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Susan Collins is the apparent winner of her reelection fight against state House Speaker Sara Gideon.

Michigan has 16 Electoral College votes. Biden is inching closer to winning the White House from President Donald Trump.

The states include Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin, battlegrounds in the contest betweent President Trump and Joe Biden.

The campaigns for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden each claimed they would win the presidential election.

Joe Biden leads in Pennsylvania. A win there would give him enough votes to win the Electoral College. The Trump campaign said it's "not over."

The projected vote total marks a record high number of ballots cast in a presidential election and the highest voter turnout rate among eligible citizens since 1900.

The projected win puts an electoral vote in Biden's column that President Donald Trump had won in 2016.

Both social media companies added warnings over Trump messages claiming opponents were trying to steal the election.

Minnesota has 10 Electoral College votes. Polling averages had indicated Biden held a lead in the state.

President Trump claimed victory even though millions of legitimate votes had yet to be counted and races in half a dozen swing states still had not been called.

Incumbent Republican Steve Daines and Democratic challenger Steve Bullock competed for an unexpectedly competitive Montana U.S. Senate seat.

Florida passed a ballot initiative to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour, becoming the eighth state to approve the pay floor.

Michigan and Pennsylvania count Election Day votes before absentee and mail-in ballots, creating the illusion of a large Republican advantage.

Frank Luntz told CNBC on Wednesday that the president "must win Pennsylvania if he's to get to 270," the number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

The Supreme Court heard a major case concerning LGBT rights the morning after the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Biden.

The comments by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon come as he is free on bond in a criminal case where he is acused of defrauding donors to a non-profit group.

The coming Georgia Senate runoff between GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock is shaping up to cost tens of millions of dollars.

Three key states represent a combined 46 electoral votes, with 16 from Michigan, 20 from Pennsylvania and 10 from Wisconsin.

Joe Biden told supporters early Wednesday he's confident about winning the election.

Mike Bloomberg spent more than $100 million in states that Joe Biden is on track to lose. That could impact his status as a marquee kingmaker for Democrats.