Trump projected to win Arkansas


President Trump will win Arkansas' six electoral votes, The Associated Press and Fox News project.
Trump was expected to win the red state, and his victory was projected just minutes after polls closed there. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R) was also projected to coast to a victory, AP and Fox News report.
Arkansas marks another addition to Trump's expected sweep across the South, giving him a projected 61 votes after he swept Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Georgia and North Carolina are meanwhile still up in the air.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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