House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called to congratulate apparent President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday, according to their aides.

Aides said Pelosi, a California Democrat, and Schumer, a New York Democrat, called Biden around 12:45 p.m. “to congratulate him on a tremendous victory.” Major media outlets called the race for Biden after he crossed the 270-electoral vote threshold Saturday.

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