“He should be scared in Pennsylvania because there is an energy, there is a surge,” said CNN commentator Van Jones on Election Day. Specifically, Jones said, “The Puerto Rican vote by itself has been lit on fire … . There is a big tidal wave of Puerto Rican vote coming in Pennsylvania.” This was the standard […]

Vice President Harris will win New Jersey, giving her the Garden State’s 14 electoral votes, Decision Desk HQ projects. New Jersey is a solidly blue-leaning state that Harris was expected to carry easily, as it has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988. Democratic candidates have also consistently won it by double-digit margins...

Former President Trump has won the one Electoral College vote Maine’s 2nd Congressional District carries, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection, giving the Republican a potentially critical vote in an election that could come down to the wire. Maine distributes its four electoral votes based on both the statewide result and the winner of...

Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell is projected to win a fifth term representing Washington state in the Senate, according to Decision Desk HQ. Cantwell, the chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, easily fended off a challenge from Republican Raul Garcia after holding a double-digit edge in the polls for months.  She first won...

Vice President Harris has won Washington state in the 2024 presidential election, garnering 12 electoral votes, Decision Desk HQ projects. Harris’s win in Washington continues a trend of the Evergreen State backing Democrats for president. The result is in line with a forecast model from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ that showed her likely clinching the state. Washington...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) will win reelection in the deep-blue state of New Mexico, Decision Desk HQ projects. Though the state is a reliable Democratic bastion in the Southwest, Heinrich's reelection bid had garnered more attention than usual this cycle because his challenger, Nella Domenici, is the daughter of the late Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.)....

Shomari Figures, a former aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland, is projected to win his House race in Alabama's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. His victory gives Democrats a rare pickup opportunity in a ruby-red state that former President Trump won by 25 points in 2020. It also gives the...

Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) has won a second term as Montana's governor, Decision Desk HQ projects. Gianforte, a former member of the House, won his initial term in the governor's mansion in 2020, becoming the first Republican to hold that office in Big Sky Country in two decades. His win this cycle was largely expected....

Vice President Harris was projected to defeat former President Trump in Oregon, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding eight Electoral College votes to the Democrat's column. Oregon has voted blue in every presidential election since 1988, and it was considered a safe Democratic state for Harris heading into Election Day. President Biden beat Trump in the Beaver...

The Harris campaign late Tuesday predicted the state of the presidential race would come into focus in "the early morning hours” as it offered cause for optimism about the vice president’s path in the “blue wall” states. “We’ve been saying for weeks that this race might not be called tonight,” Harris campaign Chair Jen O'Malley...