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Trump defeats Biden in Texas

By Marcel Mbamalu, News Editor
04 November 2020   |   7:33 am
Trump has just clinched the entire 38 electoral votes in Texas by defeating Biden in popular votes cast.

(FILES)(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. – Former US vice president Joe Biden has opened up a 16-point national lead over President Donald Trump less than a month before the November 3 presidential election, according to a CNN poll published on October 6, 2020. The Democratic presidential candidate leads the Republican incumbent by 57 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, according to the nationwide CNN poll conducted by SSRS. (Photos by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump has just clinched the entire 38 electoral votes in Texas by defeating Biden in popular votes cast.

By winning the state of Texas, the Republicans has shattered Biden’s hope of being the first Democrat to win the state since 1974.

Until Tuesday, election polling has consistently put Texas up for grabs, with Democrats standing a good chance.

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