Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.
Trump is also the projected winner in Arizona, a state the former president flipped after losing it to Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump's projected win in the vital swing state marks a sweep of the battleground states.
See how the balance of power is playing out as election results come in:
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ABC News projects that Republican Mike Braun will win the governor's race in Indiana over his Democratic opponent, Jennifer McCormick, a former Republican who left the party over disagreements on education policy. He'll extend the party's 20-year hold on the position.
ABC News projects that the Florida ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana will not pass.
ABC News has projected Attorney General Josh Stein to be the next governor of North Carolina.
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Stein, like Gov. Roy Cooper, catapulted from the attorney general's office to the Executive Mansion.
The win makes Stein, 58, the first Jewish governor of the Tar Heel State. He defeated his Republican challenger Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who was hoping to become the state's first Black governor.
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Unsurprisingly, ABC News projects that Trump will win in South Carolina, a state that has been reliably red in presidential races since at least 1984. (Republicans won the state in 1980 also, but not by a very large margin.)
Also in the Palmetto State tonight, a ballot referendum that would prohibit noncitizens from voting in state and local elections, one of a raft of such measures around the country. With 23% of the expected vote reporting, the measure looks almost sure to pass: 84% of voters have voted in favor, with 16% opposed.
