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*'''December 18:''' The full House of Representatives formally votes along party lines to [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeach Trump]]. Gabbard, in her capacity as a House representative of Hawaii, is the lone congressperson to vote "[[Abstention|present]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |title=Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress |last1=Fandos |first1=Nicholas |date=December 18, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 18, 2019 |url-status=live |last2=Shear |first2=Michael D. |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A defiant Trump rallies supporters in [[Battle Creek, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch live: Trump holds rally as House votes on impeachment and says "we did nothing wrong"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-battle-creek-today-2020-campaign-kellogg-arena-live-stream-updates-2019-12-18/|publisher=CBS News|date=December 18, 2019|accessdate=December 18, 2019}}</ref> |
*'''December 18:''' The full House of Representatives formally votes along party lines to [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeach Trump]]. Gabbard, in her capacity as a House representative of Hawaii, is the lone congressperson to vote "[[Abstention|present]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |title=Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress |last1=Fandos |first1=Nicholas |date=December 18, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 18, 2019 |url-status=live |last2=Shear |first2=Michael D. |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A defiant Trump rallies supporters in [[Battle Creek, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch live: Trump holds rally as House votes on impeachment and says "we did nothing wrong"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-battle-creek-today-2020-campaign-kellogg-arena-live-stream-updates-2019-12-18/|publisher=CBS News|date=December 18, 2019|accessdate=December 18, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''December 19:''' The sixth Democratic debate takes place on the campus of [[Loyola Marymount University]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/08/democratic-debate-los-angeles-068071|title=New venue announced for December Democratic debate in Los Angeles|first=Quint|last=Forgey|work=Politico|date=November 8, 2019}}</ref> |
*'''December 19:''' The sixth Democratic debate takes place on the campus of [[Loyola Marymount University]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/08/democratic-debate-los-angeles-068071|title=New venue announced for December Democratic debate in Los Angeles|first=Quint|last=Forgey|work=Politico|date=November 8, 2019}}</ref> |
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== 2020 == |
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=== January 2020 === |
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[[File:Pete Buttigieg (49377308352).jpg|thumb|Buttigieg campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa, January 12, 2020]] |
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[[File:Joe Biden (49385166178).jpg|thumb|Biden speaking to supporters at his campaign office in Des Moines, Iowa, January 13, 2020]] |
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*'''January 2:''' |
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** Castro drops out of the Democratic primary, after failing to gain traction in the race and struggling to raise enough money to stay solvent.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Julián Castro ends presidential campaign |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/02/politics/julian-castro-ends-campaign/index.html |last=Merica |first=Dan |date=January 2, 2020 |work=CNN |access-date=January 2, 2020 }}</ref> |
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** Struggling financially, Williamson lays off her entire campaign staff but pledges to stay in the race with just volunteers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marianne Williamson pledges to stay in 2020 race with 'volunteer' campaign staff|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/03/marianne-williamson-pledges-to-stay-in-2020-presidential-race-093188|publisher=Politico|first=Caitlin|last=Oprysko|date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 6:''' Former Rhode Island governor and senator [[Lincoln Chafee]] announces his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln-chafee-2020-presidential-election-ex-rhode-island-senator-governor-files-to-run-for-president-as-libertarian/|title=Ex-Rhode Island senator, governor Lincoln Chafee files to run for president as Libertarian|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 6, 2020|work=CBS News}}</ref> |
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*'''January 10:''' |
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** Williamson drops out of the Democratic primary, eight days after laying off her entire campaign staff.<ref name=williamsonends>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/us/politics/marianne-williamson-drops-out.html |title= Marianne Williamson Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race|first=Maggie |last=Astor|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 10, 2020|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Six candidates qualify for the seventh Democratic debate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/23/who-has-qualified-january-democratic-debate/?arc404=true|title=Who has qualified for the January Democratic debate|website=Washington Post|accessdate=January 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 13:''' Struggling financially, and facing the prospect of being forced off the campaign trail to attend the [[impeachment trial of Donald Trump]] in his capacity as a senator, Booker drops out of the Democratic primary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/13/booker-dropout-098177|title=Booker drops out of presidential race|first=Nolan D.|last=McCaskill|work=Politico|date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 14:''' The seventh Democratic debate takes place at [[Drake University]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]].<ref name="politico20191212"/> |
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*'''January 15–16:''' The House of Representatives appoints impeachment managers, who then formally present the articles of impeachment to the Senate to begin the [[impeachment trial of Donald Trump]]. This forces the remaining senators running for the Democratic nomination (Bennet, Klobuchar, Sanders, and Warren) off the campaign trail on the days when the trial is in session.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/extended-impeachment-sparks-concerns-about-disruptions-to-democratic-presidential-primary/2019/10/29/45ce597e-f6a0-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html|title=Drawn-out impeachment process sparks concerns about disruptions to Democratic presidential primary|work=Washington Post|date=October 30, 2019|first1=Michael|last1=Scherer|first2=Mike|last2=DeBonis}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/house-vote-wednesday-to-transmit-trump-impeachment-articles-to-senate.html|title=Pelosi says House will send Trump impeachment articles to the Senate Wednesday|website=CNBC|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 17''': |
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** The [[United States Supreme Court]] agrees to combine and hear ''[[Colorado Department of State v. Baca]]'' and ''[[Chiafalo v. Washington]]'' to resolve the question as to whether states can constitutionally punish [[faithless elector]]s, a ruling that could fundamentally change the outcome of 2020 and future presidential elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/faithless-elector-supreme-court-will-hear-case-could-change-how-n1113051|title='Faithless elector': Supreme Court will hear case that could change how presidents are chosen|website=NBC News|date=January 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Start of early voting: Minnesota<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.messagemedia.co/millelacs/news/press_releases/dfl-announces-presidential-primary/article_bddfe152-25ae-11ea-b0ab-87f728edb007.html|title=DFL announces 2020 presidential primary|website=Mille Lacs Messenger|date=December 28, 2019|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 18''': |
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** Start of early voting: Vermont,<ref name=earlyvermont>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/vermont/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Vermont|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> [[2020 Virginia Democratic primary|Virginia Democratic primary]] (In-Person Absentee)<ref name=earlyvirginia>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/virginia/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Virginia|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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**The first of a series of North Dakota Republican Party district conventions, which elect delegates to the state party convention. The North Dakota Republican Party does not hold any presidential preference caucus or primary per se, but instead selects their national convention delegates directly at the state party convention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ndgop.org/event/district-38-convention/|title=District 38 Convention – North Dakota Republican Party}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=North Dakota Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/ND-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate=January 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 20''': Eight Democratic candidates appear at the [[Iowa Brown and Black Forum]] in Des Moines, Iowa.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akwv55/everything-that-went-down-at-the-2020-iowa-brown-and-black-presidential-forum|title=Everything That Went Down at the 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum|last=Uberti|first=David|website=Vice|date=January 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 21''': The first case of [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 in the U.S.]] is confirmed in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html|title=First Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States|website=www.cdc.gov|date=January 21, 2020|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121201717/https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.html|archive-date=January 21, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 25''': Start of early voting: Michigan<ref name=earlymichigan>{{Cite web|url=https://michigandems.com/vote/ |accessdate=January 10, 2020 |date=December 18, 2019 |work=Michigan Democratic Party |title=Important Dates}}</ref> |
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*'''January 28''': The [[Lesser-Known Candidates Forum]] takes place at [[New Hampshire Institute of Politics]] on the campus of [[Saint Anselm College]] in [[Goffstown, New Hampshire]], featuring 17 Republican and 33 Democratic minor candidates.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/live-soon-lesser-known-presidential-candidates-participate-in-forum-in-manchester/30693119|title=Lesser-known presidential candidates participate in forum in Manchester|first=Kristen|last=Carosa|website=WMUR|date=January 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 30''': The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) declares the COVID-19 outbreak a [[Public Health Emergency of International Concern]].<ref name="WHO_PHEIC_decl2">{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) |title=Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) |date=January 30, 2020|work=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200131005904/https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) |archive-date=January 31, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''January 31''': |
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** Unable to gain traction, Delaney drops out of the Democratic race, stating that he does not want to take support from other candidates in the upcoming Iowa caucuses.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B |title=John Delaney says he's dropping out of presidential race |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-delaney-says-hes-dropping-out-of-presidential-race/2020/01/31/69187b22-41fe-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 31, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Democratic National Committee removes the donor qualification requirements for the ninth and subsequent Democratic debates, paving the way for Bloomberg to participate since he is primarily using his own money instead of accepting individual donations. Several of Bloomberg's opponents complain that this is basically changing the rules in the middle of the game.<ref>{{cite news|title=DNC overhauls debate requirements, opening door for Bloomberg|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/dnc-shifts-debate-requirements-opening-door-for-bloomberg-110017 |work=Politico |date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> |
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** A group of six Democratic National Committee members discuss potential rule changes designed to weaken Sanders's surging campaign and head off a brokered convention. A DNC spokesman later dismisses the idea.<ref>{{cite news|title=DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/dnc-superdelegates-110083 |work=Politico |date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''January 31''': The Kansas Republican Convention assembles, where the second delegation to the national convention is chosen and officially bound to Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kansas.gop/event/kansas-gop-convention/|title=Kansas GOP Convention|work=[[Kansas Republican Party]]|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksnt.com/news/kansas-republican-party-wont-hold-2020-caucus/|title=Kansas Republican Party won't hold 2020 caucus|date=September 6, 2019|accessdate=January 7, 2020|author=Katherine Hoffman|work=[[KSNT]]}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kansasrepublicanparty/posts/10157748094192848|title=Kansas Republican Party|via=Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2020-02-01/trump-adviser-living-online-vs-offline-biggest-us-divide|title=Trump Adviser: Living Online vs Offline Biggest U.S. Divide|website=U.S. News|date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== February 2020 === |
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[[File:Joe Biden Rally at Hiatt Middle School - 49480899101.jpg|thumb|Biden at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, February 2, 2020]] |
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[[File:Bernie Sanders (49539872473).jpg|thumb|Sanders at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 15, 2020]] |
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[[File:Donald Trump (49566879848).jpg|thumb|Trump at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, February 19, 2020]] |
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*'''February 2''': Start of early voting: Maine (In-Person Absentee)<ref name=earlymaine>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/maine/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Maine|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 3''': |
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** [[2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses|Iowa Democratic caucuses]]. Final results are delayed after the Iowa Democratic Party experiences problems with its new app-based reporting system, causing errors and inconsistencies in the counting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-app.html|title=User-Error Problems With Mobile App for Iowa Caucuses Prompt Online Confusion|last1=Corasaniti|first1=Nick|last2=Frenkel|first2=Sheera|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/iowa-caucuses-live-results-coverage-2020/h_c22e9ef19aad606c0bb1246848443d3c|title=Iowa Democrats say there are "inconsistencies in the reporting" of results|work=CNN|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref> |
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** [[2020 Iowa Republican caucuses|Iowa Republican caucuses]] are won by Trump<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/03/us/elections/results-iowa-caucus-republicans.html|title=Live Results: Iowa Republican Caucuses|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Start of early voting: California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/ |title=Official Voter Information Guide|website=voterguide.sos.ca.gov}}</ref> |
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*'''February 4:''' |
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** The Nevada Democratic Party scraps the same app system that failed in Iowa, opting to directly use its backup reporting procedures for its state caucuses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/politics/iowa-caucus-app-issues/index.html|title=Nevada Democratic Party abandons problematic app used in Iowa caucuses|work=CNN|date=February 3, 2020|first1=Brian|last1=Fung|first2=Donie|last2=O'Sullivan}}</ref> |
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** The [[2020 State of the Union Address]], Trump's third State of the Union Address, and the second one after the [[1999 State of the Union Address|1999 address]] by [[Bill Clinton]] to be delivered by an impeached president.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Breshahan|first1=John|last2=Samuelshon|first2=Darren |title=Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 4 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/20/pelosi-invites-trump-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-on-feb-4-088744 |work=Politico |date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''February 5:''' The Senate ends the [[impeachment trial of Donald Trump]] and votes to acquit him, well short of the two-thirds super-majority required to convict him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805|title=Trump acquitted on impeachment charges, ending gravest threat to his presidency|author1=Kyle Cheney|author2=Andrew Desiderio|author3=John Bresnahan|date=February 5, 2020|accessdate=February 5, 2020|work=[[Politico]]}}</ref> |
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* '''February 6:''' The delays, errors, and inconsistencies surrounding the counting of the results of the [[2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses|Iowa Democratic caucuses]] prompts Democratic Chairman [[Tom Perez]] to call for a recanvass.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-sanders-neck-neck-iowa-nearly-all-votes-reported-n1131261|title=DNC chair calls for Iowa to recanvass caucus vote, says 'enough is enough'|website=NBC News|date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> Later that night, the Iowa Democratic Party announces the results of 100 percent of the precincts, showing Buttigieg and Sanders in a virtual tie for the lead (with the former having just a one-tenth of one percentage point advantage over the latter in state delegate equivalents) prompting several news organizations to not actually call a winner at this point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/803649933/iowa-keeps-getting-messier-5-takeaways-from-the-caucuses-near-tie|title=Iowa Keeps Getting Messier: 5 Takeaways From The Caucuses' Near-Tie|website=NPR|date=February 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/06/politics/iowa-caucus-results/index.html|title=Pete Buttigieg keeps narrow lead in Iowa caucus with 100% of precincts reporting|website=CNN|date=February 7, 2020|first1=Dan|last1=Merica|first2=Jeff|last2=Zeleny|first3=Adam|last3=Levy}}</ref> |
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*'''February 7:''' |
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** Walsh drops out of the Republican primary, accusing the party of being a "cult" in which Trump cannot be beat, and vowing to help the Democratic nomination get elected in the November general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/politics/joe-walsh-ends-campaign/index.html|title=Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump|website=CNN|date=February 7, 2020|first=Veronica|last=Stracqualursi}}</ref> |
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** Eighth Democratic debate, [[St. Anselm College]], [[Goffstown, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anselm.edu/news/saint-anselm-college-host-new-hampshires-only-democratic-presidential-primary-debate|title=Saint Anselm College to Host New Hampshire's Only Democratic Presidential Primary Debate|website=Saint Anselm College|author=Laura Lemire, Alexis Soucy|date=January 28, 2020|accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 10''': Both Buttigieg and Sanders formally request a recanvass of specific Iowa Caucus precincts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/10/sanders-buttigieg-request-iowa-recanvass-113269|title=Sanders, Buttigieg formally request Iowa recanvass|author=Zach Montellaro|date=February 10, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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*'''February 11''': |
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** [[2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary|New Hampshire Democratic primary]]: Sanders wins the popular vote,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/new-hampshire-primary-results-2020-114122|title=Sanders wins New Hampshire primary|author1=David Siders|author2=Stephanie Murray|author3=Trent Spiner|author4=Marc Caputo|author5=Alex Thompson|date=February 11, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> but his margin of victory over second-place Buttigieg is small enough that both candidates each clinch nine pledged delegates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Results: New Hampshire Primary |url=https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200211-new-hampshire/ |accessdate=February 12, 2020 |publisher=NPR |date=February 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212060815/https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200211-new-hampshire/ |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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** Both Bennet and Yang drop out of the Democratic race due to consecutive poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/michael-bennet-drops-out-of-presidential-race-114244|title=Michael Bennet drops out of presidential race|author=Elena Schneider|date=February 11, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/andrew-yang-drops-out-114208|title=Andrew Yang drops out|author=Eugene Daniels|date=February 11, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** [[2020 New Hampshire Republican primary|New Hampshire Republican primary]] is won by Trump<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/trump-wins-new-hampshire-gop-primary-114227|title=Trump wins New Hampshire GOP primary|author=Caitlin Oprysko|date=February 11, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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*'''February 12''': |
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** After a poor performance in the New Hampshire primary, Patrick drops out of the Democratic race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/12/deval-patrick-drops-out-democratic-presidential-race/4692297002/|title=Deval Patrick drops out of Democratic presidential race|website=USA Today|last1=Morin|first1=Rebecca |date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Start of early voting: Tennessee<ref name=tennesseeearly>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/tennessee/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Tennessee|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 13:''' Start of early voting: North Carolina<ref name=northcarolinaearly>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/north-carolina/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in North Carolina|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 15:''' Start of early voting: [[2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses|Nevada Democratic caucuses]]<ref name=earlynevada>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/nevada/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Nevada|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 15–17:''' Moving America Forward infrastructure forum, [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/presidential-candidates-will-talk-infrastructure-forum|title=Presidential Candidates Will Talk Infrastructure at Forum|work=Transport Topics|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''February 17:''' Start of early voting: Arkansas<ref name=earlyarkansas>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/arkansas/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Arkansas|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 18:''' Start of early voting: Texas,<ref name=earlytexas>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/texas/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Texas|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> Utah<ref name=earlyutah>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/utah/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Utah|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 19:''' |
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** Start of early voting: [[2020 Arizona Democratic primary|Arizona Democratic primary]]<ref name=earlyarizona>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/arizona/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Arizona|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Ninth Democratic debate, [[Paris Las Vegas]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/nbc-news-msnbc-announce-5-moderators-democratic-debate-las-vegas-n1130711|title=NBC News, MSNBC announce 5 moderators for Democratic debate in Las Vegas|work=NBC News|last1=Smith|first1=Allan|language=en|date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 21:''' Start of voting in Washington<ref name=earlywashington>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/washington/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Washington|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> All voting is by mail. |
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*'''February 22''': |
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** [[2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses|Nevada Democratic caucuses]] are won by Sanders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/2/22/21147131/bernie-sanders-nevada-caucuses-democratic-winner-2020|title=Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses|author=Ella Nilsen|date=February 22, 2020|work=Vox}}</ref> |
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** The Nevada Republican state committee officially binds its state delegation to Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-gop-binds-delegates-to-trump-1963597/|title=Nevada GOP binds delegates to Trump|author=Debra J. Saunders|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=February 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 24:''' Start of early voting: Colorado,<ref name=earlycolorado>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/colorado/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Colorado|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> Massachusetts<ref name=massachusettsearly>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ |work=Massachusetts Secretary of State |accessdate=January 7, 2020 |title=Elections Division |date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''February 25:''' Tenth Democratic debate, [[Gaillard Center]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name="politico20191212">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/12/2020-democratic-debate-schedule-083565|title=DNC announces 2020 debates in four early states|first=Zach|last=Montellard|work=Politico|date=December 12, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''February 27:''' |
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** The Iowa Democratic Party announces the results of the recount of the Iowa Democratic caucuses, changing Buttigieg's initial 0.003 percent victory in the state delegate equivalents to 0.04 percent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Final Iowa Caucus Results: Pete Buttigieg Wins|url=https://iowastartingline.com/2020/02/27/final-iowa-caucus-results-pete-buttigieg-wins/|last=Rynard|first=Pat|work=Iowa Starting Line|date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Start of early voting: Oklahoma<ref name=earlyoklahoma>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/oklahoma/ |title=Important Dates & Deadlines in Oklahoma|work=Rock the Vote |accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''February 29''': |
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** [[2020 South Carolina Democratic primary|South Carolina Democratic primary]] is won by Biden<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/south-carolina-primary-joe-biden-118348|title=Biden romps to victory in South Carolina|first=Marc|last=Caputo|work=Politico|date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Unable to win any delegates during the first four Democratic contests, Steyer drops out of the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/steyer-drops-out-of-2020-race-118370|title=Steyer drops out of 2020 race|work=Politico|date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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'''[[2020 Republican Party presidential primaries#Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries|Canceled Republican primaries/caucuses]]''': Alaska,<ref>{{cite news|title=Alaska GOP scraps 2020 presidential primary, helping Trump|url=https://apnews.com/d55401410bc34bcda582fd9b2483954d|date=September 21, 2019|accessdate=October 29, 2019}}</ref> Arizona,<ref name="ktar20190909"/> Hawaii,<ref name="ap20191212"/> Kansas,<ref name="ap20190907"/> Nevada,<ref name="ap20190907"/> New York,<ref name="NYGOPcanceled"/> South Carolina,<ref name="ap20190907"/> Virginia<ref name="VirginiaGOP">{{cite web |url=http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2019/09/virginia-republicans-will-hold-2020.html|title=Virginia Republicans Will Hold 2020 Presidential Preference Vote at State Convention|date=September 18, 2019|accessdate=September 19, 2019|work=Frontloading}}</ref> |
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[[File:Bernie Sanders - Rally at San Jose, CA - 1.jpg|thumb|Sanders at a rally in San Jose, California, March 1, 2020]] |
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[[File:Biden Bel Air Event- - 49627382133.jpg|thumb|Biden at a campaign event in Bel Air, California, March 5, 2020]] |
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[[File:President Trump at the Fox News Town Hall (49627375888).jpg|thumb|Trump participates in a town hall event hosted by Fox News in Scranton, Pennsylvania, March 5, 2020]] |
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*'''March 1''': Following his fourth-place finish in the South Carolina Democratic primary, Buttigieg drops out of the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/01/buttigieg-dropping-out-of-presidential-race-118489|title=Buttigieg drops out of presidential race|work=Politico|date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 2''': Klobuchar drops out of the Democratic race. Both she and Buttigieg then endorse, and urge moderate Democrats to rally around, Biden.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/klobuchar-ends-democratic-presidential-bid-set-to-endorse-biden|title=Klobuchar ends 2020 bid, set to join Buttigieg in Biden endorsement ahead of Super Tuesday|work=Fox News|first=Alex|last=Pappas|date=March 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 3 ([[Super Tuesday]])''': |
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** The New York Republican Party cancels its primary after Trump is the only candidate to submit the required number of names of his delegates.<ref name="NYGOPcanceled">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/03/new-york-cancels-republican-presidential-primary-1264971|title=New York cancels Republican presidential primary|work=Politico|date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> The candidates for delegate are declared elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-new-york-cancels-gop-primary-20200303-tra2ex6cnfaz5gs6vbz7oitjxm-story.html|title=New York cancels Republican primary after Trump only candidate to qualify|website=New York Daily News|last1=Slattery|first1=Denis|date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Voting begins in the [[2020 Democrats Abroad primary|Democrats Abroad primary]] |
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** '''Democratic primaries/caucuses:''' |
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*** Biden wins ten states: [[2020 Alabama Democratic primary|Alabama]], [[2020 Arkansas Democratic primary|Arkansas]], [[2020 Maine Democratic primary|Maine]], [[2020 Massachusetts Democratic primary|Massachusetts]], [[2020 Minnesota Democratic primary|Minnesota]], [[2020 North Carolina Democratic primary|North Carolina]], [[2020 Oklahoma Democratic primary|Oklahoma]], [[2020 Tennessee Democratic primary|Tennessee]], [[2020 Texas Democratic primary|Texas]], and [[2020 Virginia Democratic primary|Virginia]] |
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*** Bloomberg wins [[2020 American Samoa Democratic caucuses|American Samoa]] |
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*** Sanders wins four states: [[2020 California Democratic presidential primary|California]], [[2020 Colorado Democratic primary|Colorado]], [[2020 Utah Democratic primary|Utah]], and [[2020 Vermont Democratic primary|Vermont]] |
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** '''Republican primaries:''' |
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*** Trump runs unopposed in Maine<ref>{{cite web|title=Maine Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/ME-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate=January 5, 2020}}</ref> and Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/MN-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate=January 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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*** Trump wins the other 11 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Vermont |
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*'''March 4''': |
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** After an overall poor performance on Super Tuesday, Bloomberg drops out of the Democratic race and endorses Biden.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/04/mike-bloomberg-suspends-2020-campaign-120910|title=Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden|work=Politico|date=March 4, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The [[Free & Equal Elections Foundation]] sponsors a debate at the [[Hilton Chicago]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], attended by various third party candidates, and minor Democratic and Republican candidates.<ref>{{cite web|title=2020 Open Presidential Debate|url=https://freeandequal.org/presidential-debate-2020/|publisher=Free and Equal Elections Foundation|accessdate=September 13, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913031923/https://freeandequal.org/presidential-debate-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*'''March 5''': After an overall poor performance on Super Tuesday, including in her home state of Massachusetts, Warren drops out of the Democratic race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-2020-121931|title=Elizabeth Warren drops out|work=Politico|date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 10''': |
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** Due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, both Biden and Sanders cancel their Ohio rallies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/10/bernie-sanders-campaign-cancels-ohio-rally-tuesday-due-to-coronavirus-concerns.html|title=Ohio rallies Tuesday due to coronavirus concerns|work=CNBC|date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> The Democratic National Committee also announces that the 11th Democratic debate on March 15 will be held without an audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ktar.com/story/3014272/dems-say-no-live-audience-at-phoenix-debate-amid-coronavirus-fears/|title=Dems say no live audience at Phoenix debate amid coronavirus fears|work=KTAR|date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Voting period ends in the [[2020 Democrats Abroad primary|Democrats Abroad primary]], with counting expected to be completed on March 23. |
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** '''Democratic primaries/caucuses''': |
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*** [[2020 Washington Democratic primary|Washington]], in which all voting is by mail, becomes too close to call with numerous votes still remaining to be counted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20200310/Turnout.html|title=March 10, 2020 Presidential Primary - Voter Turnout|website=results.vote.wa.gov|accessdate=March 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*** Four states are called for Biden: [[2020 Idaho Democratic primary|Idaho]], [[2020 Michigan Democratic primary|Michigan]], [[2020 Mississippi Democratic primary|Mississippi]], and [[2020 Missouri Democratic primary|Missouri]] |
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*** [[2020 North Dakota Democratic caucuses|North Dakota]] is called for Sanders |
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** '''Republican primaries/caucuses''': |
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*** Trump runs unopposed in North Dakota (''[[United States presidential primary#Types of primaries and caucuses|non-binding race]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=North Dakota Republican Caucuses March 10th|url=https://www.newsdakota.com/2020/03/08/nd-republican-caucuses-march-10th/|publisher=NewsDakota.com|date=March 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=North Dakota Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/ND-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> and Washington.<ref>{{cite web|title=6 states will vote in Tuesday's GOP presidential primary. Trump will win all 6|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21172170/gop-primary-march-10-donald-trump|publisher=Vox|date=March 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Washington Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/WA-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate= February 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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*** Trump wins the four other states: Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri |
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*'''March 11''': The WHO [[COVID-19 pandemic|declares COVID-19 a pandemic]].<ref name="WHOpandemic">{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 |title=WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020 |date=March 11, 2020|publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 12''': Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic National Committee moves the 11th Democratic debate on March 15 from [[Phoenix, Arizona]] to the [[CNN]] studios in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="CNN_Mar12">{{cite web|title=Democratic debate moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, over coronavirus concerns, DNC announces |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/cnn-univision-debate-arizona-dc/index.html |website=CNN|date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 13''': |
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** Trump declares a national emergency regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=LiptakMarch13>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/politics/donald-trump-emergency/index.html|title=Trump declares national emergency—and denies responsibility for coronavirus testing failures|last=Liptak|first=Kevin|date=March 13, 2020|work=CNN|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Louisiana becomes the first state to postpone its primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving them from April 4 to June 20.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/louisiana-postpones-democratic-primary-over-coronavirus-the-first-state-to-do-so.html|title=Louisiana postpones Democratic primary over coronavirus, the first state to do so|work=CNBC|date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 14''': |
