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.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday morning, urging unity and committing to a "peaceful transfer of power."
See how the balance of power is playing out as election results come in:
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ABC News projects that Initiative 83 in Washington, D.C., will pass. The initiative will implement ranked-choice voting in the district and allow voters not registered with a particular party to vote in partisan primaries. The measure was opposed by the local Democratic Party, but it's on track to pass with a very healthy margin of 73% to 23%, with 81% of the expected vote reporting.
ABC News projects that Republican Kelly Ayotte will win the election for New Hampshire governor. With 50% of the vote counted, she leads Democrat Joyce Craig 53% to 46%. Ayotte will succeed retiring Gov. Chris Sununu, a fellow Trump-skeptical Republican.
One of New Jersey's Senate seats is up for grabs this year after Bob Menendez was convicted of federal corruption charges and resigned in August. Available race results show that Democrats are poised to retain control of the seat, as Rep. Andy Kim has a commanding lead -- 53% to 45% -- over his lead opponent, Republican hotelier Curtis Bashaw with 70% of the vote in.
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Notably, before tonight, polling suggested that, a good chunk of voters didn't know enough about either candidate to have strong opinions of them. This didn't appear to hurt Kim, though, who will make history as the first Korean American senator.
In a sense, this result shouldn't be too shocking. New Jersey's voters haven't elected a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, when the state went for George H.W. Bush. And in the U.S. Senate, Democrats have won every race in the state since 1972.
Bashaw and Kim are among six candidates who ran to fill Menendez's seat. George Helmy, a former chief of staff of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, is temporarily filling the role.
Another call expected call for Trump -- ABC News now projects that Trump has won the state of Kansas, which last gave its Electoral College votes to a Democrat in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson was on the ballot.
