Biden Takes The Lead In Georgia As Vote Counting Continues

An election supervisor answer questions from an election worker as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena on Thursday, in Atlanta.

Brynn Anderson / Associated Press

Updated Friday at 11:02 a.m.

In the early hours of Friday morning, former Vice President Joe Biden’s total vote count in Georgia surpassed President Donald Trump’s in the race for president, as a batch of mail-in ballots from Clayton County were uploaded.

Part of that county is in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, long held by Democrat Rep. John Lewis who died in July. Georgia hasn’t elected a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992.