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President Trump will win Alaska, NBC News and Politico projected Wednesday. With 75 percent of votes counted, Trump secured 56.9 percent of the vote to President-elect Joe Biden's 39.1 percent, NBC News says.

Trump's win in Alaska — as well as the re-election of Sen. David Sullivan (R) projected Wednesday — is not unexpected. But the state's three electoral votes, bringing Trump to a total of 217, still leave him far from Biden's 279 total.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.