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EXPLAINER: Calling a race is tricky: How AP does it

by Brian Slodysko
| October 31, 2020 2:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 2020 U.S. general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races – starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every state legislature.

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