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** [[2020 Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses|Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses]] are won by Sanders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/politics/democratic-caucuses-northern-mariana-islands-sanders-biden/index.html|title=Bernie Sanders wins Northern Mariana Islands caucuses|work=CNN|date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Guam Republican Convention directly holds the territory's national delegate selection process, officially pledging all of its delegates to Trump.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2020/03/14/guam-republicans-back-trump-president-pledging-nine-delegate-votes/5040180002/|title=Guam Republicans back Trump for president, pledging nine delegate votes|work=Pacific Daily News|date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Georgia moves its primaries from March 24 to May 19 after a public health emergency is declared in the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/14/coronavirus-georgia-presidential-primaries-postponed-until-may/5052124002/|title=Georgia presidential primaries postponed over coronavirus concerns|work=Associated Press|publisher=USA Today|date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 15''': |
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** The Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses select national delegates bound to Trump.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi-local/73-local/2450-nmi-republicans-reiterate-support-for-trump|title=NMI Republicans reiterate support for Trump|work=Marianas Variety|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Eleventh Democratic debate, [[CNN]] studios in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="CNN_Mar12"/> |
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*'''March 16''': |
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** After a 13-day delay in counting all the mail-in ballots, Biden is declared the winner of the [[2020 Washington Democratic primary|Washington Democratic primary]], narrowly beating Sanders by 21,000 out of over 2 million votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/biden-washington-primary-133106|title=Biden declared winner in Washington state|work=Politico|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Kentucky moves its primaries from May 19 to June 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/kentucky-primary-postponed/index.html|title=Kentucky secretary of state says primary postponed|work=CNN|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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** After an Ohio judge denies Governor [[Mike DeWine]]'s attempt to move his state's primaries from March 17 to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic, DeWine and Ohio's health department still orders all polling places to remain closed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/ohio-governor-recommends-postponing-tuesdays-primary-132340|title=Ohio governor shutters polling places for Tuesday's primary|work=Politico|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 17''': |
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** The [[Ohio Supreme Court]] allows DeWine to proceed with postponing their primaries to June 2.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coronavirus: Ohio Supreme Court allows delay to primary election|url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200316/coronavirus-ohio-supreme-court-allows-delay-to-primary-election|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Maryland becomes the fifth state to postpone its primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving them from April 28 to June 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/maryland-postpones-april-28-primary-election-over-coronavirus-133776|title=Maryland postpones April 28 primary election over coronavirus |work=Politico|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Democratic National Committee calls for more states to allow voting-by-mail to cut down the number of postponed races.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/dnc-chairman-tom-perez-calls-for-voting-by-mail-in-primaries-amid-coronavirus-concerns/|title=DNC chairman Tom Perez calls for voting by mail in primaries amid coronavirus concerns|work=New York Post|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** '''Democratic primaries''': Biden wins all three states: [[2020 Arizona Democratic primary|Arizona]], [[2020 Florida Democratic primary|Florida]], [[2020 Illinois Democratic primary|Illinois]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/arizona-democratic-primary-election-results.html|title=Joe Biden wins Arizona primary, NBC News projects, as he piles up delegates|work=CNBC|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** '''Republican primaries''': Trump wins both Florida and Illinois, clinching enough delegates to officially become the Republican Party's presumptive nominee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-gop-presidential-nomination-for-president-primary-victories|title=Trump secures GOP presidential nomination with Tuesday's primary victories|work=Fox News|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 18''': |
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** With Trump clinching enough Republican delegates, Weld drops out of the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/politics/bill-weld-ends-presidential-campaign/index.html|title=Bill Weld ends Republican presidential campaign|work=CNN|date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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** American Samoa Republican caucuses |
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** The North Dakota Republican Party cancels its state convention and formal presidential selection meeting, originally scheduled for March 27–29, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The party states it will schedule an alternate mail-only option.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kfgo.com/2020/03/17/north-dakota-gop-cancels-state-convention-because/|title=North Dakota GOP cancels state convention because of coronavirus threat|work=KFGO|date=March 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ndgop.org/2020-state-convention/|title=2020 State Convention – North Dakota Republican Party|accessdate=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 19''': |
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** Gabbard drops out of the Democratic race and endorses Biden.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/19/tulsi-gabbard-ends-white-house-bid-137242|title=Tulsi Gabbard ends White House bid, endorses Biden|work=Politico|date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Connecticut postpone its primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving them from April 28 to June 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/politics/connecticut-postpones-primary/index.html|title=Connecticut governor says primaries moved to June|work=CNN|date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 20''': |
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** Indiana moves its primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, postponing them from May 5 to June 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/politics/indiana-moves-primary/index.html|title=Indiana governor signs executive order moving primary to June|work=CNN|date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The April 4 in-person voting in the [[2020 Hawaii Democratic primary|Hawaii Democratic primary]] is canceled in favor of mail-in voting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/d1a6e7d943d61daba5564388912220b5|title=Hawaii Democrats scrap in-person voting plan for primary|work=Associated Press|date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 21:''' The [[2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary|Puerto Rico Democratic primary]] is moved from March 29 to April 26 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/puerto-rico-postpones-presidential-primary-140734|title=Puerto Rico postpones presidential primary|work=Politico|date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 22:''' The April 4 in-person voting in the [[2020 Wyoming Democratic caucuses|Wyoming Democratic caucuses]] is canceled in favor of mail-in voting. The deadline is extended to April 17.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wyoming Democratic Caucus moves to only mail-in voting |url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyoming-democratic-caucus-moves-to-only-mail-in-voting/article_335d176b-f3d2-5ffd-9b38-7d50940cb523.html |work=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |date=March 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 23:''' |
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** The results of the [[2020 Democrats Abroad primary|Democrats Abroad primary]] are announced, with Sanders winning that race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/bernie-sanders-democrats-abroad-primary-143855|title=Sanders wins Democrats Abroad primary|work=Politico|date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Rhode Island moves its primaries from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-pushes-rhode-island-to-postpone-2020-primary.html|title=Rhode Island is the latest state to postpone its 2020 primary as coronavirus outbreak spreads|work=CNBC|date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The April 4 in-person voting in the [[2020 Alaska Democratic primary|Alaska Democratic primary]] is canceled, but mail-in voting is extended to April 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/politics/rhode-island-alaska-primaries-coronavirus/index.html|title=Rhode Island postpones primaries and Alaska Democrats cancel in-person voting due to coronavirus|work=CNN|date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 24:''' Delaware moves its primaries from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/9032386cff78d446475befeaa66de4d8|title=Delaware presidential primary delayed because of coronavirus|work=Associated Press|date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 25:''' After previously moving their primaries from March 17 to June 2, Ohio decides to cancel in-person voting, and moves the deadline for mail-in voting back to April 28.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/03/25/ohio-vote-by-mail-primary-election-149012|title=Ohio to run all-mail primary through April 28|work=Politico|date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 26:''' Pennsylvania moves its primaries from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/pa-primary-postponed-coronavirus-campaigns-20200327.html|title=Pennsylvania just postponed its primary due to coronavirus. Here's what it means for voters and 2020 campaigns|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 27:''' Mail-in voting in the [[2020 Hawaii Democratic primary|Hawaii Democratic primary]] is extended to May 22.<ref>{{cite web |title=Party-run Presidential Primary UPDATE |url=https://hawaiidemocrats.org/2020/03/27/party-run-presidential-primary-update/ |website=Democratic Party of Hawai‘i |accessdate=March 27, 2020 |date=27 March 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''March 28:''' New York becomes the last of the originally scheduled April 28 "[[Acela primary]]" states to postpone their primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving theirs to June 23.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/york-presidential-primary-state-grapples-record-numbers-coronavirus/story?id=69807852|title=New York presidential primary postponed amid record numbers of coronavirus cases|work=ABC News|date=March 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== April 2020 === |
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*'''April 1''': West Virginia moves its primaries from May 12 to June 9 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/gov-jim-justices-daily-briefing-on-wvs-coronavirus-response-set-for-1100-a-m-wednesday/|title=Gov. Jim Justice announces WV Primary Election will move to June 9, schools will remain closed through April 30|work=WBOY-TV|date=April 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 2''': |
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** The [[2020 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] is moved from July 13–16 to August 17–20 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="politico20200402">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/dnc-postpones-presidential-convention-until-august-17-161459|title=Democrats postpone presidential convention until August 17|work=Politico|date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** After previously moving it from March 29 to April 26, the [[2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary|Puerto Rico Democratic primary]] is put on indefinite hold.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/490890-puerto-rico-delays-its-primary-a-second-time|title=Puerto Rico delays its primary a second time|work=The Hill|date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 4''': Voting begins in the U.S. Virgin Islands Republican caucuses |
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*'''April 5''': Lincoln Chafee drops out of the Libertarian race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golocalprov.com/politics/new-lincoln-chafee-ends-presidential-bid|title=NEW: Lincoln Chafee Ends Presidential Bid|date=April 5, 2020|accessdate=April 5, 2020|work=GoLocalProv}}</ref> |
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*'''April 6''': |
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** The [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] denies Governor [[Tony Evers]]'s attempt to move his state's primaries from April 7 to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="Politico20200406"/> |
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** The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] issues its ruling in ''[[Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee]]'', overturning a [[United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin|U.S. District Court]]'s order that would have extended Wisconsin's absentee voting deadline to April 13.<ref name="Politico20200406">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/wisconsin-governor-orders-stop-to-in-person-voting-on-eve-of-election-168527|title=Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns governor, orders Tuesday elections to proceed|work=Politico|date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> The U.S Supreme Court however still allows the district court's ruling to delay the primary results to April 13.<ref name="WashingtonExaminer20200417">{{cite news|title=An awkward coronavirus Democratic primary in Wisconsin |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/an-awkward-coronavirus-democratic-primary-in-wisconsin |newspaper=The Washington Examiner |date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 7''': The Wisconsin primaries are held, with the results delayed to April 13 per the district court's ruling.<ref name="WashingtonExaminer20200417"/> |
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*'''April 8''': |
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** Sanders suspends his campaign, acknowledging that his "path toward victory is virtually impossible", effectively making Biden the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. Sanders also announces that he is still staying on the ballot in the remaining primaries, collecting as many national convention delegates as he can so they can significantly influence the Democratic Party's platform.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/bernie-sanders-suspends-his-presidential-campaign-175137|title=Bernie Sanders suspends his presidential campaign|work=Politico|date=April 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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** New Jersey moves its primaries from June 2 to July 7 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/491813-new-jersey-moves-primary-elections-to-july|title=New Jersey moves primary elections to July|work=The Hill|date=April 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 9:''' After previously moving it from April 24 to May 19 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia moves its primaries further to June 9.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-primary-delayed-again-june-during-coronavirus-emergency/W5ElsYWTsP5clpNAVTYXnO/|title=Georgia primary delayed again to June 9 during coronavirus emergency|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 10:''' Mail-in voting ends in the [[2020 Alaska Democratic primary|Alaska Democratic primary]]. Biden is declared the winner.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/politics/joe-biden-alaska-primary-results/index.html|title=Joe Biden wins Alaska Democratic primary|work=CNN|date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 13''': |
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** Sanders gives his endorsement to Biden in a livestream broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/13/politics/bernie-sanders-endorses-joe-biden/index.html|title=Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president|work=CNN|date=April 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The results of the Wisconsin primaries are announced. Trump had run unopposed in the Republican primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2020-01/Cert%20of%20Ballot%20Placement_pres%20pref.pdf|title=Certification of Ballot Placement for Presidential Preference Vote|website=Wisconsin Elections Commission|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> Biden is declared the winner in the [[2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary|Wisconsin Democratic primary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/joe-biden-defeats-bernie-sanders-as-wisconsin-releases-election-results/|title=Joe Biden officially wins Wisconsin primary over Bernie Sanders|work=Associated Press|publisher=The New York Post|date=April 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 14:''' |
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** Trump pledges to [[World Health Organization#Opposition from the Trump Administration|halt U.S. funding to the WHO]] while reviewing its role in "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/coronavirus-updates.html|title=Coronavirus Updates: Trump Halts U.S. Funding of World Health Organization|date=April 14, 2020|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414224652/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/coronavirus-updates.html|archive-date=April 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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** After previously moving it from April 4 to June 20 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Louisiana moves its primaries further to July 11.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/louisiana-presidential-primary-pushed-back-july-11-70147344|title=Louisiana presidential primary pushed back again, to July 11|work=ABC News|date=April 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 17:''' |
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** After previously moving it from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut moves its primaries further to August 11.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctpost.com/news/coronavirus/article/Facing-marina-closures-in-coronavirus-pandemic-15208585.php|title=Connecticut's presidential primary will be delayed further by coronavirus: August 11|last=Dixon|first=Ken|work=Connecticut Post|date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Mail-in voting ends in the [[2020 Wyoming Democratic caucuses|Wyoming Democratic caucuses]]. Biden is declared the winner after the results are completed two days later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/politics/wyoming-caucuses-results-biden-wins/index.html|title=Biden wins Wyoming caucuses|work=CNN|date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 27:''' After previously being moved from April 28 to June 23 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the [[2020 New York Democratic primary|New York Democratic primary]] is canceled altogether. New York State election officials say that Biden is the only viable candidate left in the race, and canceling it would save the state millions of dollars from printing the extra sheet on the ballot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/04/27/new-york-cancels-democratic-presidential-primary-1280260|title=New York cancels Democratic presidential primary|work=Politico|date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''April 28:''' |
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**Mail-in voting ends in the Ohio primaries. Trump had run unopposed in the Republican primary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ohio Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/OH-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate=April 6, 2020}}</ref> Biden is declared the winner in the [[2020 Ohio Democratic primary|Ohio Democratic primary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/495020-biden-wins-ohio-primary|title=Biden wins Ohio primary|work=The Hill|date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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**United States congressman [[Justin Amash]] announces a presidential exploratory committee for the Libertarian nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/justin-amash-exploratory-committee/index.html|title=Justin Amash announces presidential exploratory committee|date=April 28, 2020|accessdate=May 2, 2020|author=Byrd, Haley|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''April 30:''' Biden announces that his [[2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|vice presidential selection]] committee will consist of former senator [[Chris Dodd]] of Connecticut, mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] of Los Angeles, former counsel to the vice president [[Cynthia Hogan]], and representative [[Lisa Blunt Rochester]] of Delaware.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/politics/biden-vice-president-selection-committee/index.html|title=Biden campaign announces vice presidential selection committee|work=CNN|date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== May 2020 === |
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[[File:2020 Minneapolis Unrest (49952677233).jpg|thumb|right|Protesters gather in downtown Minneapolis over the [[killing of George Floyd]], May 28, 2020]] |
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*'''May 2''': Biden wins the [[2020 Kansas Democratic primary|Kansas Democratic primary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-wins-kansas-primary-putting-him-550-delegates-away-from-clinching-nomination/|title=Joe Biden wins Kansas primary, putting him fewer than 600 delegates away from clinching nomination|work=CBS News|date=May 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 5''': A U.S. District judge rules that the [[2020 New York Democratic primary|New York Democratic primary]] must proceed on June 23.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/politics/new-york-primary-back-on/index.html|title=Judge rules New York Democratic presidential primary will take place as planned|work=CNN|date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 7''': |
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** After previously moving it from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware moves its primaries further to July 7.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://6abc.com/delaware-covid-19-coronavirus-primary-elections-governor-john-carney/6160158/|title=Delaware primary elections moved to July 7 due to COVID-19 pandemic|work=WPVI-TV|date=May 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] files a motion to dismiss ''[[United States v. Flynn]]'' and not pursue charges against former National Security Advisor [[Michael Flynn]] for making false statements to the FBI regarding his communications with Russian ambassador [[Sergey Kislyak]] during the [[Presidential transition of Donald Trump|Trump presidential transition]].<ref name=Shea>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/michael-flynn-case-dropped.html|title=U.S. Drops Michael Flynn Case, in Move Backed by Trump|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first1=Adam|last1=Goldman|first2=Katie|last2=Benner|date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 12''': |
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** [[Emmet G. Sullivan]], the US District judge presiding over ''[[United States v. Flynn]]'', places a hold on the DOJ's move to drop charges against Flynn, and then appoints attorney [[John Gleeson (judge)|John Gleeson]] as an ''[[amicus curiae]]'' to prepare an argument against dismissal.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Spencer S.|last2=Leonnig|first2=Carol D.|date=12 May 2020|title=U.S. judge puts Justice Department's move to drop charges against Michael Flynn on hold|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-judge-puts-on-hold-justice-dept-move-to-dismiss-michael-flynns-guilty-plea-to-hear-outside-groups-challenges/2020/05/12/2fb4e356-949d-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Emmett G.|title=''Order Appointing Amicus Curiae''|url=https://www.usatoday.com/documents/6889859-Order/|access-date=2020-05-17|website=USA Today}}</ref> |
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** In Nebraska, Trump wins that state's Republican primary and Biden wins the [[2020 Nebraska Democratic primary|Nebraska Democratic primary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nebraska-primary-election-results-2020-05-12/|title=Joe Biden picks up more delegates in Nebraska primary win|work=CBS News|date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 19''': |
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** Flynn's attorney files an emergency petition for a writ of [[mandamus]] in the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals]], asking to overturn Judge Sullivan's recent orders and that he be removed from presiding over ''[[United States v. Flynn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Binnall|first1=Jesse R.|last2=McKasson|first2=Lindsay|last3=Frye|first3=Allisosn|last4=Powell|first4=Sydney|last5=McCann|first5=Molly|title=Emergency Petition for a Writ of Mandamus|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e80e0d236405d1c7b8eaec9/t/5ec4222cf1ca5608a0eefecd/1589912108756/Petition+%28filed%29.pdf|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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** In Oregon, Trump wins that state's Republican primary and Biden wins the [[2020 Oregon Democratic primary|Oregon Democratic primary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kptv.com/news/biden-trump-win-presidential-primaries-in-oregon/article_67ef263e-9a4a-11ea-84d6-9393e456efe8.html|title=Biden, Trump win presidential primaries in Oregon|work=Associated Press|publisher=KPTV|date=May 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 21:''' After being postponed indefinitely, the [[2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary]] is rescheduled for July 12.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/498996-puerto-rico-democrats-set-2020-primary-we-have-no-alternative-but-to-comply |title=Puerto Rico Democrats set 2020 primary: 'We have no alternative but to comply with the law' |first=Rafael |last=Bernal|work=The Hill|date=May 21, 2020 }}</ref> |
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*'''May 22:''' Mail-in voting ends in the [[2020 Hawaii Democratic primary|Hawaii Democratic primary]]. Biden is declared the winner.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-wins-hawaii-primary-still-short-of-enough-delegates-to-clinch-nomination-2020-05-23/|title=Biden wins Hawaii primary but still short of enough delegates to clinch nomination|work=CBS News|date=May 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 22–25:''' The [[2020 Libertarian National Convention]] is held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarian Party To Choose Its Presidential Ticket in Virtual Vote Over Memorial Day Weekend|url=https://reason.com/2020/05/09/libertarian-party-to-choose-its-presidential-ticket-in-virtual-vote-over-memorial-day-weekend/|website=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> [[Jo Jorgensen]] is officially chosen as the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jo Jorgensen Wins Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination|url=https://reason.com/2020/05/23/jo-jorgensen-wins-libertarian-party-presidential-nomination/|website=Reason|date=May 23, 2020}}</ref> and [[Spike Cohen]] becomes the party's vice presidential nominee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarian Party Picks Spike Cohen as Its Vice-Presidential Candidate|url=https://reason.com/2020/05/24/libertarian-party-picks-spike-cohen-as-its-vice-presidential-candidate/|website=Reason|date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''May 25–26''': Forty-six-year old black man [[Killing of George Floyd|George Floyd]] dies in Minneapolis after white police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on Floyd's neck for approximately nine minutes while Floyd is handcuffed face down in the street.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52861726|title=George Floyd: What happened in the final moments of his life|date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> His death is recorded and shared live by bystanders. The following day, [[George Floyd protests|peaceful protests and violent riots]] begin to erupt across the country and globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2020/05/these-are-all-the-cities-where-protests-and-riots-have-erupted-over-george-floyds-death.html|publisher=[[NJ.com]]|author=Pries, Allison|title=These are all the cities where protests and riots have erupted over George Floyd's death|date=June 2, 2020|accessdate=June 2, 2020|archivedate=June 2, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603001906/https://www.nj.com/news/2020/05/these-are-all-the-cities-where-protests-and-riots-have-erupted-over-george-floyds-death.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/01/george-floyd-protests-take-place-in-cities-around-the-world#maincontent|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|author1=McCurry, Justin |author2=Taylor, Josh |author3=Ainge, Eleanor |author4=Safi, Michael|title=George Floyd: protests take place in cities around the world|date=June 1, 2020|accessdate=June 2, 2020|archivedate=June 2, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603001222/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/01/george-floyd-protests-take-place-in-cities-around-the-world}}</ref> |
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*'''May 30''': Voting ends in the U.S. Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, with Trump winning the race. |
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*'''May 31''': Blaming "[[far-left politics|far-left extremist]]" groups for inciting and organizing the violent riots across the country during the Floyd protests, Trump announces that he plans to designate one of them, [[Antifa (United States)|Antifa]], as a [[Domestic terrorism in the United States|terrorist organization]]. Various government and non-government officials respond by claiming that designating such domestic organizations as terrorist groups would be prohibited under both federal law and the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] due to concerns pertaining to the latter's [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of assembly]] rights.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Evan Perez|author2=Jason Hoffman|title=Trump tweets Antifa will be labeled a terrorist organization but experts believe that's unconstitutional|website=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/politics/trump-antifa-protests/index.html}}</ref> |
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=== June 2020 === |
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[[File:President Trump Visits St. John's Episcopal Church (49963649028).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Donald Trump photo-op at St. John's Church]], June 1, 2020]] |
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*'''June 1:''' |
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** In Philadelphia, Biden makes his first campaign stop in months after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, discussing race relations and the Floyd killing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/joe-biden-philadelphia-speech/index.html|title=Biden sharpens contrast with Trump: 'I won't traffic in fear and division'|work=CNN|date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump threatens to invoke the [[Insurrection Act of 1807]] and deploy the U.S. military in response to the unrest.<ref name="Wilkie">{{cite news |last1=Wilkie |first1=Christina |last2=Macias |first2=Amanda |title=Trump threatens to deploy military as George Floyd protests continue to shake the U.S. |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/01/trump-threatens-to-deploy-military-as-george-floyd-protests-continue-to-shake-the-us.html |accessdate=June 2, 2020 |work=CNBC |date=June 1, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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** Police and [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] troops forcefully clear peaceful protesters from [[Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.|Lafayette Square]] and surrounding streets in Washington, D.C., so Trump can walk from the [[White House]] to the [[St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square|St. John's Episcopal Church]] for a [[Donald Trump photo-op at St. John's Church|photo-op outside the historic church]], which burned during the Floyd protests during the previous night.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tan|first=Rebecca|date=|title=Before Trump vows to end 'lawlessness,' federal officers confront protesters outside White House|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/washington-dc-protest-white-house-george-floyd/2020/06/01/6b193d1c-a3c9-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date= |website=The Washington Post |access-date=}}</ref> The forceful clearing of the protesters from the area is widely condemned as excessive and an affront to the [[freedom of assembly]] clause of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].<ref name=Epps>{{Cite news |last=Epps|first=Garrett|date=June 2, 2020|title=Trump's Grotesque Violation of the First Amendment|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/trumps-grotesque-violation-first-amendment/612532/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name=NYTHavoc>{{Cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Peter |authorlink=Peter Baker (journalist) |last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie |author2link=Maggie Haberman |last3=Rogers|first3=Katie |last4=Kanno-Youngs|first4=Zolan |author4link=Zolan Kanno-Youngs |last5=Benner|first5=Katie |last6=Willis|first6=Haley |last7=Triebert|first7=Christiaan |last8=Botti|first8=David |date=June 2, 2020|title=How Trump's Idea for a Photo Op Led to Havoc in a Park|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/trump-walk-lafayette-square.html|access-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''June 2''': |
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** The [[2020 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]] is pulled out of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], on grounds that the state's plan to continue its COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns through August would prevent a full-scale convention.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-gop-national-convention-moved-tense-standoff-north/story?id=71042255|title=Trump, GOP say national convention will be moved, after tense standoff with North Carolina|work=ABC News|date=June 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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** '''Democratic primaries''': Biden wins all eight contests to come within a few dozen delegates of clinching the nomination:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/06/03/elections-steve-king-ousted-iowa-joe-biden-nears-delegate-victory/3128982001/|title=Biden inches toward delegate win, Steve King ousted and other takeaways from Tuesday's elections|work=USA Today|date=June 3, 2020}}</ref> [[2020 District of Columbia Democratic primary|District of Columbia]], [[2020 Indiana Democratic primary|Indiana]], [[2020 Maryland Democratic primary|Maryland]], [[2020 Montana Democratic primary|Montana]], [[2020 New Mexico Democratic primary|New Mexico]], [[2020 Pennsylvania Democratic primary|Pennsylvania]], [[2020 Rhode Island Democratic primary|Rhode Island]], and [[2020 South Dakota Democratic primary|South Dakota]] |
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** '''Republican primaries''': Trump wins all eight contests: District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota |
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*'''June 3:''' In a piece published by ''[[The Atlantic]]'', former defense secretary [[Jim Mattis]] criticizes Trump's response to the [[George Floyd protests]], and states that he became "angry and appalled" about the events leading up to the violent treatment of noncombative protesters near the White House for the purpose of [[Donald Trump photo-op at St. John's Church|Trump's photo-op at St. John's Church]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Jeffrey|date=June 3, 2020|title=James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution|work=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604012129/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/|archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/mattis-statement-trump/index.html|title=Mattis tears into Trump: 'We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership'|author1=Barbara Starr |author2=Paul LeBlanc|website=CNN}}</ref><ref name="by CNN2020">{{Cite news|last=by CNN|first=|date=June 3, 2020|title=READ: Former Defense Secretary Mattis' statement on Trump and protests|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/mattis-protests-statement/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''June 5''': The [[Republican Party of Puerto Rico]] holds an online vote of party leaders in lieu of an actual primary, awarding all 23 of its pledged delegates Trump.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential election in Puerto Rico, 2020|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_Puerto_Rico,_2020|publisher=[[Ballotpedia]]|accessdate=June 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="GP-GOP">{{cite web|title=Puerto Rico Republican Delegation 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/PR-R|publisher=The Green Papers|accessdate=June 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''June 6''': Biden wins both Democratic caucuses in [[2020 Guam Democratic caucuses|Guam]] and the [[2020 United States Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses|U.S. Virgin Islands]], clinching enough delegates to officially become the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/politics/joe-biden-democratic-nomination/index.html|title=Joe Biden wins enough delegates to secure Democratic nomination|work=CNN|date=June 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/501404-biden-wins-virgin-islands-caucuses|title=Biden wins Virgin Islands Caucus|work=The Hill|date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''June 9''': |
