By: Sydney Umstead, News Editor
Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th president of the United States.
The Associated Press called the race early Wednesday morning on Nov. 6, with the AP Trump being called the winner at 5:37 a.m.
The race was close, with Pennsylvania becoming a huge battleground state in the election. In a close race, Trump won the state by 0.43 percent. Trump went on to win Wisconsin which landed him 10 electoral college votes, and ultimately ended the race. As of writing this, the AP has declared 226 electoral votes for Kamala Harris and 295 for Trump, with the states of Arizona and Nevada yet to be called, with Trump ahead.
On Nov. 6, Kamala Harris conceded the election, formally accepting Donald Trump’s win. In her speech, she stated, “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.” Harris then discussed the importance of a “peaceful transfer of power,” ensuring that the Biden administration will grant that to Trump, who never conceded his loss in the 2020 election. Harris continued to say that the peaceful transfer is a principle which, “as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, and anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it.” Harris told the crowd, “It is OK to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it’s going to be OK,” encouraging them to continue the fight: “Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win.”
Along with Trump’s win, his fellow Republicans won the majority in the Senate. Republicans flipped Democratic Senate Seats in Ohio and Nevada. The New York Times reported that in some places, Republicans in the Senate “could pad their new majority even more given very tight races in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Nevada that remained undecided.” The AP has reported that Republican Dave McCormick has defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, but has also reported that Democrat Elissa Slotkin has won her Senate race in Michigan. The Senate race in Nevada between incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen and Republican challenger Sam Brown remains uncalled as of writing this, with Rosen ahead by just over 12,000 votes.
The race for the House is yet to be determined. The BBC reports that “Republicans were seven seats short of the 218 seats needed to take control on Thursday morning. Democrats need 15 more.” If Republicans won the House, “The Senate, or upper chamber, and the White House have already flipped to Republicans so President-elect Donald Trump could have total control when he is sworn in on 20 January 2025.”
Trump will now be the oldest president to be elected in America’s history and is the first president since Grover Cleveland to lose re-election but win a later election.
Rolling Stone published an article titled, “America Elects Convicted Felon to be President,” which discusses Trump’s 34 felony convictions, including cases of sexual abuse, in which Trump may no longer see sentencing, according to The Washington Post, and the recent Supreme Court case that granted presidents immunity.
Trump will once again be sworn into the White House on Jan. 20 at his inauguration.
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