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VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE TUE, NOV 03, 2020 CNBC POLITICS EDITOR'S NOTE Hello,   We made it. After months upon months of campaign speeches, polls, fundraising pleas and general tumult – including an impeachment and a pandemic – Election Day is finally here.   But don't expect anything to be finished tonight.   Joe Biden may have a big lead in national polling averages, but races in several key states are closer. We might not know the full results from some of those states for days. In Pennsylvania, for instance, several counties won't start counting mail-in ballots until tomorrow. That means we might not know for a while whether Biden or President Trump will win the Keystone State, considered by many experts to be a tipping point.   Here's a breakdown of when swing states will start processing and counting their votes.   Still, several states will likely be called tonight, and there remains a chance we might have a good idea where the contest is headed by tomorrow morning. As always, keep an eye on Florida. Polls start closing at 7 p.m. ET. Be sure to tune into CNBC, which will cover the results and market reaction all night long, and follow along with CNBC.com's complete coverage, including our live blog.   Thoughts? Email Mike Calia at CNBCPolitics@nbcuni.com.   Have friends or colleagues who might like this newsletter? They can sign up here.    Subscribe to CNBC's daily new podcast The News with Shepard Smith, which provides deep, non-partisan coverage and perspective on the day's most important stories. Mike Calia @Michael_Calia KEY STORIES  Election 2020 live results and updates: Americans head to the polls after tens of millions have already voted This is CNBC's live blog covering Election Day results and updates in the campaign between President Trump and Joe Biden, as well as other key races. Trump targets adversaries in his final pitch, while Biden focuses on Covid-19 Trump recreated the optics of 2016, but his trademark economic populism was missing. Biden pledged to unify Americans in response to the worsening pandemic. Biden narrowly leads Trump in six swing states before Election Day, poll shows Joe Biden narrowly leads Donald Trump in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in a new 2020 election poll. Here's when key states will start counting election 2020 ballots The flood of early votes was widely anticipated amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supreme Court, with Justice Barrett, to hear major LGBT rights case day after election The Supreme Court will hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia on Wednesday, the first major LGBT rights dispute to come before Justice Amy Coney Barrett. How President Donald Trump got to Election Day in a turbulent 2020 The year leading to Election Day was even more turbulent than Trump's first three years in office: impeachment, racial unrest and the killer coronavirus. How Joe Biden got to the threshold of the presidency Former Vice President Joe Biden was one of the youngest people to be elected to the Senate and is one of the oldest to run for president. Joe Biden's fundraiser list includes more than 30 executives with Wall Street ties Over 30 executives with ties to Wall Street have raised big money for Joe Biden's run for president, according to a bundler list released by the campaign. More Americans approve of Fauci's handling of coronavirus than Trump's, new poll finds Trump suggested he could fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, as voters overwhelmingly approve of how the doctor is handling the coronavirus pandemic. Supreme Court sides with activist DeRay McKesson in lawsuit over officer injured at protest The Supreme Court sided with the prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson, who is fending off a lawsuit from a police officer injured at a protest.     Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2020 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS