'We Made It', Gov. Evers Says WI Casts Its 10 Electoral Votes

MADISON, WI — Wisconsin’s Electoral College met at the Wisconsin State Capitol to officially assign Wisconsin’s Electoral College votes. On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers signed the Certificate of Ascertainment, certifying Wisconsin’s election results and the slate of electors for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Evers signed the Certificate of Ascertainment, certifying Wisconsin's election results and the slate of electors for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

"We made it," Evers said after the votes were tallied.

Monday's meeting with electors officially assigned Wisconsin's 10 electoral college votes to Biden and Harris, consistent with the candidates who received a plurality of Wisconsin's popular vote during the Nov. 3 general election, the release said.

You can watch the footage of the meeting on Wisconsin Eye.

“Now more than ever, our country deserves leaders who will put people first and return kindness, empathy, and compassion back to the White House,” Evers said. “That’s why today we were proud vote unanimously to assign Wisconsin’s 10 electoral college votes to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris."

Elector Khary Penebaker tweeted "I proudly cast my #ElectoralCollege ballot for @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris! I put hearts around my “X”’s cuz this is such an amazing feeling."

Biden won Wisconsin by just over 20,000 votes, and his win was reaffirmed following a recount the Trump campaign requested in Milwaukee and Dane counties — both heavily Democratic counties. Trump and his allies have filed several lawsuits challenging the results in Wisconsin and nearly all of them have been thrown out. One case being heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court also ended in a judgement against Trump Monday.

President Donald Trump's latest loss occurred Saturday in a federal lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig, a Trump appointee, dismissed Trump's federal lawsuit asking the court to order the Republican-controlled Legislature to name Trump the winner over Biden. The judge said Trump's arguments "fail as a matter of law and fact."

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump's legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state's 10 votes for Biden.

Reporting and writing from The Associated Press was used in this report.