President Biden is set to address the nation on Thursday to discuss the election and the transition. Trump has been invited to the White House to discuss the transition. Vice President Kamala Harris has no public events on her schedule after giving a concession speech on Wednesday afternoon, urging her supporters "do not despair."
Whitesides had 50.4% of the vote while Garcia had 49.6%, with 2,114 votes separating the two, based on the latest vote count issued by the L.A. County registrar’s office on Saturday, Nov. 9. The next update is scheduled for late Sunday afternoon.
With Republicans having been declared winners of the White House and the Senate, the race for the House of Representatives remains undecided. There are 435 voting members of the House, with 218 needed for a party to hold a majority. The Associated Press (AP) has called 211 seats for the Republican Party and 199 for the Democrats.
Members of the media fought back tears and often blamed coalitions of voters, such as women and Latinos, following President-elect Donald Trump's victory.
Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country threatening them with slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.