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• Legislation tackles lead poison- 3

“All children deserve to live in a home that is free of toxins.”

• How Biden campaign survived- 8 “One day, you look like a loser and then all of a sudden you start winning.”

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Kalama Harris’ firsts: First woman to be vice president, first woman of color to be vice president, first woman of South Asian descent, first daughter of immigrants. She is the representation of so many promises finally fulfilled, so many hopes and dreams.- V. Friedman

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After election, Biden and Harris forge ahead with transition plans

While President Trump has still not conceded the presidential race to his opponent, Presidentelect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are moving forward with transition plans.

The Biden team updated its website to showcase four policy areas the incoming administration will prioritize: COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change.

The site also includes a page devoted to the transition process, which it says will prioritize “diversity of ideology and background; talent to address society’s most complex challenges; integrity and the highest ethical standards to serve the American people and not special interests; and transparency to garner trust at every stage.”

“Our nation is grappling with a pandemic, an economic crisis, powerful calls for racial justice, and the existential threat of climate change.

President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris know we can’t simply go back to the way things were before. The team being assembled will meet these challenges on Day One and build us back better,” the site reads.

The transition now has official social media channels as well — with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts using the handle @ Transition46.

On Sunday morning, the transition’s Twitter account posted a video narrated by Biden discussing his goals for his presidency.

Biden also said he will announce “transition

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris advisers” to create a blueprint to address the coronavirus pandemic. The plan, he says, will be acted on starting “on January 20, 2021.”

On Sunday, Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield announced on NBC’s Meet the

Press that the president-elect’s coronavirus task force will be led by former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and David Kessler, a former head of the Food and Drug Administration.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER US-2, SCOTT, WHITEHOUSE, AND WOODLAND SOLAR POWER STATIONS CASE NO. PUR-2020-00231 •Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider US-2 by which it recovers the costs of three solar power stations.

•Dominion requests $9,528,537 for its 2021 Rider US-2. According to Dominion, this amount would decrease a typical residential customer’s bill using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $0.01.

•A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on March 16, 2021.

•Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

On October 5, 2020, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia, filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an annual update with respect to the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider US-2 (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with (i) the Scott Solar Facility, a 17 megawatt (“MW”) (nominal alternating current (“AC”)) facility located in Powhatan County; (ii) the Whitehouse Solar Facility, a 20 MW AC facility located in Louisa County; and (iii) the Woodland Solar Facility, a 19 MW AC facility located in Isle of Wight County (collectively, “US-2 Solar Projects” or “Projects”).

In Case No. PUE-2015-00104, the Commission approved construction of the US-2 Solar Projects. In conjunction therewith, the Commission also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider US-2, which allowed Dominion to recover costs associated with the development of the Projects. The US-2 Solar Projects achieved commercial operations in 2016.

In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider US-2 for the rate year beginning September 1, 2021, and ending August 31, 2022 (“2021 Rate Year”).

The two components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2021 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $8,975,279 and an Actual Cost True Up Factor revenue requirement of $553,258. Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $9,528,537 for service rendered during the 2021 Rate Year.

For purposes of calculating the revenue requirement in this case, Dominion utilized a rate of return on common equity of 9.2%, which was approved by the Commission in Case Nos. PUR-2017-00038 and PUR-2019-00050.

If the proposed Rider US-2 for the 2021 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider US-2 on September 1, 2021, would decrease the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.01. The Company indicates it has calculated the proposed Rider US-2 rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the most recent Rider US-2 proceeding, Case No. PUR-2019-00159, with the exception that in this case the Company did not remove federal customers’ and retail choice customers’ load and usage for the purpose of designing rates.

Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals.

TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents.

A public hearing on the Application shall be convened on March 16, 2021, at 10 a.m., to receive the testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff (“Staff”). Further details on the hearing will be provided by subsequent Commission Order or Hearing Examiner’s Ruling.

