Former President Donald Trump has won in Georgia, CBS News projects, securing the state’s 16 electoral votes. Georgia is considered a battleground state in the 2024 presidential race, with 16 electoral votes.
Votes are still being counted in the Southern battleground state, but with 99% of jurisdictions reporting, Trump is leading by about 2 percentage points.
Trump’s victory in Georgia comes four years after he lost to President Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes, an outcome that prompted him to unsuccessfully pressure state officials to “find” the votes needed to win.
Both Trump and Harris visited Georgia multiple times in the weeks leading up to the election, particularly in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which devastated portions of the state.
The state voted for President Biden in 2020 — the first time it had gone for a Democratic candidate since 1992.
