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title: "America Decides 2024: Hour-by-hour guide to election night poll closings"
description: The 2024 presidential election will decide control of the White House, Senate, House of Representatives, gubernatorial offices and ballot measures on key issues in many states. This is a guide to poll closing times and includes notable down ballot races – both competitive and not. 
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# [America Decides 2024: Hour-by-hour guide to election night poll closings](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/america-decides-2024-hour-by-hour-guide-to-election-night-poll-closings)

 Written by [Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) | Nov 06, 2024

U.S.A — The 2024 presidential election will decide control of the White House, Senate, House of Representatives, gubernatorial offices and ballot measures on key issues in many states. This is a guide to poll closing times and includes notable down ballot races – both competitive and not. 

Election night began as the first polls close in parts of Kentucky and Indiana.

6 p.m. ET

- **Indiana** *(Polls close in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th districts)*: Senate, governor
- **Kentucky** *(Polls close in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th districts)*

7 p.m. ET

- **Georgia**
- **Indiana** *(Polls close in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 8th districts)*: Senate, governor
- **Kentucky** *(Polls close in the 1st and 2nd districts)*: Ballot measure
- **South Carolina: **Ballot measure
- **Vermont: **Senate, governor
- **Virginia: **Senate, House
- **Florida* ****(Polls close in the 3rd through 28th districts)*: Senate, ballot measure

7:30 p.m. ET

- **North Carolina**: House, governor, ballot measure
- **Ohio**: Senate, House, ballot measure
- **West Virginia**: Senate, governor

8 p.m. ET

- **Alabama**: House
- **Connecticut: **Senate, ballot measure
- **Delaware:*** *Senate, House, governor
- **District of Columbia: **Ballot measure
- **Florida ***(Polls close in 1st and 2nd districts): *Senate, ballot measures
- **Illinois**
- **Kansas ***(Polls close in 2nd, 3rd and 4th districts)*
- **Maine:*** *Senate, House
- **Maryland: **Senate, ballot measure
- **Massachusetts:** Senate, ballot measure
- **Michigan ***(Polls close in 2nd through 13th districts)*: Senate, House
- **Mississippi: **Senate
- **Missouri**: Senate, governor, ballot measures
- **New Hampshire**: Governor
- **New Jersey**: Senate, House
- **Oklahoma: **Ballot measure
- **Pennsylvania: **Senate, House
- **Rhode Island**: Senate
- **Tennessee**: Senate
- **Texas** *(Polls close 1st through 15th, 17th through 22nd, and 24th through 38th districts)*: Senate

8:30 p.m. ET

- **Arkansas**

9 p.m. ET

- **Arizona**: Senate, House, ballot measures
- **Colorado**: House, ballot measures
- **Iowa**: House, ballot measure
- **Kansas**
- **Louisiana**: House
- **Michigan** *(Polls close in 1st District)*: Senate, House
- **Minnesota**: Senate
- **Nebraska**: Senate, House, ballot measures
- **New Mexico**: Senate, House
- **New York**: Senate, House, ballot measure
- **North Dakota**: Senate, House, governor, ballot measure
- **South Dakota**: Ballot measures
- **Texas** *(Polls close in 16th and 23rd districts)*: Senate
- **Wisconsin**: Senate, ballot measure
- **Wyoming**: Senate

10 p.m. ET

- **Idaho ***(Polls in the 2nd House district close)*: Ballot measure
- **Montana**: Senate, governor, ballot measure
- **Nevada**: Senate, ballot measures
- **Utah***: *Senate, governor, attorney general

Nevada: Senate, ballot measures  
Utah: Senate, governor, attorney general

11:00 p.m. ET

- **California**: Senate, House, ballot measures
- **Idaho** *(Polls close in 1st District)*: House, ballot measures
- **Oregon**: House, ballot measure
- **Washington**: Senate, House, governo

12 a.m. ET

- **Hawaii**: Senate

1 a.m. ET

- **Alaska**: House, ballot measures

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