Biden Officially Wins Arizona.
President-elect Joe Biden's electoral count
is now 290, 20 points more than the
270 threshold to win the presidency.
Biden's win in AZ marks just
the second time a Democratic
presidential candidate carried
the state in 70 years.
AZ's most populous county,
Maricopa County, has shifted blue in recent years.
A growing Latino population and an increase
in residents who have relocated from CA and IL
have contributed to the shift.
AZ was also the home state of respected
Republican Senator and presidential candidate
John McCain. McCain died in 2018.
President Donald Trump has consistently
mocked and criticized McCain
and did not attend his funeral.
Clearly, voters wanted something
new from Arizona. Voters were
energized and enthused to vote. , Steven Slugocki, Chair of
Maricopa County's Democrats, via CNN