Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, NBC News projects, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. NBC News made the call around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. As of 6:15 a.m., Kamala Harris had yet to concede.
Harris is expected to concede in a national address later Wednesday at her alma mater, Howard University. The timing wasn't immediately clear early.
"We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to try to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken," campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond said. "So you won't hear from the vice president tonight. But you will hear from her tomorrow, because she will back here tomorrow to address not only the HU family, not only to address her supporters, but to address the nation."
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Howard had served as her election night headquarters, where Harris had hoped to deliver a victory speech Tuesday night. But as midnight approached on the East Coast and election results trickled in showing victories for Trump, the cheers became silent and the Harris campaign turned off its projected broadcasts of CNN.
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Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate, picking up seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Top House races are focused in New York and California, where Democrats are trying to claw back some of the 10 or so seats where Republicans have made surprising gains in recent years.
