{"id":7502,"date":"2024-11-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:01:34","slug":"the-final-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/11\/the-final-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Decision\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election-night-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Workers bring mail-in ballots to the Hidalgo County Elections Department Tuesday for the 2024 general election. \nAriana Gallardo\/Vaquero Radio. \" class=\"wp-image-7503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election-night-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election-night-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election-night-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election-night-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election-night-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Workers bring mail-in ballots to the Hidalgo County Elections Department Tuesday for the 2024 general election. <br><\/em><strong>Ariana Gallardo\/Vaquero Radio. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/election1111-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On Tuesday evening, Americans were on edge as they were anxiously waiting for the results of the tight general election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris fought intensely for the presidency. According to The New York Times, Nate Cohn, chief political analyst for The New York Times, predicted a Trump victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cFor the first time tonight, we consider Trump likely to win the presidency,\u201d Cohn said. \u201cHe has an edge in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Harris would need to sweep all three. There\u2019s still a lot of vote left, but Trump is narrowly but noticeably ahead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The final count showed Trump with 295 electoral votes to Harris\u2019s 226, per the Associated Press. Ohio State Senator JD Vance will join Trump in the White House as his vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to NBC News, the Republican Party has taken control of the U.S. Senate, occupying 52 seats, while the Democratic Party holds 44. Four races remain uncalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC News also reported a Republican majority in the U.S. House, with 211 total Republican seats to the Democrats&#8217; 200. There are 14 races that are uncalled for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Texas, Trump led with 56.22% of votes; Harris garnered 42.38%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Senate race in Texas saw Republican incumbent Ted Cruz defeating Democrat Colin Allred with 53.12% to Allred\u2019s 44.49%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For U.S. Representative District 15, Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz defeated Democrat Michelle Vallejo, taking 57.14% of votes to Vallejo\u2019s 42.86%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Representative District 34 race stayed close, with Republican Mayra Flores narrowly losing to Democrat incumbent Vicente Gonzalez, who won 51.28% to Flores\u2019s 48.72%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday evening, Americans were on edge as they were anxiously waiting for the results of the tight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":7503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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