Polls are still open in Missouri for about another hour, until 7 p.m., but the Associated Press has already called three states in the U.S. presidential election.
Republican Donald Trump has won Kentucky and Indiana while Democrat Hillary Clinton has won Vermont.
Trump was awarded Kentucky’s eight electoral votes and Indiana’s 11. Vermont gives Clinton three. These are the first states to be decided Tuesday in the 2016 general election.
The wins were expected.
Vermont has voted for a Democrat every election since 1988, while Kentucky has gone Republican every cycle since 2000.
Indiana is normally a Republican stronghold but went for President Barack Obama in 2008. The Republicans captured it again in 2012 and Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, is the state’s governor.
The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes.
As for Missouri, Donald Trump is seeking to extend a lengthy Republican winning streak in the Show-Me State’s presidential contest, and competitive races for governor and Senate also top the state’s ballot.
Most polls heading into Tuesday’s election show the New York businessman with a comfortable lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who is seeking to become the first Democrat to carry Missouri’s electoral votes since her husband in 1992 and 1996.
From 1904 through 2004, voters sided with the winning candidate every time but 1956, when they opted for Democrat Adlai Stevenson over Republican Dwight Eisenhower.
The state also has the nation’s most expensive gubernatorial race, pitting Republican former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens against Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster.
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt faces a steep challenge from Democratic Secretary of State Jason Kander.
