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Vice President Kamala Harris was preparing on Wednesday to concede the presidential race to President-elect Donald J. Trump at Howard University in Washington. Campaign officials invited supporters to the campus, with doors scheduled to open at 1 p.m. Ms. Harris held what was meant to be a victory party at Howard on Tuesday evening, but as results turned in Mr. Trump’s favor, she never made an appearance.
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By securing the White House again, Mr. Trump completed a remarkable political comeback and drew congratulations from around the globe. His victory was confirmed just after 5:30 a.m. Eastern when he captured the battleground state of Wisconsin, putting him above the threshold of 270 electoral votes.
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Mr. Trump’s supporters were celebrating a clear-cut win in what pre-election polls had suggested would be a tight race. It will take days for a final vote count, but Mr. Trump appeared on track to win not only the Electoral College but the national popular vote. It was the best showing for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. He will return to office four years after his loss to Joseph R. Biden Jr. with the Senate in Republican hands. Control of the House of Representatives was not yet determined.
Our correspondents Jonathan Weisman and Jim Tankersley sum up a historic result:
Ohio Republicans Expand Control of State Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus.Credit…Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch/USA TODAY Network
Ohio Republicans expanded their slim majority on the state’s Supreme Court in Tuesday’s elections, turning back efforts to flip partisan control of the chamber, according to The Associated Press.
Voters gave Republican candidates two court seats that had been held by Democrats and swept a third open seat, turning a 4-3 Republican edge on the court into a 6-1 majority, after progressives cast Republican candidates as extremists on abortion, and conservatives slammed Democratic candidates as soft on crime.
Speaking before dawn in Great Falls, Mont., Senator Jon Tester said he had conceded to Republican challenger Tim Sheehy. “I told him work hard, keep Montana the greatest state in the greatest country in the world,” Tester said. He thanked voters, members of his family and his campaign staff for “a great 18 years in the United States Senate.”
Thom Bridge/Independent Record, via Associated Press
Outfitted in his signature Carhartt workwear flannel, Tester looked tired but said he would focus on his work away from Washington. “I’m gonna be able to go back to the farm and maybe enlarge it a little bit.” His parting message to Montanans was: “Tally ho, moving on, God bless y’all.”
Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Senate Republican leader, is in the Capitol celebrating Republicans taking over the Senate. “Certainly a happy day for the G.O.P.,” he told reporters.
The office of Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli prime minister spoke on Wednesday with Donald Trump following his victory in the presidential election. “The prime minister congratulated him on his victory in the election, and the two agreed to work together for the sake of Israel’s security,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. “The two also discussed the Iranian threat.”
