The Associated Press declares Joe Biden the winner of a grueling campaign for the American presidency. He will lead a polarized nation through a historic collision of health, economic and social crises.
The victory for Biden, a former vice president who has spent nearly a half-century in public office, was also a repudiation of Trump, who has led the nation through a deeply divisive four years. #Election2020
Kamala Harris made history as the first Black woman to become vice president. The California senator, who is also the first person of South Asian descent elected VP, will become the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in government. #Election2020
President Trump is now the first incumbent president to lose reelection since George H.W. Bush in 1992. #Election2020
President-elect Joe Biden says it’s time for America to “unite” and to “heal.”
“With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation," Biden said. "We are the United States of America."
In Pennsylvania, Trump's lead had slipped down to 326,000 by Wednesday afternoon. And the race is destined to get tighter.
A final vote total may not be clear for days because the use of mail in ballots, which take more time to process, has surged as a result of the pandemic.
Retired astronaut Mark Kelly is elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona, scoring a key victory in Democrats' efforts to take over the chamber. #APracecall#Election2020
Kelly defeated Republican Martha McSally, who was appointed last year to finish the term of late Sen. John McCain. Kelly flew combat missions for the Navy during Operation Desert Storm and flew four missions for NASA to the International Space Station. apne.ws/I9p5iJ1
Kelly is the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in an attempted assassination during a constituent event in Tucson in 2011. apne.ws/5BzvHXn
ROAD TO 270: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden each has a path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Biden’s is appreciably wider. #Election2020
A U.S. coronavirus surge just before Election Day has exposed a clear split between President Trump’s bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and top government health officials’ urgent public warnings.