By: Michael D. Shear, Jazmine Ulloa, Reid J. Epstein, Grace Ashford, Kate Conger, Maggie Astor, Erica L. Green, Michael Gold, Emily Cochrane, Ernesto Londoño, Adam Nagourney, Dillon Deaton, Nicholas Nehamas, Linda Qiu, Theodore Schleifer, Neil Vigdor, Brent Mcdonald, Katie Rogers, Eduardo Medina, Karoun Demirjian
It could take days to know the winner, as it did in 2020, because counting mail ballots takes time. But returns on election night could also offer clarity.