The latest: Trump's Alaska win
Published Date: 11/11/2020
Source: axios.com
Data: AP; Note: AP has called Arizona for Biden, but ballots are still being counted and not all organizations have called it yet. Chart: Naema Ahmed, Andrew Witherspoon, Danielle Alberti/AxiosPresident Trump has defeated President-elect Joe Biden in Alaska, AP projected on Wednesday.The latest: The state's three electoral votes for Trump do not alter the outcome of the election. Trump has not yet conceded after Biden surpassed the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to capture the presidency.Here's the status of other states the Associated Press hasn't called yet:Georgia: Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced on Wednesday a "full, by-hand recount" of ballots cast in the presidential election in every county in the state. Joe Biden leads by about 14,000 votes in the traditionally red stateNorth Carolina: Trump led by 77,000 votes late Friday, but the state is still counting about 116,000 mail ballots and about 41,000 provisional ballots. Trump has been on a campaign to discredit the results, baselessly calling the continued vote count a "fraud" as key states sort through a historically high volume of early and mail ballots driven by the coronavirus pandemic.The Trump campaign filed a flurry of lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia as surrogates like Rudy Giuliani and Eric Trump made unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.In a speech Friday night, Biden said that while "we don't have a final declaration of victory yet," vote counts across the U.S. "tell us a clear and convincing story: We're going to win this race."The big picture: Trump's victories in Florida and Texas, as projected by the Associated Press, ruled out the chance that the presidential race could be resolved quickly.But then the Associated Press declared Biden the winner in Arizona, a crucial pickup that reflects changing demographics and preserves a path for Biden even if Trump holds Pennsylvania.AP projects that Biden has won Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. It's worth one electoral vote, but takes away a district Trump won in 2016 — and keeps open a path by which Biden could lose Pennsylvania and still win the presidency.AP has also declared Biden the winner in Minnesota, California, Washington state, Oregon, New Hampshire, Colorado, New York, the District of Columbia, New Mexico, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Hawaii and his home state of Delaware. He also won three of Maine's four electoral votes. It has called Ohio, Iowa, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Indiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia and Maine's 2nd congressional district for Trump.Data: AP; Chart: Naema Ahmed, Andrew Witherspoon, Danielle Alberti/AxiosWhat we're watching: Democrats' hopes of winning control of the Senate faded as they lost a series of high-profile races. It could come down to Georgia, where both Senate races are headed to a runoff — meaning we won't know which party controls the Senate until January.Democrat Mark Kelly unseated Republican Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona, and Democrat John Hickenlooper defeated Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado, per AP. Democrat Sen. Gary Peters also fended off a tough challenge in Michigan.But Republican Tommy Tuberville unseated Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama, Republican Sen. Susan Collins was re-elected in Maine, and Republican Sen. Steve Daines was re-elected in Montana after a competitive race with Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.And Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham held onto his seat, defeating Democrat Jaime Harrison in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country.