CONWAY — “The waiting is the hardest part.”
The late rocker Tom Petty’s lyrics captured the mood around the country as the nation waited anxiously to see who would win the presidency. Incumbent Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden were forced to play the waiting game while votes were still being counted in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
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