a U.S. House race two years ago. She called Cornyn a “spineless bootlicker” beholden to Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Cornyn’s victory came in the face of uncommon headwinds for Republicans in Texas.
‘Right to Repair’ backers declare victory on Question 1 as opponents concede — 10:29 p.m.
By Matt Stout, Globe Staff
Massachusetts voters looked on pace to pass a ballot question Tuesday expanding the state’s “Right to Repair” law, a decision with potentially far-reaching ramifications in the automotive industry about who has access to the highly proprietary data being transmitted by cars.
Opponents of the initiative, known as Question 1, conceded defeat shortly before 10 p.m. Earlier, supporters declared victory with early, unofficial results showing voters backing the measure by a roughly 3-to-1 margin.
Voters had also weighed in on another ballot initiative, known as Question 2, which would implement ranked-choice voting. But ballots were still being counted Tuesday night and the result was not yet clear.
Analysis: Suddenly, the presidential race is coming down to just four states. It’s going to be a long night. Go to bed — 10:24 p.m.
By James Pindell, Globe Staff
In a matter of two hours the Electoral College map went from about a dozen interesting states to just four.
Florida? Looks like Trump. Texas, Iowa, Ohio? Seems like President Trump must like where he stands there, too. Meanwhile, Biden has to like what he sees in New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Maine, though a lot of votes in those states aren’t in.
This means three things: First, there is no blowout. Second, two states will probably decide the presidency: Pennsylvania and Arizona.
Sure, other big tossup states have not been called. Georgia and North Carolina seem headed to Trump. Michigan and Wisconsin won’t be called for days, but things appear to be trending well for Biden.
Added up, this leaves Biden with 259 and Trump to 248, both short of the 270 electoral votes needed to win -- with Arizona and Pennsylvania uncalled. Biden just needs to win Arizona to take it all. Trump needs both states.
But we won’t have results from Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania for a few hours or a few days.
See you in the morning.
GOP’s Tuberville defeats US Sen. Jones, flips Alabama seat — 10:19 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville has recaptured a Senate seat for Republicans by defeating Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama.
Jones had widely been considered the Senate’s most endangered Democrat, and Republicans had made winning the once reliably conservative seat a priority in 2020.
Tuberville has never held public office. He aligned himself closely with President Donald Trump and declared in the primary campaign that “God sent us” the president.
Jones won the seat during a 2017 special election in which GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore was publicly accused of sexual misconduct involving young women decades ago. In the Senate, he often voted with Democrats and was criticized by Tuberville for his vote to convict Trump in the Senate impeachment trial this year.
Delaware elects country’s first transgender state senator — 10:18 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Sarah McBride won a state Senate race on Tuesday in Delaware, and would become the first openly transgender state senator in the country when sworn in.
McBride defeated Republican Steve Washington to win the seat that became open following the retirement of the longest-serving legislator in Delaware history.
She won in a heavily Democratic district stretching from northern Wilmington to the Pennsylvania border, and joins several other transgender legislators around the country but will be the first transgender state senator.
“I think tonight’s results demonstrate what I’ve known my entire life, which is that the residents of this district are fair-minded, and they’re looking at candidates' ideas and not their identity,” McBride said Tuesday night. “It is my hope that a young LGBTQ kid here in Delaware or really anywhere in this country can look at the results and know that our democracy is big enough for them, too.”
Graham survives challenge from Harrison in SC — 10:04 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has secured a fourth term in the Senate, defeating Democrat Jamie Harrison.
Some polling in the campaign’s closing weeks showed a head-to-head race, and Harrison’s massive fundraising broke records. But Graham mustered support across South Carolina, where all statewide offices are held by Republicans and support for President Donald Trump remains strong.
Harrison portrayed Graham as too willing to acquiesce to Trump. Graham maintained that he felt it in his constituents' best interests that he align with the president, who has remained popular in South Carolina.
If Harrison had won, South Carolina would have been the first state in U.S. history to be simultaneously represented by two Black senators.
Trump wins Kansas — 10:01 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won the state of Kansas.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its six electoral votes.
In 2016, Trump coasted to victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton by 20 percentage points in the state.
Democrat Hickenlooper ousts Gardner in Colorado — 9:52 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat John Hickenlooper has defeated Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado. It’s the first seat that the Democrats have picked up on election night.
Colorado is a state that’s shifted strongly to the left since Gardner’s election to the Senate in 2014.
Hickenlooper is a popular former two-term governor who repeatedly tied Gardner to President Donald Trump during the race.
Gardner promoted his work on a sweeping public lands bill, a national suicide prevention hotline he launched and various federal dollars he secured for Colorado. But he avoided criticism of the president and struggled to distinguish himself from Trump’s words and policies.
Democrats have won every statewide race since Gardner’s election, with the exception of a board of regents position in 2016.
Trump and Biden battle in early tight race for president — 9:43 p.m.
By Jess Bidgood and Jazmine Ulloa, Globe Staff
President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden were locked in a close race Tuesday night as the bitter presidential campaign barreled to an ending after weeks of record-setting, early voting that has unfolded amid a pandemic that has cost more than 220,000 American lives.
As the polls were closing in Eastern time zone states, the Associated Press called eight states for Biden, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, Virginia and Illinois. Trump also was declared the winner in eight states, including South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Trump had a narrow lead in Florida, a state he won in 2016 and considered essential to his reelection. Pennsylvania, as well as key Midwestern swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin, were only just beginning to process the hailstorm of mail-in ballots. Biden held early, but not commanding, leads in Ohio and North Carolina.
Biden takes Colorado — 9:39 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won the state of Colorado.
He was awarded its nine electoral votes on Tuesday.
The state, which went for Democrat Hillary Clinton four years ago, has trended sharply to the left since President Donald Trump’s 2016 election.
The state also has a competitive Senate race between Republican incumbent Cory Gardner and the state’s former governor John Hickenlooper. Gardner is considered one of the nation’s most vulnerable senators.
