The 60th presidential election finally commenced as polls opened early Tuesday morning.

Both Americans, and the candidates glued their eyes to the TV, and waited all night for a result.

That result came in early Wednesday Morning after winning the battleground state of Wisconsin, Donald Trump was declared as president-elect.

Election night began with Trump, who was gaining an early lead—one that he never let go of throughout the night.

The first key moment of election night was when the former president won the newly labeled battleground state of North Carolina, a state which hasn’t voted for a democrat in a presidential election since 2008.

Trump continued to win battleground states and in the late hours of Nov 5th, Georgia was called for the republican candidate. After losing Georgia by a .23% margin four years ago, Trump was able to flip the state back to his side. 

During the first minutes of Nov 6th, Pennsylvania would be called in favor of the former president, increasing his electoral college tally to 266.

Shortly after, Trump took the stage in West Palm Beach, Florida to address a crowd full of his supporters.

“We made history for a reason tonight; we’re going to fix everything.” said Trump in his speech after winning Pennsylvania.

As announced by her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, Harris would not be speaking to her crowd of election watch party attendants at Howard University. The announcement occurred around midnight in Washington DC.

President Trump becomes the first candidate since Grover Cleveland in 1893 to serve a non-consecutive second term.

The GOP was able to gain control of the senate with seats in Ohio and West Virginia.

At the time of writing, the GOP leads the democrats in the house race 198-180. The republicans have added a seat to their previous majority, while the democrats have lost a seat. The number for the majority in the house is 218.

Sebastian Perez-Navarro is a staff reporter for The Prospector and can be reached at [email protected]