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** Biden wins both Democratic primaries in [[2020 Georgia Democratic primary|Georgia]] and [[2020 West Virginia Democratic primary|West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-wins-georgia-west-virginia-primary-elections-cbs-news-projects/|title=Joe Biden wins Georgia and West Virginia primaries|work=CBS News|date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump wins both Republican primaries in Georgia and West Virginia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-primary-trump-gets-over-140000-more-votes-biden-1509949|title=In Georgia Primary, Trump Gets Over 140,000 More Votes Than Biden|work=Newsweek|date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''June 10''': Trump's presidential campaign demands that CNN withdraw and apologize for its latest opinion poll showing Biden leading by 14 points, claiming it was "designed to mislead American voters through a biased questionnaire and skewed sampling". CNN vice-president David Vigilante defends its poll methodology and rejects the allegations, stating that "this is the first time in its 40-year history that CNN had been threatened with legal action because an American politician or campaign did not like CNN's polling results".<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ted|last=Johnson|title=CNN Compares Donald Trump Campaign's Legal Threat To That Of An Authoritarian Regime|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/donald-trump-cnn-poll-joe-biden-lead-1202955655/|date=June 10, 2020|access-date=July 17, 2020|website=deadline.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/502120-trump-campaign-demands-cnn-retract-poll-showing-big-biden-lead|title=Trump campaign demands CNN retract poll showing big Biden lead|date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''June 11''': The Republican National Committee announces that [[Jacksonville, Florida]] will be the new host city of the Republican National Convention. Due to contractual obligations, official convention business will still be conducted in Charlotte.<ref name="NBC20200611">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/rnc-picks-jacksonville-florida-convention-site-trump-accept-gop-nomination-n1230326|title=RNC picks Jacksonville, Florida, as convention site for Trump to accept GOP nomination|work=NBC News|date=June 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''June 15''': [[Louis DeJoy]] is sworn in as [[United States Postmaster General|postmaster general]]. Upon taking office he immediately begins taking [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|measures to reduce costs]], such as banning the use of overtime and extra trips to deliver mail.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 6, 2020|title=Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail|url=https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|agency=AP News}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200714">{{Cite news| issn = 0190-8286| last = Bogage| first = Jacob| title = Postal Service memos detail 'difficult' changes, including slower mail delivery| work = Washington Post| access-date = August 15, 2020 |date=July 14, 2020| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/}}</ref> |
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* '''June 17''': Biden addresses a small group of socially distant reporters and local lawmakers during an in-person campaign event in [[Darby, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/mr-president-wake-emboldened-biden-trashes-trump-s-pandemic-response-n1231336|title='Mr. President, wake up': Emboldened Biden trashes Trump's pandemic response|work=NBC News|date=June 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''June 18''': Trump begins pushing for four debates against Biden, rather than just the three originally scheduled in the fall, citing an expected surge in mail and absentee voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/2225b321aaea3e6f69416d58189f930f|title=Trump team seeks 4th debate with Biden, cites voting by mail|work=Associated Press|date=June 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''June 20''': |
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**Hawkins wins both Green primaries in Michigan and Kentucky, clinching enough delegates to officially become the Green Party's presumptive nominee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503696-howie-hawkins-clinches-green-partys-nomination-after-primary-wins|title=Howie Hawkins clinches Green Party's nomination after primary wins|publisher=The Hill|date=June 21, 2020|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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**At the [[BOK Center]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], Trump held his [[Donald Trump's Tulsa rally|first public rally]] since the wider activation of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Stracqualursi|first2=Veronica|date=2020-06-10|title=Trump plans to restart rallies on Juneteenth in Tulsa, a city with a troubled racial history|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/trump-campaign-rallies-tulsa/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-22|website=CNN}}</ref> It was originally planned for June 19 but was moved because it coincided with [[Juneteenth]], which was deemed insensitive due to both the 1921 [[Tulsa race massacre]] and the Floyd killing.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|date=2020-06-13|title=Trump Moves Tulsa Rally Date 'Out of Respect' for Juneteenth|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/politics/trump-tulsa-rally-juneteenth.html|access-date=2020-06-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The total attendance of the rally was lower than was expected; roughly a week prior, Trump claimed that "almost one million" people had requested tickets.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=President Trump tweets that almost 1 million people have requested tickets to Saturday's Tulsa rally|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/president-trump-tweets-that-almost-1-million-people-have-requested-tickets-to-saturdays-tulsa-rally/article_e54557f1-0b9e-5119-a46b-7424139c2dac.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Tulsa World|language=en}}</ref> However, Tulsa's fire department and the Trump campaign each reported crowd estimates of 6,200 and 12,000, respectively — less than the arena's capacity of around 19,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TikTok Prank May Account For Trump Rally's Low Attendance Rate|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881559701/tiktok-prank-may-account-for-trump-rallys-low-attendance-rate|access-date=2020-06-22|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Choi|first=Matthew|title=Trump supporters were scared off from rally, adviser says|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/21/trump-adviser-tulsa-rally-attendance-331556|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Politico|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lutz|first=Tom|date=2020-06-21|title=Brad Parscale faces Trump 'fury' after Tulsa comeback rally flops|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/21/brad-parscale-donald-trump-tulsa-rally-covid-ivanka-kushner-rick-wilson|access-date=2020-06-22|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was reported that [[TikTok]] users and members of the [[K-pop fandom]] had credited themselves with falsely requesting tickets for the rally, as part of a coordinated effort to "[[Internet troll|troll]]" Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|title=After Trump rally falls flat, TikTok teens take a victory lap for fake reservation campaign|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/after-trump-rally-falls-flat-tiktok-teens-take-victory-lap-n1231675|access-date=2020-06-22|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Sullivan|first=Donie|date=|title=Trump trolled by TikTok in Tulsa|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/21/politics/tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-22|website=CNN}}</ref> Trump's campaign advisors blamed the media for repeatedly warning people away because of both COVID-19 and protesters.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nobles|first=Ryan|date=|title=Tulsa official says 6,200 attended Trump rally as campaign tries to blame 'radical' protesters and media for lack of crowd|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/21/politics/trump-rally-tulsa-attendance/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-22|website=CNN}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> [[Fox News]] on the other hand claimed that its coverage of the rally was its highest Saturday primetime viewership in network history, drawing 7.7 million viewers.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Ted|date=2020-06-22|title=Fox News Says It Drew 7.7 Million Viewers For Coverage Of Donald Trump's Tulsa Rally|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/donald-trump-tulsa-rally-ratings-fox-news-1202966519/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Deadline|language=en}}</ref> |
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* '''June 22''': Biden rejects Trump's request for a fourth debate, committing to only the three originally scheduled in the fall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/299bf9f0f632544733a7d2190e267edb|title=Biden campaign commits to 3 general election debates|work=Associated Press|date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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[[File:Donald Trump (50042858016).jpg|thumb|right|Trump speaking at the [[Dream City Church]] in Phoenix, Arizona, June 23, 2020]] |
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* '''June 23''': |
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** Trump visits Arizona, participating in a roundtable discussion with border and law enforcement officials in [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]] before holding a rally with [[Students for Trump]] at [[Dream City Church]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/881641178/after-disappointing-tulsa-rally-trump-campaign-moves-to-arizona|title=Trump Addresses Tightly Packed Arizona Crowd Amid State's Growing Coronavirus Crisis|work=NPR|date=June 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-rally-arizona-336565|title=In Arizona, Trump has a redo of his Oklahoma rally|work=Politico|date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden holds a virtual fundraiser with Obama, raising over $7 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/obama-campaign-trail-biden-fundraiser-335799|title=Obama returns to the campaign trail with Biden fundraiser|work=Politico|date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden wins both Democratic primaries in [[2020 Kentucky Democratic primary|Kentucky]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503576-biden-wins-kentucky-primary|title=Biden wins Kentucky primary|work=The Hill|date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> and [[2020 New York Democratic primary|New York]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503973-joe-biden-wins-new-york-primary|title=Joe Biden wins New York primary|work=The Hill|date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump wins the Kentucky Republican primary<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/ed6b19fb039932168343a857d08c5bf7|title=Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary in Kentucky|work=Associated Press|date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''June 24''': |
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** A three-member D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel grants Flynn's petition for a writ of mandamus, ordering Judge Sullivan to dismiss ''[[United States v. Flynn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/appeals-court-orders-flynn-case-be-dismissed-after-years-long-legal-saga |title=Appeals court orders Flynn case dismissal, after years-long legal saga |publisher=Fox News|date=June 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Democratic National Committee announces that the Democratic National Convention will be scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with most events taking place instead via videoconferencing. With all the party's state delegations being asked to participate virtually, the venue will be moved from the [[Fiserv Forum]] to the smaller [[Wisconsin Center]]. Biden still plans to accept the party's nomination in person instead of also staying home.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-national-convention-2020-plan-scaled-down-reveal/|title=Democratic Party reveals scaled-down convention plan|work=CBS News|date=June 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name="WTMJ20200625">{{cite news|url=https://wtmj.com/dnc-news/2020/06/24/dnc-will-happen-at-wisconsin-center-not-fiserv-forum-delegations-will-not-travel-to-milwaukee/|title=DNC will happen at Wisconsin Center, not Fiserv Forum; delegations will not travel to Milwaukee|work=WTMJ|date=June 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''June 30''': Biden announces that he does not plan to hold anymore campaign rallies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/06/30/biden-wont-hold-campaign-rallies-because-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/#f160d04508bf|title=Biden Won't Hold Any Campaign Rallies Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic|website=Forbes|date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== July 2020 === |
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[[File:Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration (50083250241).jpg|thumb|Trump speaks at a Mount Rushmore fireworks celebrations event, July 3, 2020]] |
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[[File:Kanye West North Charleston Rally, July 2020.jpg|thumb|Kanye West (left) at his presidential campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, July 19, 2020]] |
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*'''July 4''': Rapper [[Kanye West]] announces an independent campaign for president and picks preacher Michelle Tidball as his running mate. However, he does not officially file to run.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elassar |first=Alaa |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/entertainment/kanye-west-running-for-president-trnd/index.html |title=Kanye West says he's running for president. But he hasn't actually taken any steps |publisher=CNN |date=July 5, 2020}}</ref> Various political pundits speculate that his presidential run is instead merely a publicity stunt to promote his [[Donda: With Child|upcoming album]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rolli |first1=Bryan |title=Kanye West's 2020 Presidential Run Is Just His Latest Outrageous Promotional Stunt |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/07/05/kanye-west-2020-presidential-run-promotional-stunt/#79c654b74a9d |accessdate=July 8, 2020 |issue=July 5, 2020 |work=Forbes}}</ref> |
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*'''July 6''': The [[United States Supreme Court]] delivers its unanimous opinions in both ''[[Chiafalo v. Washington]]'' and ''[[Colorado Department of State v. Baca]]'', ruling that states are free to enforce laws that punish [[faithless elector]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/06/supreme-court-electoral-college-ruling-states-can-force-electors-to-abide-by-popular-vote.html|title=Electoral College voters can be forced to abide by state popular vote, Supreme Court says|website=CNBC|date=July 6, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 7''': |
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** Trump formally notifies the United Nations of his intent to [[World Health Organization#Opposition from the Trump Administration|withdraw the U.S. from the WHO]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knutson |first1=Jacob |title=Trump administration notifies UN of intent to withdraw from WHO |url=https://www.axios.com/trump-withdraw-world-health-organization-757cd93d-d085-4cdf-acdd-6194f0f0789b.html |website=Axios |publisher=Axios Media |accessdate=July 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden wins both Democratic primaries in [[2020 Delaware Democratic primary|Delaware]] and [[2020 New Jersey Democratic primary|New Jersey]].<ref name="DE primary">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/biden-trump-easily-win-in-delaware-primary/article_0bc5c574-bcf1-55e3-9a12-3104fc50450f.html|title=Biden, Trump easily win in Delaware primary|work=Associated Press|publisher=Newark Post|date=July 7, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NJ primary">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/07/trump-biden-no-surprise-prevail-in-njs-presidential-primary.html|title=Trump, Biden (no surprise) prevail in N.J.'s presidential primary|website=NJ.com|date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump wins both Republican primaries in Delaware and New Jersey.<ref name="DE primary"/><ref name="NJ primary"/> |
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*'''July 9''': |
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** The [[United States Supreme Court]] delivers its decisions in both ''[[Trump v. Vance]]'' and ''[[Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP]]'' regarding attempts by the [[New York County District Attorney|Manhattan district attorney]] and the House of Representatives, respectively, to subpoena Trump's tax records. In both rulings, the Court orders each case to be sent back to the lower courts for further review, making it unlikely that the president's taxes would be released before the election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/09/supreme-court-trump-tax-records.html|title=Supreme Court says Manhattan DA can get Trump's tax records, but rejects bid by House Democrats|website=CNBC|date=July 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Judge Sullivan files a petition asking the entire D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the ''[[United States v. Flynn]]'' case ''[[en banc]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Neidig|first=Harper|date=July 9, 2020|title=Judge asks appeals court to reconsider decision ordering him to dismiss Flynn charges|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/506626-judge-asks-dc-circuit-to-reconsider-decision-ordering-him-to-dismiss}}</ref> |
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*'''July 9–12''': The [[2020 Green National Convention]] is held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2020/04/2020-green-national-convention-to-take-place-in-cyberspace/|title=2020 Green National Convention to Take Place in Cyber |website=Independent Political Report|date=April 24, 2020}}</ref> [[Howie Hawkins]] is officially nominated as the Green Party's presidential nominee and [[Angela Nicole Walker|Angela Walker]] becomes the party's vice presidential nominee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyUS/videos/218031999340681/|title=Part 2! 2020 Presidential Nominating Convention|work=Green Party's Official Facebook page|date=July 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 11''': In Louisiana, Trump wins that state's Republican primary and Biden wins the [[2020 Louisiana Democratic primary|Louisiana Democratic Primary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/2b1c648f10f81d6d56dc7425b6c0f0b3|title=Donald Trump, Joe Biden win Louisiana's presidential primary|website=Associated Press|date=July 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 12''': |
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** Biden wins the [[2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary|Puerto Rico Democratic primary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/a1715c04ad6f4890622ee5a8596de600|title=Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico|website=Associated Press|date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Green Party candidate [[Dario Hunter]] announces an independent run for the presidency, citing irregularities and undemocratic processes throughout the Green Party presidential primary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1mrxmEjLdrLxy|title=Special announcement from the Hunter/Elias 2020 campaign|website=Twitter|language=en-US|access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2020/07/dario-hunter-to-run-as-an-independent-green/|title=Dario Hunter to run as an Independent Green|website=Independent Political Report|last1=Mercardo|first1=Fernando|date=July 11, 2020|accessdate=July 16, 2020}}</ref></big> |
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*'''July 14''': The Postal Service warns multiple states that the service would not be able to meet the states' deadlines for requesting and casting last-minute absentee ballots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2020/08/14/postal-service-says/|title=Postal Service says delays could affect multiple states' elections|last1=Broadwater|first1=Luke|last2=Fuchs|first2=Hailey|date=July 14, 2020|work=The New York Times|publisher=Salt Lake City Tribune}}</ref> This assessment is based on the [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|several cost-cutting measures]] taken by Postmaster General [[Louis DeJoy]] since taking office on June 15, such as banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Katz|first=Eric|date=July 20, 2020|title=Looking to Cut Costs, New USPS Leader Takes Aim at Overtime and Late Trips|url=https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 27, 2020|website=Government Executive|language=en}}</ref> and dismantling and removing hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines from postal centers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wk9z/the-post-office-is-deactivating-mail-sorting-machines-ahead-of-the-election|title=The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election|last=Gordon|first=Aaron|date=August 13, 2020|work=Vice|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 15''': |
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** Official paperwork is filed with the Federal Election Commission for Kanye West, under the "BDY Party" affiliation<ref>{{Cite web|title=Form 1 for Kanye 2020|url=https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00751701/1422253|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=docquery.fec.gov}}</ref> amid claims that he is preparing to drop out.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 15, 2020|title=Kanye West has reportedly dropped out of the presidential race {{!}} NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-has-reportedly-dropped-out-of-the-presidential-race-2707866|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs {{!}} NME.COM|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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** Struggling in the latest polls largely due to his responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Floyd protests, Trump promotes former deputy campaign manager [[Bill Stepien]] to campaign manager, replacing [[Brad Parscale]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Samuels|first=Brett|date=2020-07-15|title=Trump shakes up campaign leadership, demotes Parscale|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/507592-trump-shakes-up-campaign-leadership-demotes-parscale|access-date=2020-07-16|website=TheHill|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Kaitlan |title=Trump shakes up campaign leadership as he struggles in latest polls |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manager-demoted/index.html |website=www.cnn.com |accessdate=16 July 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 19''': Kanye West holds his inaugural rally in [[North Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/kanye-west-visiting-north-charleston-in-speedy-quest-to-get-on-scs-presidential-ballot/article_013b9312-c96d-11ea-876a-9f3dabba1847.html|title=Kanye West visiting North Charleston in speedy quest to get on SC's presidential ballot|date=July 19, 2020|accessdate=July 19, 2020|author=Andy Shain Ashain|website=Post and Courier|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720005946/https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/kanye-west-visiting-north-charleston-in-speedy-quest-to-get-on-scs-presidential-ballot/article_013b9312-c96d-11ea-876a-9f3dabba1847.html|archive-date=July 20, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*'''July 23''': Trump and the Republican National Committee cancel the [[2020 Republican National Convention]] events scheduled for August 25 to 27 at the [[VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], citing the spike in COVID-19 cases in Florida. The events scheduled for August 24 in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], primarily consisting of the official convention business, will still go on as planned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/trump-cancels-gop-convention-jacksonville-380622|title=Trump cancels GOP convention events in Jacksonville|website=Politico|date=July 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 27''': |
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** ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' publishes a report about how both the Biden and Trump campaigns are each assembling armies of lawyers and building legal war chests should the election become contested.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/508962-trump-biden-build-legal-armies-for-electoral-battlefield|title=Trump, Biden build legal armies for electoral battlefield|website=The Hill|date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Due to COVID-19 concerns, the first presidential debate on September 29 is moved from the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]], to [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref name="politico20200727">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/presidential-debate-moved-to-cleveland-382960|title=First presidential debate moved to Cleveland amid pandemic concerns|website=Politico|date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 28''': |
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** The [[Campaign Legal Center]], a nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog organization, files a complaint with the [[Federal Elections Commission]] alleging that the Trump campaign laundered at least $170 million in campaign spending.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://campaignlegal.org/update/clc-files-complaint-against-trump-campaign-hiding-170-million-spending-donors-and-voters|title=CLC Files Complaint Against Trump Campaign for Hiding $170 Million in Spending from Donors and Voters|website=Campaign Legal Center|date=July 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/07/28/non-partisan-watchdog-accuses-trump-campaign-of-laundering-170-million/#79e142ae6128|title=Non-Partisan Watchdog Accuses Trump Campaign Of 'Laundering' $170 Million|website=Forbes|date=July 28, 2020|accessdate=September 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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** ''[[Politico]]'' publishes then later retracts a report claiming that Biden will announce on August 1 that Kamala Harris will be his vice-presidential running mate. The publication states that the piece was merely placeholder text that was inadvertently published.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/509525-politico-accidentally-reports-biden-chose-harris-as-running-mate-we-regret-the|title=Politico accidentally reports Biden chose Harris as running mate: 'We regret the error and any confusion'|website=The Hill|date=July 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''July 30''': |
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** With many states pushing for [[Postal voting in the United States|mail-in voting]] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump suggests delaying the election on grounds of the [[Postal voting in the United States#Reliability of postal ballots|reliability problems with postal voting]], claiming that there will be extensive voting fraud. Experts have argued that, for the election to be legally delayed, such a decision must be taken by the [[United States Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-suggests-delaying-2020-election-n1235300|title=Trump floats delaying the election, but he can't do that|website=NBC News|date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Trump campaign temporarily suspends TV advertising pending "a review and fine-tuning of the campaign's strategy". The move comes after the July 15 replacement of Parscale with Stepien as campaign manager, and with Biden still leading in the polls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-campaign-pauses-tv-ad-spending-review-messaging-strategy-n1235376|title=Trump campaign hits pause on TV ad spending for 'review' of messaging strategy|website=NBC News|date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== August 2020 === |
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[[File:Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at first campaign event since the announce of her selection as VP.png|thumb|Biden and Harris at their first event since the announcement of her selection as his running mate, August 12, 2020]] |
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[[File:Frontier Airline Center.jpg|thumb|The [[Wisconsin Center]] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the official site of the Democratic National Convention]] |
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[[File:Chase Center on the Riverfront (40824456660).jpg|thumb|The [[Chase Center on the Riverfront]] (background) in Wilmington, Delaware, the site where Biden and Harris made their respective acceptance speeches]] |
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[[File:Charlotte Convention Center in 2017.jpg|thumb|The [[Charlotte Convention Center]] in Charlotte, North Carolina, the site of official business of the Republican National Convention]] |
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[[File:Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in February 2020.jpg|thumb|The [[Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium]] in Washington, D.C., the primary venue of the nightly events of the Republican National Convention]] |
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[[File:The White House (50259551253).jpg|thumb|A stage being assembled in front of the southern side of the White House on August 23, where Trump would make his acceptance speech four days later]] |
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[[File:Spike Cohen (50279959043).jpg|thumb|[[Spike Cohen]] speaking at a campaign event in [[Tempe, Arizona]], August 28, 2020]] |
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*'''August 1''': |
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** Although Biden had previously announced that he planned to decide his [[2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|vice presidential candidate]] during the first week of August,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/politics/joe-biden-running-mate/index.html|title=Biden says he will choose his running mate next week|website=CNN|date=July 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-vice-president/democratic-presidential-candidate-biden-says-he-is-targeting-early-august-to-announce-his-vice-presidential-pick-idUSKBN24137F|title=Democratic presidential candidate Biden says he is targeting early August to announce his vice presidential pick|website=Reuters|date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> various media outlets report that he might delay it until the week of August 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-likely-to-name-his-running-mate-in-second-week-of-august/2020/07/31/38dd92c2-d366-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html|title=Biden likely to name his running mate in second week of August|website=Washington Post|date=July 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/joe-biden-delays-vp-announcement-another-week/|title=Joe Biden delays VP announcement another week|website=New York Times|date=July 31, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Republican National Committee announces that the Republican Convention in late August in Charlotte will be closed to the press, citing the social distancing rules imposed by the North Carolina government due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/01/politics/rnc-charlotte-press/index.html|title=GOP convention in Charlotte closed to press, portions will be livestreamed|website=CNN|date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> [[Associated Press]] writer [[Zeke Miller]], in his capacity as the head of the [[White House Correspondents' Association]], called this move as an "ill-advised decision".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510155-trump-nomination-to-be-held-in-private-report|title=Trump nomination to be held in private, convention spokesperson says|work=The Hill|date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Jorgensen/Cohen campaign launches a nationwide "Brake the Bus Tour".<ref>{{cite web|title=Jo Jorgensen presidential campaign, 2020|url=Jo Jorgensen presidential campaign, 2020|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=September 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 3''': Manhattan district attorney [[Cyrus Vance Jr.]] submits a new federal court filing under the parameters set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court's July 9 ruling in ''[[Trump v. Vance]]''. In addition to urging the federal court to toss out Trump's new legal efforts to prevent the release of his tax returns, Vance also argues that Trump could be investigated for possible insurance and bank fraud.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/trump-taxes-da-cyrus-vance-asks-judge-to-dismiss-subpoena-challenge.html|title=Trump and company could be under investigation for bank and insurance fraud, Manhattan DA Vance reveals|work=CNBC|date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 3–15''': Delegates to the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] conduct official convention business virtually, primarily online voting of both the party's platform and the formal presidential nomination. They officially choose Biden for their presidential nominee.<ref name="CNN20200710">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/politics/dnc-remote-voting/index.html|title=Democrats reveal remote voting rules for convention amid pandemic|website=CNN|date=July 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 5''': |
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** ''[[The Nation]]'' publishes a piece by [[James Zogby]], a former member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee, who reports that a majority of Sanders delegates "felt left out" during the planning of the virtual events of Democratic National Convention, and that the process was "lacking in transparency and input".<ref>{{cite news|first=James |last=Zogby|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-convention-sanders-virtual/|title=The Democratic Party Is Setting the Stage for a Letdown|work=The Nation|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Trump campaign files a lawsuit to stop Nevada from its plan to conduct the November election almost entirely by [[Postal voting in the United States|mail-in voting]], claiming, among others, the vote counting will be delayed beyond a reasonable time frame.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/trump-campaign-sues-to-try-to-stop-nevadans-from-voting-by-mail.html|title=Trump campaign sues to try to stop Nevadans from voting by mail|work=CNBC|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden announces that he will participate remotely in the Democratic National Convention instead of traveling in person to Milwaukee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/coronavirus-biden-will-not-travel-to-milwaukee-for-the-democratic-national-convention.html|title=Biden will not travel to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention amid coronavirus pandemic|work=CNBC|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump announces that he will participate remotely in the Republican National Convention instead of traveling in person to Charlotte. He also suggests that he will make his nomination acceptance speech at the White House for security reasons. Senate Republican whip [[John Thune]] questions whether making this particular speech at the White House is still legal under the [[Hatch Act of 1939]], which prohibits employees in the executive branch from engaging in some forms of political activity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/510671-gop-senator-on-trump-accepting-nomination-at-white-house-is-that-even-legal|title=GOP senator on Trump accepting nomination at White House: 'Is that even legal?'|work=The Hill|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> Pelosi also criticizes, saying that it would "degrade" the White House.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/510687-pelosi-trump-speech-plan-latest-effort-to-degrade-the-white-house|title=Pelosi: Trump speech plan latest effort to 'degrade' the White House|work=The Hill|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 6''': |
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** New York State attorney general [[Letitia James]] files a civil lawsuit against the [[National Rifle Association]] alleging fraud, financial misconduct, and misuse of charitable funds by its CEO [[Wayne LaPierre]] and some of its other executives. Washington, D.C., attorney general [[Karl Racine]] also files a similar lawsuit. With the lawsuits calling for the dissolution of the NRA, some Democratic strategists fear that this could energize Trump supporters, particularly in the battleground states.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawsuit-against-nra-thrusts-gun-rights-debate-into-presidential-campaign-11596806876|title=Lawsuit Against NRA Thrusts Gun-Rights Debate Into Presidential Campaign|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=August 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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** A New York judge denies Trump's bid to delay a defamation suit filed by journalist [[E. Jean Carroll]], who [[E. Jean Carroll#Sexual assault allegations|alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her]] in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/jean-carroll-trump-lawsuit/2020/08/06/ef4b10f2-d82f-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html|title=In a loss for Trump, judge says the woman who accused him of rape can proceed with defamation suit|work=The Washington Post|date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 7''': Over 300 convention delegates sign a statement urging Biden to select House representative [[Karen Bass]] of California "to help unify our party and move our nation forward".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/over-300-dnc-delegates-members-urge-biden-to-pick-bass-for-vp-392553|title=Over 300 DNC delegates, members urge Biden to pick Bass for VP|website=Politico|date=August 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 10''': In an op-ed piece published by the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'', former San Francisco mayor [[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]] advises Kamala Harris to decline any offer to be [[2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|Biden's vice presidential pick]], arguing that "historically, the vice presidency has often ended up being a dead end" and that she would be more effective becoming [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/511277-willie-brown-kamala-harris-should-politely-decline-any-offer-to-be-bidens|title=Willie Brown: Kamala Harris should 'politely decline' any offer to be Biden's running mate|work=The Hill|date=August 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 11''': |
