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Nov 3, 2020, 143 tweets

It's election night and polls on the East Coast are starting to close, meaning results will start coming in shortly. Like this thread to follow along for updates on big race calls from every state. #Election2020 hill.cm/wTNrvec

President Trump wins Kentucky in presidential race
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Joe Biden projected winner of Vermont in presidential race
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President Trump wins Indiana in presidential race
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President Trump wins South Carolina in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) easily defeated Laura Loomer, a far-right provocateur and activist, in a Palm Beach-area district that includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. thehill.com/homenews/house…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is projected to win his seventh term, defeating Democratic nominee Amy McGrath. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Democratic Sen. Jack Reed has won reelection to return to the Senate for a fifth term. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Sen. James Inhofe projected to easily win a fifth term thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is projected to serve another term in the Senate after winning reelection against Republican challenger Rik Mehta. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Democratic Sen. Shaheen wins reelection in New Hampshire thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Democratic Sen. Markey wins reelection in Massachusetts thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is projected to win reelection against his Republican challenger Lauren Witzke. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw is projected to win reelection to represent Texas’s 2nd District for another term in the House of Representatives. thehill.com/homenews/house…

GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan holds on to Florida House seat in competitive race thehill.com/homenews/house…

Cotton glides to reelection in Arkansas
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President Trump wins Alabama in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins Arkansas in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins Mississippi in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins Tennessee in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins Louisiana in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins Oklahoma in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Joe Biden wins Maryland in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Joe Biden wins New Jersey in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Joe Biden wins New York in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Joe Biden wins Delaware in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Joe Biden wins Massachusetts in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin is projected to win reelection to his seat in Illinois. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has expressed support for the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, won her race to fill the seat representing Georgia’s 14th Congressional District thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Ex-Trump White House doctor Ronny Jackson wins Texas House race thehill.com/homenews/house…

Sasse coasts to reelection in Nebraska thehill.com/homenews/senat…

GOP keeps control of Florida House seat held by Rep. Ross Spano thehill.com/homenews/house…

Republican Cynthia Lummis wins Wyoming Senate election thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Democrat Sarah McBride is projected to win a seat in the Delaware state Senate, making her the first out trans state senator in the US. thehill.com/homenews/state…

Greg Pence, brother of Mike Pence, wins reelection in Indiana thehill.com/homenews/house…

GOP Sen. Mike Rounds wins in South Dakota thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Republican Sen. John Cornyn is projected to have beaten back a competitive challenge from Democrat MJ Hegar in Texas, retaining the Senate seat he’s held since 2002.
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GOP Rep. Andy Barr beats back Democratic challenge in Kentucky thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Cawthorn wins election to fill seat vacated by Meadows thehill.com/homenews/house…

President Trump wins Wyoming in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins North Dakota in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins South Dakota in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

President Trump wins Nebraska in presidential race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Hickenlooper ousts Gardner in Colorado, handing Democrats vital pickup thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Democrat Kathy Manning wins open seat in North Carolina thehill.com/homenews/house…

Omar sails to victory, winning second term
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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham defeated Democratic nominee Jaime Harrison, securing a fourth term. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Ritchie Torres to become first openly gay Afro-Latino member of Congress thehill.com/homenews/campa…

GOP Rep. Mike Turner has defeated Democratic challenger Desiree Tims to return to the House for a fifth term. thehill.com/homenews/house…

Democratic Rep. Ocasio-Cortez glides to reelection thehill.com/homenews/house…

Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville defeated Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, flipping the Alabama seat back into GOP hands. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Miami-Dade County GOP Mayor Carlos Gimenez beat incumbent Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in an acrimonious race for a key battleground district.
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Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley becomes latest "Squad" member to glide to second term thehill.com/homenews/house…

Trump allies mock supporters of Democratic Party in their first tweets as victors thehill.com/homenews/campa…

The constitutional amendment will allow the possession, sale and use of cannabis for Garden State residents 21 and over. thehill.com/homenews/state…

Democrats are projected to maintain their House majority in Tuesday's elections as backlash against President Trump fueled a further expansion of the party's gains in suburban and metropolitan areas. thehill.com/homenews/house…

Progressive Cori Bush easily wins election in Missouri after primary upset thehill.com/homenews/house…

Democrat Deborah Ross wins open seat in North Carolina, flipping Republican-held seat blue thehill.com/homenews/house…

DC votes to decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms by wide margin thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Oregon votes to decriminalize heroin, meth, other street drugs thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Louisiana voters have passed an amendment stating that the state constitution does not protect the right to an abortion or the funding of an abortion. thehill.com/policy/healthc…

