Key Congressional races have also dominated headlines. Democrats are hoping to wrest control of the House from Republicans, who currently have a slim majority in the lower chamber. Both parties have spent heavily in competitive House races this election cycle.

In a decisive victory, Trump wins a series of swing states, while his Republican Party also gains control of the Senate.

Trump's election victory was a product of voter discontent with the state of the country, the economy and a desire for change, and he made inroads with some Democratic groups.

Seth Keshel, an election denier from Arizona who spent years touring the country with voter fraud claims, found a way to thread the needle: He said he believed Mr. Trump won fairly, but suggested there may still have been some fraud in down-ballot races where Democrats were leading.

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Control of the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance after Republicans won the Senate early Wednesday. Follow the latest AP race calls, results and updates on who's winning.

Newcomer Peter Lerner contested the District 3 seat that Pearson was appointed to last year following the death of Patricia Paige.

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Donald Trump's election victory was history-making in several respects even as his defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris prevented other firsts

By early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump appeared poised to make a paradigm-shattering political comeback, close to winning back the White House in an election shaped more by Americans’ dissatisfaction with the direction of the country than by Democrats’ dire warnings of the threat the 45th poses to its founding principles.

After months of reporting on what polls described as a remarkably close race, news outlets finally have the chance to report on actual results.

A historic 18.6 million Texans were registered to vote in the 2024 election, and 61% cast ballots, a nearly 6% drop from the 2020 presidential race.