President-elect Donald Trump won the state of Nevada on Saturday, according to the Associated Press, returning the state and its six electoral votes to Republicans for the first time since president George W Bush carried it in 2004.
Most of Nevada's counties are rural and voted heavily for Trump in 2020, however Democrat Joe Biden that year won the two most populous counties of Washoe and Clark — the latter of which includes Las Vegas and three-quarters of the state's residents.
Trump and Democratic candidate Vice-President Kamala Harris each made multiple campaign stops in the state this year.
The win pushes Trump's electoral vote tally over 300, with the race now sitting at 301 votes for Trump to 226 for Ms Harris.
The Associated Press declared Trump the winner in Nevada at 9:15pm local time (4:15pm AEDT).
AP only declares a winner once it can determine that a trailing candidate can't close the gap and overtake the vote leader.
Trump has now won six out of the seven battleground states so far. Only Arizona, with its 11 Electoral College votes, is yet to be decided.
Trump currently leads Ms Harris by 6.4 points in Arizona.
AP estimates elections officials have counted about 82 per cent of the vote so far, which means Harris would need to beat Trump by about 28 points in the ballots left to be counted to catch up and take the lead.
Joe Biden managed to win Arizona in 2020, beating Trump to become the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1996.
In the 2016 election, Trump beat Hilary Clinton and won Arizona.
The other key swing states in this year's US election were Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump clinched a second term on Wednesday when Wisconsin pushed him past the 270 electoral votes needed to win, so Nevada's six electoral votes only added to the size of his victory.
On Friday, Trump announced his campaign lead Susie Wiles as his incoming chief of staff.
Ms Wiles, who is a veteran Florida political strategist, will move into the high-profile position as one of Trump's key members in his political inner circle.
This will make her the first woman to ever step into the important role at the White House, tasked with bringing order to the next administration.
The president-elect has received several phone calls from world leaders to congratulate him on his victory since Wednesday.
Among those was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who reportedly spoke to Tesla CEO and Trump supporter Elon Musk during a 25-minute call.
During the call, Trump told Mr Zelenskyy he would support Ukraine, without providing details, and Mr Musk said he would continue supplying Starlink satellites, Axios reported, citing unidentified sources.
Mr Musk owns SpaceX, which provides Starlink satellite communication services that are vital for Ukraine's defence effort, but his statements have sometimes angered Kyiv since Russia invaded its neighbour in 2022.
Mr Zelenskyy was telling Trump how important the satellites had been for internet service during the war when Trump said Mr Musk was with him and put the billionaire on the line, the Washington Post reported.
Trump and Mr Musk were at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Palm Beach residence and club, when the call took place, according to the New York Times.
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