After this update, Maricopa County still has about 140,000 ballots to count. In total, Arizona still has about 220,000 statewide ballots to report, CNN’s Kyung Lah reports.

Watch: 17 min ago

Trump needs to “significantly improve” Arizona numbers to overtake Biden, CNN’s Chalian says

From CNN’s Adrienne Vogt

With about 220,000 outstanding votes in Arizona, CNN’s David Chalian said that President Trump needs “to significantly improve his performance in the rest of the vote” to overtake Joe Biden’s lead.  “Joe Biden would only need 39 to 41% of them to hang onto his lead and win Arizona. Donald Trump’s number is the one to look at. He would need about 58 to 60%…of those uncounted ballots in Arizona,” according to Chalian. 

In the latest update from Arizona’s Maricopa County — where Phoenix is located — Trump gained 31,716 and Biden added 28,285 votes. 

“Donald Trump won 51% of those votes. Joe Biden got 46%. That number, 51% for Donald Trump, that is below what he needs to be doing if he’s actually going to overtake Joe Biden and win Arizona,” he added. 

“Even though he’s making some ground … Donald Trump actually has to significantly improve his performance in the rest of the vote than what we just saw in that latest update,” Chalian said. 

Watch: 24 min ago

GOP Senator: Calls on counting votes need to be consistent 

From CNN’s Ted Barrett

Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate GOP leadership, said President Trump has a right to want to make sure all legal votes are counted. However, he warned the President needs to be consistent: “You can’t stop the count in one state and decide you want the count to continue in another state. That might be how you’d like to see the system work, but that’s not how the system works.” 

Blunt, who as Rules Committee chairman is heavily involved in inaugural planning, said he expects the election outcome to be concluded in the next 10 days or so.

“Part of the obligation of leadership is you should always have in your mind how do I leave,” he said.

“Win or lose, both candidates should have been thinking about transition now for some time. And we will have a transition. And I think this will all be settled within the next 10 days or so.”

Blunt was in the Capitol to preside over a brief pro-forma session of the Senate. He spoke off-camera to reporters. 31 min ago

Here’s where the vote stands in Arizona’s Maricopa County

Arizona’s Maricopa County, which includes the Phoenix area, just released its latest tally as it continues to count votes.

Here are the latest numbers:

• Joe Biden: 972,570 votes
• President Trump: 912,115 votes

Arizona is one of six states where CNN has not yet made a projection. There are 11 electoral votes at stake.

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