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Trump addresses supporters in Florida as major swing state wins put him on course for victory

270 electoral college votes are needed to win and so far the swing states have been breaking for Trump.

LAST UPDATE | 56 mins ago

DONALD TRUMP HAS declared himself the 49th President in an address to his supporters in Florida after Pennsylvania proved to be a major win for the Republican candidate.

The path to victory for Kamala Harris is getting narrower as tight races in the remaining four swing states are still to be called.

Either needs to reach 270 votes out of the 538 on offer to become president, and so far things have been breaking heavily in Trump’s favour. 

Three of the seven swing states, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia, have been called so far – all for Trump.

The other four – Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin – remain in play.

Electoral college votes

Total to win: 270

Yet to be declared: 48

Kamala Harris: 224

Donald Trump: 266

Stay with us and we’ll keep you up to date with all the latest news as it happens.

Updates by Muiris Ó Cearbhaill (now) and Órla Ryan (earlier)

A note from our Senior Media Producer Nicky Ryan:

I’m just out of studio with our reporters Christine Bohan and Rónán Duffy after recording a quick bonus episode of our politics podcast The Candidate.
The title is simple: He’s back.

Results are still coming in but Christine and Rónán began the postmortem on the Democrat’s failed campaign, and looked at what Trump’s victory means for US politics. You might catch the type of frenetic energy that only sleep deprivation can bring.

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If you haven’t heard of The Candidate podcast, its normal focus is on taking a look behind the scenes and beyond the headlines at what’s really happening in Irish politics right now. Listen to today’s episode (and subscribe to get our Irish election updates) wherever you get your podcasts.

Good morning

As Ireland wakes up to the news that Donald Trump may well become the next President of the United States, here are some of the main points that you may have missed overnight and early this morning.

  • Trump has held a victory speech before a crowd of cheering supporters in Florida as he looks certain to win the presidency.
  • Out of the seven crucial battleground states that will decide the presidency, Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. 
  • It is now looking unlikely that Kamala Harris will be able to secure enough electoral college votes in the remaining four battleground states, as Trump’s lead widens there.

My colleague Jane Moore has recapped the speech Trump gave to supporters in Florida, you can read what he told the crowd about Elon Musk, Robert F Kennedy Jr and his ‘magnificent victory’, here.

Trump needs just four more electoral college votes to secure the 49th Presidency.

Despite declaring victory himself, a win has yet to be officially declared. Fox News has donned the Don victorious after its experts projected he will win Wisconsin – a tight race.

All four races in key swing states are still too close to call. However, the Republican candidate is beginning widen his lead polls in two out of the four remaining battleground states – Nevada and Michigan.

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Arizona and Wisconsin are still too close to call – but Kamala Harris is not topping the poll in either state.

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“I want to thank you [...] America’s future will be bigger, better, bolder, stronger, richer than it ever was before. Thank you, thank you very much,” Trump says, concluding his 25-minute speech.
Y.M.C.A. by Village People plays him out as he shakes hands with campaign staff and family who are still on stage.

Trump is now reminiscing of the campaign trail, particularly his final event last night.

“I’ll never be doing a rally again, can you believe it?”

He says he thinks it is “sad” that there will not be any more rallies, but remarks: “Now, we are going on to someone far more important.”

Trump has given the floor to Dana White, the CEO of the UFC, the mixed martial arts league.

Dana White thanks a number of YouTubers and podcasters, namely the Nelk Boys and Theo Von, who have recorded content with Trump in the last few weeks.

White said about Trump: “This is what happens when the machine comes after you [...] couldn’t stop him, he wouldn’t quit. This is the most hard working man I’ve met.”

Trump is still speaking about Elon Musk and his companies, SpaceX and Starlink.

Trump has thanked members of his team, including billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who was a key campaigning figure in the Republican candidate’s campaign.

“Let me tell you, we have a new star. A star is born. Elon!”

JD Vance hands the floor back to Trump, who says: “Well, he turned out to be a good choice.”

JD Vance now addressed the crowd.

“Well, Mr President. I appreciate you allowing me to join you on this journey and putting your trust in me,” he says.

“I think we just witnessed the greatest political come back in the history of the United States of America.”

Trump turns the celebrations to the Republican party wins in the US Senate and House of Representatives. 

He also celebrates his wife, Malania, who is standing beside him on stage. “She has the number one best-selling book in the country, can you believe it?”

