COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Donald Trump carried the state of Ohio for a third time on election night, defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to capture the state's 17 electoral votes.
Support for the former president helped turn Ohio from a presidential bellwether to reliably Republican in recent years. Ohio voters supported him by wide margins in 2016 and 2020, and they delivered for him again this year.
No Republican has reached the White House without carrying Ohio. In 2020, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win the presidency without winning Ohio since John F. Kennedy in 1960.
The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:08 p.m.
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