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Joe Biden inches ahead in White House race, takes lead in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes, meaning that if Biden wins the state, he will have more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to claim the White House

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Joe Biden overtook Trump on the strength of mail-in ballots that were cast in urban Democratic strongholds Photo: Reuters

Josh Wingrove, Jennifer Epstein & Jordan Fabian | Bloomberg
Democrat Joe Biden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania over President Donald Trump, putting him on the cusp of victory in the presidential race.
 
Biden has a slim lead of 5,594 votes in the key battleground state. He also narrowly overtook Trump in Georgia, a state that last selected a Democratic presidential candidate in 1992.
 
Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes, meaning that if Biden wins the state, he will have more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to claim the White House. Votes remain to be counted in both states -- and also in Arizona and Nevada,

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