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.
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