Votes continue to be counted in the handful of states where a winner has yet to be projected in the 2020 presidential election, with officials releasing new batches of results on Thursday showing Joe Biden improving his standing in three states and President Trump making inroads in a fourth.
CBS News projects Biden has secured 253 electoral votes, just 17 shy of the 270 needed to win the presidency. Mr. Trump is currently projected to win 213 electoral votes.
The race now centers on Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, following projections on Wednesday that Biden will win Michigan and Wisconsin. Biden holds slim leads in Nevada and Arizona, both of which are still considered likely Democratic states in CBS News' estimation.
Biden expanded his lead in Nevada in new results from mostly Democratic counties, with his margin more than doubling since Wednesday. He has also cut into the president's lead in Georgia, trailing by less than 13,000 votes with about 47,000 remaining to be counted.
Mr. Trump's standing improved in Arizona after more ballots were reporting early Thursday morning, although he trails Biden by roughly 69,000 votes and faces a steep uphill climb. Arizona officials won't report more results from populous Maricopa County until later in the evening.
Biden's lead in projected states means he has several paths to victory, while Mr. Trump faces a narrower window to reach 270. Victories in Arizona, which has 11 electoral votes, and Nevada, which has six, would get Biden to exactly 270. A win in Pennsylvania, with 20 electoral votes, would also put him over the top. Georgia and North Carolina have 16 and 15 electoral votes, respectively. North Carolina is not expected to announce more results for another week.
Meanwhile, the president and his campaign have launched a series of legal actions seeking to halt vote counting in Michigan and Pennsylvania, with another suit planned in Nevada. Mr. Trump himself has continued to baselessly suggest that ongoing counting of legally cast votes is illegitimate, tweeting "STOP THE COUNT!" on Thursday morning.
Find results for all races in the CBS News Election Center, and updates from key states here:
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