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Former President Donald Trump has 267 electoral votes in the 2024 United States presidential election as of 3 a.m. Wednesday, putting him three electoral votes away from securing a second term, according to the Associated Press. Vice President Kamala Harris has 224 electoral votes — 270 are needed to win.

In Onondaga County, Harris led Trump by around 16 percentage points, winning 57.5% of the vote. Trump received around 41% of the votes, according to unofficial data from the Onondaga County Board of Elections. The AP also declared Harris the winner of the presidential election in New York state at 9 p.m. Tuesday — just as polls closed — with around 16% of the vote counted.

As of 3:00 a.m. Wednesday, Onondaga County has reported 100% of early voting and Election Day votes.

Trump, who defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, lost to President Joe Biden in 2020. The Republican announced his 2024 presidential bid shortly after the 2022 midterms.

Harris spent nearly two decades as a prosecutor and as California’s Attorney General before joining the U.S. Senate in 2016. She entered the 2024 presidential election after Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race on July 21.

Republicans have claimed the party majority in the U.S. Senate, the AP announced at around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday.

This story will be updated with additional reporting.

Published on November 6, 2024 at 3:07 am

Contact Julia: jmboehni@syr.edu