Election 2020: The latest updates | 2020 US election results LIVE Updates Joe Biden leads

Election 2020: The latest updates | 2020 US Election Results LIVE Updates Joe Biden leads

US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates: Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading over Republican nominee President Donald Trump in the electoral vote count. But the margins are narrowing quickly in multiple states.

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Election 2020: The latest updates | 2020 US Election Results LIVE Updates Joe Biden leads 270 to win

#	Candidates	Electoral votes	Vote %
1	Joe Biden (Democratic Party)	264	50.4%
2	Donald Trump (Republican Party)	214	48%

Election 2020: The latest updates

                                            

The nation is still awaiting the results of the presidential election after polls closed across America over 24 hours ago. Several states — including North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Nevada — remain too close to call, with former Vice President Joe Biden securing the states of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, per The Associated Press. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, has filed lawsuits in Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and said it would seek a recount in Wisconsin.

 

According to The Associated Press, the following states have been called:

 

President Trump (214 electoral votes):

• Alabama (9), Arkansas (6), Florida (29), Idaho (4), Indiana (11), Iowa (6), Kansas (6), Kentucky (8), Louisiana (8), Maine (1 of the state's 4 electoral votes), Mississippi (6), Missouri (10), Montana (3), Nebraska (4), North Dakota (3), Ohio (18), Oklahoma (7), South Carolina (9), South Dakota (3) Tennessee (11), Texas (38), Utah (6), West Virginia (5), Wyoming (3)

• Arizona (11), California (55), Colorado (9), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), District of Columbia (3), Hawaii (4), Illinois (20), Maine (3 of the state's 4 electoral votes), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), Michigan (16), Minnesota (10), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (4), New Jersey (14), New Mexico (5), New York (29), Oregon (7), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Virginia (13), Washington (12), Wisconsin (10)

• Election officials in two of Nevada's biggest counties now say, after seesawing back and forth Wednesday about when votes would be reported, they will not have election results until Thursday morning. (WSJ)

• Democrats are projected to retain control of the House of Representatives. (CNBC)

• Democrat Gary Peters has held onto his Senate seat in Michigan. (AP)

• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky won re-election as Republicans fight to retain their majority. (NY Times)

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also won re-election.

• Republican Susan Collins has won re-election to the U.S. Senate from Maine, beating back a challenge from Democrat Sara Gideon. (AP)

• Republican Lindsey Graham wins re-election to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina, defeating Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison in one of the most expensive Senate races this cycle. (AP)

• Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly is projected to defeat Republican Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona. (AP/ WSJ)

The state that matters most is Florida. If it reports its results on election night, as it well might, and if Joe Biden wins, then Mr Trump’s path to victory essentially disappears.

 

Former Vice President Biden (264 electoral votes):

 

Note: Maine and Nebraska split their electoral votes.

 

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Democrats are likelier than Republicans to have voted by mail, so states that report in-person results first, as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, may initially show Donald Trump leading.