Donald Trump has declared himself the winner of the 2024 US election so you might be wondering where his rival Kamala Harris is.
While Trump is on course to win the election, Harris’s adviser says she won’t speak on election night and her campaign believes there are votes still to count.
Her election party is based at Howard University in Washington DC but pictures from the scene show people filtering out as the results came in.
The university is her alma mater but the crowds started to leave when they realised there were no plans for the Democratic nominee to speak.
Despite this, she is expected to address crowds at the university at some point later today.
Cedric Richmond, the co-chair of the Harris campaign said: ‘We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted. That every voice has spoken.
‘So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow. She will be back here tomorrow.’
If she won Harris would be the first sitting vice president to win the presidency in 36 years.
She would also be the first woman, black woman, and person of South Asian descent to serve as the president.
On the flipside, Trump said the Republicans had ‘taken back control of the Senate’ and that ‘America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate’.
He spoke to his supporters at his victory speech in West Palm Beach, Florida, earlier today.
Trump was also joined on stage by his wife Melania, children and campaign support staff – all of whom have been noticeably absent throughout the election campaign.
Supporters could be heard chanting ‘USA, USA, USA’ as he prepared to speak.
The first state to declare Trump winner was Kentucky at 12am UK time.
Other states then soon followed including Indiana, West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma.
The first sign the election had tipped in his favour was when he won Florida – a state with a large number of Electoral College votes.
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