Donald Trump’s chaotic political career, which includes felony convictions, two impeachments and two assassination attempts, will soon lead him back to the Oval Office.
Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States Wednesday after winning Wisconsin — surpassing the required 270 electoral votes.
Many key swing states went the president-elect’s way, with Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia and Michigan all turning red. At the time of writing on Thursday, Nevada and Arizona also considerably lean in his favor, which would bring Trump’s electoral votes to 312.
Trump will likely be the first Republican presidential candidate to win the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004. In 2016 Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million voters but won the electoral votes with 306.
This is the second time in American history that a president was elected after a four-year gap between terms. Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd president after an 1884 election and later became the 24th president after his 1892 run.
This election also marks the second time a female candidate for president was defeated, both times when running against Trump.
His opponent this election, Vice President Kamala Harris, gave her concession speech the afternoon after the race was called, vowing to support the results of the election.
“Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” Harris said. “I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.”
As current U.S. vice president, it will be Harris’ role to certify her former opponent’s win in the Senate.
Trump referred to winning the popular vote as “a great feeling of love.”
“I hope that you’re going to be looking back someday and say, that was one of the truly important moments of my life when I voted for this group of people — beyond the president, this group of great people,” he said in reference to his campaign team and supporters.
Trump is the first convicted felon in U.S. history elected as president. The 78-year-old is also the oldest person elected in the office.
According to the Associated Press, his running mate, 40-year-old Ohio Sen. JD Vance, will soon be the highest-ranking member of the millennial generation in the U.S. government.