Biden wins District of Columbia — 9:30 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won the District of Columbia.
He was awarded its three electoral votes on Tuesday.
District voters have been allowed to cast presidential ballots since 1964 and have always voted overwhelmingly Democratic. Hillary Clinton’s win in the District over Republican Donald Trump in 2016 was the widest margin ever.
GOP, Democrats in fierce battle for control of the Senate — 9:10 p.m.
By Victoria McGrane, Globe Staff
Republicans and Democrats were grappling for control of the US Senate as polls began to close on the East Coast, the GOP fighting to cling to its majority in the face of a handful of once-reliably red states that have transformed into ferocious battlegrounds.
Democrats hope they can ride a national backlash against President Trump and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic to victory in states that were once considered long shots at best.
Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate. At least one Democratic seat is likely to fall Tuesday night, which means the party needs to flip four GOP-held seats to achieve a 50-50 split in the chamber and gain control if former Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidential race. That’s because his vice president, Kamala Harris, would cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate.
Trump wins 5 more states, Biden adds 2 states — 9:05 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Louisiana, Nebraska, Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, while Democrat Joe Biden has won New Mexico and New York.
Nebraska, one of two states that divides its electoral votes, has five total electoral votes up for grabs. Trump won the statewide vote, which is good for two electoral votes. He also won the 3rd Congressional District, which nets him a third vote.
Nebraska’s 1st and 2nd congressional districts haven’t yet been called.
Trump nets 20 electoral votes from his wins in Louisiana, Nebraska, Nebraska’s 3rd, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, while Biden takes 34 electoral votes for winning New Mexico and New York.
Mass. congressional incumbents expected to win easily — 9:00 p.m.
By Danny McDonald, Globe Staff
Incumbents were expected to cruise to victory in several Massachusetts congressional races on Tuesday, while Democrat Jake Auchincloss faced Republican Julie Hall in the contest to succeed Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III.
As of 8:30 p.m., none of the state’s congressional races had been called. The contests featuring incumbents were not considered competitive going into Election Day, and Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Stephen F. Lynch, Seth Moulton, James P. McGovern, Katherine M. Clark, and William Keating were expected to each earn another term on Capitol Hill.
Trump takes Indiana — 8:59 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won the state of Indiana.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its 11 electoral votes.
Indiana is the home state of Trump’s running mate, Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump won Indiana by 19 percentage points in 2016 over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Mainers turn out in strong numbers for sharply contested Senate race with national implications — 8:47 p.m.
By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff
PORTLAND, Maine — After more than a year of campaigning, a record $160 million raised, and unheard-of negativity for a Maine political race, Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon made a flurry of final appeals Tuesday in an election that could decide control of the Senate.
Mainers stood in long lines, in some places dusted with snow, as election officials predicted turnout could top 70 percent, threatening a record in a state whose voter participation usually ranks among the nation’s highest. As of Tuesday, more than 500,000 of the state’s 1.06 million registered voters had cast absentee ballots, double the typical figure.
Despite that record-shattering tally of absentee ballots, voters turned out at the polls in large numbers Tuesday, standing in socially distanced queues in blustery winds and temperatures that dropped to the 20s and 30s.
Rhode Island voters lean toward keeping ‘Providence Plantations’ — 8:43 p.m.
By Edward Fitzpatrick, Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE — Amid a national reckoning on race, early results showed that Rhode Islanders are inclined to keep their official state name as is, “Providence Plantations” and all.
With 20 percent of precincts reporting, Question 1 seemed poised for defeat by a slim margin, with about 55 percent of voters against a constitutional amendment to change the state’s name, and 45 percent for it.
Advocates renewed a push for a constitutional amendment to change “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” to simply “Rhode Island,” saying the word “plantations” evokes images of slavery in a state that played a key role in the slave trade. Opponents argued that “plantations” referred to colonies or settlements with agricultural economies and had nothing to do with slavery. In 2010, voters resoundingly rejected changing the state’s name, with 78 percent against and just 22 percent in favor.
Trump wins Arkansas — 8:33 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won the state of Arkansas.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its six electoral votes.
Arkansas is a reliably Republican state that hasn’t gone for a Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996.
Nevada judge: Some voting sites can remain open — 8:32 p.m.
By The Associated Press
A judge in Nevada has ordered 30 Las Vegas-area voting sites to remain open for an extra hour after President Trump’s campaign and Nevada Republicans cited reports that some locations did not open on time.
Clark County District Court Judge Joe Hardy Jr. in Las Vegas heard immediate arguments in an Election Day lawsuit filed to extend voting times to 8 p.m. for 22 specified sites, which had been scheduled to close at 7 p.m.
Hardy added eight additional sites at the request of attorneys for Democrats.
Clark County has 125 voting centers in and around Las Vegas. The judge ordered that anyone in line at the 30 sites at 8 p.m. will be allowed to cast a ballot.
Rhode Island shatters 2008 turnout record — 8:30 p.m.
By Dan McGowan, Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE - Nearly 490,000 Rhode Islanders voted in Tuesday’s election, shattering the reliably blue state’s all-time turnout record that was set in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president.
There were few competitive statewide races, but turnout surged past the previous record of 475,428 with more than an hour until polls closed, fueled in large part due to unprecedented early voting and mail-in voting numbers. As of 7:50 p.m., 487,000 Rhode Islanders had already voted, according to the secretary of state’s office.
More than 100 million Americans voted early in this election as concerns about the coronavirus pandemic prompted many states to relax mail-in voting laws.
Mass. voters head to the polls amid pandemic and political maelstrom — 8:26 p.m.
By Zoe Greenberg and Travis Andersen, Globe Staff
Voters across the state poured into polling places Tuesday, enthusiastically casting ballots in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic and a bitterly contested election. They wore masks, they brought hand sanitizer, and they stood 6 feet from each other, all part of a bizarre Election Day scene that would have been unimaginable before COVID-19 struck.
