Categories: BreakingUS Elections

US Election: Biden on the Brink of Victory, Takes Lead in Georgia with 99% of Votes Counted

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has taken the lead for the first time in the battleground state of Georgia by 917 votes, as counting continues.

Biden is locked in a tight election race with President Donald Trump in which no candidate currently has enough Electoral College votes to be declared the winner.

With its 16 electoral votes, winning the state would put Biden just one shy of the crucial 270 threshold needed to win the presidency.

If Biden sustains and increases his lead in Georgia, he will successfully flip another state in the US election. Since 1964 the Peach State has only voted for a Democratic presidential candidate four times, the last time for Bill Clinton in 1992.

Biden has a lead of more than 11,000 votes in Nevada, after 89% of expected votes counted. Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania has dropped to fewer than 20,000 votes as mail-in and absentee ballots are counted, with hundreds of thousands of votes remaining. But the president has cut rival’s lead in Arizona, with Biden leading by about 7,000 votes in the southwestern state.

Follow us on:

AriseNews

Recent Posts

Elon Musk’s X Appoints Legal Representative in Brazil To Comply With Court Orders and Fight Ban

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has named Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its legal…

9 mins ago

Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata Defeated By PDP’s Asue Ighodalo At His Polling Unit

In a surprising turn during the Edo state governorship election, Olumide Akpata, the Labour Party…

15 mins ago

Ondo Will Become Nigeria’s Entrepreneurship, Innovation Hub, Says Governor Aiyedatiwa

The Governor of Ondo state, Mr. Lucky  Aiyedatiwa, has vowed to transform the state into…

19 mins ago

Edo Guber: INEC Extends Voting Time In Some Edo State Polling Units Due to Late Start

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced an extension of voting time in areas…

23 mins ago

Usher Acknowledges Role Models Quincy Jones, Bobby Brown at 2024 BMAC Gala After Recieving Humanitarian Award

Usher paid tribute to the male role models in his life at the 2024 Black…

26 mins ago

EFCC Arrests Suspects For Alleged Vote Buying In Edo Governorship Election

The EFCC has arrested three suspects for alleged vote buying during the ongoing Edo governorship…

6 hours ago