Multiple Outlets Finally Call Arizona For Biden

November 13, 2020 2020 Elections, Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden cemented his U.S. electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, but the official transition to his administration remains stalled as President Donald Trump refuses to accept defeat.

Biden was projected to win Arizona after more than a week of vote counting from the Nov. 3 election, Edison Research said. He becomes only the second Democratic presidential candidate in seven decades to win the traditionally Republican state.

Biden had already cleared the 270 vote threshold to win the election, setting him on course to be sworn in on Jan. 20. Arizona’s 11 additional electoral votes put any longshot challenge by Trump even further out of reach.

Fox News was first to call Arizona last week.

Joe Biden wins Arizona, NBC News projects.

Arizona hasn’t voted for a Democrat for president since 1996. https://t.co/tTjZUjQH7i

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 13, 2020

In light of tonight’s news….

*sorry I had to, the meme is too funny. pic.twitter.com/lo6xHqCbk0

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) November 13, 2020