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** Biden officially selects Kamala Harris as his [[2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|vice presidential running mate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/joe-biden-vp-pick-kamala-harris-393768|title=Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP nominee|website=Politico|date=August 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Connecticut primaries, the last of these races delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are held, marking the first time that the presidential primary season extended into August. With delegates to the Democratic National Convention already conducting official convention business virtually since August 3, and the Republican National Convention two weeks away, they essentially become ''[[pro forma]]'' races. Trump still wins the state's Republican primary and Biden wins [[2020 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary|the state's Democratic Primary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/connecticut-voters-choose-trump-biden-in-primary/2563345/|title=Connecticut Voters Choose Trump, Biden in Primary|website=WNBC-TV|date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 12''': Biden and Harris make their first official appearance as the presumptive Democratic ticket at [[Alexis I. duPont High School]] in [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/joe-biden-kamala-harris-first-event-394392|title='Ready to do the job': Biden touts Harris' experience in campaign debut|website=Politico|date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 13''': The House of Representatives votes for an emergency grant of $25 billion to the post office to facilitate the predicted flood of mail ballots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/902109991/trump-admits-to-opposing-funding-for-postal-service-to-block-more-voting-by-mail|title=Trump Opposes Postal Service Funding But Says He'd Sign Bill Including It|last=Sprunt|first=Barbara|date=August 13, 2020|work=NPR|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref> Trump concedes that the post office would need additional funds to handle the additional mail-in voting, but said he would block any additional funding for the post office because he wanted to prevent any increase in balloting by mail.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/12/postal-service-ballots-dejoy/|title=Trump says Postal Service needs money for mail-in voting, but he'll keep blocking funding|last=Bogage|first=Jacob|date=August 12, 2020|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 17''': The first night of the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] is held {{Crossreference|(see also {{section link|2020 Democratic National Convention#Schedule)}}}}, with the theme "We the People". Although officially centered at [[Wisconsin Center]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], each night of the convention consists of two hours each night of a mix of pre-recorded segments and live broadcasts from sites across the country.<ref>{{cite web |title="Uniting America"—Democrats Announce Themes for Four Nights of Convention |url=https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/uniting-america-democrats-announce-themes-for-four-nights-of-convention/ |website=2020 Democratic National Convention |accessdate=August 8, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020}}</ref> The Wisconsin Center is still used for the convention's broadcast and production,<ref name="atkins7aug">{{cite web |last1=Atkins |first1=Tony |title=Wisconsin Center still looks forward to role in DNC hosting, production |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-center-still-looks-forward-to-role-in-dnc-hosting-production |website=TMJ4 |publisher=WTMJ-TV |accessdate=August 7, 2020 |language=en |date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> but the [[emcee]]s host each night from Los Angeles.<ref name=4stages>{{cite web |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=The Democratic convention in the age of a pandemic: hundreds of live feeds and four stages |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/media/democratic-convention-reliable-sources/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |date=August 17, 2020}}</ref> This first night is highlighted by speeches by governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] of New York, governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]] of Michigan, former governor [[John Kasich]] of Ohio, Sanders, and former first lady [[Michelle Obama]]. |
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*'''August 18''': |
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** The [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Senate Intelligence Committee]], after three years, finally issues [[Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election|its report on Russian interference in the 2016 election]]. The report does find that then-Trump campaign head [[Paul Manafort]] shared polling data with Russian/Ukrainian political operative [[Konstantin Kilimnik]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/us/politics/senate-intelligence-russian-interference-report.html|work=The New York Times|title=G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russian Interference|date=August 18, 2020|accessdate=August 18, 2020|first1=Mark|last1=Mazzetti|first2=Nicholas|last2=Fandos}}</ref> The committee also concludes that it "found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-senator-says-he-fears-americans-are-unwittingly-spreading-russia-disinformation-1527012|work=Newsweek|title=Democratic Senator Says He Fears Americans Are 'Unwittingly' Spreading Russia Disinformation Campaign|date=August 23, 2020|first=Emily|last=Czachor}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/warner-senate-intel-committee-russia-report-c0019f7a-bfe6-49b6-8889-8cdfea7086b0.html|work=Axios|title=Warner says Senate Intel Committee voted 14-1 to pass Russia report|first=Rashaan|last=Ayesh|date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** New Jersey becomes the second state after Nevada on August 5 to be sued by the Trump campaign for its plans to only use mail-in voting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/trump-campaign-new-jersey-mail-in-ballots/index.html|title=Trump campaign sues New Jersey over mail-in voting plans|website=CNN|date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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** With at least 21 states threatening to sue the postal service regarding potential widespread delays in mail-in-voting, DeJoy announces that he would roll back [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|his cost-cutting changes]] until after the November election. This includes reinstating overtime hours, rolling back service reductions, and halting the removal of mail-sorting machines and collection boxes.<ref name="WAPO20200818">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-will-hold-postal-service-hearing-with-dejoy-on-friday-as-mail-delay-fears-grow/2020/08/18/5f978e76-e14f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html|title=Postmaster general announces he is 'suspending' policies that were blamed for causing mail delays|last=Bogage|first=Jacob|date=August 18, 2020|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=18 August 2020}}</ref> However, 95 percent of the mail sorting machines that were planned for removal have already been removed,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gordon|first=Aaron|date=2020-08-19|title=DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8kwk/usps-policy-change-rollbacks-postmaster-general-dejoy|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-20|work=VICE|language=en}}</ref> and according to Pelosi, DeJoy states that he has no intention of replacing them.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pelosi|first=Nancy|date=2020-08-19|title=Earlier today, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy regarding his alleged pause in operational changes. During our conversation, he admitted he has no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other infrastructure that have been removed.|url=https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1296148989646188546|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> |
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** Based in their online voting during the past weeks, Democratic convention delegates officially adopt the Democratic Party's 2020 platform, consisting of hundreds of liberal policy proposals initially drafted by a joint Biden/Sanders task force, considered the most progressive for any major political party in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amid-some-dissent-democrats-adopt-party-platform|title=Democrats adopt party platform at DNC amid some progressive dissent|work=Fox News|date=August 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/8/18/21322685/democratic-convention-platform-controversy|title=The Democratic platform, explained|work=Vox|date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The second night of the Democratic National Convention, with the theme "Leadership Matters", is highlighted by the formal roll call of states, with Biden officially winning the nomination with 3,558 delegate votes versus Sanders' 1,151, 5 Abstains, and 35 delegates who did not vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/D-HF.phtml|title=2020 Democratic Hard Count and Floor Vote Delegate Summary|publisher=thegreenpapers.com|accessdate=August 19, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819173608/https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/D-HF.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Speakers include senate minority leader [[Chuck Schumer]], former president [[Bill Clinton]], former secretaries of state [[John Kerry]] and [[Colin Powell]], and a speech made by [[Jill Biden]] from [[Brandywine High School]] in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] where she had been an English teacher from 1991 to 1993.<ref name="Henney">{{cite web |last1=Henney |first1=Megan |title=Jill Biden, in DNC speech from former high school classroom, says husband will 'make the nation whole' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jill-biden-joe-biden-democratic-convention-speech |website=Fox News |accessdate=19 August 2020 |date=18 August 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 19''': The third night of the Democratic National Convention, with the theme "A More Perfect Union", is highlighted by speeches by former secretary of state [[Hillary Clinton]], Pelosi, Warren, and former president [[Barack Obama]]. Harris makes her acceptance speech from the [[Chase Center on the Riverfront]] in Wilmington, Delaware.<ref name="Newman13Aug">{{cite web |last1=Newman |first1=Meredith |title=Joe Biden, Kamala Harris to give DNC convention speeches in Wilmington, Delaware |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/13/joe-biden-kamala-harris-dnc-speeches-will-be-in-wilmington-delaware/3368796001/ |website=USA TODAY |accessdate=August 14, 2020 |date=August 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 20''': |
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** Former White House chief strategist [[Steve Bannon]], U.S. Air Force veteran [[Brian Kolfage]], and two others are charged for conspiring to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors though their [[We Build The Wall]] fundraising campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/20/former-trump-advisor-steve-bannon-arrested-on-charges-of-defrauding-donors-in-fundraising-scheme.html|title=Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in alleged border wall fundraising scheme|work=CNBC|date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention, with the theme "America's Promise", is highlighted by speeches by Buttigieg and Bloomberg. Biden makes his acceptance speech from the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware.<ref name="Newman13Aug"/> |
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*'''August 21''': DeJoy testifies before the [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs]] regarding [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|his recent cost-cutting changes]] and subsequent August 18 rollbacks, promising that the Postal Service would fulfill its "sacred duty" to deliver election mail in November.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/dejoy-testimony-usps-senate/|title=Postal Service will prioritize ballots over other mail, postmaster general testifies|work=The Washington Post|date=August 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thefulcrum.us/voting/louis-dejoy|title=Election mail will be delivered 'fully and on time,' DeJoy vows|work=The Fulcrum|date=August 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 21–23''': The Republican National Committee business meeting, to be held in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].<ref name="WSOC Aug5">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/rnc-releases-health-protocols-delegates-while-charlotte/5BMNOG3TURBLFEVZSWLICKDCJA/|title=RNC releases health protocols for delegates while in Charlotte|work=[[WSOC-TV]]|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 23–24''': Twenty-nine year old African-American [[Shooting of Jacob Blake|Jacob Blake is shot]] seven times by [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] police, paralyzing him from the waist down, [[Kenosha riot|sparking protests]] in the city and across the country throughout the night and into the early morning of August 24 ([[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]]).<ref name="MJS20200824">{{cite news|url=https://jsonline.com/story/news/2020/08/24/kenosha-protests-escalate-after-police-shoot-black-man-jacob-blake/3427941001/|title=Several fires burning in Kenosha as unrest continues after police officer shoots Black man|date=August 24, 2020|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}</ref> |
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*'''August 24''': |
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** DeJoy and US Postal Service Board of Governors chairman [[Mike Duncan|Robert M. Duncan]] testify before the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform|House Oversight Committee]] regarding the [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|Postal Service crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/dejoy-testify-congress-postal-service-397082|title=DeJoy agrees to testify amid Dem fury over Postal Service changes|website=Politico|date=August 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The first day of the [[2020 Republican National Convention]] is held {{Crossreference|(see also {{section link|2020 Republican National Convention#Schedule)}}}}. Only the official convention business is conducted on the first day at the [[Charlotte Convention Center]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], <ref name="WSOC Aug5"/> while the four nights consist of entertainment events anchored at the [[Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium]] in [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref name="RNC-speakers">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/republican-convention-speakers-washington.html|title=Most Republican Convention Speeches Will Be Delivered From D.C.|work=nymag.com|date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> with various other events taking place in that city and elsewhere across the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/gop-plans-nightly-surprise-for-revamped-convention-0dcbfef6-1819-48ba-8ae4-255bf4e47e69.html|title=GOP plans "nightly surprise" for revamped convention|work=Axios|date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> The morning session in Charlotte is highlighted by 336 delegates (six from each state) participating in-person to formally nominate Trump and Pence. Midway through the roll-call, Trump addresses the crowd in-person, having flown in to Charlotte.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/rnc-2020/article245188855.html|title=Republican National Convention kicks off in Charlotte, subdued — then Trump shows up|work=Charlotte Observer|date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> The night events, under the theme, "Land of Heroes", is then highlighted by speeches by Trump campaign official [[Kimberly Guilfoyle]], [[Donald Trump Jr.]], former South Carolina Governor [[Nikki Haley]], and Senator [[Tim Scott]] of South Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/24/rnc-schedule-speakers-tonight.html|title=Here's the speaker lineup for the first night of the Republican National Convention|work=CNBC|date=August 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/donald-trump-jr-rnc-401322|title=Donald Trump Jr. rails against Democrats as the cancel culture party|website=Politico|date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 25''':<!-- Defer to relevant [[WP:MINORS]]/[[WP:BLPNAME]]/[[WP:BLPCRIME]] discussions on [[Talk:Kenosha riot]] and [[Talk:Shooting of Jacob Blake]] --> |
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** The second night of the Republican National Convention, with the theme "Land of Promise", features a speech by First Lady [[Melania Trump]] from the White House.<ref name="RNC-speakers" /> Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] appears remotely from the [[King David Hotel]] in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], while still on a diplomatic trip, causing the [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations|House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]] under Democrat [[Joaquin Castro]] of Texas to open an investigation as to whether Pompeo also violated the Hatch Act.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/castro-investigation-pompeo-rnc-speech/index.html|title=House Democrat opens investigation into Pompeo's RNC speech|work=CNN|date=August 25, 2020}}</ref> Mary Ann Mendoza, the mother of police officer [[Death of Brandon Mendoza|Brandon Mendoza]] who was killed in 2014 by an illegal immigrant, was scheduled to speak, but her appearance is canceled after she posts a tweet in support of an anti-semitic conspiracy theory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/8/25/21401858/rnc-canceled-mary-ann-mendoza-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theory-protocols-elders-zion|title=The RNC yanked a speaker who promoted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory|work=Vox|date=August 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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** During his network's coverage of the Republican National Convention, CNN commentator [[Don Lemon]] opines on air to his colleague [[Chris Cuomo]] that Biden needs to start addressing the Kenosha protests instead of saying silent, noting that it is becoming a top issue in recent polls and accusing Democrats of "ignoring this problem or hoping that it will go away".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/cnns-don-lemon-urges-joe-201938567.html|title=CNN's Don Lemon urges Joe Biden to address Kenosha protests for Jacob Blake|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> Biden eventually starts to address the protests the following afternoon in a tweet, calling for an end to the violence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2020/08/26/cnns-don-lemon-warns-dems-about-ignoring-riots-nationwide/|title=CNN's Don Lemon warns Dems about not addressing riots: "It's not going to go away"|work=New York Post|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/514116-cnns-don-lemon-calls-on-biden-to-stand-at-a-podium-in-addressing-violence|title=CNN's Don Lemon calls on Biden to 'stand at a podium' in addressing violence|work=The Hill|date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 26''': |
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** The results of a [[CNBC]]/[[Change Research]] poll taken in the days immediately following the Democratic National Convention are released, indicating that it is unclear whether Biden actually received a [[convention bounce]], and that the race has instead tightened in the swing states.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/26/coronavirus-concerns-fall-and-trump-approval-rises-in-2020-swing-states.html|title=Coronavirus concerns fall and Trump approval ticks higher in swing states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds|work=CNBC|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513734-poll-biden-leads-trump-by-3-points-in-six-battleground-states|title=Poll finds Biden leading in battleground states, but race tightening|work=The Hill|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> A [[Reuters]]/[[Ipsos]] poll also indicates no convention bounce for Biden.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/biden-gets-no-convention-bounce-after-democratic-gathering-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25M156|title=Biden gets no convention bounce after Democratic gathering: Reuters/Ipsos poll|date=August 26, 2020|work=Reuters}}</ref> |
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** In the [[2020 NBA Bubble|National Basketball Association Bubble]] at [[Walt Disney World]] in Florida, the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] boycott their [[2020 NBA playoffs|playoff game]] against the [[Orlando Magic]] in protest of the Blake shooting. The NBA and the [[National Basketball Players Association]] later announce that they are postponing all NBA games for the day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=release|first=Official|title=NBA postpones playoff games|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2020/08/26/nba-playoff-games-postponed|access-date=2020-08-26|website=NBA.com|language=en}}</ref> This sparks an [[2020 American athlete boycotts|athlete boycott]] in which several [[Major League Baseball]] and [[Major League Soccer]] games are also postponed after players in those two leagues also decide not to play.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29748076/brewers-reds-mariners-padres-call-games-focus-issues-more-important-baseball|title=Three MLB games postponed as players protest Wisconsin shooting|work=ESPN|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Five MLS games called off as players protest - TSN.ca |url=https://www.tsn.ca/four-mls-games-called-off-1.1515134 |work=TSN |date=August 26, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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** The third night of the Republican National Convention, with the theme "Land of Opportunity", features Pence's acceptance speech from [[Fort McHenry]] in Baltimore.<ref name="RNC-speakers"/> Former football star [[Jack Brewer (American football)|Jack Brewer]] also makes a speech despite being accused of [[insider trading]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-backer-facing-insider-trading-charge-speaks-at-rnc|title=Trump backer facing insider trading charge speaks at RNC|work=PBS|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 27''': |
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** Pelosi urges Biden to skip the presidential debates, claiming that Trump will "probably act in a way that is beneath the dignity of the presidency ... [and] belittle what the debates are supposed to be about". Biden responds by saying that he wants to go ahead and participate so that he can "be a fact-checker on the floor while I'm debating [Trump]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513944-pelosi-says-there-shouldnt-be-presidential-debates-in-2020|title=Pelosi says there shouldn't be any debates between Biden and Trump|work=The Hill|date=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The [[National Hockey League]] announces the postponement of their games for August 27 and 28 after its players decide [[2020 American athlete boycotts|not to play because of the Blake shooting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29754002/flyers-islanders-golden-knights-canucks-played-thursday|title=NHL playoff games on Thursday, Friday called off; action to resume Saturday|work=ESPN|date=August 27, 2020}}</ref> All NBA and seven MLB games originally scheduled for this day are also postponed as those leagues' players continue to sit out in protest for a second consecutive day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/08/27/mlb-protests-athletics-rangers-phillies-nationals/5647164002/|title=MLB protests continue: Seven more games won't be played, as 20 teams overall sit out to protest social injustice|work=USA Today|date=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention, with the theme "Land of Greatness", features Trump's acceptance speech from the White House.<ref name="RNC-speakers"/> |
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*'''August 28''': |
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** The [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]] announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo for his "ongoing refusal to comply" with congressional subpoenas and "his transparently political misuse of Department resources" dating all the way back to at least the Trump impeachment inquiry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/28/house-democrats-announce-contempt-proceedings-against-mike-pompeo.html|title=House Democrats announce contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo|work=CNBC|date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Londonderry, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Trump Holds Rally In Londonderry, New Hampshire|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/08/28/president-donald-trump-londonderry-new-hampshire-rally-event/|publisher=WBZ-TV|work=Associated Press|date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 29''': During the [[George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon|Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon]], clashes erupt between Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters. A member of the right-wing [[Patriot Prayer]] group, later identified as Aaron Danielson, ends up being shot and killed, and several others arrested.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/30/patriot-prayer-joey-gibson-portland-protests/5674611002/|title=What is the right-wing group Patriot Prayer linked to Portland confrontations and who is Joey Gibson?|work=USA Today|date=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53963625|title=Portland clashes: Fatal shooting as rival groups protest|work=BBC|date=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Man fatally shot after pro-Trump caravan was Patriot Prayer 'friend and supporter' Aaron Danielson |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/08/man-fatally-shot-after-pro-trump-caravan-was-patriot-prayer-friend-and-supporter.html|work=OregonLive|date=August 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''August 31:''' |
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** The results of an [[Emerson College]] poll taken in the days following the Republican National Convention are released, indicating Biden's lead over Trump has decreased to just within the margin of error.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/514501-emerson-poll-finds-trump-biden-race-tightening-post-conventions|title=Emerson poll finds Trump-Biden race tightening post-conventions|work=The Hill|date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> |
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** In its ''en banc'' hearing, the entire D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules to overturn the court's three-member panel's previous June 24 decision, rejecting Flynn's request to dismiss the charges against him in ''[[United States v. Flynn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/d996f8036f0598b9c2dd81e6af3d7df5 |title=Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won't order dismissal |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 31, 2020 |author=Tucker, Eric}}</ref> |
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** Biden and Trump publicly accuse each over the recent violence during the [[George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon|Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon]], with, among other traded barbs, Trump claiming that Biden "is unwilling to lead", and Biden claiming Trump is "rooting for chaos and violence".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53962363|title=Portland protests: Trump and Biden clash over street violence|work=BBC|date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== September 2020 === |
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*'''September 1''': |
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** Trump tours the damaged sites of the [[Kenosha protests]], meeting with owners of damaged businesses and participating in a round table discussion on community safety.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/09/01/election-2020-live-updates-trump-view-property-damage-talk-about-safety-during-visit-kenosha-wis/ |title=Trump delivers law-and-order message in Kenosha, Wis. |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 1, 2020 |first1=Felicia |last1=Sonmez |first2=Colby |last2=Itkowitz |first3=John |last3=Wagner}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53989076 |title=Jacob Blake: Trump visits Kenosha to back police after shooting |work=[[BBC]] |date=September 2, 2020 |first=Barbara |last=Plett-Usher}}</ref> Wisconsin governor [[Tony Evers]], Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian, and the city's [[NAACP]] branch president had discouraged the trip, each respectively stating that his presence would only hinder efforts to "overcome division",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-visit-kenosha-wisconsin-governor-evers-reconsider/ |title=Wisconsin governor asks Trump to "reconsider" Kenosha visit |work=CBS News|date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> the trip was "ill advised",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/trump-defying-visit-kenosha-405944 |title=Defying local leaders, Trump declares he will still visit Kenosha |work=[[Politico]] |date=August 31, 2020 |first=Quint |last=Forgey}}</ref> and it would "only inflame tensions".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rose |first1=Janell |title=Trump's Kenosha visit produces outrage for some in the city, and calm for others |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/trump-s-kenosha-visit-sparks-outrage-sense-safety-across-city-n1239043 |work=NBC News |date=September 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** In an interview published by ''[[Axios (website)|Axios]]'', the Democratic data and analytics firm [[Hawkfish (technology company)|Hawkfish]] warns that mail-in voting will likely delay the actual election results by days or even weeks. The firm states that if significantly more Biden supporters vote by mail than Trump supporters due to COVID-19 or other concerns, then any results reported on just election night may falsely skew towards a potential Trump landslide victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/bloomberg-group-trump-election-night-scenarios-a554e8f5-9702-437e-ae75-d2be478d42bb.html|title=Exclusive: Dem group warns of apparent Trump Election Day landslide|work=Axios|date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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** In the second round of ''[[Trump v. Vance]]'', a panel of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit|Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]] grants Trump's request to delay Manhattan district attorney Vance from accessing his tax returns. Oral arguments in the case were also delayed to September 25.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-for-now-can-keep-tax-returns-from-manhattan-prosecutor-idUSKBN25S4UN|title=Trump, for now, can keep tax returns from Manhattan prosecutor|work=Reuters|date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 2''': The results of a CNN poll taken from August 28 to September 1 are released, indicating no convention bounce for Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/politics/dnc-rnc-donald-trump-joe-biden-2020-election/index.html|title=It's official: There's no Trump bounce out of the conventions|work=CNN|date=September 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 3''': |
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** Citing four anonymous sources, ''[[The Atlantic]]'' publishes an article by its editor-in-chief [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] claiming that Trump did not want to visit France's [[Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial]] in 2018 to honor U.S. troops buried there because he through they were "losers" and "suckers".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/|title=Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'|work=The Atlantic|date=September 3, 2020}}</ref> Trump denies these allegations, saying, "It is a disgraceful situation by a magazine that's a terrible magazine."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-denies-military-intelligence-atlantic-5f415584-8a92-4e0a-8e12-92e32141e0f7.html|title=Trump goes on camera to deny Atlantic story|work=Axios|date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> Various former and current White House officials also deny Trump ever said those comments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/515132-john-bolton-says-he-didnt-hear-trump-insult-fallen-soldiers-in-france|title=John Bolton says he didn't hear Trump insult fallen soldiers in France|work=The Hill|date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden visits the sites of the [[Kenosha protests]], against the wishes of the local NAACP president and Kenosha County Executive. During this first campaign visit to Wisconsin, Biden meets with Jacob Blake's family and holds a community meeting.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/biden-arrive-kenosha-just-city-achieves-fragile-calm-n1239156 |title=Biden to arrive in Kenosha just as the city achieves a fragile calm |date=September 3, 2020 |work=NBC News |first1=Janelle |last1=Ross |first2=Shaquille |last2=Brewster |first3=Doha |last3=Madani |access-date=September 3, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-visit-kenosha-thursday-first-campaign-trip-wisconsin-n1239084 |title=Biden to visit Kenosha on Thursday in first campaign trip to Wisconsin |date=September 2, 2020 |work=NBC News |first=Adam |last=Edelman |access-date=September 3, 2020 }}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump reaffirms commitment to law and order at Latrobe rally|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2020/09/03/Trump-visit-Latrobe-PA-rally-reelection-campaign-law-and-order-radical-Democrats/stories/202009030197|last=Routh|first=Julian|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=September 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Jorgensen postpones campaign stops until the following week due to the death of her mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/libertarian-candidate-reschedules/|title=Libertarian candidate reschedules|work=Juneau Empire|date=September 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/an-exclusive-qa-with-libertarian-presidential-candidate-jo-jorgensen/|title=An exclusive Q&A with Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen|work=Juneau Empire|date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 4''': |
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** Various North Carolina counties start to mail out absentee ballots to voters, arguably marking the official start of the general election despite early voting in the state not officially beginning for another six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bladenjournal.com/news/33444/absentee-ballots-to-be-mailed-starting-friday|title=Absentee ballots to be mailed starting Friday|work=Bladen Journal|date=August 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** During a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden blames Trump for the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that it has widened the divisions between the rich and the poor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-09-04/biden-to-assail-trump-on-us-economy-as-campaign-enters-more-intense-phase|title=Biden Says Trump 'Just Doesn't Care' About U.S. Economic Pain From Pandemic|work=US News and World Report|date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 7''': Biden visits the Pennsylvania branch of the [[AFL–CIO]] in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], participating in a Labor Day virtual town hall with labor leaders across the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Biden speaks to unions around the country from Harrisburg, Pa.: Video|url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/09/joe-biden-speaks-to-unions-from-harrisburg-pa-watch-live.html|work=pennlive.com|date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 8''': |
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** The Justice Department asks to take over Trump's defense in [[Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations#E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996|Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him]], on grounds that his comments that caused her to file the lawsuit came while he was in office.<ref>{{cite web|title=|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-lawsuit/index.html|work=CNN|date=September 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump speaks at campaign event in North Carolina, calling his rallies "peaceful protests"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speaks-to-supporters-winston-salem-north-carolina-09-08-2020-live-stream/|work=CBS News|date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 9''': |
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** Biden makes a campaign stop in [[Warren, Michigan]], addressing jobs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Biden travels Wednesday to key Macomb County city|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/08/joe-biden-travels-wednesday-key-macomb-county-city-warren/5750816002/|work=Detroit News|date=September 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Promoting his forthcoming book ''[[Rage (Woodward book)|Rage]]'', scheduled for release on September 15, journalist and author [[Bob Woodward]] claims that Trump admitted to him in early February 2020 that he was repeatedly playing down the COVID-19 virus even though he knew it was deadlier than the flu. Trump responds by calling Woodward's book "a political hit job" and that "I don't want people to be frightened, I don't want to create panic".<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump deliberately played down virus, Woodward book says|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54094559|work=BBC|date=September 9, 2020}}</ref> Various commentators also criticize Woodward for deliberately withholding this revelation for months just for his book, or for "[[October surprise]]"-like timing purposes, instead of thinking about the public health.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woodward defends decision to withhold Trump's virus comments|url=https://apnews.com/99916044401d8f8e24eb7bedfec1d5d2|work=Associated Press|date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 10''': |
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** The [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] issues an order to halt the mailing of the state's absentee ballots to Wisconsin voters, pending a lawsuit filed by the Hawkins/Walker campaign after the [[Wisconsin Elections Commission]] decided to not include the Green Party ticket on the ballot because Walker provided different addresses on her campaign filings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Supreme Court says mailing of absentee ballots should be halted while Green Party lawsuit is considered|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/10/wisconsin-supreme-court-seeks-suspend-mailing-absentee-ballots/3459007001/|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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** In a similar case involving improperly submitted paperwork by the Green Party campaign, a Pennsylvania appellate court orders that Hawkins can appear on that state's ballot, but Walker's name cannot be listed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Green Party can stay on Pennsylvania's ballot, judge says|url=https://apnews.com/b9b6c55254bfbf9a2bd0d45ad3ecc4e9|work=Associated Press|date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Freeland, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump returns to battleground Michigan, claims no president has done more for the state|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/10/president-donald-trump-freeland-michigan-campaign-rally/3460511001/|work=Detroit News|date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 11''': Observing the 19th anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]], both Biden and Pence attend the morning ceremony at the [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum]] in [[New York City]] and exchange elbow bumps,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biden, Pence cross paths at NYC 9/11 ceremony|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/515998-biden-pence-cross-paths-at-nyc-9-11-ceremony|work=The Hill|date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> while Trump attends one at the [[Flight 93 National Memorial]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania]]. Biden later makes a separate visit to the Flight 93 Memorial in the afternoon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comforting families, warning foes: Biden, Trump mark 9/11|url=https://apnews.com/ecd918b8814f00b2c817611ff480a171|work=Associated Press|date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> Harris meanwhile attends a memorial ceremony in [[Fairfax, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Harris pays tribute to 9/11 victims, first responders in Virginia|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/516013-harris-pays-tribute-to-9-11-victims-first-responders-in-virginia|work=The Hill|date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 12''': After canceling a rally at [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]] in [[Reno, Nevada]] due to the airport's COVID-19 health guidelines, Trump instead holds one at [[Minden–Tahoe Airport]] in [[Minden, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump campaign website shows Saturday rally will be at Minden airport|url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/11/trump-relocate-saturday-rally-minden/3469281001/|work=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 13''': Trump holds his first indoor rally in nearly three months in [[Henderson, Nevada]], despite the local COVID-19 health orders limiting such indoor events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump holds first entirely indoor rally in nearly three months|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/politics/trump-indoor-rally-coronavirus-2020/index.html|work=CNN|date=September 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 14''': |
