Democratic nominee Joe Biden has taken the lead over US President Donald Trump in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.
Trump has held a lead of as much as 600,000 votes in the Keystone state, but heavily blue districts, such as Philadelphia where there are massive amounts of mail-in ballots, are being counted last.
Trump cannot win re-election without winning Pennsylvania and Georgia. In both states though, he has fallen behind this morning after leading since election night.
Biden now has 49.4% of the vote in Pennsylvania compared to Trump’s 49.3%.
Neither CNN, nor the Associated Press, is yet calling Pennsylvania for Biden. With 20 Electoral College votes, a win in Pennsylvania would seal the presidency for Biden.
The updated tally is a result of the counting of over 31,000 ballots. Biden won 87% of them and now leads by 5,587 votes.
There remain 130,000 more votes to be counted in the state with thousands of them in the disproportionately Democratic areas.
“We expect this lead to grow,” says CNN’s John King.
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