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Election 2020 updates: Biden warns of 'dark winter,' pushes masks in pandemic plan

The president-elect emphasized how he would handle the pandemic response.

ByCatherine Thorbecke, Morgan Winsor, Libby Cathey, Adia Robinson, Lauren King, Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira, and Marc Nathanson
Last Updated: November 10, 2020, 10:14 AM EST

Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump. ABC News characterized Joe Biden as the apparent winner of his home state of Pennsylvania, putting him over the 270 vote threshold needed to capture the presidency.

The hard-fought battle against the president was set against the backdrop of racial unrest and the coronavirus pandemic and bitter divisions among the electorate.

Trump had falsely declared on election night, when he held a lead in several key states, that he won the contest and alleged without evidence, after the count started to swing the other way, that the election was being stolen from him and that fraud had been committed.

Painting the election as a "battle for the soul of the nation," Biden won on a message of unity over division, compassion over anger, and reality over what he called Trump's "wishful thinking" as the coronavirus pandemic cast a heavy shadow over the campaign.

The 2020 election has shattered voting records with votes totaling 147 million and counting, surpassing the 138 million who voted in 2016.

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Nov 04, 2020, 12:36 AM EST

Latest timeline on results from Pennsylvania 

Pennsylvania state officials had projected wrapping up the count by Friday before the election, but are now not providing an exact timeline.

Chris Kearney collects political signs from the lawn at the end election day at the Dunmore Community Center in Dunmore Pa., Nov. 3, 2020.
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Philadelphia will continue counting absentee ballots, with the next updates coming overnight and again at 9 a.m.; Allegheny will continue counting around the clock, while at least seven counties have yet to even begin opening and counting mail-in ballots.

-ABC News’ John Santucci, Adam Kelsey, Benjamin Siegel and Alex Hosenball

Nov 04, 2020, 12:28 AM EST

Biden to deliver remarks at 12:30 a.m.

The Biden campaign has announced that the former vice president will deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, at 12:30 a.m.

With 74% of the nationwide vote in, Biden is projected to have 205 electoral votes to Trump's 136 -- but votes are still coming in all-important battleground states which will ultimately determine the election.

PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks to supporters at a canvass kickoff event at Local Carpenters Union 445 on Nov. 3, 2020 in Scranton, Pa.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks to supporters at a canvass kickoff event at Local Carpenters Union 445 on Nov. 3, 2020 in Scranton, Pa. As polls open on Election Day, nearly 100 million Americans have already cast their ballots through early voting and mail-in voting.
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Nov 04, 2020, 12:26 AM EST

Latest on results timeline from Michigan

Tracy Wimmer, a spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told ABC News: "We're still looking at some time tomorrow, but we really don't have a guess of when."

"There are places that were able to do their absentee ballot tabulations much quicker than expected, but there are still some places that are lagging behind."

In Detroit, for example, of the 180,000 absentee ballots that were cast as of early Tuesday evening, 120,000 have already been counted, Wimmer said.

"Results are going to be coming out in varying ways and at varying speeds," Wimmer said," but it's important not to read into any of the results that are coming out until we have final results."

In Michigan, only 16% of the early vote is in with 49% of the expected vote in. 

-ABC News' John Santucci, Olivia Rubin and Kendall Karson

Nov 04, 2020, 12:21 AM EST

Latest on results timeline from Wisconsin

One of the most decentralized election systems in the country, Wisconsin state officials have repeatedly told ABC News that they expect full statewide results could come in the early hours of Wednesday morning, though everything is reported on a county level.  

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest city, officials expect results at 4 a.m. CT.  

In Milwaukee County, as a whole, results will be an hour later.

In Brown County, clerks office told ABC News that results will come in sometime between 3 a.m. and 7a.m. CT. An estimated 0% of the early vote is currently in with 62% of the expected vote reporting.

-ABC News’ John Santucci, Cheyenne Haslett, Soorin Kim and Kendall Karson

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