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** Trump visits [[McClellan Park, California]] to meet with local officials on the [[2020 California wildfires|California wildfires]], then travels to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] to meet with Latino supporters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sensing opportunity, Trump courts Latino voters in key state of Arizona|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKBN2650GH|work=Reuters|date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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** During a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden addresses the wildfires, calling Trump a "climate arsonist" for the President's lack of climate change policies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biden blasts 'climate arsonist' Trump in speech about West Coast fires|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-address-west-coast-fires-confront-growing-threat/story?id=73000218|work=ABC News|date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The [[United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis|House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis]] launches an investigation on allegations that Trump appointees pressured CDC officials to change or delay COVID-19 reports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Democrats launch probe into Trump officials' Covid-report tampering|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/14/democrats-investigate-trump-cdc-414272|work=Politico|date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 15''': |
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** Trump participates in a town hall hosted by [[ABC News]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump's ABC town hall: President faces tough questions on coronavirus response, health care, racial injustice|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-questions-uncommitted-voters-abc-news-town-hall/story?id=73005086|work=ABC News|date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden makes campaign stops in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] and [[Kissimmee, Florida]], courting Latino voters as recent polls show that both he and Trump are about evenly divided among the Latino community in the battleground state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/516560-biden-looks-to-shore-up-latino-support-in-florida|title=Biden looks to shore up Latino support in Florida|work=The Hill|date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 16''': During a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden criticizes Trump for attempting to rush a COVID-19 vaccine before the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/politics/biden-trump-coronavirus-vaccine.html|title=Biden, Seizing on Worries of a Rushed Vaccine, Warns Trump Can't Be Trusted|work=The New York Times|date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 17''': |
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** U.S. District Judge [[Stanley Allen Bastian]] issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Postal Service from implementing Postmaster General DeJoy's changes, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the postal service".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-issues-temporary-injunction-against-usps-operational-changes-amid-concerns-about-mail-slowdowns/2020/09/17/34fb85a0-f91e-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html|title=Federal judge issues temporary injunction against USPS operational changes amid concerns about mail slowdowns|work=The Washington Post|date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]] extends the state's mail-in ballot deadline to November 6, three days after the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/17/pennsylvania-mail-ballot-deadline-extended-417044|title=Pennsylvania Supreme Court extends state's mail ballot deadline|work=Politico|date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally in [[Mosinee, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pres. Trump to visit Mosinee on Thursday, not Friday|url=https://www.wsaw.com/2020/09/15/pres-trump-to-visit-mosinee-on-thursday-not-friday/|work=WSAW-TV|date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden participates in a town hall hosted by CNN in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CNN to host town hall with Joe Biden|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/politics/cnn-town-hall-joe-biden/index.html|work=CNN|date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 18''': |
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** Supreme Court justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] dies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87|work=NPR|date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> Senate Majority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] states that he intends to fill the vacancy as soon as possible once [[2020 United States Supreme Court vacancy|Trump names a nominee]]. Biden and other Democrats call to leave the seat open until after [[Inauguration Day]].<ref>{{cite web|title=McConnell says Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg will get Senate vote|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/517178-mcconnell-says-trump-nominee-to-replace-ginsburg-will-get-senate-vote|work=The Hill|date=September 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Biden says Ginsburg's replacement should be chosen by election victor|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-biden/biden-says-ginsburgs-replacement-should-be-chosen-by-election-victor-idUSKBN26A04F?il=0|work=Reuters|date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally in [[Bemidji, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Donald Trump To Visit Minnesota, Wisconsin Next Week|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/09/10/president-donald-trump-to-visit-minnesota-wisconsin-next-week/|work=WCCO-TV|date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> He is not informed of Ginsburg's death until after the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517174-trump-carries-on-with-rally-unaware-of-ginsburgs-death|work=The Hill|date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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** A Michigan court extends the state's absentee ballot deadline to November 17, two weeks after the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/michigan-deadline-extended-for-absentee-ballots/index.html|title=Michigan judge extends deadline for absentee ballots by 2 weeks|work=CNN|date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 19''': Trump rally in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Trump to Campaign in Fayetteville This Weekend|url=https://abc11.com/amp/trump-fayetteville-president-in-north-carolina-rally-nc/6422940/|work=WTVD-TV|date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> Trump calls Biden the "dumbest of all candidates ... You can't have this guy as your president ... maybe I'll sign an executive order that you cannot have him as your president".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/20/trump-threatens-to-issue-executive-order-preventing-biden-from-being-elected-president/|title=Trump Threatens To Issue Executive Order Preventing Biden From Being Elected President|work=Forbes|date=September 20, 2020|first=Tommy|last=Beer}}</ref> |
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*'''September 20''': Early voting begins in several states, roughly 45 days before the election.<ref name="early-voting-calendar">{{cite web|url=https://www.vote.org/early-voting-calendar/|title=Early voting by state|website=vote.org|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/eoddomestic.htm|title=Election Official Directory & State Voting Requirements & Information|website=usvotefoundation.org|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 21''': |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin]], the second time he has visited the state in two weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biden headed to Manitowoc for second Wisconsin visit|url=https://apnews.com/9340026b2288d234e5e9294440619128|work=Associated Press|date=September 21, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally in [[Swanton, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Trump coming to Toledo airport Monday|url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/politics/campaign-2020/president-trump-coming-to-toledo-airport-monday/512-15fa4345-8f50-46cf-aa8d-caa146c92911|work=WTOL-TV|date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 22''': |
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** A decision by the [[Maine Supreme Judicial Court|Maine Supreme Court]] effectively allows the state to proceed with implementing the first-ever use of [[Ranked-choice voting in the United States|ranked-choice voting]] in a presidential general election. Maine's high court rejects the [[Maine Republican Party]]'s attempt to put a referendum on the ranked-choice voting plan on the statewide ballot, ruling that they failed to gather enough petition signatures for the measure to qualify because roughly 1,000 of them were invalid.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maine's supreme court clears way for ranked-choice voting in presidential election|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2020/09/22/maine-high-court-clears-way-for-ranked-choice-voting-in-presidential-contest/|work=Portland Press Herald|date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally at [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] in [[Moon Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Moon Township, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Donald Trump Holds Rally At Pittsburgh International Airport|url=https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/09/22/president-donald-trump-pittsburgh-international-airport-rally/|work=KDKA-TV|date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 23''': |
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** The Senate committees on [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Homeland Security]] and [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Finance]] jointly release an interim report on the [[Hunter Biden#Burisma Holdings|Bidens' business dealings with Burisma Holdings]], which was at the center of the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal]] and the subsequent impeachment of Trump. The investigation finds no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/politics/biden-inquiry-republicans-johnson.html|title=Republican Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Biden|work=The New York Times|date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> The report does however find that his son Hunter's role at the company was "awkward", "problematic" and gave the appearance of a conflict of interest when he benefited from using his father's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54268887|title=Hunter Biden: Republicans release report on Joe Biden's son|work=BBC|date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden participates in a Black economic summit in Charlotte.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc11.com/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-stopping-in-charlotte/6514859/|title=Joe Biden meets with Black business owners to discuss rebuilding US economy during first NC campaign stop since nomination|work=WTVD-TV|date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump speaks at the [[National Catholic Prayer Breakfast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/how-watch-donald-trumps-speech-national-catholic-prayer-breakfast-1533699|title=How to Watch Donald Trump's Speech at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast|work=Newsweek|date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** When asked during a press conference, Trump declines to commit to a [[peaceful transition of power|peaceful transfer of power]] after the election, saying "We're going to have to see what happens. You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-voting-elections-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-8bb28627b03474a3a5ce2454ae3d1639|title=Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses|work=Associated Press|date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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** A Kentucky grand jury decides to indict only one of the three [[Louisville Metro Police Department|Louisville Metro Police]] officers involved in the [[shooting of Breonna Taylor]], sparking protests across the county.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Callimachi|first1=Rukmini|last2=Bogel-Burroughs|first2=Nicholas|last3=Eligon|first3=John|date=2020-09-24|title=Breonna Taylor Live Updates: 2 Officers Shot in Louisville Protests|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/breonna-taylor-decision-verdict.html|access-date=2020-09-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Two Louisville police officers are shot during the protests.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yancey-Bragg|first=N'dea|title=Breonna Taylor case: Two police officers shot during protest after officials announce charges; FBI SWAT team at scene|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/23/breonna-taylor-announcement-grand-jury-louisville-police-case-updates/5814876002/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*'''September 24''': |
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** The Senate unanimously passes a resolution authored by Democratic Senator [[Joe Manchin]] of West Virginia reaffirming support for a peaceful transfer of power, one day after Trump refused to commit to one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/518061-senate-passes-resolution-reaffirming-commitment-to-peaceful-transition-of|title=Senate passes resolution reaffirming commitment to peaceful transition of power|work=The Hill|date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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** FBI Director [[Christopher A. Wray]] testifies before the Senate Homeland Security Committee that "We have not seen historically any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it's by mail or otherwise".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/christopher-wray-fbi-election-interference/2020/09/23/e93d4230-fdea-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html|title=FBI director says widespread mail ballot interference would be a 'major challenge' for foreign agents|work=The Washington Post|date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden halts further public campaign appearances to prepare for the September 29 presidential debate. Trump mocks Biden for doing so when contrasting it to his own campaign schedule for the upcoming weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517987-trump-says-biden-wants-to-rest-on-day-dedicated-to-debate-prep|title=Trump mocks Biden for calling 'a lid' before 9 a.m.|work=The Hill|date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally in [[Jacksonville, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/09/24/trump-supporters-set-up-camp-more-than-18-hours-before-presidents-arrival-in-jacksonville/|title=Florida leaders speak as crowd awaits President Trump's Jacksonville visit|work=WJXT-TV|date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 25''': Trump hosts Latino supporters at his [[Trump National Doral Miami|Doral Miami Resort]] near Miami in the morning,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/518220-trump-courts-hispanic-voters-in-florida-amid-tight-race-with-biden|title=Trump courts Hispanic voters in Florida amid tight race with Biden|work=The Hill|date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> attends a Black economic empowerment event in Atlanta in the afternoon,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/518298-trump-assails-black-lives-matter-in-appeal-to-black-voters|title=Trump assails Black Lives Matter in appeal to Black voters|work=The Hill|date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> then holds an evening rally in [[Newport News, Virginia]] despite the Virginia COVID-19 health orders limiting such indoor events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/trump-rally-virginia-health-officials/2020/09/24/2d47dc3c-fea5-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html|title=Trump's planned Virginia rally poses coronavirus risk, health officials say|work=The Washington Post|date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 26''': |
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** Trump [[Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination|nominates]] federal circuit judge [[Amy Coney Barrett]] to succeed Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-trump/trump-picks-barrett-as-he-moves-to-tilt-us-supreme-court-rightward-idUSKBN26H0GK|title=Trump picks Barrett as he moves to tilt U.S. Supreme Court rightward|work=Reuters|date=September 26, 2020}}</ref> At least eight attendees at the nomination ceremony at the [[White House Rose Garden]] would later [[White House COVID-19 outbreak|test positive for COVID-19 in the coming weeks]].<ref name="inde">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/scotus-nomination-coronavirus-superspreader-white-house-senator-mike-lee-b749466.html |title=White House SCOTUS announcement is suspected as Covid super-spreader event as video shows infected senator hugging attendees |date=October 2, 2020 |website=The Independent}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally at [[Harrisburg International Airport]] in [[Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Middletown, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/trump-rally-harrisburg-pennsylvania-barrett-20200926.html|title=At Harrisburg rally, Trump vows to win and renews warning about ballot cheating|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=September 26, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 27''': |
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** ''[[The New York Times]]'' publishes a report stating that it has obtained at least two decades worth of [[Tax returns of Donald Trump|tax return data for Trump]], showing that he "paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made" and that Trump engaged in "a decade-long audit battle with the Internal Revenue Service over the legitimacy of a $72.9 million tax refund that he claimed, and received, after declaring huge losses".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html|title=Long-Concealed Records Show Trump's Chronic Losses and Years of Tax Avoidance|work=The New York Times|date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> Trump calls the ''Times'' story "fake news".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-new-york-times-report-him-paying-just-750-taxes-fake-news-1534517|title=Trump Calls New York Times Report of Him Paying Just $750 in Taxes 'Fake News'|work=Newsweek|date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** A federal appeals court temporarily halts Wisconsin's six-day absentee ballot extension pending further action by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-wisconsin-elections-us-supreme-court-courts-9f58fae97f3296c1a318f9f1082cf198|title=Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension|work=Associated Press|date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Trump campaign sues the [[North Carolina State Board of Elections]] over its new guidelines that allows North Carolina voters with mail-in ballots with deficient information to fix them without getting a new blank ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-sues-to-block-mail-in-ballot-rule-changes-2020-9|title=Trump's campaign is suing North Carolina over a change that would allow voters to more easily fix incomplete mail-in ballots|work=Associated Press|publisher=Business Insider|date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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** [[Brad Parscale]], a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, is hospitalized after his wife calls [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] police that he had guns and he was threatening to harm himself. Officers seize 10 firearms from the home and report that Parscale's wife had cuts and bruises on her arms and face, which she said Parscale had inflicted earlier in the week.<ref>{{cite news | last1 =Clarkson | first1 =Brett |last2 =Erblat | first2 =Austen |last3 =Lyons |first3 =David | last4 =Wallman | first4 = Brittany| title =Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police say | work =[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]] | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =September 27, 2020 | url =https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-brad-parscale-incident-fort-lauderdale-20200928-g4bcine3fbb7jhjniiroo3yuse-story.html | accessdate =September 27, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Reilly|first=Andrew|date=2020-09-27|title=Trump's ex-campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after threatening to harm himself: officials|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-ex-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-detained-armed-harm-himself|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|last=Man|first=Mario Ariza, Anthony|title=Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale was drunk and agitated in standoff, police say. Then his cop friend showed up.|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-brad-parscale-suicide-attempt-saved-by-cop-friend-20200928-irc2wvhvczblhakhnsdnfeppme-story.html|access-date=2020-09-28|website=sun-sentinel.com}}</ref> |
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*'''September 29''': |
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** A three-judge panel on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal]] upholds Wisconsin's six-day absentee ballot extension.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/518854-appeals-court-upholds-extension-of-wisconsin-absentee-ballot|title=Appeals court upholds extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline|work=The Hill|date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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** During a hearing in ''[[United States v. Flynn]]'', Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell acknowledges that she had "a number of discussions with the President" about the case and had asked him not to pardon Flynn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/michael-flynn-lawyer-met-with-trump-to-discuss-criminal-case.html|title=Lawyer for Michael Flynn personally asked Trump not to pardon ex-national security advisor in FBI lie case|work=CNBC|date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The first presidential debate sponsored by the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] (CPD) is held at the [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref name="politico20200727"/> At least 11 individuals involved in preparation for this event would later test positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web|title= City of Cleveland announces 11 positive cases of COVID-19 stemming from preparations for presidential debate|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-11-cases-after-presidential-debate/95-74828d32-8c97-4b24-81e5-209689df6a86|last=Staff|publisher=WKYC Cleveland|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> Despite earlier claims that all participants would be tested, Trump and his personnel arrive too late to be tested and are instead admitted under "an honor system".<ref>{{cite news |title=Chris Wallace: Trump arrived too late to be tested in Ohio before debate, relied on 'honor system' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/519418-chris-wallace-trump-arrived-too-late-to-be-tested-in-ohio-before-debate-relied |work=The Hill |date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''September 30''': |
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** A Republican-led committee in the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] votes to create a new special committee to investigate Trump's election fraud allegations. Opposed by Pennsylvania Democrats, this new proposed panel would have the power to subpoena state election officials and USPS workers while both the election and the vote counting are already in progress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pennsylvania-republicans-push-committee-to-investigate-presidential-vote/2020/09/30/7af18cea-035e-11eb-8879-7663b816bfa5_story.html|title=Pennsylvania Republicans push committee to investigate presidential vote|work=The Washington Post|date=September 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/30/pa-republicans-move-ahead-plan-investigate-presidential-vote/5875096002/|title=Pa. House Republicans move forward with plan to investigate presidential election|work=USA Today Network|publisher=York Daily Record|date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Following the chaotic exchanges between Biden and Trump during the previous evening's debate, the CPD issues a statement saying that "additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.debates.org/2020/09/30/cpd-statement-4/|title=CPD Statement|work=The Commission on Presidential Debates|date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Testifying before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]], former FBI director [[James Comey]] defends his role in the Russia investigations and [[Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)|Crossfire Hurricane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/comey-defends-russia-investigation-essential-testimony-senate-panel/story?id=73338331|title=Comey defends Russia investigation as 'essential' in testimony to Senate panel|work=ABC News|date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Parscale steps down from the Trump campaign claiming that he is under "overwhelming stress", while his wife now claims that the apparent domestic abuse on September 27 was "misconstrued".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/30/brad-parscale-stepping-down-trump-campaign-424069|title=Parscale steps away from Trump campaign as wife denies physical abuse|work=Politico|date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden embarks on a six-city campaign train tour through eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/biden-ohio-pennsylvania-train.html|title=Biden Tours Ohio and Pennsylvania, Aiming to Win Back Trump Voters|work=The New York Times|date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump rally in [[Duluth, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kbjr6.com/2020/09/25/trump-to-hold-campaign-rally-in-duluth-wednesday/|title=Trump to hold campaign rally in Duluth Wednesday|work=KBJR-TV|date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump adviser [[Hope Hicks]] and RNC chairwoman [[Ronna McDaniel]] both test positive for COVID-19 but do not announce it publicly until the following days.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Betz|first=Bradford|date=October 1, 2020|title=White House aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-aide-hope-hicks-tests-positive-for-coronavirus|website=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=October 2, 2020|title=RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tests positive for coronavirus|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-coronavirus/index.html|website=CNN}}</ref> |
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=== October 2020 === |
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{{see also|October surprise|White House COVID-19 outbreak|2020 United States presidential debates}} |
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[[File:President Trump Greets Supporters (50423102728).jpg|thumb|Trump greeting supporters during a drive outside [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], October 4, 2020]] |
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[[File:Jo Jorgensen (50447934788).jpg|thumb|[[Jo Jorgensen]] speaking at a rally in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], October 10, 2020]] |
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*'''October 1''': |
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** Biden hosts a virtual fundraiser.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/elections/pence-heads-to-iowa-as-biden-and-trump-catch-their-breath-and-host-fund-raisers.html|title=Pence heads to Iowa, as Biden and Trump catch their breath and host fund-raisers|work=The New York Times|date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Trump attends a fundraiser at the [[Trump National Golf Club Bedminster]] in [[Bedminster, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/presidential-election/trump-will-be-in-bedminster-on-october-1-to-raise-money-for-re-election-bid/|title=Trump will be in Bedminster on October 1 to raise money for re-election bid|work=The New Jersey Globe|date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> A small group of White House leaders privately learn about Hicks' positive COVID-19 test as [[Marine One]] was just taking off, but they allow the event to go forward anyway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-starts-contact-tracing-for-people-who-attended-trump-fundraiser-thursday/2648271/|title=White House Knew of Trump's Exposure Before He Traveled to New Jersey|work=WNBC-TV|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=White House wanted to keep Hope Hicks's positive COVID-19 test private: report|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519304-white-house-staff-wanted-to-keep-hope-hicks-positive-covid-19-test|work=The Hill|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Both Biden and Trump make separate virtual speeches at the [[Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-bitter-debate-trump-biden-to-speak-at-charity-event/2020/10/01/e30d95d0-0435-11eb-b92e-029676f9ebec_story.html|title=After bitter debate, Trump, Biden to speak at charity event|work=The Washington Post|date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''October 1–2''': Trump and first lady Melania test positive for [[COVID-19]], publicly revealing their diagnosis after midnight October 2. The tests are administered to the President and First Lady after Hicks publicly announces her positive test results during the evening of October 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-covid.html|title=Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus|work=The New York Times|date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> White House physician [[Sean Conley]] issues a memo on early October 2 morning that the Trumps are "both well" as they begin the quarantine process, and expects Trump to "continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering".<ref name="CNBC2020-10-02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/02/president-donald-trump-says-he-has-tested-positive-for-coronavirus.html|title=President Trump, first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus|work=CNBC|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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* '''October 2''': |
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** After experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19, Trump is admitted into the [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]] in [[Bethesda, Maryland]], "out of an abundance of caution".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/president-donald-trump-walter-reed-coronavirus/index.html|title=Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized 'for the next few days'|work=CNN|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The City of Cleveland announces that 11 individuals who were involved with the preparations for the September 29 presidential debate have tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/11-positive-coronavirus-tests-traced-presidential-debate-cleveland-officials-say-n1241841|title=11 positive coronavirus tests traced to presidential debate, Cleveland officials say|work=NBC News|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Biden tests negative for COVID-19, then holds a campaign event in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/02/biden-expected-grand-rapids-friday-campaign-stop/3590408001/|title=Biden returns to Michigan, calls for unity in fight against COVID-19|work=The Detroit News|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** The Commission on Presidential Debates says that the vice presidential debate set for October 7 remains on schedule after Pence and second lady [[Karen Pence|Karen]] also test negative for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26N38L|title=Vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris still on|work=Reuters|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> The CPD however remains silent as to whether Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis will affect the second presidential debate scheduled for October 15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/its-uncertain-how-or-if-the-rest-of-the-presidential-debates-will-go-on/ar-BB194Psc|title=It's Uncertain How (or If) the Rest of the Presidential Debates Will Go On |work=Harper's Bazaar|publisher=MSN.com|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> |
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** Several people who attended [[Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination#Rose Garden ceremony|Barrett's Supreme Court nomination ceremony]] on September 26 also announce that they have tested positive for COVID-19, including senators [[Mike Lee (American politician)|Mike Lee]] of Utah and [[Thom Tillis]] of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame president [[John I. Jenkins]], and former Counselor to the President [[Kellyanne Conway]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/attendees-scotus-nomination-rose-garden-test-positive-covid/story?id=73391378|title=7 attendees of SCOTUS nomination at Rose Garden test positive for COVID-19 |date=October 2, 2020 |website=ABC News}}</ref> |
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** Barrett tests negative for COVID-19,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519324-trump-supreme-court-nominee-amy-coney-barrett-tests-negative-for|title=Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tests negative for coronavirus |date=October 3, 2020 |website=The Hill}}</ref> and Republican senators say that her confirmation hearings will still go on as scheduled on October 12.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/02/amy-coney-barrett-covid-19-not-slowing-down-confirmation-process/3592280001/|title=Trump and 2 senators' positive COVID-19 tests spark worries over Amy Coney Barrett confirmation, but GOP moving forward anyway|date=October 2, 2020 |website=USA Today}}</ref> Democrats urge the hearings to be delayed because of the outbreak, especially since Lee and Tillis sit on the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/mike-lee-tests-positive-covid/index.html|title=Two GOP senators test positive for Covid-19, potentially jeopardizing Barrett confirmation vote|date=October 3, 2020 |website=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''October 3''': During a virtual campaign event, Biden admits that he has advised some governors to not publicly endorse him, fearing that the Trump administration would retaliate by withholding federal resources to their respective states.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden said he warned governors not to endorse him to prevent retaliation from the Trump administration|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-told-governors-not-to-endorse-him-2020-10|date=October 4, 2020|work=Business Insider}}</ref> |
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*'''October 4''': Trump briefly leaves Walter Reed to drive past by supporters gathering outside the hospital, waving at them from the back seat of an SUV. Although all Secret Service agents inside the vehicle with Trump wore personal protective equipment, some agents within the Secret Service anonymously complain about his behavior to ''The Washington Post''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Secret Service agents outraged by Trump's drive outside hospital|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/10/04/trump-covid-live-updates/#link-UIJECVECJVGR5CRF2EASH3Z4UM|date=October 4, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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*'''October 5''': |
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** Trump is discharged from Walter Reed and returns to the White House. Doctors say in a news briefing that Trump will be continued to be treated with [[dexamethasone]] and [[remdesivir]] during his recovery.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump returns to White House downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a 'ghost town' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-walter-reed-discharge-mask/2020/10/05/91edbe9a-071a-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html|date=October 5, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in Miami,<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden mounts late fight for Miami |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/biden-mounts-late-fight-for-miami-426615|date=October 5, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> including participating in a town hall hosted by MSNBC at the [[Pérez Art Museum Miami]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden Pushes Contrasts Between Candidates During NBC News Town Hall in Miami |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/biden-pushes-contrasts-between-candidates-during-nbc-news-town-hall-in-miami/2302980/|date=October 6, 2020|work=WTVJ-TV}}</ref> |
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** Due to concerns about COVID-19 outbreak, the CPD approves plans to have Harris and Pence separated by plexiglass during the vice presidential debate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/plexiglass-harris-and-pence-vp-debate-426514|date=October 5, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** The Supreme Court, starting [[2020 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States|its 2020 term]] with eight justices due to Ginsburg's vacancy, grants the [[South Carolina Republican Party]]'s request to reinstate the state's signature requirement on absentee ballots, pending further appeal by the Democrats.<ref>{{cite news|title=US Supreme Court allows SC vote-by-mail restriction to proceed|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/supreme-court-south-carolina-ballot-signature/index.html|date=October 5, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''October 6''': |
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** The Supreme Court denies the [[Maine Republican Party]]'s petition to stop Maine's ranked-choice voting plan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court rejects GOP attempt to get rid of ranked voting in Maine|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/politics/maine-ranked-choice-voting-supreme-court/index.html|date=October 7, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** Biden makes a campaign speech in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden says United States is in a 'dangerous place' and calls for unity in Gettysburg speech|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/joe-biden-gettysburg-speech/index.html|date=October 6, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''October 7''': |
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** Trump begins attacking US Attorney General [[William Barr]] regarding the Department of Justice delaying the release of [[Durham Investigation|Durham report]] until at least after the election, tweeting "Where are all of the arrests? ... Do something about this, the biggest of all political scandals (in history)!!! Biden, Obama and Crooked Hillary led this treasonous plot!!!".<ref>{{cite news|title='Where are all of the arrests?': Trump demands Barr lock up his foes|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/07/trump-demands-barr-arrest-foes-427389|date=October 7, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** In the ''Trump v. Vance'' case, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump's latest attempt to block the subpoena for his tax returns. Trump states his intent to appeal this ruling to the Supreme Court, therefore the appeals court grants his legal team 12 days in which to do so before prosecutors may execute the subpoena.<ref>{{cite news|title=Subpoena for Trump tax returns heading back to Supreme Court after President dealt another setback|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/politics/trump-tax-returns-subpoena-ruling/index.html|date=October 7, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** The only vice presidential debate sponsored by the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] (CPD), is held at the [[University of Utah]] in [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]].<ref name="politico_debates"/> |