The Republican candidate names and thanks all of his children by name and his self-declared Vice President-Elect JD Vance and his wife.

Trump declares victory

“Thank you very much, wow,” Trump says to the crowd, who are chanting ‘USA’.

“This was a movement like no one has ever seen before,” he says, adding that the movement will reach a “new level of importance” to “help our country heal”.

“We overcame obstacles that nobody taught possible and it now now clear that we have achieved the most insane political thing possible. Look what happened? Isn’t this crazy… It’s a political victory…”

“I want to thank the American people for the great honor to be elected your 47th President.”

He tells the crowd that it is a “magnificent victory for the American people” and names and thanks a number of key swing states which went in his favour.

Chants from the crowd are droning out Trump at times, with a number of ‘USA’ chants still ongoing.

Trump is now on stage at the Palm Beach Convention Centre. He appeared on stage shortly before 2.30am local time alongside his team and family.

The song ‘God Bless The USA’ by Lee Greenwood is blaring around the centre, just slightly loudly than the crowd.

Trump’s win in Pennsylvania has massively changed the debate across all television networks in the US. Though no one has yet to project the President-elect, much of the discussion is focusing on his success in this election.

The former President’s son, Eric, has posted an image of the Republican party candidate prepping backstage in the Palm Beach Convention Centre in Florida for his speech, where it is now very likely that he will declare victory.

Winning Pennsylvania brings Trump’s total electoral tally to 266 versus Harris’ 214.

NBC News and CNN have projected that Trump will win the 19 electoral votes up for grabs in the key battleground state Pennsylvania.

The crowd at Trump HQ at the Palm Beach Convention Centre Florida has just been told that the campaign team strongly believe that the former President will be returning to the White House.

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No news organisation or polling company has echoed this call. Trump is expected to speak in the next few minutes as it approaches 2am in Florida and it is likely he will announce himself as President-Elect as the United States.

Good morning. Muiris Ó Cearbhaill here taking you through the final stretch of the US election results.

As we await the results of the remaining battleground states, the Harris team has sent its supporters home for this evening.

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Crowds at Howard University in Washington D.C. were seen leaving shortly after Harris’ top aide informed the crowd that the Vice President would not be speaking until tomorrow.

We are expecting to see the results called in Pennsylvania shortly. It’s a tight race but Fox News has already called it for Donald Trump. If correct, it would all but rule out a Harris presidency.

NBC News’ tally is below:

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Stick with us and we will bring you the latest as soon as we have it.

Thanks for staying with us throughout the night. I’m now going to hand the liveblog over to my colleague Muiris Ó Cearbhaill.

Donald Trump is expected to speak to the media and his supporters in Florida soon.

Which states are yet to be called?

We’re still waiting for results in Alaska, Arizona, three districts in Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Kamala Harris will not address the crowd at Howard University tonight, her campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond confirmed in the last few minutes. Many supporters have started to leave.

Harris is now expected to speak to the media and supporters tomorrow instead.

The map is growing ever redder: Trump’s win in Georgia takes him to 246 Electoral College votes, compared to Harris’ 210. Five of the seven swing states remain in play. 

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Trump takes Georgia

Trump has won a second key swing state – Georgia – giving him another 16 Electoral College votes. He now has 246 votes to Harris’ 210. 

The Three Musketeers

Donald Trump; Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship; and Elon Musk, the owner of X and Tesla, are watching the election results roll in together in Florida. 

Forty of the 50 states have now been called by the Associated Press: Trump has 230 Electoral College votes, while Harris has 210.

The scene at Howard University, Harris' election night HQ

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Members of Kamala Harris’ campaign team have gathered at Howard University, her alma mater, in Washington DC.

A number of Harris’ supporters at the university have spoken to AFP about their hopes and fears as Trump moves ahead in the count.

“I’m expecting to see change right before my very eyes,” Kwame Anderson said earlier tonight.

The prestigious institution, nicknamed the ‘Black Harvard’, is packed with people.

Harris is expected to give a speech at the school later. Those gathered desperately hope it will be to claim victory, but they are growing more dejected. 

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“I think all things are possible with God,” Anderson said.

“I pray he does it for the sake of this nation not being torn apart even further than it is, we need peace.

We don’t want anymore hatred and vitriol we want to live in harmony. It’s time.

First year student Amar Zarif said: “I feel… kind of anxious.”

Nichelle Poe added: “I’m expecting to have my first female president. I am confident because I believe we want to keep our democracy.”

