Voters turned out Tuesday to vote for the next President of the United States, a race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. Democrats and Republicans are also battling for control of the U.S. Senate this election. There are 34 Senate seats up for grabs, with about a half dozen of those likely to be decided by tight margins .

Partial returns as of 5 p.m. Wednesday showed Wilson leading Portland Commissioner Carmen Rubio 62% to 38% — a margin of more than 42,000 votes — after 19 preliminary rounds of vote counting and candidate elimination under the city’s first election using ranked-choice voting.

Walz provided a final address on a national platform before the election on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Monday night, where he underscored the Vice President Kamala Harris campaign's focus on Pennsylvania, the hotly contested battleground state that Trump eventually won, along with its 19 electoral votes.

After weeks of campaigning and a race locked in a dead heat, Republican Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the US presidential election. The first former president to be convicted of a felony, Trump will also be the first to take office while several criminal cases against him are still pending.

Donald Trump was elected as the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday to the delight of many who voted for him.

Get live updates in the Election 2024, including results and latest news as the control of the House remains undecided after Donald Trump won the presidency and GOP won control of the Senate.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are both hoping to win Arizona and take its 11 electoral votes. In 2020, President Joe Biden secured a narrow victory, with 49.4 percent of the vote,

Hours after Trump's victory, advocacy groups were setting their sights on the president-elect, who will take office Jan. 20.