Donald Trump concedes defeat, says there will be ‘orderly transition’ on January 20
'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.
'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.
As Biden appealed to Americans to "turn the page" on the divisive contest, electors met across all US states to seal his win, with California pushing Biden over the majority of 270 votes.
"This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud," he claimed, again without backing this up. "We won the election easily."
The confirmation makes Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the southern US state.
Trump has yet to concede nearly a week after US media announced that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden had defeated him in the November 3 presidential election.
Mr Thanedar, 65, also a scientist, raised a record-breaking USD 438,620, primarily from his own wealth, in the state House primary against six other opponents of the Democratic Party.
In New York's Democratic stronghold demonstrators were hopeful but wary of calling it for their candidate Biden just yet.
Reacting to a Twitter post on the study, Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden said "President Trump doesn't care about you. He doesn't even care about his own supporters."
'Given this, companies like ours need to go well beyond what we've done before,' he said.
Ms Haley, who went on to become one of the most successful US Ambassador to the UN, is now campaigning in support of Trump's re-election bid.