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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. A long night potentially ahead as we await race calls on the critical toss-up states that paved the way to the presidency. NPR's White House correspondent Osma Hall joins me now. Osma, Donald Trump has won North Carolina.

What do you think this tells us of anything about the races in the remaining six swing states that are still in play and what are you watching as the night goes on? Well, we should say North Carolina, of course, is a key victory for Trump. the races in the remaining six swing states that are still in play and what are you watching as the night goes on? Well, we should say North Carolina, of course, is a key victory for Trump. The Harris campaign had hoped to make inroads there. She made multiple trips to the state as recently even as just this weekend. I was out there with her. You know, NPR obtained an email that Jen O'Malley-Dillon, Harris's campaign chair, sent around to staff

just a bit ago. And in that email, Harris's campaign chair said, quote, we have known all along that our clearest path to 270 electoral votes lies through the blue wall states. Those, of course, are Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. Those are the states that the Harris campaign is very critically focused on now, and we'll have to see what happens there. And Harrison, and really a short campaign that sought to court this broad coalition of voters. What are the voting groups that you'll be paying attention to in particular in the next

hours? Well, I will say that her campaign has leaned heavily into courting women, white college educated voters, and broadly suburbanites with the goal of winning the suburbs convincingly. So I will be paying attention to those suburbs outside of Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, all of course in those key remaining states of the so-called blue wall. There are already some warning signs that Harris might not be matching Biden levels of support with key parts of the Democratic base, say like Latinos, young voters, but a lot of results are still being tabulated.

Thanks so much, NPR's Asma Khalid. In a closely watched Pennsylvania, meanwhile, the state's democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, is pleading with the public and the press to give vote counters time to do their work, saying until then, they will not make any calls. Counting millions of votes accurately, it takes some time. Our goal is to get it right. Recapping a major race call,

the Associated Press has called North Carolina, and its 16 electoral votes for Donald Trump is a major win for Trump, who carried that state twice before. Kamala Harris has won Virginia, according to the AP. The Associated Press is reporting Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown will lose his seat to Republican Bernie Marino. It's a major victory for Republicans, and a big blow to Democrats efforts to maintain the majority in the Senate. Marino, a former car dealership owner, tried

throughout the campaign to tie Brown to national Democratic figures, including Vice President Kamala Harris. The race, meanwhile, was essentially a dead heat ahead of the election, one of the tightest toss-up races in the country. Brown has been in the Senate for nearly 18 years, flipping a seat in 2006. Financial markets rallied today ahead of the poll results. The Dow was up 427 points. The Nasdaq rose 259 points today. You're listening to NPR. Volunteers in 10 states across the U.S. have been helping keep things peaceful at polling sites. MPR Shondali Stuster reports on the volunteers and their efforts.

More than 1,000 clergy and people of various faiths, known as poll chaplains and peacekeepers, were present at poll locations throughout the day. Some of those were in swing states, such as Michigan and Pennsylvania. Barbara Williams Skinner, coordinator and co-convener of Faiths United to Save Democracy, says they trained hundreds of volunteers to de-escalate conflict where they see it. Their volunteers were not there to preach. They're creating an environment that says, we're all Americans here. We all have a right to be here and we're here to make sure nobody gets intimidated or threatened. Most of the pole chaplains say things went smoothly.

They also say there was heavy police presence at some polling sites. Chandelis Duster, NPR News. After seven weeks, it appears a strike by Boeing Machinists is coming to an end, striking factory workers by a 59 percent majority approving a new four-year contract. It includes 38 percent wage increases, along with some other bonuses. It was the third contract proposal from the airplane builder. The deal ends a walkout that began in mid-September and essentially brought most of Boeing's production to a standstill. The union says striking machinists could return

to their jobs as soon as tomorrow. Crude oil futures prices moved higher today, likely due to possible disruption to output from an expected storm in the Gulf of Mexico, while ending the session up 52 cents a barrel to settle at $71.99 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington. Who's claiming power this election? What's happening in battleground states? And why do we still have the electoral college?

All this month, the Throughline Podcast is asking big questions about our democracy and going back in time to answer them. Listen now to the Throughline Podcast from NPR.