The second last poll to close, Hawaii, has gone to Harris who will take the state’s four Electoral College votes.

Alaska, the last remaining open poll, will close at 6am Irish time.

Analysis

With millions of votes now counted across the United States, Donald Trump is currently in a strong but not unassailable position in the race for the White House, Rónán Duffy writes.

Trump’s vote appears to be up compared to four years ago when he was defeated by President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris likely pinning her hopes on a sweep of the former industrial rust belt heartlands of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Trump won those three states when he won the presidency in 2016 and Biden flipped them four years later, creating the so-called ‘Blue Wall’ that would keep the presidency in Democratic hands.

Harris will now likely have to repeat that trick to win the presidency, with Trump performing strongly in the Sun Belt swing states of Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.

Senate and House update

Republican Ted Cruz has been re-elected to the Senate, and Democrats Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have been re-elected to the House of Representatives.

The first of the seven swing states – North Carolina – has been called: Trump has won its 16 Electoral College votes and pulls further ahead of Harris. 

Trump now has 220 Electoral College votes, while Harris has 179. View the latest updates from every state on our map here

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Smiles and sighs

Trump and Harris supporters are watching the results roll in…

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Sanders holds his seat

As expected, Bernie Sanders (independent) has been re-elected to the Senate in Vermont.

Despite the optimism of some Democrats, the New York Times needle is giving Donald Trump an 88% chance of winning the election.

As well as forecasting that Trump is likely to win the Electoral College, the needle is estimating that he will also win the popular vote (i.e. a majority of the total number of votes cast across the country).

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Democrats in Dublin remaining hopeful

Our Political Correspondent Jane Matthews is at the Democrats Abroad event in Dublin’s Arlington Hotel, where hundreds of Americans have gathered in the bar for the night to watch the results come in.

As of 2am, the mood was positive in the bar as attendees – fuelled on pizza – watched CNN and chatted over drinks.

Cheers erupted shortly after 1am as the projection was made that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren’s senate seats were safe.

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Speaking to The Journal, Democrats Abroad Secretary, Amy McGovern, described her mood as “confident”.

From Pennsylvania, the swing state won by Biden in 2020, McGovern said her sense is that there are more silent Democratic voters than projected.

“I’m from a county that is a swing county. I think people are saying they support Trump but secretly support Harris, they just don’t want people to know because they don’t want to go against the grain,” McGovern said.

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McGovern is so opposed to Trump and what he stands for that she can’t even bring herself to say his name.

He’s a disgrace, he only cares about himself. It’s not about policy, it’s ‘I, I, I’ with him.

“I think we need a woman, desperately. Especially on the world stage, I think it would show that we are moving forwards, not backwards.

“We’ve been going backwards recently but I’m trying to be hopeful that we can move forward towards a better and more fair and equitable future.”

Another attendee, Randy, who only wanted his first name published, told The Journal that he expects Harris to win “by a landslide”.

“I might be wrong, but I’d be very disappointed if I was. I view Trump being elected as the end of democracy, not just for America but largely for the world.”

Trump is edging ahead with 198 Electoral College votes, while Harris is on 112. Some 228 votes are yet to be declared

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It looks as though Trump has won Iowa.

It’s a typically Republican state but a recent poll indicated a last-minute increase in support for Harris – something attributed to anger over the state banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.

Trump has momentum

The New York Times election needle is currently giving Donald Trump a 69% chance of victory. 

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Meanwhile in Delaware, NBC has predicted that a transgender woman will be elected to the US Congress for the first time ever.

Democrat Sarah McBride is in the lead with a projected 57.7%, while her Republican opponent John Whalen is on 42.3%.

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An interesting update from Wisconsin, where there is more good news for the Trump campaign: 

Results in twenty-six states have now been called, with Trump on 177 Electoral College votes and Harris on 99. 

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Either candidate needs to get to 270 to be elected president. 

There are no big surprises to date, with states voting along the usual party lines.

Gaza protest

My colleague Jane Matthews has another update on the Palestinian solidarity protest held outside the Guinness Storehouse.

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Earlier tonight, a watch party organised by Democrats Abroad was disrupted when a small group of pro-Palestine supporters crashed the event and blocked the main screen that was streaming CNN.

Gardaí were called and the demonstrators, who carried a Palestine flag and a horn speaker, were removed after approximately 10 minutes but not before they set off a stink bomb.

