Election 2024 updates: Trump begins selecting cabinet positions

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Last updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 5:26PM GMT
Trump's cabinet picks include close allies from his campaign
President-elect Donald Trump is naming members to his administration. Here's a look at the president-elect's appointees so far.

Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.

Trump is also the projected winner in Arizona, a state the former president flipped after losing it to Joe Biden in 2020.

Trump's projected win in the vital swing state marks a sweep of the battleground states.

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Nov 06, 2024, 8:59 AM

Track electoral vote count and results map for the presidential election

See how the balance of power is playing out as election results come in:

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Nov 06, 2024, 3:02 AM GMT

Elizabeth Warren projected to be reelected

Democrat Elizabeth Warren is projected by ABC to be reelected senator from Massachusetts.

Warren, who the widely used DW-NOMINATE ideological score places as the most liberal sitting U.S. senator, joined the Senate in 2013 after defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown, who himself won a surprising special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democrat Ted Kennedy.

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Nov 06, 2024, 3:00 AM GMT

ABC News projects Harris will win Illinois

ABC News projects Vice President Kamala Harris will win Illinois, and its 19 electoral votes.

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Nov 06, 2024, 2:56 AM GMT

Georgia sees record turnout despite bomb threats

Georgia saw record turnout on Tuesday after a spate of non-credible bomb threats flooded state election offices, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.

There were 1.22 million voters on Election Day voters, a record in the state, Raffensperger said.

Stickers lay on a table inside a polling place, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta.
Stickers lay on a table inside a polling place, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta.

Asked whether the bomb threats had any impact on voter turnout or the performance of election officials, Raffensperger said, "None. We worked through it. Battle-tested."

"That just shows you the resilience of our system and our people," he said.

The state also had a record 4 million early voters, according to Raffensperger.

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Nov 06, 2024, 2:51 AM GMT

Sarah McBride will become the first openly transgender person elected to Congress

ABC News has projected that Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has won election to her state's at-large congressional district, making her the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress.

It's been a history-making night for the First State: Earlier in the evening, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester won her election to become the first woman and first Black person to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Delaware.