“I wanted to show them what democracy feels like,” said Sarah Terrero, 37, who brought her two young children as she voted for Joe Biden at the Word of Life Tabernacle in Roxbury.
Across the state, voters packed lines even before polling stations opened, foreshadowing enormous turnout in a vote that appeared to go relatively well after weeks of fear about chaos at the polls.
In New Hampshire, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen wins a third term to the Senate — 8:20 p.m.
By James Pindell, Globe Staff
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, easily won reelection over Bryant “Corky” Messner, a Republican, on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, which declared her a winner the very moment after the polls closed in the Granite State.
Governor Chris Sununu also easily dispatched a Democratic challenger, easily winning a second term. The Associated Press also called this race the moment the last polls in the state closed at 8 p.m. Sununu is the only Republican governor in a state Hillary Clinton won in 2016 who endorsed Trump’s re-election.
Ed Markey, new progressive icon, wins another Senate term — 8:09 p.m.
By Victoria McGrane, Globe Staff
Senator Edward J. Markey cruised to re-election Tuesday in an anti-climatic victory over his Republican challenger, attorney Kevin O’Connor, whose long-shot bid never generated the energy or voter attention that the contest’s Democratic primary drew.
The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m. for Markey, who earlier this year clawed his way back from underdog status to vanquish a member of the state’s most famous political dynasty, Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III.
The quick call underscores how much trouble O’Connor, a successful lawyer from Dover who had never run for office before winning the Republican primary in September, had gaining traction as a Trump supporter in a state that broadly loathes the president.
Trump wins 4 states, while Biden takes 7 states — 8:06 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, while Democrat Joe Biden has won Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
The results were not a surprise. Biden is very strong in the states that went for him, just as Trump is strong in the states he won.
Trump takes 33 electoral votes for winning those four states, while Biden adds 69 electoral votes to his total for winning seven states.
Trumps wins South Carolina — 7:56 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won the state of South Carolina.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its nine electoral votes. Trump handily won the state in 2016 over Democrat Hillary Clinton. South Carolina hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina primary in February started a wave of wins that helped cement his status as Democrats' presidential nominee. South Carolina Republicans didn’t hold a primary, an early sign of their support for Trump’s reelection.
Crowd gathers outside White House as voters continue to cast ballots — 7:53 p.m.
By The Washington Post
Voters were still casting ballots across the country, but by Tuesday evening hundreds of people had already gathered outside the White House for what one hoped would become “a going-away party for Trump.”
A drum line pounded out a steady beat, dancers waved flags while weaving to the music, and backers of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden occasionally chanted “Vote him out!” at Black Lives Matter Plaza. A handful of President Donald Trump’s supporters also were there.
Biden wins the state of Virginia — 7:42 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrat Joe Biden has won the state of Virginia. He was awarded its 13 electoral votes on Tuesday.
Democrat Hillary Clinton won Virginia over Republican Donald Trump in 2016, helped in part by her choice of running mate: Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
Virginia has grown increasingly liberal over the last four years, and as a result of the 2019 elections, Democrats now control every branch of government in the state.
Trump takes West Virginia — 7:35 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has coasted to victory in West Virginia, taking its five electoral votes.
The Republican nominee defeated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday in a reliably conservative state.
The last Democrat to win a presidential race in West Virginia was Bill Clinton in 1996.
Online lies and misinformation surge on Election Day — 7:22 p.m.
By The Washington Post
Voters faced a fresh barrage of misinformation Tuesday, the latest development in a voting period that has been marred by misleading narratives across social media.
Twitter removed a post, shared from a screenshot on Instagram, in which a person falsely claiming to be a poll worker in Erie, Pa., said he had thrown out hundreds of Trump ballots. A far-right influencer falsely claimed on Twitter said that the National Guard had been deployed to Philadelphia and other cities to prevent unrest in the case of a Trump victory.
Mass. voters decide on auto repair, ranked-choice voting questions — 7:20 p.m.
By Matt Stout, Globe Staff
For months, supporters and opponents of two hotly debated and complex ballot questions have collectively spent tens of millions of dollars, inundated television sets and web browsers with advertisements, and drawn the opinions of the Massachusetts' highest-ranking officials.
Voters finally got their say Tuesday, in decisions that could have wide ramifications well beyond the state’s borders.
In fact, the initiative to expand the state’s “Right to Repair” law, known as Question 1, and another to implement ranked-choice voting in Massachusetts, known as Question 2, may be the most competitive races on the Massachusetts ballot.
Trump takes Kentucky, and Biden carries Vermont — 7:07 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump has won Kentucky, and Democrat Joe Biden has carried Vermont.
They are the first two states called in the 2020 presidential election. Kentucky is reliably conservative, while Vermont is considered one of the most liberal states.
Trump wins eight electoral votes from Kentucky, while Biden takes three for winning Vermont.
Trump calls into talk radio shows in battleground states — 6:37 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump called into talk radio shows in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin just hours before polls closed.
Trump projected confidence Tuesday that he will win key states like North Carolina and Florida and said he’s expecting a “great” evening.
He was set to call into conservative host Mark Levin’s show minutes after the first two interviews, but Levin abruptly said Trump would not be appearing. Levin said he was told the president couldn’t come on the show but gave no further details.
Trump told Wisconsin host Vicki McKenna that he is expecting a strong night based on lines of people waiting to vote. Trump has sown doubts about mail voting, without evidence, and is expecting most of his supporters to turn out on Election Day.
At the same time, his campaign was hosting a call with reporters in which they projected confidence but predicted a tight race that would come down to turnout.
George Floyd’s brother rallies voters on Election Day — 6:33 p.m.
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The murmurs spread quickly among the poll workers late Tuesday morning at a Brooklyn neighborhood station: George Floyd’s brother was present.
A few came up to Terrence Floyd, whose brother George died in the custody of Minneapolis police, sparking protests for racial justice across the nation. “Keep the fight going,” one Black woman urged. Others asked to take their photos with Terrence.
