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The Associated Press declared Republican Party candidate Donald J. Trump the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election early Wednesday morning, Nov. 6, after he cleared 270 electoral votes.

The AP wrote, “The win caps a historically tumultuous campaign that included two assassination attempts. Trump is the first person since Grover Cleveland to win non-consecutive presidential terms.”

Cleveland served as the United States’ 22nd president from 1885-89 and as its 24th president from 1893-97.

Trump, the 45th and 47th presidents of the U.S., won in 2016 and then lost in 2020 before making, in 2024, what the AP describes as “a remarkable political comeback rooted in appeal to frustrated voters.”

According to the AP as of Thursday night, Nov. 7, Trump had won 295 electoral votes compared to Democratic Party candidate Kamala D. Harris’ 226, and he had received 73,376,041 votes nationwide (50.7%) to Harris’ 69,040,347 votes (47.7%), with votes still being counted.

Though Trump won nationally, Harris carried Virginia, according to unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections (VDE) website.

With 133 of 133 localities reporting statewide as of Thursday night, Harris was leading Trump 51.54% to 46.38% in Virginia.

Trump carried Isle of Wight County and the Windsor and Walters precincts.

With provisional and post-election ballots still outstanding in Isle of Wight as of Thursday night, Trump had received 59.59% of the vote to Harris’ 39.14%.

In the 402 – Windsor Precinct, Trump received 1,324 votes (66.53%) to Harris’ 644 (32.36%), and in the 501 – Walters Precinct, Trump received 722 votes (75.68%) to Harris’ 223 (23.38%).

The VDE reported that voter turnout in Isle of Wight County was at 74%, with 24,314 ballots cast and 32,695 registered voters.

STATE-LEVEL RACES

Democrat Timothy M. Kaine defeated Republican Hung Cao in the race to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate. 

Unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections website showed that with 133 of 133 localities reporting as of Thursday night, Kaine was elected to his third term after receiving 54.02% of the statewide vote, and Cao received 45.80%.

With provisional and post-election ballots outstanding as of Thursday night, Cao carried Isle of Wight, receiving 58.05% of the vote, with Kaine receiving 41.87%.

In the 402 – Windsor Precinct, Cao received 1,274 votes (64.51%) to Kaine’s 700 (35.44%).

In the 501 – Walters Precinct, Cao received 691 votes (73.28%) to Kaine’s 251 (26.62%).

Republican Jen A. Kiggans defeated Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal in the race to represent Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Unofficial results from the VDE website showed that with eight of eight localities reporting as of Thursday night, Kiggans was reelected after receiving 51.01% of the districtwide vote, Smasal received 46.69%, and Independent Robert E. Reid Jr. received 2.19%.

With provisional and post-election ballots outstanding as of Thursday night, Kiggans carried Isle of Wight, receiving 60.59% of the vote, with Smasal receiving 37.29% and Reid receiving 2.02%.

In the 402 – Windsor Precinct, Kiggans received 693 votes (71%) to Smasal’s 255 (26.13%) and Reid’s 27 (2.77%).

In the 501 – Walters Precinct, Kiggans received 505 votes (82.11%) to Smasal’s 100 (16.26%) and Reid’s nine (1.46%).