Biden projected to win Colorado as GOP Senate seat flips
Democratic nominee Joe Biden will win Colorado's nine electoral votes, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ project. Biden has 60 percent of the vote with 32 percent of the vote reporting, per NBC News.
Biden was expected to win the state, as it went for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Colorado pushes Biden to a projected 131 votes over President Trump's 92, The New York Times reports.
John Hickenlooper, the former Democratic governor of Colorado and failed 2020 presidential candidate, was also projected to oust Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Co.), Decision Desk HQ and Fox News report. Hickenlooper's projected win marked the first Senate seat Democrats flipped on election night.
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