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Trump wins Florida, AP projects

Trump campaigning in Florida. Photo: Octavio Jones/Getty Images

President Trump has won the state of Florida, a key swing state in the race for the White House, AP projects.

Why it matters: Florida’s 29 electoral votes are central to any Trump path to re-election.

  • Trump won the state by a slim margin in 2016.
  • FiveThirtyEight's average of polls had Biden winning Florida by 2.2% as of Nov. 2, with the race appearing to tighten in the final weeks of the campaign.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) tweeted Sunday, "It is time to begin the full and formal transition process." She called Trump's attempts to overturn President-elect Biden's win "inconsistent with our democratic process."

Why it matters: Only a handful of congressional Republicans have acknowledged Biden as president-elect as Trump and his campaign continue unsuccessful legal challenges in key swing states.

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Georgia's Secretary of State: GOP is looking for "scapegoats"

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Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, tells Axios it's time for President Donald Trump and the state GOP to accept that Joe Biden won Georgia and focus on the two Senate runoffs that will determine control of the Senate.

What they're saying: “The Republican Party's sole job is to win campaigns — and that's to raise money and turn out voters," Raffensperger told Axios in an interview on Sunday. "And when they don't get it done, they look for scapegoats.”

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As President Trump unsuccessfully argues fraudulent voter claims, campaign operatives tell Axios the reality is the joint EDO (Election Day operations) by the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee left them feeling largely unprepared to challenge ballots in real time.

Why it matters: With several states moving toward certifying election results this week, the postmortems are beginning as political operatives try to understand what worked, what didn't and how to adjust going forward.

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