Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania wasn’t clear until days after polls closed
By the time most Americans went to bed on election night, President Donald Trump led Democratic nominee Joe Biden by about 700,000 votes. But as mail-in ballots were tallied over the coming days, Biden closed the gap and won by more than 63,000 votes.
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