Biden takes the lead in Georgia as Trump falsely claims fraud
by Mark Z. Barabak, Jenny Jarvie and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times
Nov 06, 2020
4 minutes
ATLANTA — Joe Biden pulled ahead in Georgia on Friday and significantly narrowed the gap in Pennsylvania, gaining ground in two battleground states with enough electoral votes to settle his prolonged contest with President Trump, who repeated his baseless assertions of fraud and Democratic cheating.
Biden had a small lead of nearly 1,100 votes early Friday in Georgia, a traditionally GOP stronghold with 16 electoral college votes, and was within 18,000 votes of Trump in Pennsylvania, which awards 20 in the electoral college.
As of Thursday, Biden had 264 electoral votes, six shy of the 270 needed to win the presidency.
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