WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden narrowly won in Arizona, as projected by major US media outlets on Friday, capturing the state’s 11 electoral votes and consolidating his leadership over his Republican rival and current president of the United States. Donald trump. Biden, a Democrat, won Arizona, overturning a long-standing Republican stronghold, CNN reported.
11 state Electoral College The votes bring Biden, 77’s lead, to 290-217 and put more pressure on President Trump, who has yet to admit the Nov.3 election.
Trump, 74, has been making unsubstantiated attacks on vote counts favoring Biden.
Biden, who won the state by about 11,000 votes, or 0.3 percentage points, is the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since President Bill Clinton in 1996, The New York Times reported.
Arizona has not voted for a Democrat for president since 1996. In 2016, Trump beat Hillary Clinton there.
The race was called on the ninth counting day after Election Day, NBC News reported.
This leaves alone North Carolina and Georgia as states that have not yet been called. Both are still classified as “too close to call,” he reported.
To win the race for the White House, the winner must obtain at least 270 electoral votes out of 538 Electoral College votes.
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