Election Night 2016 as it happened

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Here is how Election Night 2016 unfolded:

2:49 p.m. - Donald Trump speaks to supporters at his election night party in New York.

2:47 p.m. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Trump's win: `The American people have chosen a new direction for our nation' (AP)

2:45 p.m. - House Speaker Paul Ryan calls Trump victory `a repudiation of the status quo of failed liberal progressive policies' (AP)

2:40 p.m. - FOX News projects that Donald Trump secured more than 270 electoral votes needed to become the next President of the United States. (FOX News)

1:07 p.m. - FOX News projects Hillary Clinton will win 3 of Maine's electoral votes. The fourth is undecided.(FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 254
• Clinton - 218

 

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

1 a.m. - Polls in Alaska closed

12:24 a.m. - FOX News projects Hillary Clinton will win Nevada. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 254
• Clinton - 215

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

11:35 p.m. - The Associated Press projects Donald Trump will win Georgia. (AP)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 254
• Clinton - 209

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

11:34 p.m. - Georgia voters approve amendment to abolish judicial watchdog agency and have lawmakers recreate it. (AP)

11:33 p.m. - The Associated Press projects Hillary Clinton will win Washington. (AP)

11:32 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Wisconsin and Iowa. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 238
• Clinton - 209

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

11:18 p.m. - Georgia voters reject Amendment One, which would have allowed the state to take over chronically failing schools.

11:17 p.m. - California voters approve ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana. (AP)

11:16 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Utah.  (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 223
• Clinton - 209

 

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

11:09 p.m. - FOX News projects Hillary Clinton will win Oregon. (FOX News)

11:03 p.m. - FOX News projects Hillary Clinton will win California and Hawaii. (FOX News)

11 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Idaho. (FOX News)

10:53 p.m. - The Associated Press projects Donald Trump wins Florida. (FOX News)

10:50 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump wins North Carolina. (FOX News)

10:46 p.m. - Colorado becomes 5th state to OK medically assisted suicide. (AP)

10:45 p.m. - Rep. John Lewis,  Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Gary Loudermilk, and Rep. Tom Price re-elected to U.S. House. 

RESULTS: U.S. Senate and House races

10:30 p.m. - FOX News projects GOP will maintain control of the U.S. House. (FOX News)

10:26 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Ohio. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 168
• Clinton - 131

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

10:25 p.m. - FOX News projects Hillary Clinton will win Colorado. (FOX News)

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10:03 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Montana. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 150
• Clinton - 122

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

10:02 p.m. - FOX News projects Hillary Clinton will win Virginia. (FOX News)

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10:01 p.m. - Republicans Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Mike Lee of Utah re-elected to Senate. (AP)

9:39 p.m. - FOX News projects Trump will win Louisiana and Clinton will win New Mexico. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 147
• Clinton - 109

 

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

9:23 p.m. - The Associated Press projects Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson of Georgia will be re-elected to the U.S. Senate.

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9:22 p.m. - Democrat Jim Justice elected governor of West Virginia. (AP)

9:21 p.m. - Republican Eric Holcomb elected governor of Indiana. (AP)

9:11 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Arkansas. (FOX News)

9:01 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, and Wyoming. Hillary Clinton will win New York. (FOX News)

8:59 p.m. - Florida voters have approved a state constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana. (FOX News)

8:52 p.m. - Republican incumbent Rick Allen projected to win the U.S. House District 12 in Georgia.

8:51 p.m. - Republican incumbent Austin Scott projected to win the U.S. House District 8 in Georgia.

8:49 p.m. - Republican Drew Ferguson has been elected to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Lynn Westmoreland in Georgia's 3rd District. (AP)

8:31 p.m. - FOX News projects Donald Trump will win Alabama. (FOX News)

8:30 p.m. - Polls are now closed Arkansas.

8:25 p.m. - FOX News projects Indiana Republican Todd Young will win the U.S. Senate seat in that state. (FOX News)

Current U.S. Senate balance of power:

• 40 - Democrat
• 36 - Republican

24 seats are still not decided.

8:12 p.m. - FOX News projects Florida junior Senator Marco Rubio will keep his seat. (FOX News)

8:11 p.m. - FOX News projects Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth unseats Republican incumbent Mark Kirk for U.S. Senate. This would be the first pickup seat for the Democrats. (FOX News)

8:10 p.m. - Democrat John Carney elected governor in Delaware. (AP)

8:09 p.m. - Republican Lankford of Oklahoma, Democrats Blumenthal of Connecticut and Van Hollen of Maryland elected to the Senate. (AP)

8:05 p.m. - FOX News projects Trump wins Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee. Clinton wins Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 67
• Clinton - 68

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

8:01 p.m. - It is still too early to call Florida, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania despite the polls being closed in those states. (FOX News)

8 p.m. - Polls close Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington, DC. These states combined make up 172 electoral votes.

7:50 p.m. - FOX News project South Carolina will go to Donald Trump. (FOX News)

7:33 p.m. - Republican Rob Portman wins re-election to Senate. (AP)

7:31 p.m. - FOX News projects Trump will take West Virginia. (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 24
• Clinton - 3

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

7:30 p.m. - Most polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia

7:22 p.m. - Vast divides of race, gender and education are keeping the presidential race in two tightly fought southern states close shortly after polls close.

In both Virginia and Georgia, about 9 in 10 black voters and two-thirds of Hispanics backed Clinton, while most whites backed Trump.

That's according to exit polls conducted by Edison Research for national media outlets.

In Georgia, large majorities of whites with and without college degrees backed Trump. In Virginia those two groups diverged. Whites without a college degree backed Trump by a large margin, while those with a degree split their votes between the two major-party candidates.

Women in both states were far more likely than men to back Clinton. Majorities of women in both states said Trump's treatment of women bothers them a lot. (AP)

7:04 p.m. - FOX News has projected three states. Republican candidate Donald Trump will take Kentucky and Indiana. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton will take Vermont (FOX News)

Current delegate count:

• Trump - 19
• Clinton - 3

The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.

7:01 p.m. - Republicans Rand Paul of Kentucky, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont re-elected to Senate. (AP)

7:00 p.m. - Polls close in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. These states combined make up 60 electoral votes.