EXPLAINER: Why AP Called The 2020 Election For Joe Biden
Biden's win in Pennsylvania was a dramatic, though not unexpected
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Biden's win in Pennsylvania was a dramatic, though not unexpected
Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes put President-elect Biden over the 270 threshold needed for the White House.
The president-elect already was braced to deal with the worst health crisis the nation has seen in more than a century and the economic havoc it has wreaked.
The Biden-Harris ticket won after receiving the most votes in American history at over 74 million.
CBS News projects Joe Biden has won the Keystone State and its crucial 20 electoral votes over President Donald Trump to put him past the 270 threshold needed for the White House.
The news of Scranton-native Joe Biden's projected presidential win spread quickly across social media.
The transition can be a frenzied process even under normal circumstances.
As Biden inches closer to the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the White House, his supporters are drawing closer to Biden headquarters at the Chase Center in Wilmington.
The state's top elections official already had ordered those ballots be kept apart.
As the election drags on, people are trying to pace themselves and brace themselves for potentially a bumpy ride.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has the lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states.
The commonwealth still has hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count as Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump fought to the end for the White House.
Biden said Thursday afternoon "the process is working, the count is being completed and we'll know very soon."
The Trump campaign has secured a win in a Philadelphia lower court Thursday morning.
Montgomery County Commissioner Ken Lawrence Jr. says all eligible ballots received by 8 p.m. on Election Day have been counted.
With votes still being counted both the Trump and Biden campaigns say they're on a path to win, and lawsuits are already starting to be filed by the Trump team.
The Trump campaign says it's suing to stop Pennsylvania's vote count over lack of "transparency" and seeking to intervene in a Supreme Court case.
Today's stock market gains come despite all the election uncertainty, but may suggest optimism for a second stimulus package down the line.
The arson happened just before 1 p.m. at the West Willow Fire Company polling location in Pequea Township.
Biden watched results roll in with his family from his home in Wilmington before speaking to supporters early Wednesday morning.
Vote counting in Philadelphia County did not stop throughout the overnight hours.
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, because there are more than 1.5 million votes left to be counted in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday on the GOP bid to stop the count of 49 ballots that were amended and returned in Montgomery County.
Philadelphia had the highest number of mail-in ballots requested of any county in the state.
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in Pennsylvania and other battleground states, which will continue counting ballots over the next several days.
