MILWAUKEE — It’s Election Day and Wisconsinites are getting out to make their voices heard by voting on the next U.S. President, a heated U.S. Senate race and much more. WTMJ’s Decision Wisconsin programming provides your home for all things Elections with updates from around our state and live results HERE after polls close.
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WTMJ will host Decision Wisconsin programming on Tuesday, November 5th from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. CST. Vince Vitrano & Erik Bilstad will host from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. CST, followed by John Mercure, Jessica Tighe, Dr. Ken Harris & Kristin Brey from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. CST. Steve Scaffidi will take over from 11 p.m. CST until an early edition of Wisconsin’s Morning News starts at 5 a.m. CST.
Kamala Harris concedes 2024 Presidential Election to Donald Trump.
Vice President & Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris delivered an address at Howard University to concede the election to Donald Trump and deliver a message to her supporters that their efforts to make a lasting impact on the nation are far from finished.
She also confirmed that she reached out to President-election Trump to congratulate him on the victory and ensure there will be a peaceful transfer of power.
“A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. … At the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States, and loyalty to our conscience and to our God. My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say: While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” she stated.
Tammy Baldwin secures comeback victory in U.S. Senate Race.
A late-night push of ballots submitted from Milwaukee and left-leaning Wisconsin counties ensured that Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin will return to her seat representing the State of Wisconsin after a tightly contested race against businessman Eric Hovde.
While Baldwin declared victory, Hovde has refused to concede the race given how tightly contested of a race it’s been. Results show that Baldwin holds a lead of less than 30,000 votes, which accounts for approx. 0.9% of votes, which is within the margins that would allow for Hovde and Republican officials to call for a recount.
“The people of Wisconsin have chosen someone who always puts Wisconsin first, someone who shows up, listens, and works with everyone to get the job done,” Baldwin said in a statement. “And they rejected the billionaires and the special interests who want to come to our state, spread hate and division, and buy their way into power.”
Meanwhile, Hovde’s camp offered the following comments on the matter:
“We’re watching the final precinct results come in. We’re certainly disappointed that the Democrats’ effort to siphon votes with a fraudulent candidate had a significant impact on the race, with those votes making up more than the entire margin of the race right now. We will continue to monitor returns and make sure that every vote is counted.”
Wisconsin’s Electoral Votes & U.S. Presidency Called for Donald Trump.
By securing Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, Donald Trump officially exceeds the 270-electoral vote threshold and is elected the next President of the United States of America — his second official term in the role. The margin of victory was tight in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin.
“This is a movement like nobody’s ever seen before and, frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in this country, and maybe the, and now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal,” President-elect Trump stated in his victory speech. “We have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly.”
During the overnight edition of our Decision Wisconsin political coverage, WTMJ’s Steve Scaffidi provides live insight and analysis as Wisconsin was called for Trump, effectively securing his election as the next President of the United States with Wisconin’s votes.
In the hours that followed, Vince Vitrano & Erik Bilstad welcomed Republican Strategist & Analyst, Bill McCoshen on Wisconsin’s Morning News to discuss the strategies deployed by the Trump Campaign to secure their victory in Wisconsin & nationwide. Click here for more from that conversation.
Incumbents nearly sweep Wisconsin’s Congressional Races
Seven of Wisconsin’s eight Congressional races were called in favor of incumbents in the 2024 Election with six Republicans and two Democrats claiming victory. The following race calls are listed in chronological order with the first of the list being the first race that was called:
- Democrat Gwen Moore wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District
- Republican Scott Fitzgerald wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District
- Democrat Mark Pocan wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District
- Republican Tom Tiffany wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District
- Republican Glenn Grothman wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District
- Republican Tony Wied wins election to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District
- Republican Bryan Steil wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District
- Republican Derrick Van Orden wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District
WTMJ News Team reports from the field as polls close.
Re-count required for 30,000 absentee ballots in Milwaukee.
UPDATE at 5:00 p.m. CST on Nov. 5, 2024: A technical error at Milwaukee’s Central Count Headquarters will require an estimated 30,000 absentee ballots to be re-counted, spokesperson Jeff Fleming of the Milwaukee Mayor’s Office confirmed. For complete details, click here.
Voters make their voices heard across Wisconsin.
People in Southeast Wisconsin and across the state are heading to their local polling places today to cast their ballots in the pivotal 2024 election. The 620 WTMJ news team has updates from their communities and across Southeast Wisconsin.
