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20 Nov, 3 tweets, 2 min read
AP declares Joe Biden the winner in Georgia after state election officials said a hand tally of ballots confirmed his lead over President Donald Trump. #APracecall
Joe Biden has won Georgia's 16 electoral votes. It's an extraordinary victory for Democrats who had pushed to expand their electoral map through the Sun Belt. The win pads Biden's Electoral College margin of victory over President Trump.

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Democrats had focused heavily on Georgia, seeing it as in play two years after @StaceyAbrams narrowly lost the governor’s race there.

Georgia had not voted for a Democrat for president since @BillClinton in 1992.

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