An hour-by-hour guide to election night poll closings

Shania Shelton and Lou Robinson, CNN
·2-min read

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. See race ratings for Senate and House by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Click on a state’s name to see results and projections for that state once votes start being counted.

Election night begins 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

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, governor

12 a.m. ET

  • Hawaii: Senate

1 a.m. ET

  • Alaska: House, ballot measures

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to reflect that the poll closing time in Indiana’s 6th District is 6 p.m. ET.

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