Biden projected to win Michigan


Democratic nominee Joe Biden will win Michigan, CNN and NBC News project.
Biden had barely a 1 percentage point lead over President Trump with 97 percent of votes reported, flipping the state Trump unexpectedly won in 2016. The Midwestern state's 16 Electoral College votes were critical for either candidate's path to victory, and it put Biden just six electoral votes away from victory.
As votes were counted in Michigan on Wednesday, Trump's campaign filed a lawsuit to halt that count. Trump supporters also gathered in Detroit to try and "stop the count." What they didn't seem to acknowledge was that Biden was ahead on Michigan's count for several hours, and that stopping the tabulation would give the state to the Democrat.
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While Biden didn't declare victory in a Wednesday afternoon statement, he did say his campaign expected to win once all the votes were counted. Sen. Gary Peters' (D-Mich.) re-election campaign was still up in the air after Biden's projected victory.
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