|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Joe Biden is now president-elect, having surpassed the 270 votes needed to win the electoral college.
With the victory, Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California is set to become the highest-ranking woman in the nation’s 244-year existence.
Biden and Harris are expected to speak at 8 p.m. Eastern time tonight.
Biden is also projected by Edison Research to win Nevada and its six electoral votes, giving him a lead of 279 to 214 for President Trump.
In state capitols, Trump supporters were gathering for protests of vote counts, planned before Biden’s victory was announced, while elsewhere Biden supporters came together to celebrate.