The Commission has taken judicial notice of the ongoing public health emergency related to the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the declarations of emergency issued at both the state and federal levels. In accordance therewith, all pleadings, briefs, or other documents required to be served in this matter should be submitted electronically to the extent authorized by 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”). Confidential and Extraordinarily Sensitive information shall not be submitted electronically and should comply with 5 VAC 5-20-170, Confidential information, of the Rules of Practice. For the duration of the COVID-19 emergency, any person seeking to hand deliver and physically file or submit any pleading or other document shall contact the Clerk’s Office Document Control Center at (804) 3719838 to arrange the delivery.

Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, the Commission has directed that service on parties and the Staff in this matter shall be accomplished by electronic means. Please refer to the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing for further instructions concerning Confidential or Extraordinarily Sensitive Information.

An electronic copy of the Company’s Application may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa R. Crabtree, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or LCrabtree@mcguirewoods.com. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

On or before March 16, 2021, any interested person may file comments on the Application by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00231.

On or before December 29, 2020, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. Such notice of participation shall include the email addresses of such parties or their counsel. The respondent simultaneously shall serve a copy of the notice of participation on counsel to the Company.

Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00231.

On or before February 2, 2021, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00231.

Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, except as modified by the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

The Company’s Application, the Commission’s Rules of Practice and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing may be viewed at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

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McEachin, García unveil legislation to protect children and families in public housing from lead poisoning Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) recently unveiled the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2020, legislation to protect children in federally-assisted housing from dangerous lead exposure and poisoning. Co-introduced by Congressman Jesús “Chuy” Garciía (IL-04), the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2020 would adopt federal prevention measures, including comprehensive risk assessments, to determine the presence of lead hazards.

While the incidence of lead poisoning in children has diminished, current federal regulations do not adequately prevent contact with lead or serious, lead-related health impacts.

Children with lead poisoning often require long-term medical treatment and special education services, as some effects can be irreversible.

“All children deserve to live in a home that is free of toxins, but for far too long, children living in federally-assisted housing have suffered from lead paint exposure,” said Congressman McEachin. “We have a responsibility to ensure that our children are as safe as possible, and this moment – when more families are staying at home to combat the COVID-19 pandemic – demands that we create a future free of environmental hazards.

That work must begin by ensuring that homes are free of toxic lead hazards, and the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act would protect millions of children from the devastating impacts of lead poisoning. Together, we can create a safer, healthier world for our nation’s children.”

“Everyone deserves a safe home, but in communities like mine in Chicago with older housing stock,

Rep. A. Donald McEachin the dangers of lead poisoning fall disproportionately on people of color. That’s why I’m joining Congressman McEachin to introduce the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act. Our bill will ensure proactive, thorough testing is performed for lead paint hazards in federally assisted housing where children could be exposed,” said Congressman García. “Current law requires only a quick visual check for lead hazards in federally assisted housing until a child is already sick-- and that’s too little, too late. Congress must act to keep our kids safe from lead poisoning.”

McEachin’s Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2020 is supported by more than 15 groups, including Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI), National Housing Law Protect (NHLP), National Low Income Housing Coalition, National Disability Rights Network, Earthjustice, RESULTS, National NeighborWorks® Association, Brain Injury Association of America, Public Justice Center, National

Housing Trust, National Center for Healthy Housing, the Arc of the United States, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force, National Homelessness Law Center, the American Public Health Association, Trust for America’s Health, Elevate Energy, and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council.

“Lead poisoning erodes children's ability to flourish, access opportunity, and reach their fullest potential,” said Emily Benfer, Wake Forest School of Law professor and leading researcher on health justice. “The Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act is a critical measure that will protect millions of children from permanent brain damage and ensure that low-income families are no longer forced to choose between homelessness or lead poisoning. By correcting federal housing standards that require a child to develop lead poisoning before any interventions occur, the LSHKA protects our most vulnerable children from severe harm. Eliminating the scourge of lead poisoning must be a national priority that starts with the LSHKA.” “It is unconscionable that children in 2020 are still suffering from lead paint exposure in federally assisted homes, said Shamus Roller, NHLP executive director. Our current inspection standards require children to demonstrate exposure to lead poisoning before HUD will inspect the property, and landlords are required to take action to remediate. Mr. McEachin’s Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act will not only mandate sufficient inspection protocols, it will provide the funds to remediate the hazard. NHLP celebrates this incredible legislation

that will keep children safe at home and secure brighter futures for those who live in federally assisted programs.”

