VP candidate voices optimism as he heads to Washington DC before polls close; Trump advisers urge him to prematurely declare victory

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Dispatch from Grand Rapids, Michigan: They just showed a video here of Donald Trump shaving the head of Vince McMahon, the former CEO of WWE, during a wrestling event. It happened in 2007.

Needless to say, Trump hasn’t arrived yet.