Donald Trump is president-elect. He announced at roughly 3 a.m. Wednesday that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, called to concede following a historic upset that flew in the face of polling data. Clinton will speak publicly at 9:30 a.m.
(The Washington Post, WTOP)
Republicans will retain a majority hold of the House and Senate. A Trump administration will have the opportunity to approve at least one, and potentially three, Supreme Court justices.
(The Washington Post, The Washington Post)
Hillary Clinton narrowly won the presidential race in Virginia but failed to outperform Trump in other battleground states.
(WTOP)
Incumbent Rep. Barbara Comstock, representing Virginia’s 10th District, won a contentious race against Democratic opponent LuAnn Bennett by approximately 7 percent of the vote.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
Virginia rejected an amendment that would have instated right-to-work laws in the state constitution and approved an amendment that will grant communities the ability to give tax exemptions to the families of emergency-service workers who died in service.
(The Washington Post)
More election results in Arlington, Loudoun and Fairfax.
(ARLnow, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Fairfax County Times)
D.C. overwhelmingly voted in favor of statehood, and the measure will now go in front of Congress.
(WTOP)