Since the death of his older brother on May 25th, Terrence has been thrust into a spotlight he did not seek. A 42-year-old school bus driver in New York, Terrence is normally a quiet man, deeply attached to his three children. But now, he feels under constant pressure to relay his brother’s voice — especially on this Election Day, when, as he sees it, race and racial justice are on the ballot.
Democrats push to extend control of House for two more years — 6:27 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democrats pushed to seal control of the House for two more years Tuesday as they banked on voters' dismay over the pandemic, broad suburban indignation with President Donald Trump and dominant fundraising to make their majority in the chamber even larger.
Republicans were hoping to oust some of the 29 Democrats in districts Trump won in 2016, mostly freshmen, in places like Iowa, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, rural New Mexico, upstate New York and Virginia.
But nearly all Democratic incumbents in potentially vulnerable districts were outspending their GOP challengers, often by vast margins. Democrats were also aiming millions at Republican-held seats from areas around Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston and Indianapolis, and even GOP strongholds like Little Rock, Arkansas, western Colorado and Alaska.
Collins, Gideon face off in Maine Senate race with national implications — 6:17 p.m.
By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff
PORTLAND, Maine — After more than a year of campaigning, $160 million raised, and new levels of negativity for a Maine political race, Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon made a flurry of final appeals Tuesday in an election that could decide control of the US Senate.
Mainers stood in long lines, in some places with snow, as election officials predicted turnout could top 70 percent, a hefty mark even for a state whose voter participation generally ranks among the nation’s highest. As of Tuesday, more than 500,000 of the state’s 1.06 million registered voters had cast absentee ballots, double the typical figure.
Despite that record-shattering tally, voters turned out at the polls in large numbers Tuesday, standing in socially distanced queues in blustery winds and temperatures that dropped to the 20s and 30s.
First polls close, early results begin to appear in bitter presidential race — 6:13 p.m.
By Martin Finucane and Andy Rosen, Globe Staff
The first polls are closing, bringing an anxious nation, wracked by the coronavirus pandemic, a step closer to a decision on who will be president for the next four years, Republican incumbent President Donald Trump or Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
The pandemic has killed more than 230,000 people, thrown millions out of work, and upended daily life and Election Day itself. At the same time, the country finds itself deeply divided and facing a national reckoning over racism.
More than 100 million people had already cast their ballots before the day began, taking advantage of states' efforts to make voting safer during the pandemic.
Hours before polls close, Kamala Harris’s alma mater honors her historic run — 6:11 p.m.
By The Washington Post
As Sen. Kamala Harris descended on the final stops in her vice-presidential campaign, her alma mater in the nation’s capital reflected on her historic race to the White House.
The wind ripped at a banner with the senator’s face, an image taken when she delivered Howard University’s commencement address in 2017. Guests wrote messages of congratulations on a big white card.
“May God Bless!!,” wrote Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of the university.
Harris has been outspoken about Howard and the ways the school has shaped her life and career. She arrived on the Washington campus in the 1980s, eager to build a community of students like herself.
Republican Governor Phil Scott casts ballot for Joe Biden — 5:57 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott said he cast his ballot Tuesday for Vice President Joe Biden, the first time in his life he voted for a Democrat.
Scott had said for some time that he wouldn’t be voting for his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump, but he hadn’t made up his mind about who he would be voting for. He had promised to reveal his choice after voting.
“As many of you knew, I didn’t support President Trump. I wasn’t going to vote for him,” Scott said outside his polling location. “But then I came to the conclusion that it wasn’t enough for me to just not vote. I had to vote against. So again it’s — I put country over party, which again wasn’t an easy thing to do in some respects.”
Delays in counting plague South Carolina — 5:54 p.m.
By The Associated Press
More than 13,000 votes in one South Carolina county will have to wait a while to be counted because of a printing error.
Dorchester County Election Commissioner Todd Billman said at a news conference Tuesday that the mail-in ballots did not have the proper bars printed at the top so the scanner used to count the votes won’t register them. He says the error does not affect anyone’s vote.
The votes will have to be counted by hand and will not be counted Tuesday. Billman says Dorchester County’s full results will be finished by the Friday deadline to certify returns.
The county went for Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.The Senate race between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and his Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, as well as the U.S. House race between Rep. Joe Cunningham and Republican challenger Nancy Mace, will be affected by the unscanned ballots.
Voters turn out in Massachusetts — 5:30 p.m.
By Globe staff
Massachusetts voters hit the polls Tuesday with high enthusiasm, packing lines at some polling stations an hour before they opened, reflecting the historic presidential campaign that played out during a pandemic and concerns that the outcome could lead to violence.
An estimated 1.3 million people are expected to vote on Tuesday in Massachusetts in addition to 2.3 million who already have voted using mail-in ballots or early voting, according to Secretary of State William Galvin, who said he expects 300,000 more votes to be cast this year than were cast in 2016.
Votes will be tallied starting Tuesday night, a process that she expects can take until 1 a.m or 2 a.m. to complete.
With all eyes on Pennsylvania, long lines at polling sites across the state — 5:15 p.m.
SWISSVALE, Pa. — Voters in Democratic and Republican strongholds of Pennsylvania waited in long lines and chilly weather to cast ballots Tuesday, a reflection of high levels of enthusiasm in a state that could decide it all in this year’s presidential race.
They did so amid lawsuits and Republican officials' complaints of election irregularities, even as election officials reported a relatively smooth process as of late Tuesday morning.
Because a smaller percentage of Pennsylvania voters have cast ballots early relative to other states, turnout on Election Day was expected to be especially critical.
But the outcome is not likely to be known on election night, as some counties have said they won’t even begin counting absentee ballots until Wednesday. Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar cautioned Tuesday against any premature declarations of victory.
US stocks end higher on Election Day — 4:25 p.m.
By Associated Press
US stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday after an Election Day rally. The Dow closed up more than 500 points, or 2 percent, and the S&P 500 closed up 1.78 percent.
