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New York Times:
Election Needles: President — If Joe Biden wins one of these three states, he is likely to win the presidency. — If President Trump wins all three, it could be days or more before a winner is declared.
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New York Times:
Presidential Election Results — Editors at The Times will take into account a number of factors before declaring a winner, including race calls made by The Associated Press and Edison Research, as well as analysis of the votes that have been reported so far.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Last Refuge, USA Today, The Week, Manual RedEye, The Post Millennial and OutKick
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wins Key States, Florida and Ohio, Biden Tells Supporters 'We Believe We're on Track to Win' — As the night wears on, it has become more clear that Americans will likely go to bed without knowing who won the presidency. It could be days before the count is completed in crucial states including Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Election 2020 Live Updates: Polls Have Closed in Multiple Swing States
Election 2020 Live Updates: Polls Have Closed in Multiple Swing States
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The Hill, The Week, TheBlaze and Deseret News
Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
GOP pollster says the Trump-Biden race comes down to 3 states and Biden only needs to win 1
GOP pollster says the Trump-Biden race comes down to 3 states and Biden only needs to win 1
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Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
USPS disregards court order to conduct ballot sweeps in 12 postal districts after more than 300,000 ballots cannot be traced — A federal judge ordered mail service and law enforcement agents to comb processing plants for votes as delays continue — The U.S. Postal Service turned …
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Dinah Voyles Pulver / USA Today:
USPS Service blows deadline to check for missing ballots. About 300,000 can't be traced … The U.S. Postal Service blew a court-ordered deadline Tuesday to sweep mail-processing facilities in more than a dozen states for missing election ballots that could number in the hundreds of thousands.
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Breitbart
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near
Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near
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Reuters, Common Dreams, Forbes, TheGrio, Law & Crime, Raw Story, UPI, Political Wire, Newsy, Toledo Blade and The Root
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway says Trump may lose ground in Electoral College from 2016 — The president earlier on Tuesday predicted he would outperform his prior electoral vote count. — Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said that President Donald Trump was “feeling great” …
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Washington Examiner, IJR, Raw Story and ABC News
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton retweets her own message from the day after Election Day 2016 — The failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee wrote, ‘Do not lose heart... (Vote)’ — Fox News Go — Hillary Clinton resurfaced some of her own tweets this Election Day - messages she originally shared …
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, NBC News, National Review, Don Surber, The Sun and The Federalist
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Here's how Alaska's congressional race could determine our next president — If Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Iowa, while Joe Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada, we could have a 269 to 269 Electoral College tie, depending on who wins Maine's and Nebraska's 2nd Congressional Districts.
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Power Line
New York Times:
Hickenlooper becomes the first Democrat to flip a Senate seat tonight.
Hickenlooper becomes the first Democrat to flip a Senate seat tonight.
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Politico, Fox News, Vox, NBC News, Washington Times, Twin Cities, Bangor Daily News, The Colorado Sun and Denver Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell wins reelection
McConnell wins reelection
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NBC News, New York Times, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Florida Amendment 2 Election Results: Raise Minimum Wage — The state's minimum hourly wage would increase incrementally from $8.56 in 2020 to $15 in September 2026. — Updated 4m ago — Answer Votes Pct. — Yes — 6,393,846 — No — 4,040,883 — Total reported — Results by county
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Washington Examiner, Vox, Mother Jones and The Week
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Recreational Marijuana Legalized by New Jersey Voters — Voters approved a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis in New Jersey, putting pressure on neighboring states like New York. — After years of legislative failures, New Jersey voters on Tuesday authorized the legal use …
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The Hill, Vox, Reason and New York Post
Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Arizona voters approve Proposition 207, making recreational marijuana legal in state — Arizona's ballot measure to legalize marijuana passed Tuesday with voters deciding to join 11 other states that have done so despite a conflict with federal law, according to The Associated Press.
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The Hill and New York Post
Brad Polumbo / Foundation for Economic Education:
Florida Votes for Job-Killing $15 Minimum Wage Hike
Florida Votes for Job-Killing $15 Minimum Wage Hike
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Future voting rights, marijuana laws at stake in states
Future voting rights, marijuana laws at stake in states
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Washington Examiner
FiveThirtyEight:
2020 Election: Live Results And Coverage — INTERACTIVES — Biden's Favored In Our Final Presidential Forecast, But It's A Fine Line Between A Landslide And A Nail-Biter — NEWSLETTER — Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information/Your California Privacy Rights/Children's Online Privacy Policy are applicable to you.
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Washington Examiner, The Week, texastribune.org, Spectator USA, Twitchy and Gizmodo
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USA Today:
South Carolina Election Results 2020: Live Updates — After a monthslong deluge of advertising, attacks and animosity, voters are choosing between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison in South Carolina's most expensive Senate contest.
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CBS News, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Reuters, New York Times, Politico, TheGrio and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Election 2020 live updates and results: As Trump holds Florida, Biden says 'it ain't over'
Election 2020 live updates and results: As Trump holds Florida, Biden says 'it ain't over'
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Telegraph, Reason, New Republic, Columbian, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, The Sun, Political Wire, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg, Joe.My.God., The Hill, Fox News and NBC New York
Spencer Neale / Washington Examiner:
Tucker Carlson: Early Hispanic vote in Florida shows election is ‘not what we were told to expect’ — Fox News host Tucker Carlson condemned pollsters who proclaimed a big polling advantage for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden — especially in Florida, where early numbers look favorable for President Trump.
