Millions of voters made their voices heard by voting in the framework 2024 general electionand their votes will be counted as polls begin to close across the country.

In Texas, unofficial early voting results will be released as polls close at 7:00 p.m., followed by unofficial Election Day results beginning at 9:00 p.m., with updates reported at 45-minute intervals as the wards arrive at the Central Counting Station.

Texans voted for president, U.S. senator, all 38 U.S. representatives, and several key state and local offices, including Texas Supreme Court justices, district attorneys, and sheriffs.

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North Carolina election results

Votes are still being counted in North Carolina and it’s still too early to call, according to NBC News.

–Natasha Paloma

Trump wins Ohio

Republican Donald Trump won the state of Ohio. He is given 17 electoral votes.

– Rebecca Morin

Trump claims Texas

Republican Donald Trump has won the state of Texas, according to CNN and Fox News. He is given 40 electoral votes.

Texas has the second largest number of electoral votes in the country, after California. The state has been reliably red since 1980.

– Rebecca Morin

Harris wins New York

Democrat Kamala Harris won New York state. He is awarded 28 electoral votes.

– Rebecca Morin

Great Plains, some western states opt for Trump over Harris

Trump took North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and parts of Nebraska. He was expected to win all areas as polls continue to close across the country.

– Marina Pitofsky

Kamala Harris is taking on Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware

Kamala Harris won Delaware, clinching victory in President Joe Biden’s home state. Harris rose to the top of the Democratic ticket over the summer after Biden ended his re-election bid following a disastrous debate.

– Marina Pitofsky

Early election results show a tight race for the US Senate in Texas

With several counties, some large and some small, reporting early election results, the race between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic U.S. challenger Colin Allred is nearly even. Note that the polls were closed less than 20 minutes after this update and Election Day votes are still being counted.

Allred is running comfortably ahead in his home base of Dallas County, according to incomplete and unofficial returns. In neighboring Tarrant County, narrowly won by President Joe Biden four years ago, Cruz has a small early lead.

In Williamson County, north of Austin, Allred has a slim lead and he also has Travis and Hays counties, early results show. So far, all the reporting numbers from rural counties show Cruz well ahead.

– John C. Moritz

Georgia election results

While several states in the South have opted for Donald Trump, all eyes are waiting to see the balance sheets of the swing states Georgia and North Carolina.

– Marina Pitofsky

Harris wins Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland

Harris took several key Democratic strongholds in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maryland.

– Marina Pitofsky

Trump wins Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina

Donald Trump scored victories in Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina, three of the southern states he was expected to win.

– Marina Pitofsky

What are electoral votes?

The Electoral College is how American voters indirectly choose the next president and vice president through each state’s electors. There are 538 votes to play between all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the National Archives.

To win, a candidate must obtain 270 electoral votes, which is a majority of the Electoral College.

According to the National Archivesbefore the general election, each candidate running for president chooses a slate of voters for each state. If the candidate is declared the winner in the state, their slate can then cast their vote in the Electoral College.

Five presidents in history lost the popular vote but still became president by winning the Electoral College. The most recent to do so is a familiar face, former President Donald Trump in 2016.

– USA Today

What are the cradle states?

Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are swing states in the 2024 general election.

-Natassia Paloma

Trump, Harris remind voters to stay in line

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are reminding voters to stay in line even after the polls close.

Both posted on social media pages. Harris shared if anyone is having trouble casting their vote, call the Voter Helpline at 833-336-8683. trump card posted a video of him on X.

“You stand in line, there’s nothing they can do about it, and they vote,” he said in the video.

-Natassia Paloma

Donald Trump wins West Virginia

Donald Trump carried West Virginia, one of the ruby-red states he was expected to win on Tuesday.

– Marina Pitofsky

The first victories are coming: Trump takes Kentucky, Indiana; Harris takes Vermont

In the first wins of the night, Donald Trump took Kentucky and Indiana and Kamala Harris claimed Vermont.

– Marina Pitofsky

This article originally appeared on the El Paso Times: 2024 United States Presidential Election Results: Live Updates