Here’s how major US stock indexes fared.
Robocall campaign telling people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters — 4:15 p.m.
A wave of suspicious robocalls and texts bombarded voters as they began to cast their ballots on Tuesday, sparking fresh concerns about the extent to which malicious actors might harness Americans' smartphones to scare people from the polls.
Across the country, voters have received an estimated 10 million automated, spam calls in recent days telling them to “stay safe and stay home,” according to experts who track the telecom industry. The origins of the each of the calls and texts remain unclear, reflecting the sophisticated tactics that robocallers typically deploy in order to reach Americans en masse across a wide array of devices and services.
Elizabeth Warren votes in Cambridge — 4:00 p.m.
By Anissa Gardizy, Globe Correspondent
Sen. Elizabeth Warren went to the polls in Cambridge on Election Day and posted a video of her experience on Twitter, encouraging others to vote, too.
“It was easy, it was safe, and this is your last chance,” she said in the video, standing next to her husband.
Warren said she would have brought her dog, Bailey, to the polls with them, but “he is not very good at social distancing.”
Virus hospitalizations surge on Election Day — 3:30 p.m.
By Associated Press
Americans went to the polls Tuesday under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with an alarming increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states.
While daily infections were rising in all but three states, the surge was most pronounced in the Midwest and Southwest. The resurgence loomed over candidates and voters, fearful of both the virus itself and the economic toll of any new shutdowns to control its spread.
Mass. voters turning out in record numbers, state says — 3:00 p.m.
By John R. Ellement and Travis Andersen
Massachusetts voters appear to be turning out in record numbers Tuesday, according to Secretary of State William Galvin. He said Election Day 2020 has so far not been marred by any major snafus, mechanical or manmade.
He said voters appear to be keeping to historic patterns - a surge in the morning, a surge around noontime and the final wave around dinner time.
In Philadelphia, anxious Biden voters try to stay hopeful — 2:55 p.m.
By Jazmine Ulloa, Globe Staff
PHILADELPHIA -- Despite distrust in the polls and a general sense of anxiety about what has become life in a pandemic, voters in downtown Philadelphia on Tuesday were overwhelmingly casting ballots for Joe Biden and feeling cautiously optimistic about a favorable outcome.
Many noted a surge in voter enthusiasm and political engagement this year as their reason for hope. That energy, they said, was largely absent during the 2016 presidential election when President Trump claimed victory in Pennsylvania by less than 1 percentage point, the narrowest margin in that state since 1840.
“Early this morning, I was in lectures with my colleagues, and I was the only one who hadn’t voted early,” said Julie Ricco, 26, a medical resident, leaving a polling location at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral. “I think everyone kind of has an air of, like, nervous energy.”
“After the last time, I don’t trust anything,” Jim Croft, 74, a retired biostatistician, proclaimed after casting a vote for Biden in a face mask and plastic medical gloves.
Some were prepared to see the worst should Trump win another term. Croft expected riots.
Donna Garrett, 46, a firefighter voted for Biden with her wife, Donna McHugh, 57, a registered nurse, at another church a few blocks away. She said she would be watching the results from her fire station, where she would be working overtime alongside other firefighters called in to serve as backup should violence erupt.
“It will be a spectacle,” Garrett said. “Another spectacle,” added McHugh.
“I think he’s just gonna continue to fuel race relations,” Garrett said. “Just the hatred, just the division that’s going on, especially now, I think he’s a big part of it.”
Governor Baker leaves his ballot for president blank again — 2:30 p.m.
By Anissa Gardizy, Globe Correspondent
Governor Charlier Baker said Tuesday that he did not vote for President Donald Trump or Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden when he cast his ballot, leaving the options blank as he did in 2016.
“I blanked it,” he said during a press conference at the State House, when asked if he had voted for Biden.
The Republican governor has previously said he would not vote for Trump, but did not indicate whether he would vote Democratic for president. He did not support Trump in 2016. Baker has previously indicated he would support Republican Kevin O’Connor for Senate and would oppose ranked-choice voting.
USPS ordered to sweep swing-state facilities for ballots — 2:05 p.m.
By The Washington Post
A federal judge ordered the US Postal Service to immediately sweep facilities in several crucial swing states to locate any undelivered mail-in ballots and send them promptly to election officials.
The order Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington covers USPS facilities in swing-state Democratic strongholds like Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Houston, as well as Arizona and South Florida.
Those facilities must be swept by 3 p.m. Tuesday on the East Coast to “ensure that no ballots have been held up,” Sullivan said.
Stocks are having an Election Day rally. Here’s what that means. — 1:30 p.m.
By Larry Edelman, Globe Staff
Stock prices are rising Tuesday for the second day in a row. Does Wall Street know something about the election we don’t? Doubtful.
But stock prices do reflect investors' expectations for the economy and corporate earnings over the next six months or so. The Standard & Poor’s 500 was up 1.9 percent at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, after gaining 1.2 percent on Monday.
This week’s mini-rally, which followed the market’s decline in September, its first since March, offers some clues to how investors are thinking.
Photos: A look at Election Day across America — 1:15 p.m.
By Globe Staff and wire services
Here’s a look at what Election Day looks like in 2020, from Boston to Los Angeles:
Biden returns home to Scranton, Trump to stop in Virginia — 12:15 p.m.
By Bloomberg
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden returned to his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for some last-minute campaigning and a nostalgia tour on Election Day, while President Donald Trump planned rounds of media interviews and a stop at campaign headquarters in Virginia.
“It feels good. You know, we’ve got to run through the tape, man,” Biden told volunteers at a canvassing kickoff outside the Carpenters Union Local 445 hall as they prepared to help turn out voters Tuesday morning.
Biden said he wanted to restore “basic decency and honor” and unite a country he said has fractured under the Trump administration.
Voters head to the polls in Provincetown — 12:00 p.m.
