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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden — The president leads by nearly 700,000 votes, but there are 1.4 million absentee votes outstanding. — Joe Biden has won absentee ballots counted in Pennsylvania by an overwhelming margin so far, according to data from the Secretary of State early Wednesday.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is on Track to Win the Electoral College — Joe Biden has taken the lead in the Electoral College and is on track to win the 2020 election. President Trump no longer has any incentive to stop counting the votes, because Biden is currently ahead in enough states to make him president.
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Associated Press:
2020 Latest: McConnell says it'll take while to count votes — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is discounting President Donald Trump's early claim that he'd already won the election, saying it's going to take a while for states to conduct their vote counts.
New York Times:
Can Biden Still Win? Can Trump Still Win? Yes. Here Are the Remaining Paths. — The president was able to close off several avenues to an early Biden win, but the former vice president still has a number of options. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. started election night with many paths …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden looks screwed even if he wins — This is not the outcome Democrats expected. — Despite many bold predictions of a rout in which Democrats gained (or re-gained) Trumpian red territory of 2016, as of early Wednesday only one state — Arizona — had flipped from red to blue.
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Roughly 80,000 Michigan ballots still being counted as officials preach patience — With roughly 96% of the vote in, Democratic nominee Joe Biden pulled further ahead of President Donald Trump with a 36,000 votes early Wednesday morning, but there were still more than 80,000 ballots that needed …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What blue wave? — DRIVING THE DAY — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and JOE BIDEN are locked in the tightest presidential contest in decades, with TRUMP threatening to drag the race to the Supreme Court. BIDEN is ahead by a sliver in Wisconsin, TRUMP is up in Michigan and Pennsylvania …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell calls for coronavirus package before end of the year — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Congress should approve a coronavirus relief package before the end of the year, a shift from his recent suggestion that a measure was more likely early next year.
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New York Times:
Election Needles: President — If Joe Biden wins one of these three states, he is likely to win the presidency. — If President Trump wins all three, it could be days or more before a winner is declared.
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New York Times:
Presidential Election Results — Editors at The Times will take into account a number of factors before declaring a winner, including race calls made by The Associated Press and Edison Research, as well as analysis of the votes that have been reported so far.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's premature victory claim prompts quick rebukes
Trump's premature victory claim prompts quick rebukes
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump campaign sues to halt vote counting in Michigan
Trump campaign sues to halt vote counting in Michigan
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Vote-Counting Should Only Continue in States Where He's Behind
Trump Says Vote-Counting Should Only Continue in States Where He's Behind
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Politico:
Republicans clinging to Senate majority as Dems under-perform
Republicans clinging to Senate majority as Dems under-perform
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New York Times:
Michigan Presidential Election Results
Michigan Presidential Election Results
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats are going to have a really hard time winning the majority now
Senate Democrats are going to have a really hard time winning the majority now
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New York Times:
Election Highlights: With Votes Still Being Counted, an Anxious Nation Awaits a Winner
Election Highlights: With Votes Still Being Counted, an Anxious Nation Awaits a Winner
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Brad Heath / Reuters:
Trump, Biden's paths to victory in U.S. presidential election
Trump, Biden's paths to victory in U.S. presidential election
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Defying polls, Republican Susan Collins leads in Maine Senate race
Defying polls, Republican Susan Collins leads in Maine Senate race
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Reuters, National Review, Bangor Daily News and The Week
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Here's how Alaska's congressional race could determine our next president
Here's how Alaska's congressional race could determine our next president
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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Is Lying About The Early Election Results — Trump could still win the election legitimately, with votes still being counted. Early Wednesday morning, he tried to steal it. — Copy — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a 2:30 a.m. address during …
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
This election is headed to the courts, but Democrats have lawyers too
This election is headed to the courts, but Democrats have lawyers too
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump's Supreme Court vow was what he planned all along
