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Live blog: 2016 Election updates from reporters and photographers

Most recent:

2:38 a.m.

Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States, according to the AP. Thanks for sticking with _The Post_ tonight. That's the end of our live updates.

-- Julia Fair


Previous updates:

2:28 a.m.

It's also worth noting that Republicans have officially won the House of Representatives and the Senate, according to The New York Times

-- Alex Meyer

2:10 a.m.


1:46 a.m.

The AP called Pennsylvania for Trump at 1:36 a.m., giving him 20 electoral votes. Trump now leads Clinton with 264 electoral votes, and 270 are needed to win the election. Clinton still has 215.

-- Alex Meyer

12: 37 a.m.

Republican candidate Frank Hoagland beat incumbent Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, in the Ohio Senate race for the 30th district Tuesday with nearly 53 percent of the vote. Read the full story here.

-- Luke Torrance and Nora Jaara

12: 34 a.m.

Republican Jay Edwards won the race for the Ohio House of Representatives’ 94th district, beating Democrat Sarah Grace by about 58 percent. Read the full story here.

-- Bennett Leckrone and Lauren Fisher

11: 53 p.m. 

As of 11:50 p.m., Hillary Clinton won 209 electoral votes and Donald Trump won 216 votes, according to The New York Times. A candidate needs 270 to win.

-- Julia Fair

11: 30 p.m.

11: 11 p.m.

As of 11:08 p.m., Hillary Clinton won 175 electoral votes and Donald Trump won 182 electoral votes, according to The New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

11: 02 p.m.

10: 50 p.m.

Donald Trump won Ohio, according to the AP, which called the win at 10:36 p.m. So far, Trump has won 168 electoral votes and Clinton has won 109 electoral votes, according to The New York Times.

-- Alex Meyer

10:33 p.m.

10: 32 p.m.

10:19 p.m.

10:17 p.m.

As of 10:16 p.m., The New York Times is forecasting a 79 percent chance that Trump will win the presidency.

-- Alex Meyer

10:10 p.m.

Republican Frank Hoagland is still leading Democrat Lou Gentile in the race for the Ohio Senate's 30th District. Hoagland has about 52.6 percent of the vote with about 67 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Ohio Secretary of State website.

-- Alex Meyer

10:03 p.m.

Jay Edwards leads the race for the 94th District House of Representatives for Ohio with 57.82 percent of the vote as of 10 p.m., according to the Ohio Secretary of State website.

-- Julia Fair

9: 59 p.m.

Hillary Clinton won Athens County at 55.09 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, according to the Athens County Board of Elections.

-- Julia Fair

9: 51 p.m.

With 51 percent of the votes counted in Ohio, Donald Trump leads the polls with 52.9 percent of the counted votes, according to The New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

9: 39 p.m.

Sarah Grace has 54.57 percent of Athens County’s vote and Jay Edwards has 45.43 percent for the 94th District House of Representatives with 83.93 percent of the precinct reporting. Jay Edwards is winning the district race at 58.19 percent, according to the Ohio Secretary of State website.

-- Julia Fair

9: 35 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has 55.73 percent of the vote in Athens County and Donald Trump has 37.89 percent of the vote, according to documents provided by the Board of Elections with 83.93 percent of the precinct reporting.

-- Julia Fair

9: 33 p.m.

As of 9:30 p.m., Hillary Clinton won 104 electoral votes and Donald Trump won 129. Ohio remains a preliminary red with 51.8 percent of the votes with 44 percent of the votes counted, according to The New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

9: 26 p.m.

Republican Frank Hoagland is leading Democrat Lou Gentile in the race for the 30th District of Ohio's State Senate. With about 35 percent of precincts reporting, Hoagland has about 51.5 percent of the vote and Gentile has 48.5 percent, according to Ohio's Secretary of State website.

-- Alex Meyer

9:12 p.m.

9:11 p.m.