For far too long, children living in federally supported housing have been provided lesser protections from the dangers posed by exposure to lead hazards in their homes,” said Ruth Ann Norton, GHHI president and CEO. “Under the Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act introduced by Congressmen Donald McEachin and Jesús ‘Chuy’ García, these homes will finally have the standards and protections afforded through other HUD programs and the private markets to protect the children who live there and more importantly better ensure their life outcomes and opportunities.”

The Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2020 would ensure safe, affordable housing for families by adopting comprehensive measures to reduce the threat of lead exposure and poisoning, including: Requiring the use of risk assessments, a more accurate evaluation tool to identify lead hazards before a family moves into the home; Requiring landlords to disclose and control lead hazards if found in the home, as well as providing notice to tenants about their rights under the Fair Housing Act; Providing a process for families to relocate on an emergency basis, without penalty or the loss of assistance, if a lead hazard is identified in the home and the landlord fails to control the hazard within 30 days of being notified of the presence of lead; and Establishing a robust demonstration project for tenantbased housing to help cover the cost of remediation.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES: PARTIAL LINE #2010 230 KV SINGLE CIRCUIT TRANSMISSION LINE UNDERGROUND PILOT PROJECT (TYSONS-FUTURE SPRING HILL SUBSTATION) CASE NO. PUR-2020-00198

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On September 29, 2020, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia ("Dominion" or "Company") filed with the State Corporation Commission ("Commission") an application for approval and certification of electric transmission facilities ("Application") in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Dominion filed its Application pursuant to ยง 56-585.1:5 and ยง 56-46.1 of the Code of Virginia ("Code") and the Utility Facilities Act, Code ยง 56-265.1 et seq.

Through its Application, the Company proposes: (1) to remove an approximate 0.56 mile segment of its existing overhead 230 kilovolt ("kV") Reston-Tysons Line #2010 from the Tysons Substation to just south of the site for the future Spring Hill Substation and to relocate and replace the line underground; (2) to complete work at the Tysons Substation to allow this segment of Line #2010 to be relocated underground; and (3) to construct a transition pole just south of the future Spring Hill Substation to transition Line #2010 from an underground line to an overhead line (collectively, "Project").

Dominion states that the Project is necessary to support economic development priorities of the Commonwealth, including the economic development priorities and the Comprehensive Plan of Fairfax County, Virginia. The Company requests that the Project be approved by the Commission as a project that qualifies as a line to be placed underground, in part, because the Project meets all of the statutory requirements set forth in Code ยง 56-585.1:5 D for the Underground Pilot Program. Dominion represents that pursuant to Code ยง 56-585.1:5 D, Fairfax County has adopted a resolution in support of the Project and requested that the Company relocate and convert a portion of Transmission Line #2010 between the Tysons Substation and the future Spring Hill Substation from overhead to underground to facilitate the construction of a large planned mixeduse development, named "The View," that supports the economic development priorities and Comprehensive Plan of Fairfax County.

approximately $0.70 million for overhead transmission line-related work, and approximately $7.10 million for substation-related work.

