Congressional election results trickle in, starting with Guam

Unofficial results from the Guam Election Commission said the territory elected Republican James Moylan to be its nonvoting delegate to Congress. He’s the first Republican in the position since 1993. The Associated Press is calling a number of Senate races based on exit polling. In Vermont, Democrat Peter Welch is projected to win a U.S. Senate seat. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen is projected to win in Maryland. Democrats Tammy Duckworth and Richard Blumenthal are projected to win Illinois and Connecticut, respectively. Several other states are remaining reliably red, with incumbent Republicans Rand Paul of Kentucky, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Katie Britt of Alabama, and James Lankford of Oklahoma holding on to their Senate seats, according to projected numbers from the AP.

When will other results be in? Some could be in as soon as polls close in those states, while others may take days. In some states, a race where no candidate gathers a majority of the vote will result in a runoff election later on. In other states, the winning candidate only needs a plurality of the vote—more votes than any other candidate. The polls have closed in many states starting at 6 p.m. ET, and Alaska is set to be the last state voting with a close time of 1 a.m. ET. Political parties in some states are asking for the polls to stay open later than first planned, and a judge in Pennsylvania ordered polls in Luzerne County to remain open two hours later—until 10 p.m. ET—because of a ballot shortage earlier in the day.

Dig deeper: Read R. Albert Mohler Jr.’s column in WORLD Opinions on the importance of this election.