Arizona certifies Joe Biden win by 10,457 votes

Arizona officials on Monday certified President-elect Joe Biden as winner of the state’s 11 electoral votes.

Biden won the state by just 10,457 votes out of about 3.4 million ballots cast, according to the final tally certified by officials.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, certified the results alongside Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. The President Trump-supporting governor signed a document confirming the outcome.

Hobbs said at a ceremony that “Arizonans showed up for our democracy. Every Arizona voter has my thanks and should know that they can stand proud that this election was conducted with transparency, accuracy and fairness, in accordance with Arizona’s laws and elections procedures, despite numerous unfounded claims to the contrary.”

The certification is the latest blow to Trump’s challenges to narrow swing state losses.

Georgia previously certified Biden the winner by 12,587 votes and Pennsylvania certified Biden’s win by 81,660 votes. The former vice president had other narrow wins in Nevada and Wisconsin.

The Electoral College officially selects the next president on Dec. 14, and unless state results are overturned, Biden will have 306 votes to Trump’s 232 votes. In 2016, seven electors were recorded voting for someone other than the winner of their state.

Trump said at a Thanksgiving press conference that he will leave office on Jan. 20 if the Electoral College votes for Biden, but that “if they do, they’ve made a mistake.”