Attendees and staff reported an altercation between some attendees and protesters, with one organiser describing attendees’ reaction to the disturbance as “extremely annoyed”.

One attendee told The Journal that he was spat on and witnessed someone “being put in a headlock”. He said he has attended pro-Palestine protests himself and respects why the demonstrators were protesting tonight but believes “there is a limit”.

Florida votes on abortion and marijuana

Another update from Rónán Duffy:

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has said that statewide referendums on abortion and marijuana have both been defeated.

Amendment 4 would have enshrined a right to abortion into the state’s constitution, restoring the right to terminate pregnancies until the point of viability.

Since May, Florida has enforced a ban on abortions after six weeks – before many women even know they are pregnant.

The initiative faced a steep challenge, requiring 60% approval to pass, with estimates now indicating that it will fall short of that number.

Meanwhile, Amendment 3 would have legalised marijuana for recreational use. Donald Trump, a Florida resident, had indicated that he supported the vote to legalise marijuana, saying: “Whether people like it or not, this will happen.”

Other elections

Several senators, congressional members and governors have been elected in various states.

Here are some of the key results so far (the full list of candidates elected can be read here):

  • Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has won a third term in office, fending off a challenge from Republican John Deato in Massachusetts
  • Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, a conservative provocateur who led the effort to remove his own party’s House speaker, has won reelection to a fifth term
  • Democrat Matt Meyer has won the election for Delaware governor, defeating Republican Michael Ramone
  • Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conservative known for incendiary political speech, has been reelected to a third term in northwest Georgia
  • Vermont Republican Governor Phil Scott (Republican) has been reelected to a fifth two-year term 

Trump is also encouraging people to stay and vote, noting that polling hours have been extended in certain areas due to the high level of demand.

More on long queues outside polling centres:

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Mairead Maguire writes: Some districts are reporting long lines at polling stations, with some people waiting up to six hours to cast their vote.

Harris seems to have had a plan in place to keep voters motivated in case this happened.

She called on famous allies including Jennifer Garner and Marc Cuban to hop on Facetime calls with tired voters.

Some of those queuing have ordered pizza to keep them satiated while they wait.

Celebrities and politicians have been urging voters to stay in line even if polling closes before they get to the front. The rules state that those already queueing still have a right to cast their vote even if the deadline has passed.

My colleague Christine Bohan has an important needle update:

It’s back! It’s fair to say that The New York Times’s needle, which estimates the outcome of the race in real time, has become one of the most well-known parts of presidential election night since 2016 (among the chronically online, at least).

There were questions about whether it would make an appearance tonight: tech workers at The New York Times who look after the needle, among other things, have been on strike since yesterday in a dispute over pay and conditions.

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In the last few minutes, however, the needle went live on the NYT site. A note attached to the needle warns that it may not be able to be updated live over the course of the night due to the strike. “We will only publish a live version of the Needle if we are confident [the] systems are stable,” the note says.

So what does it actually say? Well, it’s still early, so the needle says it is a toss-up right now, with neither Trump nor Harris with a greater chance of winning.

However while it estimates that Harris will do better on the popular vote, it estimates that Trump will win the electoral college (and therefore the election). It’s all going to come down to Pennsylvania, unsurprisingly. Let’s see what happens.

Actor Paul Rudd is handing out bottles of water to people queuing up to vote in Pennsylvania.

You wouldn’t get that in Dublin West – then again, you wouldn’t have to wait for hours to vote.

Some states famously have *very* long queues. Singer Selena Gomez earlier encouraged people to tough out the lines and not leave before voting.

My colleague Mairead Maguire has been watching Fox News. Here’s a rundown of what’s been discussed on the channel in the last hour, where a panel have shared their early thoughts.

Unsurprisingly, the dominance of reproductive rights – despite being named one of the single biggest issues for voters – was downplayed.

Conservative pundit Laura Ingraham said voters must choose between the status quo – the Biden administration’s “open borders” and a high cost of living – and Trump. She said however that Democrats have done a good job at “not making it about [Harris's] track record”, but rather about abortion.

The panel acknowledged that reproductive rights could have a major impact, especially in states that are also voting today on whether the right to abortion should be enshrined in their individual constitutions.

Former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr said he’s interested to see how, as he put it, “that abortion thing” goes down in Florida, which has voted red in the last two presidential elections.

It’s early days, but Trump is currently leading in the district of Miami. The last time a Republican candidate won there was 1988.

