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The Associated Press and New York Times have not yet called the race.
Fox News has called the 2024 U.S. presidential election for Donald Trump, with Wisconsin taking him over the top in the 270 electoral college votes after taking Pennsylvania, two critical swing states.
The Republican was the overwhelming favorite to win the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday morning, after being declared the winner of several swing states overnight, according to the Associated Press and The New York Times, which have yet to call the race in his favor.
The latter publication pegged his chances of returning to the Oval Office at over 95%, estimating his final electoral college tally at 306 versus 232 for his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, mirroring Trump's loss to President Joe Biden in 2020.
As of 2 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, Trump had 248 out of the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House compared to 214 for Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democratic nominee earlier this year in the aftermath of Biden's widely panned debate against Trump.
Trump was also on track to win the popular vote with more than 66 million ballots cast for the former president, whose first term in Washington was from 2017-2021.
Out of the seven battleground states and their 93 electoral college votes, Trump won Georgia and North Carolina, collecting 16 votes each. He could sweep the rest of the swing states, where he was leading in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin and the pivotal state of Pennsylvania and its 19 votes.
The GOP also took back control of the Senate after four years in the minority, and were defending a narrow majority in the House. If the results hold, the Republican Party will fully control the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
