Last updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 5:26PM GMT
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.
Notable firsts that could make history on Election Day
The stage is set for a historic 2024 election: Vice President Kamala Harris could be the first female president and first president of South Asian descent while former President Donald Trump could be only the second president to win non-consecutive terms, as well as the first president convicted of a crime.
But the roundup of notable "firsts" are not limited to the presidential ticket. In fact, there is a plethora of additional historic firsts that can result from various branches of this year's federal election.
ABC News is projecting that Trump is expected to win Indiana's 11 electoral votes. That is not a surprise. In previous elections, he won the state by 57 percent to 38 percent over Clinton in 2016, and 55 to 32 over Biden in 2020.
ByMary Radcliffe
Nov 06, 2024, 12:05 AM GMT
We have our first presidential race projections of the night
Now that all polls have closed in Vermont and Kentucky, ABC News is projecting that Harris will win Vermont's three electoral votes, and that Trump will win Kentucky's eight votes. Of course, this should come as no surprise; according to the final 538 forecast in these two states, there was a less than 1 in 100 chance of either state flipping its support from the party it backed in 2020.
From left to right: Former President Donald Trump at an event on Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C., and Vice President Kamala Harris at an event on Oct. 19, 2024, in Atlanta.
ByLaura Romero
Nov 05, 2024, 11:53 PM GMT
Ballot-printing issues cause long lines in Arizona county
There are "residual issues" including long lines at the polls in Apache County, Arizona, after the machines that print ballots "did not work as planned" Tuesday morning, state officials said.
The countywide issue was fixed earlier in the day and most sites in the county are "up and running well but as we understand at this moment, there are still some residual issues out in Apache County," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said. "We're doing our best to work with county election officials there to see if we can resolve any of the remaining problems."
Rita Vaughan, the elections director for Apache County, told ABC News that "all polling places have remained open and voting has continued all day for registered voters who want to cast their ballots."
