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November 9, 2020

Joe Biden Elected 46th U.S. President as Pennsylvania Count Seals Victory
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Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States. The
news came shortly before noon Saturday, after the latest counts in
Pennsylvania put Biden far enough ahead of President Trump to win the
state and with the Electoral College votes needed to clinch the victory
after several key races remained too close to call days after Election
Day. Trump, who launched a flurry of legal challenges as results came
in, has yet to concede. He is the first incumbent to lose since George
H.W. Bush in 1992. According to the Associated Press, Biden currently
has 290 Electoral College votes to Trump's 214. In the uncalled states,
Biden is leading in Georgia, and Trump is leading in Alaska and North
Carolina. Biden is leading in the popular count by over 4 million votes.

Thousands of people in cities and towns across the U.S. poured onto the
streets to celebrate as news networks projected Biden as the winner. In
Washington, D.C., revelers gathered in front of the White House, and an
impromptu parade, complete with brass band, made its way through
downtown. Here in New York City, as in many other places across the
country, car horns blared, and people leaned out of their windows
banging pots and pans, as people expressed both jubilation and relief
for the end of Trump's presidency.

On Saturday evening, President-elect Biden delivered a victory speech
from his home town of Wilmington, Delaware, and called for unity and
healing.

President-elect Joe Biden: "Tonight, we're seeing all over this nation,
all cities in all parts of the country - indeed, across the world - an
outpouring of joy, of hope, renewed faith in tomorrow, bring a better
day. And I'm humbled by the trust and confidence you've placed in me. I
pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify; who doesn't
see red states and blue states, only sees the United States."



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