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*'''October 8''': |
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** The Supreme Court denies the [[Montana Republican Party]]'s petition to stop Montana's plan to send mail-in ballots to every registered voter because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court Justice Kagan clears the way for sending mail-in ballots to Montana voters|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/supreme-court-mail-in-ballots-montana/index.html|date=October 8, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** During an interview with [[Fox Business]] following the previous night's vice presidential debate, Trump attacks Harris for her stance on open borders, calling her a "monster" and a "communist".<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump Says Kamala Harris Is a 'Communist' and a 'Monster' Who Wants to Open Up Borders|url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-kamala-harris-communist-monster-who-wants-open-borders-1537492|date=October 8, 2020|work=Newsweek}}</ref> |
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** Both Biden and Harris attend a campaign event in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] to kickoff a campaign bus tour through the state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden, Harris aim to tip battleground Arizona for Democrats|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-harris-aim-tip-battleground-arizona-democrats-73498748|date=October 8, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> |
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** The FBI arrests 13 armed militia members who [[Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot|plotted to kidnap]] governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]] of Michigan.<ref>{{cite news|title=F.B.I. Says Michigan Anti-Government Group Plotted to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-militia.html|date=October 8, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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**The [[Free & Equal Elections Foundation]] sponsors a presidential debate in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], inviting any candidate that is on the ballot in at least 10 states, regardless of party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://freeandequal.org/2020/09/four-candidates-confirmed-for-october-8-open-presidential-debate-in-denver/|title=Four Candidates Confirmed for October 8 Open Presidential Debate in Denver|publisher=Free & Equal Elections Foundation|date=September 16, 2020|accessdate=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920021508/https://freeandequal.org/2020/09/four-candidates-confirmed-for-october-8-open-presidential-debate-in-denver/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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** Due to Trump's positive COVID diagnosis, the Commission on Presidential Debates initially announces that the second presidential debate scheduled for October 15 will be held virtually. While Biden agrees to the format change, Trump says he will not take part and would instead hold a rally with his supporters on that day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump says he won't participate in next debate after commission announces it will be virtual|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/second-presidential-debate-virtual/index.html|date=October 8, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> Biden then agrees to postpone the second debate, and later schedules a town hall to be televised on ABC on October 15.<ref name="ABC20201008">{{cite news|title=Biden to participate in ABC town hall Oct. 15 in lieu of Trump debate|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/520244-biden-to-participate-in-abc-town-hall-oct-15-in-lieu-of-trump-debate|date=October 8, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref><ref name="NYT20201008">{{cite news|title=Campaigns Spar Over Debate Plan After Trump Rejects Virtual Face-Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/business/media/trump-biden-debate-virtual.html|date=October 8, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The Trump campaign then asks the Debate Commission to reschedule the second debate to October 22 and postpone the third debate to October 29, while the Biden campaign objects to postponing the third debate to that date.<ref name="ABC20201008"/><ref name="NYT20201008"/> |
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** Conley releases a memo saying that Trump's condition is stable, is "devoid of symptoms", and he anticipates that Trump could have a "safe return to public engagements" by October 10.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump's doctor says he's completed his Covid-19 treatments and can return to 'public engagements' on Saturday|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/elections/trump-covid-conley.html|date=October 9, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> However, later that evening Trump appears on the phone on ''[[Hannity]]'' and suffers several coughing fits.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coughing Trump tells Hannity he's healthy and ready to hold rallies|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/media/trump-coughs-on-fox-news/index.html|date=October 8, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''October 9''': |
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** The Debate Commission decides to cancel the second debate since Trump is unwilling to participate virtually, and that the third debate would go forward as originally scheduled on October 22. The Trump campaign responds by referencing Conley's memo during the previous day regarding Trump's improved condition, and states that there is "no medical reason" to stop the debate from proceeding, in-person, as originally scheduled.<ref>{{cite news|title=Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/second-presidential-debate-canceled/index.html|date=October 9, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** Biden speaks at a drive-in campaign event in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden to stop in east Las Vegas, hold drive-in event on Friday|url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/biden-to-stop-in-east-las-vegas-hold-drive-in-event-on-friday/article_ae4ebcc4-09cc-11eb-aa22-cbb17285eaae.html|date=October 9, 2020|work=KVVU-TV}}</ref> |
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** In what he claims as the "largest radio rally in history", Trump calls into ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]'' for two hours.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump calls into Rush Limbaugh's show for two hours|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/520400-trump-calls-into-rush-limbaughs-show-for-two-hours|date=October 9, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> |
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*'''October 10''': |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], focusing on the economy and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="WAPOST20201009">{{cite news|title=Trump addresses supporters at White House event; Biden campaigns in Erie, Pa. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/10/10/trump-biden-live-updates/|date=October 10, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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** Trump addresses supporters at the [[South Lawn|White House South Lawn]], his first public event since being released from Walter Reed.<ref name="WAPOST20201009"/> |
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*'''October 12''' |
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** The [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] hearings on the [[Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination]] begins.<ref>{{cite news|title=Graham sets the stage for Barrett's quick confirmation as hearings get underway|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/politics/lindsey-graham-amy-coney-barrett-vote/index.html|date=October 12, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> As a member of the committee, this pulls Harris off the campaign trail.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris, the tenacious former prosecutor, faces a complicated role as she questions Barrett|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/politics/kamala-harris-amy-coney-barrett/index.html|date=October 12, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in Ohio, stopping in [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] then going to [[Cincinnati]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden makes big push in Ohio, once seen as long shot for him |url=https://www.fox19.com/2020/10/12/biden-makes-big-push-ohio-once-seen-long-shot-him/|date=October 12, 2020|work=WXIX-TV}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Sanford, Florida]], his first public campaign event outside of Washington, D.C. since being released from Walter Reed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump returns to campaign trail after bout with covid-19, amid criticism he is still not taking pandemic seriously|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rally-covid-florida-biden/2020/10/12/00c10916-0c99-11eb-8a35-237ef1eb2ef7_story.html|date=October 12, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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*'''October 13''': |
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** The Supreme Court issues a stay in ''[[2020 United States Census#Early completion of count|Ross v. National Urban League]]'', allowing the Trump administration to end the counting early for the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] by October 15, pending further appeals in the lower courts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court grants Trump administration's request to halt census count while appeal plays out|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/13/politics/supreme-court-census/index.html|date=October 13, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** In the ''Trump v. Vance'' case, Trump's attorneys submit an emergency petition to the Supreme Court to block the latest order from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the Manhattan District Attorney to get Trump's tax returns.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump attorneys ask Supreme Court for stay in Manhattan DA's tax case|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-attorneys-ask-supreme-court-stay-manhattan-da-s-tax-n1243207|date=October 13, 2020|work=NBC News}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in South Florida, stopping in [[Pembroke Pines, Florida|Pembroke Pines]] then going to [[Miramar, Florida|Miramar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden Back in South Florida Tuesday for Events in Pembroke Pines, Miramar|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/joe-biden-returning-to-south-florida-tuesday-for-broward-events/2305966/|date=October 13, 2020|work=WTVJ-TV}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title='I feel your pain because I felt your pain,' Trump tells thousands at Pennsylvania rally|url=https://fusion.inquirer.com/politics/election/trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-rally-20201013.html-2|date=October 13, 2020|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> |
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*'''October 14''': |
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** Using material provided by Trump's personal lawyer [[Rudy Giuliani]] regarding emails allegedly found on a damaged laptop at a Delaware computer repair shop, the ''[[New York Post]]'' suggests that [[Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory#New York Post reporting|Biden used his political power to benefit his son Hunter]] in business dealings with Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Everything About How the Hunter Biden-New York Post Story Came Together Reeks|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/hunter-biden-new-york-post-story-reeks|date=October 15, 2020|work=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump team makes a suspicious effort to swing the election with purported Hunter Biden emails|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/10/14/21515776/hunter-biden-emails-giuliani|date=October 15, 2020|work=Vox}}</ref> The ''New York Post'' article is met with skepticism, with questions about the authenticity and provenance of the emails.<ref>{{cite news|title=An explosive New York Post story that sent Trumpworld into a frenzy is riddled with holes and red flags|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-post-hunter-joe-biden-giuliani-red-flags-disinformation-2020-10|date=October 14, 2020|work=Business Insider}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' then reports that intelligence agencies have been concerned since at least 2019 that Giuliani has been the target of a Russian influence operation. Rather than distance himself from Giuliani, Trump uses the ''New York Post'' story as a campaign talking point as if it was true.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden email episode illustrates risk to Trump from Giuliani|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ap-source-fbi-probing-emails-part-influence-operation-73661354|date=October 16, 2020|work=Associated Press|publisher=ABC News}}</ref> |
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** Trump schedules a town hall to be televised on NBC on October 15, directly competing with Biden's already scheduled town hall on ABC. Top Democrats, media pundits and even some NBC journalists are surprised by NBC agreeing with Trump to go head-to-head with Biden's event.<ref name="NYT20201014">{{cite news|title=NBC Faces Blowback for Holding Trump’s Town Hall Opposite Biden's|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/us/elections/trump-town-hall-nbc.html|date=October 14, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump rallies his base in Des Moines, Iowa|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-maga-rally-des-moines-iowa-watch-live-stream-today-2020-10-14/|date=October 14, 2020|work=CBS News}}</ref> |
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** Melania Trump reveals on the White House web site that [[Barron Trump]] had previously tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks prior.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melania Trump details Covid illness and reveals son Barron contracted it|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/melania-trump-barron-covid/index.html|date=October 15, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''October 15''': |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Greenville, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to Hold Campaign Rally in Greenville This Week|url=https://abc11.com/amp/donald-trump-visit-nc-greenville-president/6950990/|date=October 11, 2020|work=WTVD-TV}}</ref> |
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** Both Biden and Trump participate in separate town halls, hosted by ABC and NBC, respectively.<ref name="ABC20201008"/><ref name="NYT20201014"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's what to know about the Joe Biden, Donald Trump competing town halls tonight|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/15/2020-election-what-know-joe-biden-donald-trumps-town-halls/3653523001/|date=October 15, 2020|work=USA Today}}</ref> |
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*'''October 16''': |
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** The FBI begins investigating whether the unverified emails published by the ''New York Post'' on October 14, allegedly showing the Bidens' influence in business dealings with Ukraine, were actually part of a foreign disinformation campaign to hurt Biden.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reports: FBI Probing If N.Y. Post's Hunter Biden Email Dump Was Part Of Foreign Influence Campaign|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/10/16/reports-fbi-probing-if-ny-posts-hunter-biden-email-dump-was-part-of-foreign-influence-campaign/#11ae7a442f31|date=October 16, 2020|work=Forbes}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in Southeastern Michigan, stopping in [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]] then going to [[Detroit]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden headed back to southeastern Michigan on Friday with two events|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/15/joe-biden-michigan-detroit-southfield-campaign/3670696001/|date=October 15, 2020|work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Ocala, Florida]]<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump will be back in Central Florida for rally Friday|url=https://www.wesh.com/amp/article/president-trump-ocala-rally/34351286|date=October 12, 2020|work=WESH-TV}}</ref> and [[Macon, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to visit Macon for Make America Great Again Rally|url=https://wgxa.tv/amp/news/local/special-flight-filing-suggests-president-trump-to-fly-into-macon-friday|date=October 13, 2020|work=WGXA-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 17''': |
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** [[2020 Women's March#Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17th, 2020)|National Woman's March]] |
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**Trump holds rallies in [[Muskegon, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump to make campaign stop in Muskegon|url=https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/president-donald-trump-to-make-campaign-stop-in-muskegon/69-33478118-5649-4507-b5ac-dbe7cc0de7ac|date=October 13, 2020|work=WZZM-TV}}</ref> and [[Janesville, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to hold Janesville rally at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport|url=https://www.channel3000.com/president-trump-to-hold-janesville-rally-at-southern-wisconsin-regional-airport/|date=October 13, 2020|work=WISC-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 18''': |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Durham, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden holds drive-in rally in Durham to encourage North Carolina voters as early voting remains underway|url=https://abc11.com/joe-biden-durham-nc-visit-kamala-harris-north-carolina-events/7127255/|date=October 18, 2020|work=WTVD-TV}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Carson City, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump to visit Carson City on Sunday|url=https://mynews4.com/news/local/report-president-donald-trump-to-visit-carson-city-on-sunday|date=October 15, 2020|work=KRNV-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 19''': |
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** The Supreme Court splits 4–4 on whether to grant an emergency stay on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's September 17 ruling that extended the state's mail-in ballot deadline to November 6, three days after the election. As a result, the lower court's decision stands.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court Tie Gives Pennsylvania More Time to Tally Some Votes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/supreme-court-pennsylvania-voting.html|date=October 19, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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** The Debate Commission unanimously adopts new rules for the October 22 debate, adding mute buttons to the candidates' microphones to limit them from interrupting each other like during the September 29 debate. Under these new rules, each candidate's microphone will be turned off during the other's initial two-minute reply to a question. Both microphones will then be turned on during the open discussion periods.<ref>{{cite news|title=Debate commission to mute candidates during their opponent's initial responses to prevent interruptions|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/politics/presidential-debate/index.html|date=October 19, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** While Biden stays home for the next three days to prepare for the October 22 debate, Trump continues to hold rallies,<ref>{{cite news|title=In Debate Countdown, Trump Holds Rally, Biden Does Prep|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-10-20/running-angry-trump-attacks-dr-fauci-press-and-polls|date=October 20, 2020|work=US News and World Report}}</ref> starting with ones in [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]] and [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump schedules rallies in Prescott, Tucson on Monday|url=https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/arizona_politics/president-trump-schedules-rallies-in-prescott-tucson-on-monday/article_b7257b94-0f44-11eb-a3f4-b76377fece71.amp.html|date=October 15, 2020|work=KTVK-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 20''': |
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** The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals]] upholds North Carolina's absentee ballots deadline of November 12.<ref>{{cite news|title=Court lets North Carolina keep absentee deadline extension|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-north-carolina-voting-rights-elections-courts-632ed1ff82a4a493cc8cc6c16c31ae8c|date=October 20, 2020|work=Associated Press}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump To Hold Rally At Erie International Airport Next Week|url=https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/16/president-donald-trump-to-hold-rally-erie/|date=October 16, 2020|work=KDKA-TV}}</ref> |
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* '''October 20–21''': Voters in at least three swing states report receiving emails, allegedly from the neo-fascist group "[[Proud Boys]]", threatening them unless they vote for Trump. CBS News reports that these emails were actually sent from overseas servers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Court lets North Carolina keep absentee deadline extension|url=https://kfor.com/news/vote-for-trump-or-else-voters-receive-threatening-email/|date=October 21, 2020|work=Nexstar Media|publisher=KFOR-TV}}</ref> In an October 21 press conference, Director of National Intelligence [[John Ratcliffe (American politician)|John Ratcliffe]] announces that both Iran and Russia have obtained contact information about voters' registrations in an attempt to influence the election, and that Iran has been sending the spoofed emails "to intimidate voters, incite civil unrest and damage President Trump".<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran and Russia obtained U.S. voter registration data in effort to influence election, national security officials say|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/fbi-to-make-an-announcement-on-a-major-election-security-issue.html|date=October 21, 2020|work=CNBC}}</ref> |
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*'''October 21''': |
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** The Supreme Court votes 5–3 to grant an emergency stay that reinstates a state-ordered ban on curbside voting in Alabama.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court restores ban on curbside voting in Alabama|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/21/alabama-curbside-voting-supreme-court-431130|date=October 21, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** Obama holds a drive-in rally for Biden in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barack Obama holds first in-person rally for Joe Biden Wednesday|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/obama-biden-philadelphia-drive-in-rally/507-8b4145e9-61a0-4652-92dc-c2ff8fb35e28|date=October 21, 2020|work=WKYC}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Gastonia, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to visit Gastonia, N.C. next week for campaign rally|url=https://www.wbtv.com/2020/10/16/president-trump-visit-gastonia-nc-next-week-campaign-rally/?outputType/|date=October 16, 2020|work=WBTV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 22''': The final presidential debate sponsored by the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] (CPD) is held at [[Belmont University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref name="politico_debates">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/11/2020-presidential-debate-schedule-revealed-044525|title=General-election debate schedule revealed for 2020|last1=Montellaro|first1=Zach|last2=Shepard|first2=Steven|work=Politico|date=October 11, 2019|accessdate=October 11, 2019}}</ref> |
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*'''October 23''': Trump holds rallies in [[The Villages, Florida|The Villages]] and [[Pensacola, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump to rally supporters in The Villages, Pensacola|url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/376202-donald-trump-to-rally-supporters-at-pensacola-international-airport-friday|date=October 22, 2020|work=Florida Politics}}</ref> |
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*'''October 24''': |
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** Obama holds a drive-in rally for Biden in Miami.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former President Barack Obama Holds Drive-In Rally For Joe Biden In North Miami|url=https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/10/26/barack-obama-joe-biden-north-miami-rally/|date=October 26, 2020|work=WFOR-TV}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] and [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe and Jill Biden to visit eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/2020/10/joe-and-jill-biden-to-visit-eastern-pennsylvania-on-saturday.html|date=October 22, 2020|work=LehighValleyLive.com}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Lumberton, North Carolina]], [[Circleville, Ohio]], and [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump set to speak in Lumberton to the 'forgotten men and women'|url=https://wpde.com/amp/news/local/president-trump-set-to-speak-in-lumberton-to-the-forgotten-men-and-women|date=October 22, 2020|work=WPDE-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump to visit Circleville on Saturday|url=https://www.10tv.com/article/news/politics/elections/trump-circleville-rally-oct-24-2020/530-aca6cfac-9ba2-43e1-907a-813efa441f90|date=October 22, 2020|work=WBNS-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump to hold rally in Waukesha on Saturday|url=https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/donald-trump-to-hold-rally-in-waukesha-on-saturday/article_44ed838d-7ead-5840-af1d-20c23d8cdc5d.html|date=October 23, 2020|work=Wisconsin State Journal}}</ref> |
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** Free & Equal Elections Foundation sponsors a presidential debate in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Third Open Presidential Debate 2020|url=https://freeandequal.org/third-open-presidential-debate-2020/|publisher=Free and Equal Elections Foundation|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref> |
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*'''October 25''': |
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** Biden hosts a virtual campaign event and concert featuring performances by several musical artists.<ref>{{cite news|title=Foo Fighters, Pink, Cher, Jon Bon Jovi to Perform at Joe Biden Virtual Event Tonight |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-pink-cher-jon-bon-jovi-joe-biden-virtual-event-tonight-1080868/|date=October 25, 2020|work=Rolling Stone}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in Detroit.<ref>{{cite news|title='This is doable,' Kamala Harris tells metro Detroiters at campaign stops|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/25/kamala-harris-michigan-election-2020/6032298002/|date=October 25, 2020|work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds a rally in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump to hold rally in NH on Sunday|url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/trump-to-hold-rally-in-nh-on-sunday/97-929ee32c-25eb-49ba-8a2e-b3e9147ac747|date=October 22, 2020|work=WCSH-TV}}</ref> |
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** Pence holds a rally in [[Kinston, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vice President Mike Pence makes campaign stop in Kinston|url=https://www.witn.com/2020/10/23/vice-president-pence-planning-weekend-kinston-campaign-stop/|date=October 25, 2020|work=WITN-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 26''': |
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** Biden defends his limited travel schedule during the final week of the campaign compared to Trump's, saying that he wants to protect himself from catching COVID-19, he is still holding virtual events, and it is best to keep making the election a referendum on Trump's behavior and let the president shoot himself in the foot. A Biden campaign advisor also tells ''Politico'' that "the polling in this race has been very stable over time", and that "rallies don't matter much to voters" because they only "excite a base that's already voting for Trump". Democrats remain hopeful that Biden's strategy during these final days of the campaign, relying heavily on expensive TV and media ads instead of in-person campaigning, will pay off.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caution and confidence keep Biden close to home in final days|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/biden-keeps-close-to-home-432565|date=October 26, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser [[Jared Kushner]] faces backlash after stating in a ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' interview that Black Americans have to "want to be successful".<ref>{{cite news|title= |
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Jared Kushner faces criticism after saying Black Americans must "want to be successful"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-kushner-says-black-americans-must-want-to-succeed/|date=October 27, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]] and [[Martinsburg, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump Making Campaign Stop At Lancaster Airport Monday|url=https://www.fox43.com/amp/article/news/politics/president-donald-trump-coming-to-lancaster-county-on-monday/521-b4079f32-3115-4e60-808b-fa1a9f95e206|date=October 23, 2020|work=WPMT-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump coming to Martinsburg Monday for rally|url=https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2020/10/trump-coming-to-martinsburg-monday-for-rally/|date=October 23, 2020|work=Altoona Mirror}}</ref> |
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** The Supreme Court issues an emergency stay blocking Wisconsin's six-day absentee ballot extension.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court won't extend Wisconsin ballot deadline|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/supreme-court-wont-extend-wisconsin-ballot-deadline-432656|date=October 26, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** The Senate votes to confirm [[Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination|Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court]], with all but one Republican voting in favor and all Democrats voting against.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senate confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, sealing a conservative majority for decades|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/senate-confirmation-barrett-supreme-court-432520|date=October 26, 2020|work=Politico}}</ref> |
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** Twenty-seven-year old black man [[Killing of Walter Wallace|Walter Wallace]] is fatally shot by police in Philadelphia, sparking demonstrations and riots throughout the city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Protests in Philadelphia After Police Fatally Shoot Black Man|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/philadelphia-police-shooting-walter-wallace-jr.html|date=October 27, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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*'''October 27''': |
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** US District Judge [[Lewis A. Kaplan]] denies the Justice Department's September 8 request to represent Trump in [[Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations#E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996|Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him]], stating that Trump's allegedly defamatory statements against Carroll was not made "within the scope of his employment" as president.<ref>{{cite news|title=E. Jean Carroll Suit Against Trump To Proceed After Judge Rules Against DOJ|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/27/928210061/judge-rules-against-trump-doj-bid-that-might-have-quashed-defamation-suit|date=October 27, 2020|work=NPR}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Warm Springs, Georgia]], his first campaign visit to that state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden brings closing message to historically red Georgia|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-brings-closing-message-historically-red-georgia-n1244968|date=October 27, 2020|work=NBC}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in [[Reno, Nevada]] and [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris in Las Vegas, encourages people to vote early|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/kamala-harris-in-las-vegas-encourages-people-to-vote-early-2163526/|date=October 27, 2020|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Lansing, Michigan]], [[West Salem, Wisconsin]], and [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to deliver remarks at MAGA rally in Lansing, Michigan|url=https://nbc25news.com/amp/news/state/president-trump-to-deliver-remarks-at-maga-rally-in-lansing-michigan|date=October 23, 2020|work=WEYI-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to visit West Salem 1 week ahead of Election Day|url=https://www.channel3000.com/president-trump-to-visit-west-salem-next-week/|date=October 23, 2020|work=WISC-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to host rally in Omaha|url=https://www.ketv.com/article/president-trump-to-host-rally-in-omaha/34466020|date=October 23, 2020|work=KETV-TV}}</ref> Hundreds of people who attended the Omaha rally are left stranded for hours in freezing temperatures after the buses that were shuttling them back to the parking lots slowed down due to the deteriorating weather conditions and the security requirements. About 30 people are given medical attention and six are sent to the hospital.<ref>{{cite news|title=Several people went to hospitals after a Trump rally in Omaha where hundreds were stranded in the cold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/us/elections/trump-omaha-rally-stranded.html|date=October 28, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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** Pence holds rallies in [[Greenville, South Carolina]], [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], and [[Wilmington, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hundreds gather for Vice President Pence's Greenville, S.C. campaign rally|url=https://wlos.com/news/local/supporters-gather-hours-ahead-of-pences-greenville-sc-campaign-stop|date=October 27, 2020|work=WLOS-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vice President Pence holds ‘Make America Great Again’ rally in Greensboro |url=https://myfox8.com/your-local-election-hq/vice-president-pence-holds-make-america-great-again-rally-in-greensboro/|date=October 27, 2020|work=WGHP-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=VP Mike Pence campaigns for President Trump in Wilmington|url=https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/10/27/mike-pence-wilmington/|date=October 27, 2020|work=WWAY-TV}}</ref> |
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** Melania Trump makes her first major solo campaign event in [[Atglen, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Melania Trump focuses on coronavirus in return to campaign trail|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523040-melania-trump-focuses-on-coronavirus-in-return-to-campaign-trail|date=October 27, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> |
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*'''October 27–28''': The White House science officer initially sends a press release listing "ending the COVID-19 pandemic" as one of Trump's top accomplishments during his first term.<ref>{{cite news|title=White House science office says Trump ended COVID-19 pandemic as US hits record cases|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/523013-white-house-science-office-says-trump-ended-covid-pandemic-as-us-hits|date=October 27, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> The White House then issues another press release on the following day, saying that the previous release was "poorly worded" and Trump does not actually believe that the pandemic is over.<ref>{{cite news|title=White House seeks to clarify press release claiming Trump ended the COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/523174-white-house-seeks-to-clarify-press-release-claiming-trump-ended-the-covid|date=October 28, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> |
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*'''October 28''': |
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** The Supreme Court rejects emergency stay petitions in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, allowing the ballot extensions in those two states to stand.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court Allows Ballot Extensions In Pennsylvania, North Carolina, For Now|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/28/928890290/supreme-court-allows-ballot-extensions-in-pennsylvania-north-carolina-for-now|date=October 28, 2020|work=NPR}}</ref> |
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** Biden remains in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, casting an early ballot.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden Casts Early Vote in Delaware as Kamala Harris Campaigns in Arizona|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/joe-biden-casts-early-vote-023351246.html|date=October 28, 2020|work=Yahoo!}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump 'failed us': Kamala Harris campaigns in Phoenix, Tucson as Election Day nears|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/28/kamala-harris-arizona-vp-candidate-campaigns-phoenix-tucson/3750272001/|date=October 28, 2020|work=Arizona Central}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Bullhead City, Arizona|Bullhead City]] and [[Goodyear, Arizona]]. [[Brexit Party]] leader [[Nigel Farage]] attends Trump's Bullhead City rally.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump holding two Make America Great Again rallies on Oct. 28 in Arizona|url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/president-donald-trump-holding-two-make-america-great-again-rallies-on-oct-28-in-arizona|date=October 26, 2020|work=KSAZ-TV}}</ref> |
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** Pence holds a rally in [[Flint, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mike Pence to speak Wednesday in Flint at 'Make America Great Again Victory Rally'|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/27/vice-president-mike-pence-flint-bishop-airport-campaign-rally/3748101001/|date=October 27, 2020|work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> |
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*'''October 29''': |
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** The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals]] orders that postmarked Minnesota absentee ballots received after Election Day are to be set aside pending a final decision on whether that should be counted.<ref>{{cite news|title=Read the 8th Circuit panel ruling on Minnesota's absentee ballot deadline extension|url=https://www.startribune.com/read-the-ruling-on-minnesota-s-absentee-ballot-extension/572917851/|date=October 29, 2020|work=Star Tribune}}</ref> |
