Image: Associated Press / As of 10:50 p.m. Tuesday night, former president Donald Trump is just 23 Electoral College votes away from returning to the White House, according to projections from the Associated Press.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Presidential election

Update: Donald Trump holds Electoral College lead after winning Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania: Associated Press

Nov 5, 2024 | 10:51 PM

UPDATE 11:58 P.M., TUESDAY: The Associated Press now projects that Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania and its 19 Electoral College votes. Trump now has 267 Electoral College votes, just short of the 270 needed to become the 47th President of the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As of 10:55 p.m. Tuesday night, former U.S. president Donald Trump is just 23 Electoral College votes away from returning to the White House, according to projections from the Associated Press.

Trump had 247 Electoral College votes compared to 214 for Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris late Tuesday night. That lead grew to 248-214 after Trump won Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

Eight states had not been declared for either Trump or Harris Tuesday night as of 10:50 p.m.: Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Maine, Alaska and Minnesota.

Trump defied the odds Tuesday night and captured at least two of the seven battleground states, North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania, in early returns. Georgia voted for Joe Biden just four years ago but returned to Republican red with a margin of over 100,000 votes as of Tuesday night at 10:40 p.m.

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The Associated Press projected after 8 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Tuesday night that Trump would capture North Carolina and Georgia, each carrying 16 electoral votes, while Harris won all the blue states she was expected to win like California, Illinois, New York, and tighter races in states like Virginia, New Jersey and New Hampshire.

As of 10:50 p.m. Tuesday night, Trump was leading in Pennsylvania by approximately 200,000 votes; by over 125,000 votes in Wisconsin; and over 200,000 votes in Michigan.

If Trump is successful, he would become the first president since Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s to return to office after a defeat.