Mississippi approves new design for state flag, which had been the last in the country to feature an image of the Confederate battle flag thehill.com/homenews/state…

Under the initiative, Arizonans will be permitted to grow up to six cannabis plants and possess as much as an ounce of marijuana. The measure will also allow those previously convicted of marijuana crimes to request their records to be expunged. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Florida voters approve ballot initiative to raise state’s minimum wage to $15 over next six years thehill.com/homenews/state…

Democrat Ben Ray Luján wins open Senate seat in New Mexico, making him the first Hispanic to represent the state in the upper chamber since 1977 thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Rep. Andy Kim beats back GOP challenge in New Jersey thehill.com/homenews/house…

The outcome of the presidential race will likely once again hinge on the former “blue wall” states that Trump turned red for the first time in decades in 2016. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be back. thehill.com/homenews/house…

The outcome in Florida is among the most – if not the most – crucial for Trump, who had staked his reelection hopes in no small part on recreating his 2016 win in a state notorious for its unpredictable and closely decided elections. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Biden is projected to win Minnesota, holding onto a key blue state Trump was bullish on flipping thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Trump defeats Biden in Texas, fending off efforts by Democrats to turn the state blue this election cycle thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Democratic Sen. Tina Smith wins reelection in Minnesota thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas fends off challenge from ex-Trump official in New Hampshire thehill.com/homenews/house…

The district last voted for a Democrat in 2008, when then-Sen. Barack Obama carried it by a single point before losing it by 7 points in 2012 to Mitt Romney. Trump won the seat by 2 points over Hillary Clinton in 2016. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson lost reelection after serving nearly 30 years in the House representing a district that President Trump had carried by double digits in 2016. thehill.com/homenews/house…

South Carolina state Rep. Nancy Mace defeats incumbent Rep. Joe Cunningham, flipping seat red
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GOP Sen. Steve Daines fends off challenge from Democrat Steve Bullock to win second Montana Senate term thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Republican Matt Rosendale is projected as the winner of Montana's at-large House seat, defeating Democratic candidate Kathleen Williams. thehill.com/homenews/house…

GOP's Yvette Herrell unseats Torres Small in New Mexico rematch thehill.com/homenews/campa…

California voters approve measure exempting Lyft, Uber from labor law
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Democrat Mark Kelly defeats Martha McSally in Arizona Senate race thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Biden wins Arizona presidential race
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Biden projected as winner of Maine thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Republican Tony Gonzales was elected on Tuesday to succeed retiring Texas GOP Rep. Will Hurd in a district that Democrats invested heavily to flip. thehill.com/homenews/house…

"Squad" member Rashida Tlaib wins reelection in Michigan
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Republican Bill Hagerty wins Tennessee Senate race, to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander. hill.cm/ZnMDo8q

Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) won his tenth term to Congress, holding off a challenge from Democratic candidate Donna Imam. hill.cm/TEveKbd

State Sen. Kai Kahele (D) won the election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by outgoing Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii). hill.cm/5a3a3DK

Longtime Rep. Fred Upton (R) won reelection Tuesday for his 18th consecutive term in Michigan's 6th district, defeating Democratic challenger State Rep. Jon Hoadley. hill.cm/Lz91ZBE

Rep. Greg Gianforte (R) has won Montana’s gubernatorial race, bringing an end to a 16-year Democratic streak in the governor’s mansion. hill.cm/AwPxKzk

New Mexico becomes first state to elect all women of color to House delegation hill.cm/1OKkvtD

Vermont's GOP governor wins reelection after revealing that he voted for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. hill.cm/Kubx5Kg

Kansas voters elected Stephanie Byers (D) to its state legislature, making her the first transgender person of color elected to a state legislature, as well as the first transgender legislator across the Midwest. hill.cm/mcMQ6c1

Voters in North Dakota on Tuesday elected the late David Andahl (R) as a state representative in House District 8. Andahl died from COVID-19 in October at the age of 55. hill.cm/4faip1q

Kim Jackson, who is openly lesbian, was elected to represent heavily Democratic District 41 in the Georgia State Senate, making her the first openly gay Senator in the state. hill.cm/ZyW0HBA

South Dakota and Montana join Arizona and New Jersey in voting to legalization of recreational marijuana use. hill.cm/q5VUvYD

Republican Mike Kelly wins sixth House term in Pennsylvania hill.cm/FdJyfiV

Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert, who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, is projected to win the House race in the state's 3rd congressional district. hill.cm/TmBtXwn