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
In Provincetown, Acting Town Clerk Ana Ruiz estimated that half the town’s voters have already cast their ballots. "Now we are just waiting for the second half,'' she said. “When we opened there was a line, but now it’s just really steady. We haven’t had a minute or two just to relax.”
She said there have been no reports of any electronic voting machines failing – because the Cape Cod town does not use them.
"We use a paper ballot, so everything works,'' she said with a chuckle. “We are good.”
Votes will be tallied starting Tuesday night a process that she expects can take until 1 a.m or 2 a.m. to complete.
Pennsylvania Republicans sue, alleging early vote counting — 11:22 a.m.
By Bloomberg
Pennsylvania Republicans sued officials in a suburban county near Philadelphia alleging they illegally allowed absentee and mail-in ballots to be counted before Election Day. The suit also alleges that Montgomery County officials allowed some voters whose ballots were found to be deficient to resubmit their votes on or before Election Day.
Mass. SEC discourages voters from mailing in ballots on Election Day — 11:10 a.m.
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
The official Twitter account of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Elections Division discouraged voters from mailing in their ballots on Election Day. The account said Tuesday morning via Twitter that at this point, voting in person is the best way to ensure your vote’s counted.
“We STRONGLY discourage mailing ballots today,” the account tweeted. “Ballots can only be counted if they’re postmarked by today and received by 5 p.m. Friday. There’s no guarantee that will happen if you mail your ballot today."
Reminder:
We STRONGLY discourage mailing ballots today. Ballots can only be counted if they're postmarked by today and received by 5 p.m. Friday. There's no guarantee that will happen if you mail your ballot today.https://t.co/yz1Rg0lBF9
— Mass. Elections (@VotingInMass) November 3, 2020
Athletes across the country are taking time out to vote — 10:35 a.m.
By Andrew Mahoney, Globe Staff
A glance at the sports calendar reveals that there are no games scheduled for Tuesday, but it will be anything but quiet. On both the professional and collegiate level, teams and athletes have been active in their local communities and nationally as they encourage fans to vote in the 2020 election. Here’s a rundown of what sports leagues are doing for Election Day.
‘No credible threat,’ but R.I. law enforcement prepares for possible unrest — 10:30 a.m.
By Amanda Milkovits, Globe Staff
The vitriol of the 2020 presidential cycle and the near-constant rumble of civil unrest have led to an all-hands-on-deck approach to ensuring that Election Day runs smoothly and the days after it are peaceful.
The Emergency Operations Center at the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency is activated for the election. The Rhode Island National Guard are on standby. The state police and local police have been coordinating with federal authorities. The state police fusion center and the Rhode Island Joint Cyber Task Force, which responds to cyber security threats, are monitoring intelligence for possible problems.
Ayanna Pressley meets voters, dances at Hyde Park polling station — 10:15 a.m.
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff
US Representative Ayanna Pressley showed her election day enthusiasm Tuesday by dancing the wobble outside a Hyde Park polling station. A video clip of Pressley doing the popular wobble dance move with three other people was posted to Twitter by her campaign manager, Beata Coloyan.
Pressley later tweeted about the moment.
“Yes, I was in fact doing the wobble,” Pressley tweeted. “@BColoyan has video. I love that people are joyful in casting their ballots & making their voices heard. We met elders & first time voters, families voting together. Great start to #ElectionDay.”
Businesses continue to board up storefronts in Boston — 10:00 a.m.
By Anissa Gardizy, Globe Correspondent
A crew was covering the windows of Macy’s in Downtown Crossing with plywood Tuesday morning as businesses continue to take precautionary measures against possible unrest on or after Election Day. Earlier this year, downtown and the Back Bay were the scenes of violence following a peaceful march and demonstration protesting police brutality.
This week, crews were also spotted installing plywood to cover businesses near Faneuil Hall and on Newbury Street. Stores including T.J. Maxx, Home Goods, Marshalls, and CVS are all covered. A spokesperson for CVS said the company is, in most cases, boarding up stores “in areas where our stores have been damaged by previous civil unrest.”
Voter drives from Massachusetts to Georgia to cast ballot — 9:30 a.m.
By Steve Annear, Globe Staff
Joe LaMuraglia drove more than 2,000 miles from Massachusetts to Savannah, Ga., and back again, to ensure his vote was cast in the 2020 presidential election.
LaMuraglia, 52, requested an absentee ballot from Georgia, where he’s registered to vote and has a home. But weeks went by and the ballot never arrived. Slightly vexed, LaMuraglia asked if election officials could just send him another ballot. But in the same moment he made a vow. “If I don’t get my ballot, I’ve got to go down there.”
“I look at voting as an obligation,” he said. “It’s my job as a citizen.”
Voting today? Here are tips on how to stay safe while casting your ballot — 8:23 a.m.
By Brittany Bowker, Globe Staff
Almost half of Massachusetts voters have already cast their ballots ahead of Election Day 2020. But if you’re among the millions across the country who waited until today, there are steps you can take to help minimize your risk when heading to the polls amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines for safely voting in person. Among them are obvious ones like wearing a mask, washing your hands, using hand sanitizer, and staying at least six feet away from others.
But the CDC also recommended less intuitive things like bringing your own pen, an extra mask, and reviewing your ballot ahead of time so you can vote quickly. Here’s a checklist of things to remember when voting in person this Election Day:
Here are all the Rhode Island races to watch — 8:13 a.m.
By Dan McGowan, Globe Staff
The polls have already opened (and more than 305,000 Rhode Islanders voted early), so there’s a strong chance that you already know the main themes of the day. But here’s a quick overview of things to keep an eye on. You can follow live updates here and check out bostonglobe.com/RhodeIsland when the results start rolling in.
Mass. polls open in 2020 general election — 7:00 a.m.
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
The 2020 election began its final phase when the polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Massachusetts, sending voters to the polls across the state to choose the next president amid a pandemic and concerns that the outcome could lead to violence.