Trump's Supreme Court vow was what he planned all along
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Trump seeks to stop voting, but only counting remains
Trump seeks to stop voting, but only counting remains
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Road to Supreme Court Is Neither Fast Nor Certain
Trump's Road to Supreme Court Is Neither Fast Nor Certain
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Fox News:
Susan Collins claims victory in Maine Senate race, Sara Gideon concedes
Susan Collins claims victory in Maine Senate race, Sara Gideon concedes
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USA Today:
Presidential race between Trump, Biden remains close as battleground states count remaining ballots
Presidential race between Trump, Biden remains close as battleground states count remaining ballots
Washington Post:
Trump campaign vows legal challenges as narrow race raises stakes for battles over which ballots will count
Trump campaign vows legal challenges as narrow race raises stakes for battles over which ballots will count
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Audrey McNamara / CBS News:
Pennsylvania has counted nearly half of all mail-in ballots, secretary of state says
Pennsylvania has counted nearly half of all mail-in ballots, secretary of state says
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Cut out the ‘fraud’ claims: Trump should have sounded like Pence
Cut out the ‘fraud’ claims: Trump should have sounded like Pence
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Candy Woodall / USA Today:
In Pennsylvania, 1.4 million ballots still being counted with race too close to call
In Pennsylvania, 1.4 million ballots still being counted with race too close to call
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The Hill:
House Democrats fall way short in disappointing night — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her invigorated caucus charged into Tuesday with an energized base, a sharp fundraising advantage and hopes to flip anywhere from five to 15 Republican seats on election night.
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Trump campaign was livid when Fox News called Arizona for Biden — and tensions boiled over on-air — Fox anchor Bill Hemmer was gearing up to do another review for viewers of a map of the United States that at 11:20 p.m. was looking surprisingly positive for President Trump when he did a double take in the lower left-hand quadrant.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Republicans Defy the Polls, Narrow Democrats' Majority — District-level polling has rarely led us — or the parties and groups investing in House races — so astray. Prior to Tuesday, most Republican strategists were privately resigned to the prospect of a double-digit loss of seats.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump has attacked democracy's institutions, but never so blatantly as he did overnight — For four years, President Trump has sought to undermine the institutions of a democratic society, but never so blatantly as in the early morning hours of Wednesday. His attempt to falsely claim victory …
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Why the Post Office's Last-Minute Ballot Crisis Isn't as Dire as It Seems — The USPS has been intentionally making its own ballot delivery statistics look worse so it can deliver them faster. — Aaron Gordon — Many Americans have been waiting—perhaps even expecting …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
USPS statistics on mail-in ballots ‘look worse than they actually are’: report
USPS statistics on mail-in ballots ‘look worse than they actually are’: report
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New York Times:
Arizona Presidential Election Results … Absentee votes by candidate — Some states and counties will report candidate vote totals for mail-in ballots, but some places may not report comprehensive vote type data. … Results by county — We received more votes from Pinal County.
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Error in Arizona: 86 percent of vote in, not 98 percent
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy — Even with the results of the presidential contest still out, there's a clear loser in this election: polling. — Surveys badly missed the results, predicting an easy win for former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic pickup in the Senate …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
We still don't know much about this election — except that the media and pollsters blew it again — By early morning Wednesday, there was a lot that millions of anxious Americans didn't know. — Mainly, they didn't know who the president-elect is. That, in itself, wasn't unexpected, nor is it terrible.
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Dan Avery / NBC News:
The day after: Counting ballots in Michigan — Ritchie Torres becomes first gay Afro Latino elected to Congress — Ritchie Torres has won his House race for New York's 15th Congressional District, making him the first gay Afro Latino person elected to Congress.
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump campaign argues he has a path to victory
Trump campaign argues he has a path to victory
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New York Times:
National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted — The numbers on this page are preliminary estimates from exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool. These surveys interviewed voters outside of polling places or early voting sites, or by phone.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden May Win, But Trump Remains the President of Red America — His attacks on “the rigged election” are a worst-case scenario for the country. — For months, Joe Biden has been campaigning with endless variations on a simple theme: vote and we can end this.
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