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US Elections Results Blog: Trump takes lead over Harris

UPDATE: Trump Hits 214 Electoral Collage Votes as Kamala Bags 179

There has been little surprise in results so far with polls across most of the country having closed.

Trump won Republican-leaning states including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, while Harris won a swath of New England and the Northeast including New Jersey and New York.

Meanwhile, attention is gravitating toward the Eastern battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

UPDATE: Trump Extends Lead with 178 Electoral College votes, Harris lags with 99

So far, the AP has called: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia for Trump.

Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont for Harris.

Meanwhile, attention is gravitating toward the Eastern battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

UPDATE: Trump takes lead over Harris with 101 Electoral College votes to 71

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Vermont carries three electoral votes and Kentucky carries eight electoral votes.

Trump has also won 11 electoral votes against Democrat Kamala Harris in the dependable conservative state, where Republicans have controlled the governorship for 20 years.

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Harris wins Vermont, Trump wins Kentucky and Indiana
Trump received 57% of the Hoosier state vote in 2016, the year he was elected president, and again in 2020.

While President Joe Biden won Vermont in 2020, Trump won Kentucky in 2020.

In the US Electoral College, a candidate needs at least 270 out of 538 Electoral votes to win the election.

Stay tuned for more updates

In all three of his presidential contests, Indiana has supported Trump.

Trump received 57% of the Hoosier state vote in 2016, the year he was elected president, and again in 2020.

While President Joe Biden won Vermont in 2020, Trump won Kentucky in 2020.

In the US Electoral College, a candidate needs at least 270 out of 538 Electoral votes to win the election.

Stay tuned for more updates

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