Status: 30/11/2020 22:05

Incumbent Trump must accept another setback in his fight against the US presidential election result: with Arizona, challenger Biden’s victory has been officially confirmed in another highly contested state.

As another competitive US state, Arizona officially confirmed the result of the presidential elections and thus the victory of Democrat Joe Biden. Republican Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey signed the election papers and reported the final result to Washington. Biden won in Arizona with about 10,500 votes.

With that, incumbent President Donald Trump suffered another setback in his attempts to overturn the November 3 election outcome with legal attacks. His lawyers had cited the result in Arizona in vain. Trump still claims with no evidence that he lost the election only due to massive election fraud. Previously, major states like Georgia and Pennsylvania had already confirmed the election result.

The majority ratio in the Senate remains uncertain

Confirmation of the Arizona election results also means that the majority of Trump Republicans in the 100-seat Senate will grow from 53 to 52 votes. Democrat Mark Kelly, who defeated Republican Senator Marthy McSally in a special vote, is expected to be sworn in this week. The remaining regularly elected senators will not be sworn in until early 2021. Whether Democrats or Republicans have a majority in the Senate will not be decided until two ballots in Georgia on January 5.

Among other things, the Senate votes candidates for central government posts. This could limit Biden’s freedom of action as president if Republicans retain control of the House of Congress.



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