The Proposed Route consists of approximately 0.58 mile of variable width right-of-way along existing Line #2010 between Tysons Substation and just south of the future Spring Hill Substation site. It largely will be on existing Company owned right-of-way and deviates for approximately 0.10 mile to accommodate the future site of The View development. The Line will exit the existing Tysons Substation across Tyco Road via VDOT permit and continue southwest for approximately 0.20 mile on existing 42-foot right-of-way. Temporary construction easements will be needed along this segment as will a VDOT permit. At this point, The Company states that the desired in-service date for this project is December the Line will depart from the existing right-of-way and turn south within a private 31, 2025. The Company represents that the estimated conceptual cost of service road for approximately 0.05 mile on a newly acquired 30-foot easement the Project (in 2020 dollars) is approximately $30.4 million, which includes until it reaches Spring Hill Road (Route 684). Temporary construction easement approximately $22.6 million for underground transmission line-related work, will be required along this segment. At Spring Hill Road, the Line will turn west

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within Spring Hill Road for approximately 0.05 mile via a VDOT permit until it reaches Leesburg Pike (Route 7). These two 0.05 mile sections of the Line are being relocated outside of the existing right-of-way to accommodate The View, a future development. At Leesburg Pike, the Line turns southwest crossing under the elevated Metro Train Line and crossing Leesburg Pike via a VDOT permit for approximately 0.05 mile and then continues on existing 42-foot right-of-way for approximately 0.14 mile where it turns southeast and goes around the east side of the future Spring Hill Substation site within existing easement and the future Substation parcel. Temporary construction easements will be required along this segment. Just south of the future Spring Hill Substation parcel, the Line continues on existing 42-foot right-of-way to terminate at a Transition Pole.

For purposes of this Project, the Company intends to build a Transition Pole just south of the location where the Company plans to construct the future Spring Hill Substation. The Transition Pole will be approximately 140 feet tall, subject to final engineering. The Company also intends to replace the existing Structure #2010/12 located south of the future Spring Hill Substation and the Transition Pole. The existing approximately 61-foot Structure #2010/12 will be replaced with an approximately 90-foot structure, subject to final engineering.

All distances, heights, and directions are approximate. A sketch map of the proposal accompanies this notice. A more detailed map may be viewed on the Commission's website: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Transmission-Line-Projects.

The Commission may consider a route not significantly different from the routes described in this notice without additional notice to the public.

A more complete description of the Project may be found in the Company's Application.

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Virginia 23219, or by electronic means, the Commission will convene a hearing to receive testimony and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission's Staff. Further details on this hearing will be provided by subsequent Commission Order or Hearing Examiner's Ruling.

Electronic copies of the Application and other supporting materials, including a video depiction of the route, may be inspected at: http://www. dominionenergy.com/springhill. An electronic copy of the Company's Application also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, David J. DePippo, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or david.j.depippo@dominionenergy.com.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing, on or before December 29, 2020, a notice of participation. Notices of participation shall include the email addresses of the party or its counsel.

The respondent simultaneously shall serve a copy of the notice of participation on counsel to the Company. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure ("Rules of Practice"), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00198.

For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission's Order for Notice and Hearing.

On or before March 26, 2021, any interested person may file comments The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding on the Application by following the instructions found on the Commission's that, among other things, scheduled public hearings on Dominion's Application. website: scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/Submit-Public-Comments. All such On March 31, 2021, at 10 a.m., the Commission will hold a telephonic hearing, comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2020-00198. with no witness present in the Commission's courtroom, for the purpose of receiving the testimony of public witnesses. On March 29, 2021, any person Any documents filed in paper form with the Office of the Clerk of the desiring to offer testimony as a public witness shall provide to the Commission Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other (a) your name, and (b) the telephone number that you wish the Commission respects, except as modified by the Commission's Order for Notice and to call during the hearing to receive your testimony. This information may Hearing, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, be provided to the Commission in three ways: (i) by filling out a form on the Copies and format, of the Commission's Rules of Practice.

Commission's website at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting; (ii) by completing and emailing the PDF version of this form to SCCInfo@scc.

The Company's Application, the Commission's Rules of Practice, the virginia.gov; or (iii) by calling (804) 371-9141. This public witness hearing will Commission's Order for Notice and Hearing, and other documents filed in the be webcast at scc.virginia.gov/pages/Webcasting. case may be viewed at: scc.virginia.gov/pages/Case-Information.

