{"id":6261,"date":"2020-11-05T00:23:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2020-11-06T02:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T19:15:26","slug":"election-day-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/election-day-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Marissa Greene<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:22 a.m. CDT \u2014 At this time Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has 227 votes and President Donald J. Trump has 213 votes. Both candidates need at least 270 votes to win. We are still waiting to see the results from the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Mail-in ballots and absentee ballots may affect the results of these states and the overall election results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Election results by county:&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Travis County, Joseph R. Biden Jr. received 432, 062 votes. Donald. J. Trump received 159,907 votes, according to the New York Times.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Williamson County, Joseph R. Biden Jr. received 142, 457 votes. Donald. J. Trump received 138,649 votes, according to the New York Times.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Hays County, Joseph R. Biden Jr. received 59,213 votes. Donald. J. Trump received 47,427 votes, according to the New York Times.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bastrop County,&nbsp; Donald. J. Trump received 20, 486 votes. Joseph R. Biden Jr. received 15,452 votes, according to the New York Times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:14 a.m. CDT \u2014 Tony Gonzales, Republican, wins Texas\u2019 23rd Congressional District.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">02:06 a.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Maine.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:12 a.m. CDT \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Garza has become the next Travis County District Attorney.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:03 a.m. CDT \u2014 Republican Chip Roy wins re-election in Texas\u2019 21st Congressional District against Democratic former state Sen. Wendy Davis.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:30 a.m. CDT \u2014 Venessa Fuentes has been elected to serve in the Austin City Council District 2.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">12:20 a.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Texas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">12:02 a.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">11:38 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">11:25 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Iowa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">11:22 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Montana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:16 p.m. CDT \u2014 Trya Nehls, Republican, wins Texas\u2019 22nd Congressional District.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">11:07 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Ohio&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">11:07 p.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Hawaii.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 p.m. CDT \u2014 Incumbent Leslie Pool claims victory in Austin City Council race for District 7.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">10:09 p.m. CDT \u2014&nbsp; Donald J. Trump wins Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">10:06 p.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins New Hampshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10: 05 p.m. CDT \u2014 According to Travis County elections coordinator Christopher Baldenhofter, Travis county had 50,558 votes on Election Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">10:01 p.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Washington State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">10:01 p.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Oregon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">10:01 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Idaho.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">10:01 p.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins California.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:50 p.m. Republican incumbent U.S. Representative John Carter wins Texas\u2019 31st Congressional District.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">9:33 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Missouri.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:12 p.m. CDT \u2014 The City of Austin claims victory over Proposition A, also known as Project Connect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:07 p.m. CDT \u2014 John Cornyn, Republican, wins re-election to the U.S. Senate in Texas with 4,709,257 votes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">9:01 p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:44 p.m. CDT \u2014 Greg Caesar has claimed victory for re-election as District 4\u2019s Austin City Council member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">8:38 p.m. CDT \u2014 Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Colorado.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">8:27 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:25 p.m. CDT \u2014 Republican Micheal Cloud will be keeping his seat in the U.S House of Representatives for District 27.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:10 p.m. CDT \u2014 Democrat Lloyd Doggett will be serving another term as a member of the U.S House of Representatives in Texas\u2019 35th Congressional District.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">8:01 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Nebraska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">8 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Wyoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">8 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins South Dakota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">8 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">8 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins New Mexico.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">8 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins North Dakota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">8 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Louisiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">7:53 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">7:31 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Arkansas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:25 p.m. CDT \u2014 Prop. A and Prob. B favorable votes are showing high numbers with 58 percent and 67 percent of votes, according to KVUE. In an interview with KVUE and Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Adler stated that \u201cIt would be near impossible for the vote to flip at this point. I am so incredibly excited and proud to be part of a community that so strongly tonight said that it wanted to walk into our future,\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7:01&nbsp; p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Rode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">7:01&nbsp; p.m. CDT \u2014 Donald J. Trump wins Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7:01&nbsp; p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins&nbsp; New Jersey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7:01&nbsp; p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins&nbsp; Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7:01&nbsp; p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">7 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump&nbsp; wins Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">7 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins&nbsp; Illinois.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Connecticut.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">7 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Delaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">7 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Alabama.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 p.m. CDT \u2014 Election Day polls have now closed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">6:57 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins South Carolina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">6:37 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">6:30 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins West Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-blue-background-color\">6:01 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Joseph R. Biden Jr. wins Vermont.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-bright-red-background-color\">6 p.m. CDT\u2014 &nbsp;Donald J. Trump wins Kentucky.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> At this time Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has 227 votes and President Donald J. Trump has 213 votes. Both candidates need at least 270 votes to win. 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