Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia in the US presidential election on Tuesday, the 5th of November, bringing Trump closer to a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House, reports Reuters.
In other swing states, which are likely to determine the winner, the result is still unclear.
Fox News projected that Trump had won Pennsylvania, which almost completely rules out Harris’s chances of winning the US presidential election, although other networks and data providers had not yet made a projection in that state.
So far, Trump had won 247 Electoral College votes to Harris’ 214. A candidate needs at least 270 Electoral College votes to be eligible for the presidency.
Trump’s victories in North Carolina and Georgia left Harris with a slim chance of victory through wins in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Republicans won a majority in the US Senate, taking Democratic seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Neither party seemed to have the upper hand in the battle for control of the House of Representatives, where the Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.
On election day, Trump had a 50-50 chance of regaining the White House, a turnaround from the 2021 elections, when many experts said his political career was over after his loss.