On North Carolina, one of the seven swing states, Republican pundits voiced concern about the impact Hurricane Helene could have, as many of the usual voting stations were destroyed or made inaccessible.

However, between tented stations and power generators, voters are expected to be uninhibited. In fact, turnout could be higher than it was in 2020.

Fox News is always an interesting watch – even during ad breaks.

One ad for what appears to be a prayer app (like a religious Headspace?) shows the results of the election being announced on the radio. Before the winner is named, the man switches off the radio and goes to say a prayer with his phone, saying “Lord we trust in you … we give it all to you”.

Another ad boasts a free one-year subscription for Fox Nation (a streaming service for shows and movies that “celebrate America”) for US soldiers and veterans.

Ready for a female president?

In terms of whether or not the US is ready for a female president, Lucas told The Journal:

“If you look at the importance of women’s rights and reproductive rights in this election – yeah, America is ready to have a female president… but there are some Americans who aren’t ready for it.”

Speaking about the possibility of a Harris presidency, Lucas noted that the current vice president has “distinguished herself from Biden in terms of her rhetoric” on Gaza and the need to protect civilians.

However, he is adopting a “wait and see” approach to whether or not she actually makes any changes.

I want to see if she backs up words with action.

Lucas said many people, perhaps correctly, assume not much would change in terms of US support for Israel under a Harris presidency.

“Would she cut or limit military aid to the Israelis? Would she come out for an unconditional ceasefire? I think the default position everybody assumes is no.”

Some voters, including in key swing states, are not voting for Harris because of her stance on Gaza.

During a trip to Atlanta in September, one Emory University student who would typically lean Democrat told The Journal he could not “bring” himself to vote for Harris because of the war in Gaza.

“She’s not listening to our beliefs,” he said at the time.

During our recent interview with Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies at UCD’s Clinton Institute, he also spoke about what a Trump presidency could look like from an international affairs point of view.

He believes, if Trump is re-elected, “a lot of people are going to be sacrificed, I’m going to say that right out”.

Lucas continued: “What do I mean, people are going to be sacrificed? Ukraine’s going to be sacrificed. I have no doubt about that.”

He believes Trump will cut US aid to Ukraine and “effectively support the Russians in their invasion”.

In terms of the Middle East, Lucas said Trump is “not going to stop the war” and will “completely back [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu”.

Lucas believes Trump will also “be courted by the Saudis, by the UAE”, threaten to pull out of Nato, and attempt to break up the European Union.

“There are no rules of the game with Trump, and the international system runs on rules of the game.”

A number of senate elections are also taking place in certain states today. Jim Justice looks set to be elected to the West Virginia senate, flipping the seat.

More importantly, Babydog (who rose to fame at the Republican Convention in July) is going with him. 

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Georgia update

Some good news for Trump in Georgia, one of the key battleground states: 

The state typically votes Republican but Joe Biden turned it blue in 2020 by just 12,000 votes – out of some five million votes cast. 

Vox pops

There are vox pops-a plenty on TV tonight, but one man in particular stood out in the below segment on CNN.

He said he came out to vote because his girlfriend asked him to, adding that she was going to break up with him if he didn’t. In the end, he admitted he was joking and she said no such thing, but that he thought it would be funny to say it on TV.

She did ask him to vote though, because he intended to stay home and not vote for anybody. He waited for about two hours to mark his ballot for Harris/Walz.

In another vox pop, this time on MSNBC, a man in Arizona said he decided to vote for Trump after Harris didn’t go on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Only three states have been called so far – two for Trump and one for Harris.

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Here is our state-by-state breakdown of the race to 270 Electoral College votes.

If you’re still confused about which swing states are in play, and how the Electoral College works, we’ve got you covered with this explainer.

Speaking to The Journal last week, Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies at UCD’s Clinton Institute, said: “You can’t toss out any type of prediction, other than the fact this will be a knife-edge race.

“It’ll go all the way through the night and possibly for a few days after.”

As we reported earlier, a Palestinian solidarity protest is taking place outside a US election event in Dublin.

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An election ‘watch party’ is being held by the US Embassy at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin 8. Here is some footage from inside the event:

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Here is when the first polls will close in the US:

7pm local time/midnight Irish time 

  • Georgia
  • Indiana 
  • Kentucky
  • South Carolina
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • 7:30 p.m. ET
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • West Virginia

8pm local time/1am Irish time 

  • Alabama
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Florida 
  • Illinois
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Tennessee

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