Trump wins Alaska, up to 217 electoral votes
Published:Wednesday | November 11, 2020 | 1:48 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has won the state of Alaska.
The Republican nominee was awarded the state’s three electoral votes, pushing his Electoral College tally to 217.
His Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, was declared the winner of the presidential election on November 7 after flipping Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Trump won those states in 2016.
Biden has 290 electoral votes.
The Associated Press has not called Georgia and North Carolina in the presidential race.
Control of the Senate won’t be decided until the new year after Republicans won a seat in Alaska on Wednesday.
Incumbent Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan defeated Al Gross, an independent running as a Democrat.
Neither party can lock the Senate majority until January runoffs in Georgia.
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