An estimated 1.3 million people are expected to vote on Tuesday in addition to 2.3 million who have already voted using mail-in ballots or early voting, according to Secretary of State William Galvin who said that total is 300,000 more than 2016.
The campaign between incumbent Republican President Donald J. Trump and former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, has been marked by sporadic violence across the country.
On Monday, Governor Charlie Baker activated as many as 1,000 members of the National Guard in case local officials need help to “maintain public safety or protect opportunities to exercise First Amendment rights during large scale events,” Baker’s administration said.
Polls open in New York — 6:00 a.m.
By The Associated Press
An unprecedented Election Day has gotten under way in New York, with polls now open statewide.
It’s unclear how crowded polling places will be Tuesday, but a record 3.5 million votes were cast in the state before the polls even opened Tuesday.
That included at least 1 million absentee ballots and 2.5 million ballots cast in the early voting period that ended Sunday. Any ballots postmarked by Tuesday will be counted.
This is the first presidential election where New York has had early voting or widespread voting by mail.
A range of offices are on the ballot today, including president, Congress and the state Legislature. The results of some contests might not be known for days or weeks because of the time expected to take to count absentee ballots.
Large numbers of voters expected at Connecticut polls — 1:31 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Despite historic numbers of people casting absentee ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Connecticut voters are still expected vote in person on Tuesday for races including the presidential election.
Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden is expected to win the state’s seven electoral votes and state Democrats are hopeful that his support, coupled with opposition to Republican President Donald Trump, will benefit congressional and legislative candidates down the ballot.
But Republicans note there is still strong support for Trump in parts of the state.
Two New Hampshire towns cast votes after midnight — 12:34 a.m.
By The Associated Press
Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the tradition began.
The results in Dixville Notch, near the Canadian border, were a sweep for former Vice President Joe Biden who won the town’s five votes. In Millsfield, 12 miles (20 kilometers) to the south, President Donald Trump won 16 votes to Biden’s five.
Normally, there would be a big food spread and a lot of media crammed into a small space to watch the voting, Tom Tillotson, town moderator in Dixville Notch, said last week. But that’s no longer possible because of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s also hard to observe the 60th anniversary of the tradition, which started in November 1960.
Trump predicts he’ll ‘so easily’ win Michigan — 12:20 a.m.
President Donald Trump declared he would win Michigan “so easily” as he rallied supporters in a midnight gathering that wraps up his reelection campaign and heralds the beginning of Election Day.
Thousands turned out in Grand Rapids in low 40s weather to cheer Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
While polling in several key states shows Trump trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden, the president assured his Michigan supporters that “I think we’re doing well all over” and predicted a “red wave.”
Grand Rapids was the final stop of the Trump campaign in 2016, which turned into a surprise victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. As Monday became Tuesday, Trump told supporters, “We made history four years ago and tomorrow we’re going to make history once again.”
Officials say Trump plans to spend election night at the White House.
Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes — 10:58 p.m.
A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during the pandemic.
The lawsuit was brought by conservative Texas activists who have railed against expanded voting access in Harris County, where a record 1.4 million early votes have already been cast. The county is the nation’s third-most populous and a crucial battleground in Texas, where President Donald Trump and Republicans are bracing for the closest election in decades on Tuesday.
National Guard readies for Election Day deployment — 10:50 p.m.
This year has brought a barrage of emergencies across the country that have required the National Guard — the coronavirus pandemic, hurricanes, wildfires and a wave of street protests. Now those troops are preparing in case they are needed once again, this time for potential violent unrest in the wake of the election.
Communities are bracing for protest regardless of the election’s outcome. If demonstrations turn violent and overwhelm local police, governors will almost certainly call out their states' National Guard.
Under federal law, it is the Guard, not active-duty military, that can enforce order on domestic soil. It has already happened dozens of times this year in cities across the country.
Trump ‘army’ of poll watchers led by veteran of fraud claims — 10:45 p.m.
A veteran Republican operative who got his start in politics by helping to persuade a judge to throw out hundreds of mail-in ballots is organizing an “army” of volunteers for President Donald Trump’s campaign to monitor voting in Democratic-leaning areas on Tuesday.
Mike Roman, Trump’s director of Election Day Operations, is a former White House aide from Pennsylvania who gathered claims in 1993 of voter fraud, resulting in a court ruling overturning election results and getting his candidate seated in the Pennsylvania State Senate.
It’s a strategy that Trump has been advocating on Twitter and on the stump.
Kamala Harris says decency and character are on ballot — 9:35 p.m.
Sen. Kamala Harris is delivering an urgent message for people to vote to repair the nation’s divides and protect its democracy on an election eve rally in battleground Pennsylvania.
Harris told the crowd that justice, equality, opportunity, decency and character are among the values on the ballot in Tuesday’s contest.
“Let’s vote, and vote with conviction and confidence and hope,” she said.
Some of the loudest honks from supporters at the drive-in rally came as Harris spoke of the need for better health care, women’s rights and a criminal justice system that embraces a person’s dignity.
To acclaimed chef Michael Solomonov, whose two young sons were wrapped in blankets near the stage, the election involves more than politics, more than fixing an economy shattered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This is a moral question, and a moral decision,” said Solomonov, 42, the executive chef of Zahav in Philadelphia. “(It’s) really just a question of right and wrong.”
All eyes are on Pennsylvania. But why? — 8:21 p.m.
Pennsylvania has emerged as the make-or-break state for the Biden and Trump campaigns, but official results in the state might not be known for days due to the influx of millions of mail-in ballots, a state law that prohibits those ballots from being tallied until Election Day, and a brewing legal battle that could invalidate thousands of votes. Whoever ultimately wins in the state will not only nab its 20 electoral votes but potentially the entire election.
Barack Obama compares Donald Trump to a ‘two-bit dictator’ — 6:35 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Former President Barack Obama is criticizing President Donald Trump for casting doubt on the results of Tuesday’s upcoming election, likening him to strongmen elsewhere in the world.
