DELETED: Joe Biden secures presidency, defeating Trump after a long, bitterly contested count

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - NOVEMBER 06: Election workers validate ballots at the Gwinnete County Elections Office on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 in Lawrenceville, GA. With the surge in vote by mail/absentee ballots, analysts cautioned it could take days to count all the ballots, leading some states to initially look like victories for President Trump only to later shift towards democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Maricopa County Sheriff Deputies escort Biden supporter Ron Russ of Peoria away from an harassing crowd of pro-Trump supporters who have gathered in the parking lot of the Maricopa county elections building to protest election results on November 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Russ said he came here because his father was a WWII vet and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

A crowd of about 1,000 pro-Trump supporters gather in the parking lot outside the Maricopa county elections building to protest election results on November 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.

A dozen Trump supporters gathered Friday behind metal police barricades outside the Philadelphia convention center where election workers were counting ballots. (Michael Finnegan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Congressional election results, final update of the night. Tribune News Service 2020

Presidential election results, final update of the night. Tribune News Service 2020

Election workers validate ballots at the Gwinnete County Elections Office on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 in Lawrenceville, GA. With the surge in vote by mail/absentee ballots, analysts cautioned it could take days to count all the ballots, leading some states to initially look like victories for President Trump only to later shift towards democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at the Pennsylvania Convention Center with city election commission chair Lisa Deeley, left, and Darrell Clarke, the City Council president. (Michael Finnegan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)