As of 9:08 p.m., Hillary Clinton won 97 electoral votes and Donald Trump won 124 electoral votes, according to The New York Times.

-- Alex Meyer

9:10 p.m.

Ohio turns a preliminary red as Donald Trump passes Hillary Clinton in Ohio polls with 49.2 percent of the votes with 30 percent of the votes counted, according to  The New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

9:09 p.m.

Republican Steve Stivers won approximately 60 percent of the vote to reclaim his seat as Ohio’s 15th District House representative, defeating Democrat Scott Wharton and winning his fourth term. Read the full story  here.

-- Abbey Marshall and Maddie Capron

9:07 p.m.

Republican Jay Edwards is slightly leading Democrat Sarah Grace in the race for the 94th District seat in Ohio's House of Representatives. Edwards is at about 50.3 percent and Grace is at 49.7 percent with about 22 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Ohio Secretary of State's website.

-- Alex Meyer

9:04 p.m.

Sarah Grace has 59.75 percent of Athens County’s vote and Jay Edwards has 40.25 percent for the 94th District House of Representatives with 51.79 percent of the precinct reporting.

-- Julia Fair

9:03 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has 61.6 percent of the vote in Athens County and Donald Trump has 31.87 percent of the vote, according to documents provided by the Board of Elections with 51.79 percent of the precinct reporting.

-- Julia Fair

9:01 p.m.

As of 9 p.m., Hillary Clinton won 48 electoral votes and Donald Trump won 66 electoral votes, according to  The New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

8:46 p.m.

Sarah Grace has 65.26 percent of Athens County’s vote and Jay Edwards has 34.74 percent for the 94th District House of Representatives with 5.36 percent of the precinct reporting, according to the Board of Elections.

-- Julia Fair

8:45 p.m.

Sen. Rob Portman, the Republican incumbent, reclaimed his seat in the U.S. Senate after a landslide win Tuesday. Read the full story  here.

-- Abbey Marshall and Maddie Capron

8:41 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has 66.9 percent of the vote in Athens County and Donald Trump has 27.63 percent of the vote, according to documents provided by the Board of Elections with 5.36 percent of the precinct reporting.

-- Julia Fair

8:36 p.m.

As of about 8:30 p.m., Hillary Clinton won 44 electoral votes and Donald Trump won 60 electoral votes, according to  The New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

8:33 p.m.

Steve Stivers won the 15th seat in the House of Representatives for Ohio, according to the Ohio Secretary of State website.

-- Julia Fair

8:31 p.m.

With 19 percent of precincts reporting in Ohio, Clinton is leading in the state with 51.2 percent of the vote as opposed to 45.2 percent for Donald Trump, according to The New York Times.

-- Alex Meyer

8:19 p.m.

Trump won South Carolina and Tennessee, adding 20 more electoral votes to his name.

-- Julia Fair

8:17 p.m.

Hillary Clinton won Athens County with 69.7 percent of the vote, according to the  New York Times.

-- Julia Fair

8:06 p.m.

At 8 p.m., the AP called five more states for Clinton and one for Trump. Clinton now has 68 electoral votes and Trump has 48, according to CNN.

-- Alex Meyer

7:44 p.m.

Republican Sen. Rob Portman was reelected to his Ohio seat in the U.S. Senate tonight, according to the Associated Press. We'll have more information on this race later tonight.

-- Alex Meyer

7: 33 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has gained three electoral votes and Donald Trump has gained 24.

-- Alex Meyer

7:31 p.m.

With minutes left until the polls close in Ohio, Hillary Clinton has gained three electoral votes and Donald Trump has gained 19. Stay with The Post to learn what Ohio’s results will be. Tune in with us at 7:45 p.m. for a Facebook Live update from the newsroom.

-- Julia Fair

5:48 p.m.

Some students have waited up to an hour to vote on campus, today. Read the full story here.

-- Nora Jaara

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