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November 7, 2024 - US election news

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By Jessie Yeung, Antoinette Radford, Michelle Shen, Shania Shelton, Maureen Chowdhury, Aditi Sangal, Michael Williams and Tori B. Powell, CNN
Updated 2:05 AM EST, Fri November 8, 2024
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 05: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump praises his campaign senior advisor Susie Wiles during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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What we covered here

• Trump names chief of staff: President-elect Donald Trump announced his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will serve as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the role. This comes as sources close to Trump tell CNN he sees a popular vote win as a mandate to enact the policies he ran on and is taking responsibility of choosing top positions much more seriously this time.

• Biden’s message to Americans: President Joe Biden on Thursday promised an orderly transfer of power and emphasized “you can’t love your country only when you win” in his first remarks from the White House since Trump’s win.

• House yet to be called: Republicans are defending a narrow majority, and it could be some time before control is determined. House Republicans are bullish that they will keep their majority though Democrats believe there is still a narrow path to flipping the chamber. Track the latest results here.

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CNN Projection: Trump wins Nevada

From CNN staff
Former President Donald Trump arrives for his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former President Donald Trump arrives for his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Former President Donald Trump will win the battleground state of Nevada, CNN projects.

There are six electoral votes at stake in Nevada.

Who won in 2020: Joe Biden won Nevada in the last election. Nevada moved to the right relative to the nation in 2020 — even as Biden won the national popular vote by more than Hillary Clinton had four years earlier, his margin in the Silver State stayed virtually identical to hers.

Latinos are a critical voting group in Nevada, and they made up 17% of the 2020 electorate, according to the CNN exit poll. Reflective of his performance overall, Biden won 61% of the Latino vote — a similar showing to Clinton’s. In 2012, when Obama won the state by almost seven percentage points, he won 71% of Latino voters.

CNN Projection: Democratic Rep. Susie Lee will win reelection in Nevada

From CNN’s Piper Hudspeth Blackburn

Democratic Rep. Susie Lee will win reelection in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, holding on to a crucial seat for Democrats, CNN projects.

Lee, a former nonprofit executive, defeated Republican Drew Johnson, a policy analyst and columnist. President Joe Biden carried the district by nearly 7 percentage points in 2020.

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