Donald Trump projected to win in Arizona, completing sweep of swing states

After four days of counting, the Associated Press has called the battleground state and its 11 Electoral College votes for the incoming president.

Donald Trump speaking during a campaign rally in Tempe, Arizona in October. Source: Getty, AFP / Rebecca Noble

Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week's US presidential election, the Associated Press and US TV networks projected on Saturday, completing the Republican president-elect's sweep of all seven swing states.

After four days of counting in the southwest state with a large Hispanic population, AP called the state and its 11 Electoral Votes for Trump. CNN and NBC also projected Trump had won Arizona.

After Trump won the state in 2016, outgoing President Joe Biden scored a narrow but crucial victory in Arizona in 2020 during his victory that condemned Trump to defeat after his first term in office.

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The other six swing states won by Trump in the presidential race are Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada and Georgia. Arizona was the last state to be called in the election.

Trump, who won the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure his second term as US president earlier this week, now has a projected 312 votes compared to vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris' 226, according to AP.

The scale and strength of Trump's comeback, which also saw the real estate tycoon win the popular vote by a margin of around four million votes, has sent shockwaves through the defeated Democratic Party.

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AP has called Republican victories for 213 seats in the House — with 218 needed for a majority in the lower chamber — and 202 for the Democrats.

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On Saturday (local time), the White House said Biden would meet with the president-elect at the Oval Office on Wednesday.

While this type of meeting between outgoing and incoming presidents was considered customary, Trump did not invite Biden for one after losing the 2020 election.

Trump also broke with precedent by skipping Biden's inauguration, but the White House has said the Democratic president will attend the upcoming ceremony.