(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Former President Donald Trump is set to become president-elect Donald Trump after winning Wisconsin Wednesday morning, clinching 277 of the 270 necessary electoral votes.
He will return to the White House with a Republican Senate, though control of the U.S. House of Representatives remains in limbo with many key contests too close to call.
Vice President Kamala Harris cancelled a planned appearance at her campaign’s watch party at Howard University, her alma mater, on Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning at 7 a.m., she had not yet conceded the race.
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump said to his cheering supporters in Florida, speaking to them in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
Trump pulled ahead Tuesday night with a major victory in the swing state of North Carolina and a projected win in Georgia that was later made official.
He then picked up other major battleground state wins in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
This is a developing story.
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