On April 1, 2021, at 10 a.m., either in the Commission's second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond,

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Kamala Harris dresses for history VANESSA FRIEDMAN ANALYSIS

On Saturday night, when Kamala Harris stepped onto the stage and into history at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., as vice president-elect of the

United States, she did so in full recognition of the weight of the moment, and in full acknowledgment of all who came before. Of the fact she is so many firsts: first woman to be vice president, first woman of color to be vice president, first woman of South Asian descent, first daughter of immigrants. She is

the representation of so many promises finally fulfilled, so many hopes and dreams.

How do you begin to express that understanding; embody the city shining on a hill? For the next four years, that will be part of the job.

She said it — “while I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last” — and she signaled it, wearing something she had not worn in any of her moments of firsts since she joined Mr. Biden as his No. 2 (or, indeed, in the months before when she was running for the Democratic nomination herself): a white pantsuit with a white silk pussy-bow blouse. Two garments that have been alternately fraught and celebrated symbols of women’s rights for decades, but which over the last four years have taken on even more potency and power.

The white pantsuit: a nod to the struggle to break the final glass ceiling, stretching from the suffragists through Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and the women of Congress. A garment in a color meant, as an early mission statement for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage published in 1913 read, to symbolize “the quality of our purpose.”

Latterly redolent with frustration; now, finally, transformed into a beacon of achievement.

The pussy-bow blouse: the quintessential working woman’s uniform in the years when they began to flood into the professional sphere; the female version of the tie; the power accessory of Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister. And then, suddenly, a potentially subversive double entendre in the hands of Melania Trump, who wore a pussy-bow blouse after her husband’s “grab ’em by the pussy” scandal.

The point was not who made the clothes; it wasn’t about marketing a brand. The point was that to wear those clothes — to make those choices — on a night when the world was watching, in a moment that would be frozen for all time, was not fashion. It was politics. It was for posterity.

Now, again, reclaimed.

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How Biden’s team survived a wild five days Before his speech on Saturday night, Biden convened a Zoom call with the entire campaign staff. He and his wife, Jill, as well as Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, spoke.

“If you have any doubt about everything you put into this, just turn on the TV and see the people celebrating all around the nation,” Biden told the group.

Biden’s speech was essentially the same message he’s delivered since first announcing his candidacy on April 25, 2019.

“Let this grim era of demonization in America end here and now,” Biden said. “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric. Lower the temperature.

See each other again. Listen to each other again.

To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies. They are not our enemies.

They’re Americans. They’re Americans.”

It was only four days since the election, but to many Biden aides, it felt like weeks since the first returns rolled in.

Election Day night started ominously in Florida

— specifically Miami-Dade, one of the state’s most Democrat-rich areas. Biden was expected to rack up huge margins. But he didn’t.

“It was a complete gut punch,” said a longtime Biden confidante who spoke to the former vice president. “We knew we might lose [Florida], but not like that. And then the feeling was, ‘Uh-oh.’”

The campaign knew Florida would be the weakest of the battleground states. But they didn’t think it would be this bad.

Then ballots came in from Biden’s home away from home, Pennsylvania, where Trump also led.

The Biden campaign had expected a so-called

“red mirage” across different battleground states because a huge number of Biden voters cast mail-in ballots, which would be counted after Election Day ballots in Pennsylvania as well as Wisconsin.

After absorbing the bad news from Florida, the mood inside the campaign improved as aides pored over the numbers and identified encouraging turnout patterns, especially in the suburbs.

A sense of momentum and hope became more palpable hours later after Arizona began reporting results that showed Biden winning.

If he could carry the once-reliably red state and win Wisconsin and Michigan, where turnout looked strong, Biden could lose Pennsylvania as well as Florida.

But Pennsylvania was important to him personally as well, part of his boy-fromScranton identity. The next morning, on Friday, Pennsylvania began to deliver.

“Joe knows he’s a winner,” Brady said.