He did not bring along a clear Democratic Senate majority, and several Democratic House candidates lost, raising the prospect of a closely divided government likely to test his promise of bipartisanship. Talking so much about his family played into Trump’s efforts to sully Joe Biden and son Hunter as corrupt. That victory sent a message to Democratic voters in key states that Biden could build a winning coalition. “I endorsed Joe Biden as soon as he announced because I thought he was the only candidate who would ever win” battleground states, said Gwen Graham, a former Florida congresswoman and 2018 candidate for governor. “Joe Biden is just a fundamentally decent man,” she said.

Source: Manila Times November 08, 2020 02:15 UTC