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler wins second term hill.cm/ljQn9ww

Oregon has become the first state in the country to legalize psilocybin, or psychedelic mushrooms, with the passage of a state ballot measure Tuesday. hill.cm/QmDGbI5

California votes to return voting rights to felons on parole hill.cm/HxWjH0N

Republican Ashley Hinson defeated Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa) on Tuesday, flipping back a previously GOP-held seat that Democrats had won in 2018. hill.cm/ddYOi6m

Marilyn Strickland will be the first African American to represent Washington state in Congress hill.cm/Cl8XAil

Rep. Elaine Luria holds onto Virginia House seat hill.cm/kEyjbW5

Democratic Rep. Ron Kind fends off challenge in Wisconsin to secure a 13th term in Congress hill.cm/GllCjPs

Voters in Utah and Nebraska approved measures Tuesday stripping references to slavery from their state constitutions hill.cm/5S2wAHg

Collins says Gideon called to concede Maine Senate race hill.cm/XRRa2a4

Rep. Jared Golden wins reelection in Maine
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Portland votes to create community-run police oversight board hill.cm/cwqZW1Q

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is projected to defeat Republican challenger Paul Junge to win a second term representing Michigan’s 8th Congressional District in the House. hill.cm/j3Tu21P

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has won the most votes out of any candidate in history, with the former vice president notching over 70 million votes nationwide as of Wednesday afternoon. hill.cm/mMLr2qk

Trump wins electoral vote in Maine's 2nd Congressional District hill.cm/df0LqkL

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is projected to win the critical swing state of Wisconsin, claiming its 10 electoral votes. hill.cm/MBpM4to

Fitzpatrick wins reelection in Pennsylvania thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Trump, Biden campaigns fundraise in anticipation of pricey legal battles hill.cm/9uVgoIZ

Trump campaign files lawsuits targeting Pennsylvania vote count hill.cm/vJlxZc4

Alabama voters approve measure to remove racist phrases from Constitution hill.cm/CJnibr6

Biden wins battleground Michigan hill.cm/Z2nXsw7

Biden says "every vote must be counted" as Trump campaign challenges vote tallies hill.cm/geOPRLm

"Stop the count" protesters push toward door of Detroit ballot counting place hill.cm/nq7JVrS

Democratic Sen. Gary Peters has fended off a Republican challenge in Michigan’s Senate race to win a second term. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Indiana state Sen. Victoria Spartz is projected to win the race for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, defeating Democratic candidate Christina Hale. thehill.com/homenews/house…

Colorado passes resolution to award electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote thehill.com/homenews/state…

Freshman GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn is projected to win a second term in office, defeating his 2018 opponent yet again to retain his seat for Minnesota’s 1st district. thehill.com/homenews/house…

Puerto Rico votes in favor of US statehood thehill.com/homenews/state…

Rapper Kanye West received 60,000 votes in the presidential election thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Michelle Davis-Younger is the first African American, woman and Democrat to be elected Manassas mayor thehill.com/homenews/state…

Mauree Turner was elected to the Oklahoma state legislature on Tuesday, making history as the first openly nonbinary state lawmaker in the nation thehill.com/homenews/state…

House Democratic campaign chief wins tough reelection fight thehill.com/homenews/house…

Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath won her reelection bid against Karen Handel, the Republican she unseated two years ago. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Democrat Haley Stevens hangs on to Michigan House seat
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Democratic Rep. Angie Craig retained her House seat representing Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District after her Republican challenger requested a delay in the race following a third-party candidate’s death. thehill.com/homenews/house…

Jackie Johnson, the Georgia district attorney who was criticized for her handling of the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, has lost her reelection bid to challenger Keith Higgins. thehill.com/homenews/state…

Freedom Caucus member Scott Perry wins fifth term in Pennsylvania thehill.com/homenews/campa…

GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler wins reelection thehill.com/homenews/house…

Arizona voters approve ballot measure to raise taxes on high-income households thehill.com/policy/finance…

Dem Rep. Cartwright fends off House challenge from ex-Trump official in Pennsylvania thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Rep. Jeff Van Drew is projected to win reelection for a second term representing a swing district after switching from the Democratic Party to the GOP last year over President Trump’s impeachment. thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Democratic Rep. Susan Wild wins reelection in Pennsylvania thehill.com/homenews/house…

Democrat Bourdeaux flips Georgia House seat thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Denver voters overturn longtime pit bull ban thehill.com/homenews/state…

Voters decide to reintroduce gray wolves in Colorado thehill.com/changing-ameri…

Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford wins reelection thehill.com/homenews/house…

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