The news networks have made their call: Donald Trump is once again the President-elect of the United States.
The former president’s return to the White House did not follow the drama-filled route of the 2020 presidential cycle, where the outcome was not known until the weekend following Election Night.
This time around, Trump has won nearly all the battleground states and also powered through the “Blue Wall” by the early morning hours of Nov. 6. He declared victory over Vice President Kamala Harris at 2:24 a.m. ET from his campaign headquarters in Florida. (All times Eastern.)
A smaller news network was the first to call the election for Trump. NewsNation—in partnership with Decision Desk Headquarters—made the call around 1:22 a.m., moments after the network also called the battleground state of Pennsylvania in his favor.
After four-year gap, Donald Trump projected to win second term as president of the United States, according to NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ. More: https://t.co/80tAh8AXv4 pic.twitter.com/ViRoluBD4Q
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) November 6, 2024
Fox News was the first of the larger news outlets to make the call, announcing its decision at 1:47 a.m. The network was in lockstep with some of the smaller networks—including Newsmax and Scripps News—by calling the election for Trump after they called Pennsylvania.
BREAKING NEWS: The Fox News Decision Desk projects that Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/jQBA6Dlx1n
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2024
The other networks—including the Associated Press—took a different route, waiting for the results from additional battleground states like Wisconsin before making their calls. Most of those later calls happened during the 5 a.m. hour.
Below are the exact times when the networks called the election for Trump and the anchors who announced it.
President — Donald Trump (AP Call – 5:34 a.m.)
NewsNation — 1:22 a.m. (Chris Cuomo)
Newsmax — 1:23 a.m.
Scripps News — 1:24 a.m. (Maritsa Georgiou)
Fox News — 1:47 a.m. (Bret Baier with the call and Martha MacCallum co-anchoring)
CNN — 5:30 a.m. (John Berman)
ABC News — 5:31 a.m. (David Muir)
CBS News — 5:31 a.m. (Norah O’Donnell)
MSNBC — 5:31 a.m. (Jen Psaki)
NBC News — 5:31 a.m. (Kate Snow with the call and Craig Melvin co-anchoring)
