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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Arizona endures tense wait for final election result in last battleground

Election workers tabulate and adjudicate remaining ballots  in Phoenix, Arizona.
Election workers tabulate and adjudicate remaining ballots in Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph: Rebecca Noble/AFP/Getty Images

Arizona remained in a tense waiting game on Saturday for its election results, even as neighboring Nevada declared for Donald Trump overnight, giving the president-elect six out of seven swing states after election day on 5 November.

In Arizona, official tallies were 83% complete by mid-morning on Saturday with Trump leading at 52.7% and Harris at 46%, or about 180,000 votes ahead. But enough ballots remain uncounted – 602,000 as of late Friday night – for the state to remain undeclared. The state sensationally flipped to Joe Biden and the Democrats in 2020.

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