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** Biden and Trump hold competing events in [[Tampa, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump, Biden plan dueling appearances in Tampa|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/523128-trump-biden-plan-dueling-appearances-in-tampa|date=October 28, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> |
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** Biden also campaigns in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title='We're never going to lock down again,' Trump says in Tampa, as Biden vows in Broward to 'shut down the virus'|url=https://news.yahoo.com/were-never-going-lock-down-013900697.html|date=October 28, 2020|work=Yahoo! News}}</ref> |
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** A Trump rally in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] is postponed to November 2 due to high winds.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump’s Fayetteville rally postponed due to strong winds|url=https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/10/29/trumps-fayetteville-rally-postponed-due-to-strong-winds/|date=October 29, 2020|work=WWAY-TV}}</ref> |
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** Pence campaigns in [[Des Moines, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In Iowa, Vice President Pence makes final pitch for Trump, Republicans before election|url=https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/in-iowa-vice-president-pence-makes-final-pitch-for-trump-republicans-before-election|date=October 29, 2020|work=KGAN-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 30''': |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], and [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden to host drive-in event in Des Moines Friday|url=https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/joe-biden-to-host-drive-in-event-in-des-moines-friday|date=October 28, 2020|work=KGAN-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Biden to visit St. Paul on Friday|url=https://kttc.com/2020/10/29/biden-to-visit-st-paul-on-friday/|date=October 29, 2020|work=KTTC-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden visits Milwaukee Friday|url=https://www.fox6now.com/news/democratic-presidential-candidate-joe-biden-visits-wisconsin-oct-30|date=October 29, 2020|work=WITI-TV}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and [[Houston, Texas]], the first time in over 30 years that a Democratic vice presidential candidate visits the state this late before the election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris To Campaign In Fort Worth Friday|url=https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/10/28/vice-presidential-candidate-kamala-harris-campaign-fort-worth-friday/|date=October 28, 2020|work=KTVT-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris coming to Texas on Friday, including a stop in Houston, sources say|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Kamala-Harris-coming-to-Houston-on-Friday-15673946.php|date=October 25, 2020|work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Waterford Township, Michigan]], [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], and [[Rochester, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to hold MAGA rally in Waterford Township on Oct. 30|url=https://nbc25news.com/news/state/president-trump-to-hold-maga-rally-in-waterford-township-on-oct-30|date=October 28, 2020|work=WSMH-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to visit Green Bay Friday, third stop in Wisconsin in less than a week|url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/election-2020/president-trump-to-visit-green-bay-friday-third-stop-in-wisconsin-in-less-than-a-week|date=October 28, 2020|work=WYMJ-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump to campaign in Rochester on Friday|url=https://www.startribune.com/president-trump-to-campaign-in-rochester-on-friday/572898331/|date=October 28, 2020|work=Star Tribune}}</ref> |
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** Pence holds rallies in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] and [[Flagstaff, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|title=VP Mike Pence to visit Tucson, Flagstaff on Oct. 30, days before Election Day|url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/vp-mike-pence-to-visit-tucson-flagstaff-on-oct-30-days-before-election-day|date=October 29, 2020|work=KSAZ-TV}}</ref> |
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*'''October 30–31''': While traveling on [[Interstate 35 in Texas|Interstate 35]] from [[San Antonio]] to [[Austin, Texas]], a Biden campaign bus is swarmed by a caravan of Texas Trump supporters known as the "Trump Train" group, causing the Biden supporters on board the bus to call 911 to get a police escort and eventually cancel their Austin event. Although no one is hurt, the Biden campaign accuses the Trump Train group of trying to run the bus off the road. On the following day, Trump tweets a video of the caravan surrounding Biden's bus with the caption "I love Texas", causing further criticism by the Biden campaign.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden campaign cancels Texas event after Trump supporters surround bus on interstate|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/biden-bus-2020-campaign-texas-trump-supporters/index.html|date=October 31, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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*'''October 31''': |
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**A get-out-the-vote rally in [[Graham, North Carolina]] is dispersed by police officers using pepper spray.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peaceful march to the polls in North Carolina is met with police pepper spray and arrests, causing outcry on eve of election|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/election-graham-north-carolina-protest/2020/11/01/beee5d8c-1c64-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html|date=November 1, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns with Obama in [[Detroit]] and [[Flint, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Barack Obama, Joe Biden plan Halloween drive-in events in Detroit and Flint|url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/barack-obama-joe-biden-plan-halloween-drive-in-events-in-detroit-and-flint|date=October 30, 2020|work=WJBK-TV}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and [[Lake Worth Beach, Florida|Lake Worth Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate, Kamala Harris In South Florida During Last Weekend Of Early Voting|url=https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/10/30/kamala-harris-in-south-florida/|date=October 30, 2020|work=WFOR-TV}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]], [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]], and [[Butler, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump to return to Pennsylvania this weekend|url=https://www.wgal.com/article/president-donald-trump-to-return-to-pennsylvania-on-saturday/34519555#|date=October 30, 2020|work=WGAL-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump expected to campaign at Reading airport, sources say |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/trump-expected-to-campaign-at-reading-airport-sources-say/article_76922f12-191e-11eb-bc8c-fbc7bb1b4e51.html|date=October 28, 2020|work=WFMZ-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Donald Trump to hold rally in Butler County on Saturday |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/president-donald-trump-to-hold-rally-in-butler-county-on-saturday/34514070|date=October 28, 2020|work=WTAE-TV}}</ref> For the second time in a week, this time in Butler, hundreds of people who attended the rally are left stranded for hours in freezing temperatures.<ref>{{cite news|title='Logistical Nightmare': PA Trump Supporters Left Stranded Waiting for Buses After President's Rally |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/logistical-nightmare-pa-trump-supporters-left-stranded-waiting-for-buses-after-president-s-rally/ar-BB1aAJuM|date=October 31, 2020|work=MSN}}</ref> |
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=== November 2020 === |
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| caption = The electoral map for the 2020 election as called by a consensus of media outlets. Red denotes states won by Trump and blue denotes those won by Biden. Numbers indicate the electoral votes cast, based on populations from the [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]]. |
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| header1 = [[Electoral vote changes between United States presidential elections|States that flipped]] from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020 |
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* '''November 1''': |
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** Deadline for early in-person voting in Delaware, Florida, and New York.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vote by Mail|url=https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/early-voting-in-state-elections.aspx|accessdate=October 29, 2020|website=National Conference of State Legislatures}}</ref> |
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** The [[Texas Supreme Court]] rejects a petition submitted by Texas state representative [[Steve Toth]] and two other Republican candidates running for office in Texas who were seeking to invalidate nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes in [[Harris County, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris stopping in Goldsboro, Fayetteville on Sunday |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/01/politics/harris-county-texas-drive-thru-voting/index.html|date=November 1, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden goes all in on rebuilding 'blue wall' in campaign's closing stretch|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/joe-biden-blue-wall/index.html|date=October 31, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in [[Gwinnett County, Georgia]]; [[Goldsboro, North Carolina]]; and [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris stopping in Goldsboro, Fayetteville on Sunday |url=https://myfox8.com/news/kamala-harris-stopping-in-goldsboro-fayetteville-on-sunday/|date=October 30, 2020|work=WGHP}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan|Washington, Michigan]]; [[Dubuque, Iowa]]; [[Hickory, North Carolina]]; [[Rome, Georgia]]; and [[Opa-locka, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump’s next two Michigan stops announced|url=https://www.wilx.com/2020/10/30/trumps-next-two-michigan-stops-announced/|date=October 30, 2020|work=WILX-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to hold Sunday rally in Dubuque |url=https://kwwl.com/2020/10/30/president-trump-to-hold-sunday-rally-in-dubuque/|date=October 30, 2020|work=KWWL-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump set to hold campaign rally Sunday in Hickory|url=https://www.wbtv.com/2020/10/30/president-trump-set-hold-campaign-rally-sunday-hickory/|date=October 30, 2020|work=WBTV-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump to headline rally in Rome, local GOP says no details finalized |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/president-trump-to-headline-rally-in-rome-local-gop-says-no-details-finalized/article_72a6032c-19f7-11eb-9108-67609dc925c0.html|date=October 29, 2020|work=Rome News-Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump plans an election eve MAGA rally at airport in Miami-Dade County|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article246836467.html|date=October 30, 2020|work=Miami Herald}}</ref> For the third time in a week, this time in Georgia, hundreds of people who attended the rally are left stranded for hours in freezing temperatures.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump Leaves Supporters Stranded in Cold — Again — After Georgia Rally|url=https://news.yahoo.com/trump-leaves-supporters-stranded-cold-042707049.html|date=November 2, 2020|work=Yahoo! News}}</ref> |
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* '''November 1–2''': "Trump Train" caravans of the president's supporters block traffic along several highways and bridges across the country. Several people take to Twitter to point out that this is hypocritical when Trump and many other high-profile conservatives have previously denounced many liberal and civil rights protesters who have similarly blocked traffic on major highways and bridges.<ref>{{cite news|title='Trump trains' block highways and bridges from New York to Colorado as 2020 election approaches|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-train-maga-colorado-us-2020-election-biden-b1515257.html|date=November 1, 2020|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MAGA ‘Trump Trains’ Jam Roadways In Several States|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-trains-traffic_n_5f9f9e31c5b65662bcc8b994|date=November 2, 2020|work=Huffpost}}</ref> |
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* '''November 2''': |
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** Deadline for mail-in ballots to be received by election officials in Louisiana.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Early & Absentee Voting|url=https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/early-absentee-voting/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sos.vermont.gov}}</ref> and Vermont<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vote by Mail|url=https://www.sos.la.gov/electionsandvoting/vote/votebymail/pages/default.aspx|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.la.gov}}</ref> |
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** Deadline for mail-in ballots to be postmarked in Alabama,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Absentee Voting Information {{!}} Alabama Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/absentee-voting|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.alabama.gov}}</ref> Iowa,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Absentee Voting by Mail|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/absenteemail.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sos.iowa.gov}}</ref> North Dakota,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Absentee Voting|url=https://vip.sos.nd.gov/pdfs/Portals/Voting-MailBallotAbsentee.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Ohio,<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|title=Absentee Voting - Ohio Secretary of State|url=https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/absentee-voting/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.ohiosos.gov}}</ref> and Utah.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Learn about voting by mail – Utah Voter Information|url=https://voteinfo.utah.gov/learn-about-voting-by-mail-and-absentee-voting/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=voteinfo.utah.gov}}</ref> |
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** US District Judge [[Andrew Hanen]] rejects a federal lawsuit brought by Toth and his Texas Republican group seeking to invalidate the estimated 127,000 drive-thru votes in Harris County, Texas, ruling that they failed to prove an "evil motive".<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge rejects GOP bid to toss 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, Texas|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/02/trump-vs-biden-judge-rules-on-harris-county-texas-drive-thru-voting.html|date=November 2, 2020|work=CNBC}}</ref> |
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** Biden campaigns in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], and Cleveland.<ref name="KYW20201102"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden announces last-minute campaign stop in Cleveland|url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/election-2020/joe-biden-announces-last-minute-campaign-stop-in-cleveland|date=November 1, 2020|work=WEWS-TV}}</ref> |
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** Harris campaigns in Philadelphia, [[Lehigh Valley]], and [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="KYW20201102">{{cite news|title=Kamala Harris Holding Drive-In Event In Philadelphia As Pennsylvania Continues To Be Key Focus For Biden, Trump|url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/11/02/kamala-harris-holding-drive-in-event-in-philadelphia-as-pennsylvania-continues-to-be-key-focus-for-biden-trump/|date=November 2, 2020|work=KYW-TV}}</ref> |
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** Trump holds rallies in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]; [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]; [[Traverse City, Michigan]]; [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]; and [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump postpones Fayetteville rally over windy conditions|url=https://www.wavy.com/news/north-carolina/president-trump-postpones-fayetteville-rally-over-windy-conditions/|date=October 29, 2020|work=WAVY-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump to hold rally at WB/Scranton International Airport Monday evening|url=https://www.timesleader.com/top-stories/807766/trump-to-hold-rally-at-wb-scranton-international-airport-monday-evening|date=October 28, 2020|work=Times Leader}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President Trump holding rally in Traverse City Nov. 2|url=https://www.fox17online.com/news/president-trump-holding-rally-in-traverse-city-nov-2|date=October 30, 2020|work=WXMI-TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump to hold rally at Kenosha Regional Airport on Monday night |url=https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/donald-trump-to-hold-rally-at-kenosha-regional-airport-on-monday-night/article_8a6a6028-26b9-5dbb-bfc0-800e9f36e154.html|date=October 30, 2020|work=Kenosha News}}</ref><ref name="DetroitNews Oct29">{{cite news|title=President Trump set to visit Sterling Heights, Grand Rapids in reprise of 2016|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/29/trump-set-visit-sterling-heights-grand-rapids/6068850002/|date=October 29, 2020|work=The Detroit News}}</ref> |
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** Pence campaigns in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania|Latrobe]] and [[Erie, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vice President Pence to make stops in Latrobe, Erie on Monday|url=https://www.wtae.com/article/vice-president-mike-pence-latrobe-erie-pennsylvania-rallies-monday/34540406#|date=October 31, 2020|work=WTAE}}</ref> |
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* '''November 3 ([[Election Day (United States)|Election Day]])''': |
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** Deadline for mail-in ballots to be received by election officials in Alabama,<ref name="auto"/> Arizona,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voting by Mail: How to Get a Ballot-by-Mail {{!}} Arizona Secretary of State|url=https://azsos.gov/votebymail|access-date=2020-10-19|website=azsos.gov}}</ref> Arkansas,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arkansas Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/voter-information/absentee-voting|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.arkansas.gov}}</ref> Colorado,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mail-in Ballots FAQs|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/FAQs/mailBallotsFAQ.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.state.co.us}}</ref> Connecticut,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Absentee Ballot Process|url=https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Election-Services/Voter-Information/Absentee-Ballot-Process|access-date=2020-10-19|website=CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website|language=en}}</ref> Delaware,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=What are the deadlines?|url=https://elections.delaware.gov/pdfs/2020_voters_deadlines_absentee_page.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Florida,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vote-by-Mail - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State|url=https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/for-voters/voting/vote-by-mail/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=dos.myflorida.com}}</ref> Georgia,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vote by Absentee Ballot|url=https://georgia.gov/vote-absentee-ballot|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Georgia.gov|language=en}}</ref> Hawaii,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hawaii Votes by Mail|url=https://elections.hawaii.gov/hawaii-votes-by-mail/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=elections.hawaii.gov|language=en}}</ref> Idaho,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Calendars|url=https://sos.idaho.gov/election-calendars/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Idaho Secretary of State|language=en-US}}</ref> Indiana,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOS: Absentee Voting|url=https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/2402.htm|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.in.gov}}</ref> Maine,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions|url=https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter-info/absenteeguide.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.maine.gov}}</ref> Michigan,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOS - Absentee voting allows you to vote by mail|url=https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8716_8728-21037--,00.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.michigan.gov}}</ref> Missouri,<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Vote|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/howtovote#Absentee|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.mo.gov}}</ref> Montana,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voting by Absentee Ballot – Montana Secretary of State – Corey Stapleton|url=https://sosmt.gov/elections/absentee/|access-date=2020-10-19|language=en-US}}</ref> Nebraska,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Early Voting|url=https://sos.nebraska.gov/elections/early-voting-0|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> New Hampshire,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020 Absentee Ballot Requirements and Instructions|url=https://sos.nh.gov/media/eiwnnszz/covid-19-absentee-ballot-instructions.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> New Mexico,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Absentee Voting by Mail {{!}} Maggie Toulouse Oliver - New Mexico Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.state.nm.us/voting-and-elections/voting-faqs/absentee-voting-by-mail/|access-date=2020-10-19|language=en-US}}</ref> Oklahoma,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oklahoma State Election Board - Absentee Voting|url=https://www.ok.gov/elections/Voter_Info/Absentee_Voting/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.ok.gov}}</ref> Oregon (all-mail voting state),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oregon Secretary of State|url=http://sos.oregon.gov/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sos.oregon.gov|language=en}}</ref> Rhode Island,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mail Ballot- Board of Elections|url=https://elections.ri.gov/voting/mailballot.php|access-date=2020-10-19|website=elections.ri.gov}}</ref> South Carolina,<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Absentee Rules for the 2020 General Election {{!}} SCVotes|url=https://www.scvotes.gov/new-absentee-rules-2020-general-election|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.scvotes.gov}}</ref> South Dakota,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voting: South Dakota Secretary of State|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/voting/absentee-voting.aspx|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sdsos.gov|language=en}}</ref> Tennessee,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Absentee Voting {{!}} Tennessee Secretary of State|url=https://sos.tn.gov/products/elections/absentee-voting|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sos.tn.gov}}</ref> Texas,<ref>{{Cite web|title=VoteTexas.gov » Military & Overseas Voters|url=https://www.votetexas.gov/military-overseas-voters/index.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.votetexas.gov}}</ref> Wisconsin,<ref>{{Cite web|title=I want to vote absentee {{!}} Wisconsin Elections Commission|url=https://elections.wi.gov/voters/absentee|access-date=2020-10-19|website=elections.wi.gov}}</ref> and Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wyoming Secretary of State|url=https://sos.wyo.gov/elections/state/absenteevoting.aspx|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sos.wyo.gov}}</ref> |
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** Deadline for mail-in ballots to be postmarked in Alaska,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alaska Division of Elections|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/votingbymail.php|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.elections.alaska.gov}}</ref> California,<ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|title=Vote By Mail :: California Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail#vote-by-mail|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.ca.gov}}</ref> Illinois,<ref name="auto12">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020 Vote-By-Mail Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?Doc=/Downloads/VotingAndRegistrationSystems/PDF/VoteByMailFAQ.pdf&MID=374|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Kansas,<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|title=Kansas Secretary of State {{!}} Voter Information|url=https://sos.ks.gov/elections/voter-information.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=sos.ks.gov}}</ref> Kentucky,<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|title=2020 General Updates - Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.ky.gov/elections/Pages/2020-General-Updates.aspx|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.ky.gov}}</ref> Maryland,<ref name="auto10">{{Cite web|title=mail-in Voting|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/voting/absentee.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref> Massachusetts,<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Voting by Mail|url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleev/early-voting-by-mail.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Minnesota,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minnesota Secretary Of State - Vote early by mail|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/vote-early-by-mail/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.state.mn.us}}</ref> Mississippi,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=STEP-BY-STEP ABSENTEE VOTING GUIDE|url=https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/Step-by-Step%20Guide%20to%20Absentee%20Voting_forweb.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Nevada,<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Absent Voting|url=https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/elections/voters/absentee-voting|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> New Jersey,<ref name="auto14">{{Cite web|title=NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Vote By Mail|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml#faq2-8|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.state.nj.us}}</ref> New York,<ref name="auto15">{{Cite web|title=Absentee Voting {{!}} New York State Board of Elections|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/votingabsentee.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.elections.ny.gov}}</ref> North Carolina,<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAQs: Voting by Mail in North Carolina in 2020 {{!}} NCSBE|url=https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail/faqs-voting-mail-north-carolina-2020#when-is-the-ballot-return-deadline-for-the-november-3-2020-election|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.ncsbe.gov}}</ref> Pennsylvania,<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|title=Mail-in and Absentee Ballot|url=https://www.votespa.com:443/Voting-in-PA/Pages/Mail-and-Absentee-Ballot.aspx|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Votes PA|language=en-US}}</ref> Virginia,<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|title=Absentee and Early Voting - Virginia Department of Elections|url=https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/absentee-voting/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.elections.virginia.gov}}</ref> Washington,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Box 40220Olympia|first=Contact Us Washington Secretary of StateLegislative Building · PO|last2=Policy|first2=WA 98504-0220Phone Numbers Privacy|title=Frequently Asked Questions on Voting by Mail|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/faq_vote_by_mail.aspx|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.sos.wa.gov}}</ref> and West Virginia.<ref name="auto13">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Absentee Voting Information|url=https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Pages/AbsenteeVotingInformation.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> |
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** Polling hours ''(all times given are in [[Eastern Standard Time]] (EST), or [[UTC−05:00]])'': |
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***'''12:30{{nbsp}}a.m.''': Polls close in the [[New Hampshire midnight voting]]. Voters in [[Dixville Notch, New Hampshire|Dixville Notch]] select Biden 5–0, while those in [[Millsfield, New Hampshire|Millsfield]] vote for Trump 16–5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/2020-new-hampshire-general-election-dixville-notch-millsfield/34541057|title=2020 midnight voting results for New Hampshire general election|date=November 3, 2020 |work=WMUR-TV}}</ref> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [[Hart's Location, New Hampshire|Hart's Location]] delays its traditional midnight voting to the daylight hours.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/politics/dixville-notch-2020-results/index.html|title=Dixville Notch 2020 results|date=November 3, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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***'''5:00{{nbsp}}a.m.''': Polls close in Guam (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Chamorro Time Zone|ChST]] ([[UTC+10:00]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2020/11/02/election-2020-guam-polls-open-voting-information/6120151002/|title=Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Here's what you need to know to vote today|work=Pacific Daily News|date=November 3, 2020}}</ref>), whose [[2020 United States presidential election in Guam|presidential straw poll]] generally receives national media attention as an indicator of how the rest of the country may likely vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/08/hillary-clinton-overwhelmingly-wins-guam/93471844/|title=Guam, which has historically predicted election winner, picks Clinton|work=USA Today|date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2020/11/02/guam-election-2020-live-updates/6133926002/|title=Guam election live updates:|website=Pacific Daily News|date=November 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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***'''6:00{{nbsp}}a.m. to 12:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls open across the 50 states and DC, with the last being Hawaii at 12{{nbsp}}p.m. EST/7{{nbsp}}a.m. [[Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone|HST]] |
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***'''6:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in the Eastern Time Zone sections of Indiana and Kentucky<ref name="poll closing times">{{cite web|url=https://www.270towin.com/poll-closing-times|title=2020 Poll Closing Times|website=270 to Win|date=June 25, 2020}}</ref> |
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***'''7:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in: |
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**** Selected areas of New Hampshire |
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**** The Eastern Time Zone sections of Florida |
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**** The [[Central Time Zone]] sections of Indiana and Kentucky (6:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST) |
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**** All of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and Vermont |
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***'''7:30{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia |
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***'''8:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in: |
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**** Selected areas of North Dakota (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST, observed by the polling locations) |
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**** The remaining areas of New Hampshire |
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**** The Eastern Time Zone sections of Michigan |
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**** The Central Time Zone sections of Florida, Kansas, South Dakota, and Texas (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST) |
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**** All of Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST), Tennessee (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST / 8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. EST), Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C. |
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***'''8:30{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in Arkansas (7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. CST) |
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***'''9:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in: |
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**** The remaining areas of North Dakota (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. MST, observed by the polling locations) |
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**** The Central Time Zone sections of Michigan (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST) |
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**** The [[Mountain Time Zone]] sections of Kansas, South Dakota, and Texas (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. MST) |
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**** All of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. MST), Nebraska (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. MST / 8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST), Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST), and New York |
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***'''10:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in: |
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**** The Mountain Time Zone sections of Idaho and Oregon (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. MST) |
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**** All of Nevada (7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. PST), Montana, Nevada, Utah (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. MST), and Iowa (9:00{{nbsp}}p.m. CST) |
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***'''11:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': Polls close in: |
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**** The [[Pacific Time Zone]] sections of Idaho and Oregon (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. PST) |
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**** All of California and Washington (8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. PST) |
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** Judge Sullivan orders the US Postal Service to immediately sweep mail facilities in 12 areas in key swing states to find missing, undelivered mail-in ballots, but the USPS replies that it cannot follow the order during this busy Election Day and conducts its preplanned inspection schedule instead. Under a lawsuit filed by several civil rights groups, the USPS had previously reported to Sullivan that about 300,000 ballots that had entered its system had not been scanned as delivered.<ref>{{cite news|title=US Postal Service blows court-ordered deadline to check for missing ballots. About 300,000 can't be traced|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/11/03/postal-service-blows-deadline-check-missing-mail-ballots/6149643002/|date=November 3, 2020|work=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=USPS fails to meet federal judge's deadline for sweeping facilities to make sure no mail-in ballots are left behind|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/us-judge-orders-usps-sweep-facilities-rush-delivery-ballots-election-2020-11|date=November 3, 2020|work=Business Insider}}</ref> |
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**'''After 7:00{{nbsp}}p.m.''': With some states counting their absentee and early voting ballots first, while other states waiting to process those ballots last, the first reported totals in some areas show "blue mirages" or "red mirages" that initially break heavily for Biden or Trump, respectively, before they eventually flip the other way.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beware the 'blue mirage' and the 'red mirage' on election night|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beware-blue-mirage-red-mirage-election-night-n1245925|date=November 3, 2020|work=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=How to spot a red or blue 'mirage' in early election night results|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/30/politics/red-blue-mirage-election-results/index.html|date=November 2, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref> |
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**'''11:20{{nbsp}}p.m.''': [[Fox News]] projects that Arizona is first state to flip from Trump in 2016 to Biden. Trump and members of his campaign are livid since up to this point only 73 percent of the state's vote has been reported.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump campaign was livid when Fox News called Arizona for Biden — and tensions boiled over on-air|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fox-news-election-night-arizona/2020/11/04/194f9968-1e71-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html|date=November 4, 2020|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
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**'''12:30{{nbsp}}a.m.''': With several states still too close to call, Biden addresses supporters and urges patience with the vote counting, saying that he is confident he is going to eventually win.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden urges patience with vote count, says he's on track to win|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/04/biden-urges-patience-with-vote-count-and-says-he-believes-hes-on-track-to-win.html|date=November 4, 2020|work=CNBC}}</ref> |
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** '''1:00{{nbsp}}a.m.''': Polls close in the [[Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone|Hawaii–Aleutian Zone]] sections of Alaska. (November 3, 8:00{{nbsp}}p.m. HST) |
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** '''2:30{{nbsp}}a.m.''': Trump addresses supporters at the White House and references the ballots still remaining to be counted, saying "A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise [those voters who voted for me] and we won't stand for this ... We'll be going to the US Supreme Court, we want all voting to stop. We don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list ... As far as I'm concerned we already have won this".<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump claims victory with many states still undeclared, hints at possible Supreme Court case|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-victory-states-undecided-supreme-court-white-house|date=November 4, 2020|work=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump tries to claim victory even as ballots are being counted in several states — NBC has not made a call|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/04/trump-tries-to-claim-victory-even-as-ballots-are-being-counted-in-several-states-nbc-has-not-made-a-call.html|date=November 4, 2020|work=CNBC}}</ref> |
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==Post-election litigation and presidential transition== |
==Post-election litigation and presidential transition== |
Revision as of 21:50, 9 December 2020
This is a timeline of events related to the 2020 United States elections.
