Trump's stunning victory in the key battleground state gives him 264 electoral votes. He was carried to victory by voters fed up with the political system and mistrustful of Clinton, a former first lady, senator and secretary of state. Trump, a 70-year-old celebrity businessman who had never before run for office, is poised to become the oldest president ever elected to a first term. He was previously in the state Senate. He upset Democrat Hillary Clinton, who would have become the first woman to serve in the Oval Office. The real-estate developer and former reality-TV star is the first person to win the presidency without having previously held public office or served in the U.S. military. Trump rose to political fame after questioning whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States. A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a sign during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. But he capitalized on nearly every opportunity across the electoral map. So far, voters in Florida and North Dakota have also passed marijuana measures Tuesday. Pennsylvania last voted for a Republican for president in 1988. A few minutes after 2 a.m., Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, told stunned supporters who had gathered in anticipation of celebrating her victory to go home because there would be no further statement as outstanding votes were counted. Control of Congress was on the line as well, with Republicans poised to maintain their majority in the House and a string of hotly competitive Senate contests going their way as well. [Republicans keep control of Congress after decisive Senate wins] 
 
 Trump’s feuds with Republican leaders created deep fissures in his party, and his victory has set the GOP on a new path. Whether he can achieve any of his grandiose ideas could hinge on his relationship with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), who had all but abandoned Trump in the campaign’s final weeks. He also said Inslee had failed to come up with a plan to fund K-12 education, as mandated by the state Supreme Court. Trump’s vice president will be Michael Pence, 57, the governor of Indiana and previously a longtime member of the House. Inside the Javits Center, the jovial atmosphere quickly grew dark as the night wore on. Iowa had voted for a Republican only once since 1984 but polls remained tight throughout the campaign. Rarely in modern electoral history had the two parties offered such a stark choice for voters at the top of the ballot. Four years ago, President Barack Obama outpaced Mitt Romney by almost 25,000 votes on his way to a 28-point margin in the county. His populist stance against free trade diverged with the GOP’s long-held position, while his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration flew in the face of the strategy party leaders presented in the wake of Romney’s defeat, of championing immigration reform as a means of broadening the GOP’s appeal to Latino voters.
– The AP declared Donald Trump the next president of the United States in the early morning hours Wednesday, and Hillary Clinton called him to concede. That concession came soon after aide John Podesta said not to expect one because some states remained too close to call. In fact, NBC News held off calling the race for some time over uncertainty about Pennsylvania, but it eventually put the state in the Trump column and declared him the overall winner with a still-incomplete electoral tally of 278-218. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and others also called it for Trump. The only states still not decided are Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire. The others: Trump: Alaska Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Clinton: California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Rhode Island Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, DC