Election 2020 Live Updates: Joseph R. Biden Jr. Has Won the Presidency

Nov 7
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. has won the presidential race after an extraordinary campaign in which he ran as an elder statesman seeking to restore civility to the nation.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. has won the presidential race after an extraordinary campaign in which he ran as an elder statesman seeking to restore civility to the nation. Credit…Erin
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Senate tally includes 65 seats not up for election.

Full Results

E.V.MARGINEST. REPORTED
Pa. ›20WinnerBiden +0.598%
Nev. ›6WinnerBiden +2.094%
Ga. ›16Biden +0.1>98%
N.C. ›15Trump +1.498%
Ariz. ›11Biden +0.697%

Source: Vote totals from N.E.P./Edison Research.Get emails for all live election updates

Nicholas Fandos

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer called Biden at 12:45 p.m. to congratulate him and extend their support for working with his administration, an aide said.

Katie Glueck in Wilmington, Del.

Barack Obama expressed confidence in his former vice president: “I know he’ll do the job with the best interests of every American at heart, whether or not he had their vote.”

Luke Broadwater in Washington

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, said the election wasn’t settled. “The media do not get to determine who the president is,” he said. “The people do.”