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| Do us a favor, yeah? Take everything below with a grain of salt. The election is at a stopping point and we don't expect anything major to change through the morning. But you just never know. You can stay updated on results though: USA TODAY will have live election results here |
| With that disclaimer out of the way, let's do this. |
Where do things stand |
| Democratic nominee Joe Biden has secured the key battleground state of Arizona. It's a state a Democratic presidential candidate has not won since Bill Clinton in 1996. Biden also picked up a win in Maine, with three of its four electoral votes (Maine is one of two states that don't award all their electoral college votes to the statewide winner). |
| President Donald Trump had already secured Texas, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. |
| Biden earlier won Minnesota, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, New Hampshire, Colorado, the District of Columbia, New Mexico, New York, Virginia, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware and Connecticut. |
| That gives Biden 238 electoral college votes and Trump 213 after 3 a.m. EDT. A candidate needs 270 electoral college votes to win the election. |
Biden and Trump express confidence |
| Democratic nominee Joe Biden addressed supporters late Tuesday night, saying he felt he was "on track" to win the election because of support from mail-in votes, while urging supporters to exercise patience while states count ballots. |
| "We feel good about where we are," Biden said. "We really do." |
| More: Facebook, Twitter label Trump claims over 'stealing the election' as potentially misleading |
| Early Wednesday morning, Trump suggested – falsely – that he had already won, while million of ballots remained outstanding. |
| "Frankly, we did this win election," Trump said told supporters in the East Room of the White House. "As far as I'm concerned, we have already have won." |
| Facebook and Twitter on early Wednesday warned social media users that Trump's claim regarding the election results is potentially misleading. |
Dems losing chance to flip the Senate |
| The chances of Democrats flipping enough seats to take control of the Senate appeared to be dwindling early Wednesday as Republicans fended off challenges in a number of key races. You can track those results here. |
| You can also stay updated on control over the House of Representatives here as Democrats are projected to retain control but have been underperforming. |
Battleground states up for grabs |
| A number of battleground states are still on the table as of 3 a.m. EDT, but a few crucial ones have been called. |
| Trump held on to some crucial battleground states he needed for a road to reelection, including Ohio, Texas, Florida, and Iowa. |
| More: Tuesday coverage: Trump takes Texas, chipping away at Biden's electoral college lead |
| However, Democratic nominee Joe Biden made gains in Arizona and Nebraska's 2nd District, which rules out the possibility of a 269-269 electoral tie, while also keeping Minnesota and New Hampshire in the blue column. |
| The southern states of North Carolina and Georgia are too close to call. |
| More: Protesters in Washington, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Portland take to the streets amid Election night vote tallies |
| Key states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are not expecting to know who the winner is until at earliest Wednesday morning, though some are predicting it could be a few days to accurately count all mail-in ballots. |
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