Addressing a Monday evening drive-in rally in Miami on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s behalf, Obama said his successor has suggested he may “declare victory before all the votes are counted tomorrow.”
“That’s something a two-bit dictator does,” Obama said. “If you believe in democracy, you want every vote counted.”
Obama said if a Democrat was acting like Trump, “I couldn’t support him.”
The former president said that, unlike Trump, “With Joe and Kamala you’re not going to have to think about them every single day.”
“You’re not going to have to argue about some crazy tweet that the president sent out this morning,” Obama said. “It won’t be so exhausting. You’ll be able to about your lives know that the president’s doing his job instead of suggesting we inject bleach.”
Trump makes final push in Michigan — 6:30 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Donald Trump is stressing issues important to Michigan at the first of two campaign rallies he’s holding in the state on the eve of Tuesday’s election.
Trump tells a large crowd of supporters at the airport in Traverse City that a vote for Democrat Joe Biden “is a vote to extinguish and eradicate” the state’s auto industry.
Biden was vice president under President Barack Obama, who helped revive U.S. automakers.
Trump is also criticizing Biden’s position on trade, another issue important to Michigan. The president is promising that things will change “if you just give us another four years.”
Trump is closing Monday’s final day of campaigning at a rally -- his fifth of the day -- in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It’s where he ended his 2016 run.
Biden looks to turn out Black voters in Pittsburgh — 6:20 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Joe Biden is telling Black voters in Pittsburgh to turn out to help him win the all-important state of Pennsylvania.
Speaking Monday at an outdoor rally in Homewood, a predominantly African American community in Pittsburgh, Biden told the crowd that “the power to change this country is in your hands.” He spoke about the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on the community as well as his plan to promote Black economic mobility.
Biden said that “we’re done with the chaos, we’re done with the racism, we’re done with the tweets, the anger, the hate, the failure, the irresponsibility.” Some supporters sitting in their cars for the outdoor event honked their horns, while others bundled up in blankets and watching Biden in front of the stage cheered.
Black and Latino voters are key to Biden’s hopes of a win in Pennsylvania and beyond, and he and running mate Kamala Harris have held numerous events focused on minority communities. Biden spoke Sunday at a “Souls to the Polls” event at a Baptist church in Philadelphia, where he made the same case, telling the largely Black crowd that their votes could put him over the top.
Melania Trump says she has faith in judges, doctors — 4:55 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Melania Trump says she and President Trump have faith in judges and the legal system to rule justly -- a statement that appears out of step with the president.
At an event Monday in Pennsylvania, the president assailed as “very dangerous” a decision by Pennsylvania’s top court to allow mailed ballots received in the three days after Tuesday’s election to be counted.
Later Monday, the first lady addressed a Trump rally in Huntersville, North Carolina. She expressed faith in the doctors, nurses and scientists working on the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump suggested Monday that he might fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after the election.
Trump has disagreed with pandemic advice from Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert and member of the White House coronavirus task force.
Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes — 3:35 p.m.
By The Associated Press
President Trump is assailing a decision that allows Pennsylvania’s elections officials to count mailed ballots that are received in the three days after Tuesday’s election.
Trump is blaming the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision. Pennsylvania’s top court ordered the extension until Nov. 6, even if the ballot doesn’t have a clear postmark, as long as there is not proof it was mailed after the polls closed.
Addressing a campaign rally Monday at the airport in Avoca in battleground Pennsylvania, Trump called the situation “very dangerous, and I mean dangerous, physically dangerous.”
He argued that “you can’t extend dates” and claimed — without evidence — that cheating goes on in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia.
Trump has said that once the polls close Tuesday, “we’re going in with our lawyers” to try to stop Pennsylvania from counting the mailed ballots received after the election.
Obama encourages people to vote in Atlanta — 3:25 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Former President Barack Obama is telling reluctant voters he knows their frustrations but doesn’t believe they’re reason not to vote.
He said at a drive-in rally in Atlanta on Monday, the eve of Election Day, that “government doesn’t solve every problem” and that the “long legacy in this country of hardship and prejudice and people who are powerful and rich taking advantage of folks who aren’t” can be “discouraging.”
But he said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, would improve the country, just as Obama believes he did in eight years in office.
“We’re never going to get all the way to the promised land, but we can help lay the path for future generations to get there,” Obama said. “That’s what public service should be about. That’s what citizenship should be about. That’s what voting is about — not making things perfect, but making things better, laying that path.”
Obama has been campaigning in several battleground states in the campaign’s closing weeks. He was joined beneath the 1996 Olympic flame in Atlanta by Georgia Democratic Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Biden revs up union members in Pennsylvania — 3:20 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is revving up a group of union members to help him turn out the vote in a suburban Pittsburgh county.
Biden spoke Monday afternoon at Beaver County Community College, where about 100 union workers gathered for a canvass kickoff. He emphasized the significance of Pennsylvania and told the crowd that Democrats will win the state and “show the world what we stand for.”
The supporters gathered outside to see him speak cheered as he promised to “be the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” Biden has had strong union support throughout his political career and has made a pitch to union and working-class workers a centerpiece of his campaign.
Beaver County is home to the kind of blue-collar voters who have abandoned the Democratic Party in recent years and helped deliver Republican Donald Trump a win in 2016.
Harris and Biden to spend Election Day in battleground states — 2:40 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will spend Election Day in key battleground states.
Biden plans to campaign in Scranton and Philadelphia on Tuesday. That follows a blitz by the Democratic ticket through Pennsylvania on Monday and indicates the importance of winning the state. Biden was born in Scranton and often speaks about the region in personal terms.
Harris will visit Detroit, a heavily Black city in battleground Michigan.
Her husband, Doug Emhoff, will be in Ohio. And Jill Biden will campaign in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, as well as Wake County, North Carolina.
President Donald Trump won all five states in 2016. His best path to reelection comes through Pennsylvania and Florida.
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