Election 2020 live updates: McConnell acknowledges Biden as president-elect
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By Debbie Lord, Theresa Seiger, Bob D'Angelo and Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday acknowledged former Vice President Joe Biden as president-elect for the first time since the Democrat’s victory over incumbent President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
On Monday, the Electoral College officially voted to elect Biden as the nation’s 46th president following a hard-fought race with Trump. The Associated Press declared the race for Biden on Nov. 6. Trump has yet to concede the race.
Election 2020 Voters line up before polls open on Election Day at a precinct in Warren, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (David Goldman/AP)
Election 2020 Voters line up outside Vickery Baptist Church waiting to cast their ballots on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (LM Otero/AP)
Election 2020 King Henry, 6, plays with his protective gloves while waiting for his grandmother to finish voting at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (Jae C. Hong/AP)
Election 2020 A voter lines up in a polling place to cast a ballot for the 2020 general election in the United States, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Springfield, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (Matt Slocum/AP)
Election 2020 A man tallies the votes from the five ballots cast just after midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Dixville Notch, N.H. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden received all five votes. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen) (Scott Eisen/AP)
Election 2020 Voters mark their ballots at First Presbyterian Church on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) (Jessica Hill/AP)
Election 2020 A poll worker talks to a voter before they vote on a paper ballot on Election Day in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson/AP)
Election 2020 An election inspector checks the names of voters as the counting of ballots begins on Election Day at City Hall in Warren, Mich., in Macomb County, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (David Goldman/AP)
Election 2020 Erin Doherty hugs her mother Susanna Dew, 61, who is voting for the first time in her life, as they wait in line at a polling place on election day in the Mid City section of New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Election 2020 A voter casts their ballot on Election Day in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson/AP)
Election 2020 Yanitza Martinez wears red, white, and blue as she arrives to vote outside of the John F. Kennedy Library during the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (Lynne Sladky/AP)
Election 2020 Voters line up before polls open on Election Day at a precinct in Warren, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (David Goldman/AP)
Election 2020 Election inspectors Beatrice Antwi, right, and, D. Jones, look over a manual at a polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan/AP)
Election 2020 People line up to vote at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Franklin, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (Morry Gash /AP)
Election 2020 A woman presents her identification to vote through a plexiglass barrier, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, on election day at the Matin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Election 2020 Election challengers are sworn in before observing the counting of ballots on Election Day at City Hall in Warren, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (David Goldman/AP)
Election 2020 Laura Vasquez, left, holds her 1-year-old daughter Mariely Machado as she waits in line to vote on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip/AP)