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Politico
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Axios:
A better-than-expected night for Trump in Florida
A better-than-expected night for Trump in Florida
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Florida Politics, The New Arab, IJR, New York Post and The Sun
Nicole Narea / Vox:
How Latinos in Miami-Dade County helped Trump win Florida
How Latinos in Miami-Dade County helped Trump win Florida
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Washington Examiner, Foreign Policy and TheBlaze
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Nevada county judge keeps some polls open later after Trump campaign sues — Several Nevada polls did not open on time in because of technical issues — Fox News Go — Some polling locations in Nevada's Clark County will stay open until 8 p.m. local time after the Trump campaign and the state GOP filed a lawsuit.
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KLAS, Townhall, Law & Crime and Forbes
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Fox News:
Election 2020: Live Coverage
Election 2020: Live Coverage
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Townhall, Raw Story, TheBlaze, The Western Journal, POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and The Week
Anthony Leonardi / Washington Examiner:
Nevada Supreme Court rejects GOP attempt to limit mail-in vote count in Clark County
Nevada Supreme Court rejects GOP attempt to limit mail-in vote count in Clark County
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Politico, The Hill, The Nevada Independent, Forbes, Bloomberg, Business Insider and KSNV
Axios:
Republican Tommy Tuberville defeats Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama — Republican Tommy Tuberville has defeated incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D) in Alabama's U.S. Senate race, AP projects. — Why it matters: Although expected, the win by Tuberville — a former college football coach …
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Politico, Washington Examiner, National Review, Associated Press and New York Post
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump campaign to run election night war room on White House grounds — The Trump campaign will run its election night war room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located steps from the West Wing, the campaign confirmed to Axios. — Why it matters: The decision to move …
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Joe.My.God. and Politico
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Politico:
These races will tell you who's winning — HOW TO NERD OUT TONIGHT — The Nightly asked POLITICO reporters across the country how they will be watching election returns tonight, as we wait to learn whether President Donald Trump will win reelection or Joe Biden defeats him. Here are their answers:
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NBC News, Twin Cities and TheGrio
Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: Voters say pandemic top issue in election — WASHINGTON (AP) — With the coronavirus now surging anew, voters ranked the pandemic and the economy as top concerns in the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate.
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Kentucky to Trump, Vermont for Biden
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Kentucky to Trump, Vermont for Biden
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New York Times, Associated Press, Axios and Mercury News
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Madison Cawthorn, 25, to be the youngest sitting congressman after winning election — At age 25, Republican Madison Cawthorn is set to be the youngest congressman in recent history after winning a dramatic election for White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows's former seat.
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Politico, Fox News, Forbes, TheBlaze and National Review
NPR:
A note about this election — To find out who wins this year's contests up and down the ballot will require patience. The pandemic has transformed how this election is being run in many states. The vast number of ballots cast by mail before Election Day could lengthen the amount of time it takes to count all the votes.
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Townhall, Twitchy and The Federalist
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall:
Sen. Joni Ernst Survives Tough Re-election Battle in Iowa — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has held off her Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield and will serve another six years on Capitol Hill, outlets are now projecting. — “With 77 percent of 1,661 precincts reporting, Ernst, 50 …
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NBC News, Vox, Axios, Sioux City Journal, Fox News and Iowa Capital Dispatch
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Sarah McBride of Delaware becomes first transgender state senator in U.S. history — Sarah McBride has become the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history after winning a state Senate seat in Delaware on Tuesday night. — McBride's win, which was reported by The New York Times …
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Fox News, ABC News, Breitbart, New York Times, Vox, Daily Kos, The Week and New York Post
Nicole Narea / Vox:
Sen. John Cornyn has fended off Democrat MJ Hegar to win reelection in Texas — It was the first time the third-term senator had faced a real challenge. — SHARE All sharing options — Sen. John Cornyn, a three-term Republican, has fended off his first real challenge from newcomer MJ Hegar …
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Axios, Politico, Associated Press, 6abc, Dallas Morning News and KXAN-TV
Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton election results delayed after pipe bursts in room with ballots — Fulton County's absentee-by-mail processing operation at State Farm Arena was delayed at least two hours today after a water pipe burst in a room with ballots. — No ballots were harmed thanks to the slant of the room, voting officials said Tuesday night.
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim retains his New Jersey seat despite attacks from GOP — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim retained his seat in the House after he made history in 2018 by becoming New Jersey's first Asian American representative. — The Associated Press called the race around 12:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Associated Press and Bloomberg
Politico:
After dire warnings, Election Day voting issues are ‘isolated and sporadic’ — Election administrators and regular Americans were bracing for Election Day chaos — warned to expect violence, malfunctions, long lines and disinformation. Instead, they got something else entirely: a fairly smooth election process across the country.
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Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, The Columbus Dispatch and WSB-TV
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Votes to End Jim Crow Electoral College-Like System; Popular Vote to Choose Governor — Mississippi has voted to end a Jim Crow-era constitutional provision intended to dilute the Black vote and ensure white voters would be able to choose governors and other statewide officials.