It includes events that took place between the selection of delegates to the Republican National convention in Hawaii in December of 2019 to the declaration of Victory in the general election by President Trump in the wee hours of November 4, 2020.
The Invisible primary and debate period
The "Invisible Primary" is the first phase of any presidential contest, when hopefuls "test the waters" by forming PACS and "exploratory committees" in order to see if such an endeavor is worthwhile. This is followed by the formal announcement of candidacies, and a period of televised debates and other events prior to the beginning of delegate selection.
2019
December 2019
- December 11: The Hawaii Republican Party officially scraps its state's Republican caucus, declaring Trump the winner by default, after he is the only candidate to declare for its ballot by the December 2 deadline. Because this is the first of the cancelled Republican state races that directly binds its delegates to the national convention (as opposed to a walking subcaucus-type system), Trump automatically is awarded his first pledged delegates of the nomination campaign.[1][2][3]
- December 12: With the prospect of a Senate impeachment trial conflicting with the Democratic debate in January, the Democratic National Committee announces that they will work with the candidates to evaluate its options if they need to reschedule.[4]
- December 13–17: After seven candidates qualify for the sixth Democratic debate, they all announce they will boycott it if an ongoing worker strike at its Loyola Marymount University venue in Los Angeles remains unresolved.[5] This labor dispute is then resolved four days later, allowing the debate to proceed.[6]
- December 14: Six Democratic candidates appear at the Public Education Forum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[7]
- December 16: Gabbard, Patrick, Walsh, and Weld discuss mental health issues at the Unite for Mental Health: New Hampshire Town Hall in Manchester, New Hampshire.[8]
- December 18: The full House of Representatives formally votes along party lines to impeach Trump. Gabbard, in her capacity as a House representative of Hawaii, is the lone congressperson to vote "present".[9] A defiant Trump rallies supporters in Battle Creek, Michigan.[10]
- December 19: The sixth Democratic debate takes place on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.[11]
2020
January 2020
- January 2:
- January 6: Former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee announces his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination.[14]
- January 10:
- January 13: Struggling financially, and facing the prospect of being forced off the campaign trail to attend the impeachment trial of Donald Trump in his capacity as a senator, Booker drops out of the Democratic primary.[17]
- January 14: The seventh Democratic debate takes place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.[18]
- January 15–16: The House of Representatives appoints impeachment managers, who then formally present the articles of impeachment to the Senate to begin the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. This forces the remaining senators running for the Democratic nomination (Bennet, Klobuchar, Sanders, and Warren) off the campaign trail on the days when the trial is in session.[19][20]
- January 17:
- The United States Supreme Court agrees to combine and hear Colorado Department of State v. Baca and Chiafalo v. Washington to resolve the question as to whether states can constitutionally punish faithless electors, a ruling that could fundamentally change the outcome of 2020 and future presidential elections.[21]
- Start of early voting: Minnesota[22]
- January 18:
- Start of early voting: Vermont,[23] Virginia Democratic primary (In-Person Absentee)[24]
- The first of a series of North Dakota Republican Party district conventions, which elect delegates to the state party convention. The North Dakota Republican Party does not hold any presidential preference caucus or primary per se, but instead selects their national convention delegates directly at the state party convention.[25][26]
- January 20: Eight Democratic candidates appear at the Iowa Brown and Black Forum in Des Moines, Iowa.[27]
- January 21: The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. is confirmed in Washington state.[28]
- January 25: Start of early voting: Michigan[29]
- January 28: The Lesser-Known Candidates Forum takes place at New Hampshire Institute of Politics on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, featuring 17 Republican and 33 Democratic minor candidates.[30]
- January 30: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.[31]
- January 31:
- Unable to gain traction, Delaney drops out of the Democratic race, stating that he does not want to take support from other candidates in the upcoming Iowa caucuses.[32]
- The Democratic National Committee removes the donor qualification requirements for the ninth and subsequent Democratic debates, paving the way for Bloomberg to participate since he is primarily using his own money instead of accepting individual donations. Several of Bloomberg's opponents complain that this is basically changing the rules in the middle of the game.[33]
- A group of six Democratic National Committee members discuss potential rule changes designed to weaken Sanders's surging campaign and head off a brokered convention. A DNC spokesman later dismisses the idea.[34]
- January 31: The Kansas Republican Convention assembles, where the second delegation to the national convention is chosen and officially bound to Trump.[35][36][37][38]
February 2020
- February 2: Start of early voting: Maine (In-Person Absentee)[39]
- February 3:
- Iowa Democratic caucuses. Final results are delayed after the Iowa Democratic Party experiences problems with its new app-based reporting system, causing errors and inconsistencies in the counting.[40][41]
- Iowa Republican caucuses are won by Trump[42]
- Start of early voting: California[43]
- February 4:
- The Nevada Democratic Party scraps the same app system that failed in Iowa, opting to directly use its backup reporting procedures for its state caucuses.[44]
- The 2020 State of the Union Address, Trump's third State of the Union Address, and the second one after the 1999 address by Bill Clinton to be delivered by an impeached president.[45]
- February 5: The Senate ends the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and votes to acquit him, well short of the two-thirds super-majority required to convict him.[46]
- February 6: The delays, errors, and inconsistencies surrounding the counting of the results of the Iowa Democratic caucuses prompts Democratic Chairman Tom Perez to call for a recanvass.[47] Later that night, the Iowa Democratic Party announces the results of 100 percent of the precincts, showing Buttigieg and Sanders in a virtual tie for the lead (with the former having just a one-tenth of one percentage point advantage over the latter in state delegate equivalents) prompting several news organizations to not actually call a winner at this point.[48][49]
- February 7:
- Walsh drops out of the Republican primary, accusing the party of being a "cult" in which Trump cannot be beat, and vowing to help the Democratic nomination get elected in the November general election.[50]
- Eighth Democratic debate, St. Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire.[51]
- February 10: Both Buttigieg and Sanders formally request a recanvass of specific Iowa Caucus precincts.[52]
- February 11:
- New Hampshire Democratic primary: Sanders wins the popular vote,[53] but his margin of victory over second-place Buttigieg is small enough that both candidates each clinch nine pledged delegates.[54]
- Both Bennet and Yang drop out of the Democratic race due to consecutive poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire.[55][56]
- New Hampshire Republican primary is won by Trump[57]
- February 12:
- February 13: Start of early voting: North Carolina[60]
- February 15: Start of early voting: Nevada Democratic caucuses[61]
- February 15–17: Moving America Forward infrastructure forum, Las Vegas, Nevada[62]
- February 17: Start of early voting: Arkansas[63]
- February 18: Start of early voting: Texas,[64] Utah[65]
- February 19:
- Start of early voting: Arizona Democratic primary[66]
- Ninth Democratic debate, Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.[67]
- February 21: Start of voting in Washington[68] All voting is by mail.
- February 22:
- Nevada Democratic caucuses are won by Sanders.[69]
- The Nevada Republican state committee officially binds its state delegation to Trump.[70]
- February 24: Start of early voting: Colorado,[71] Massachusetts[72]
- February 25: Tenth Democratic debate, Gaillard Center, Charleston, South Carolina.[18]
- February 27:
- February 29:
- South Carolina Democratic primary is won by Biden[75]
- Unable to win any delegates during the first four Democratic contests, Steyer drops out of the race.[76]
March 2020
- March 1: Following his fourth-place finish in the South Carolina Democratic primary, Buttigieg drops out of the race.[82]
- March 2: Klobuchar drops out of the Democratic race. Both she and Buttigieg then endorse, and urge moderate Democrats to rally around, Biden.[83]
- March 3 (Super Tuesday):
- The New York Republican Party cancels its primary after Trump is the only candidate to submit the required number of names of his delegates.[80] The candidates for delegate are declared elected.[84]
- Voting begins in the Democrats Abroad primary
- Democratic primaries/caucuses:
- Biden wins ten states: Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
- Bloomberg wins American Samoa
- Sanders wins four states: California, Colorado, Utah, and Vermont
- Republican primaries:
- March 4:
- After an overall poor performance on Super Tuesday, Bloomberg drops out of the Democratic race and endorses Biden.[87]
- The Free & Equal Elections Foundation sponsors a debate at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, attended by various third party candidates, and minor Democratic and Republican candidates.[88]
- March 5: After an overall poor performance on Super Tuesday, including in her home state of Massachusetts, Warren drops out of the Democratic race.[89]
- March 10:
- Due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, both Biden and Sanders cancel their Ohio rallies.[90] The Democratic National Committee also announces that the 11th Democratic debate on March 15 will be held without an audience.[91]
- Voting period ends in the Democrats Abroad primary, with counting expected to be completed on March 23.
- Democratic primaries/caucuses:
- Washington, in which all voting is by mail, becomes too close to call with numerous votes still remaining to be counted.[92]
- Four states are called for Biden: Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri
- North Dakota is called for Sanders
- Republican primaries/caucuses:
- Trump runs unopposed in North Dakota (non-binding race)[93][94] and Washington.[95][96]
- Trump wins the four other states: Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri
- March 11: The WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic.[97]
- March 12: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic National Committee moves the 11th Democratic debate on March 15 from Phoenix, Arizona to the CNN studios in Washington, D.C.[98]
- March 13:
- March 14:
- Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses are won by Sanders.[101]
- The Guam Republican Convention directly holds the territory's national delegate selection process, officially pledging all of its delegates to Trump.[102]
- Georgia moves its primaries from March 24 to May 19 after a public health emergency is declared in the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[103]
- March 15:
- The Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses select national delegates bound to Trump.[104]
- Eleventh Democratic debate, CNN studios in Washington, D.C.[98]
- March 16:
- After a 13-day delay in counting all the mail-in ballots, Biden is declared the winner of the Washington Democratic primary, narrowly beating Sanders by 21,000 out of over 2 million votes.[105]
- Kentucky moves its primaries from May 19 to June 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[106]
- After an Ohio judge denies Governor Mike DeWine's attempt to move his state's primaries from March 17 to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic, DeWine and Ohio's health department still orders all polling places to remain closed.[107]
- March 17:
- The Ohio Supreme Court allows DeWine to proceed with postponing their primaries to June 2.[108]
- Maryland becomes the fifth state to postpone its primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving them from April 28 to June 2.[109]
- The Democratic National Committee calls for more states to allow voting-by-mail to cut down the number of postponed races.[110]
- Democratic primaries: Biden wins all three states: Arizona, Florida, Illinois[111]
- Republican primaries: Trump wins both Florida and Illinois, clinching enough delegates to officially become the Republican Party's presumptive nominee.[112]
- March 18:
- With Trump clinching enough Republican delegates, Weld drops out of the race.[113]
- American Samoa Republican caucuses
- The North Dakota Republican Party cancels its state convention and formal presidential selection meeting, originally scheduled for March 27–29, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The party states it will schedule an alternate mail-only option.[114][115]
- March 19:
- March 20:
- Indiana moves its primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, postponing them from May 5 to June 2.[118]
- The April 4 in-person voting in the Hawaii Democratic primary is canceled in favor of mail-in voting.[119]
- March 21: The Puerto Rico Democratic primary is moved from March 29 to April 26 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[120]
- March 22: The April 4 in-person voting in the Wyoming Democratic caucuses is canceled in favor of mail-in voting. The deadline is extended to April 17.[121]
- March 23:
- The results of the Democrats Abroad primary are announced, with Sanders winning that race.[122]
- Rhode Island moves its primaries from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[123]
- The April 4 in-person voting in the Alaska Democratic primary is canceled, but mail-in voting is extended to April 10.[124]
- March 24: Delaware moves its primaries from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[125]
- March 25: After previously moving their primaries from March 17 to June 2, Ohio decides to cancel in-person voting, and moves the deadline for mail-in voting back to April 28.[126]
- March 26: Pennsylvania moves its primaries from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[127]
- March 27: Mail-in voting in the Hawaii Democratic primary is extended to May 22.[128]
- March 28: New York becomes the last of the originally scheduled April 28 "Acela primary" states to postpone their primaries because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving theirs to June 23.[129]
April 2020
- April 1: West Virginia moves its primaries from May 12 to June 9 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[130]
- April 2:
- The Democratic National Convention is moved from July 13–16 to August 17–20 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[131]
- After previously moving it from March 29 to April 26, the Puerto Rico Democratic primary is put on indefinite hold.[132]
- April 4: Voting begins in the U.S. Virgin Islands Republican caucuses
- April 5: Lincoln Chafee drops out of the Libertarian race.[133]
- April 6:
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court denies Governor Tony Evers's attempt to move his state's primaries from April 7 to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[134]
- The U.S. Supreme Court issues its ruling in Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, overturning a U.S. District Court's order that would have extended Wisconsin's absentee voting deadline to April 13.[134] The U.S Supreme Court however still allows the district court's ruling to delay the primary results to April 13.[135]
- April 7: The Wisconsin primaries are held, with the results delayed to April 13 per the district court's ruling.[135]
- April 8:
- Sanders suspends his campaign, acknowledging that his "path toward victory is virtually impossible", effectively making Biden the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. Sanders also announces that he is still staying on the ballot in the remaining primaries, collecting as many national convention delegates as he can so they can significantly influence the Democratic Party's platform.[136]
- New Jersey moves its primaries from June 2 to July 7 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[137]
- April 9: After previously moving it from April 24 to May 19 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia moves its primaries further to June 9.[138]
- April 10: Mail-in voting ends in the Alaska Democratic primary. Biden is declared the winner.[139]
- April 13:
- Sanders gives his endorsement to Biden in a livestream broadcast.[140]
- The results of the Wisconsin primaries are announced. Trump had run unopposed in the Republican primary.[141] Biden is declared the winner in the Wisconsin Democratic primary.[142]
- April 14:
- Trump pledges to halt U.S. funding to the WHO while reviewing its role in "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus."[143]
- After previously moving it from April 4 to June 20 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Louisiana moves its primaries further to July 11.[144]
- April 17:
- After previously moving it from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut moves its primaries further to August 11.[145]
- Mail-in voting ends in the Wyoming Democratic caucuses. Biden is declared the winner after the results are completed two days later.[146]
- April 27: After previously being moved from April 28 to June 23 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Democratic primary is canceled altogether. New York State election officials say that Biden is the only viable candidate left in the race, and canceling it would save the state millions of dollars from printing the extra sheet on the ballot.[147]
- April 28:
- Mail-in voting ends in the Ohio primaries. Trump had run unopposed in the Republican primary.[148] Biden is declared the winner in the Ohio Democratic primary.[149]
- United States congressman Justin Amash announces a presidential exploratory committee for the Libertarian nomination.[150]
- April 30: Biden announces that his vice presidential selection committee will consist of former senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, former counsel to the vice president Cynthia Hogan, and representative Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware.[151]
May 2020
- May 2: Biden wins the Kansas Democratic primary.[152]
- May 5: A U.S. District judge rules that the New York Democratic primary must proceed on June 23.[153]
- May 7:
- After previously moving it from April 28 to June 2 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware moves its primaries further to July 7.[154]
- The Department of Justice files a motion to dismiss United States v. Flynn and not pursue charges against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn for making false statements to the FBI regarding his communications with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the Trump presidential transition.[155]
- May 12:
- Emmet G. Sullivan, the US District judge presiding over United States v. Flynn, places a hold on the DOJ's move to drop charges against Flynn, and then appoints attorney John Gleeson as an amicus curiae to prepare an argument against dismissal.[156][157]
- In Nebraska, Trump wins that state's Republican primary and Biden wins the Nebraska Democratic primary.[158]
- May 19:
- Flynn's attorney files an emergency petition for a writ of mandamus in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, asking to overturn Judge Sullivan's recent orders and that he be removed from presiding over United States v. Flynn.[159]
- In Oregon, Trump wins that state's Republican primary and Biden wins the Oregon Democratic primary.[160]
- May 21: After being postponed indefinitely, the 2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary is rescheduled for July 12.[161]
- May 22: Mail-in voting ends in the Hawaii Democratic primary. Biden is declared the winner.[162]
- May 22–25: The 2020 Libertarian National Convention is held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[163] Jo Jorgensen is officially chosen as the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee,[164] and Spike Cohen becomes the party's vice presidential nominee.[165]
- May 25–26: Forty-six-year old black man George Floyd dies in Minneapolis after white police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on Floyd's neck for approximately nine minutes while Floyd is handcuffed face down in the street.[166] His death is recorded and shared live by bystanders. The following day, peaceful protests and violent riots begin to erupt across the country and globally.[167][168]
- May 30: Voting ends in the U.S. Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, with Trump winning the race.
- May 31: Blaming "far-left extremist" groups for inciting and organizing the violent riots across the country during the Floyd protests, Trump announces that he plans to designate one of them, Antifa, as a terrorist organization. Various government and non-government officials respond by claiming that designating such domestic organizations as terrorist groups would be prohibited under both federal law and the First Amendment due to concerns pertaining to the latter's freedom of speech and freedom of assembly rights.[169]
June 2020
- June 1:
- In Philadelphia, Biden makes his first campaign stop in months after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, discussing race relations and the Floyd killing.[170]
- Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and deploy the U.S. military in response to the unrest.[171]
- Police and National Guard troops forcefully clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square and surrounding streets in Washington, D.C., so Trump can walk from the White House to the St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo-op outside the historic church, which burned during the Floyd protests during the previous night.[172] The forceful clearing of the protesters from the area is widely condemned as excessive and an affront to the freedom of assembly clause of the First Amendment.[173][174]
- June 2:
- The Republican National Convention is pulled out of Charlotte, North Carolina, on grounds that the state's plan to continue its COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns through August would prevent a full-scale convention.[175]
- Democratic primaries: Biden wins all eight contests to come within a few dozen delegates of clinching the nomination:[176] District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Dakota
- Republican primaries: Trump wins all eight contests: District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota
- June 3: In a piece published by The Atlantic, former defense secretary Jim Mattis criticizes Trump's response to the George Floyd protests, and states that he became "angry and appalled" about the events leading up to the violent treatment of noncombative protesters near the White House for the purpose of Trump's photo-op at St. John's Church.[177][178][179]
- June 5: The Republican Party of Puerto Rico holds an online vote of party leaders in lieu of an actual primary, awarding all 23 of its pledged delegates Trump.[180][181]
- June 6: Biden wins both Democratic caucuses in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, clinching enough delegates to officially become the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee.[182][183]
- June 9:
- Biden wins both Democratic primaries in Georgia and West Virginia.[184]
- Trump wins both Republican primaries in Georgia and West Virginia.[185]
- June 10: Trump's presidential campaign demands that CNN withdraw and apologize for its latest opinion poll showing Biden leading by 14 points, claiming it was "designed to mislead American voters through a biased questionnaire and skewed sampling". CNN vice-president David Vigilante defends its poll methodology and rejects the allegations, stating that "this is the first time in its 40-year history that CNN had been threatened with legal action because an American politician or campaign did not like CNN's polling results".[186][187]
- June 11: The Republican National Committee announces that Jacksonville, Florida will be the new host city of the Republican National Convention. Due to contractual obligations, official convention business will still be conducted in Charlotte.[188]
- June 15: Louis DeJoy is sworn in as postmaster general. Upon taking office he immediately begins taking measures to reduce costs, such as banning the use of overtime and extra trips to deliver mail.[189][190]
- June 17: Biden addresses a small group of socially distant reporters and local lawmakers during an in-person campaign event in Darby, Pennsylvania.[191]
- June 18: Trump begins pushing for four debates against Biden, rather than just the three originally scheduled in the fall, citing an expected surge in mail and absentee voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[192]
- June 20:
- Hawkins wins both Green primaries in Michigan and Kentucky, clinching enough delegates to officially become the Green Party's presumptive nominee.[193]
- At the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Trump held his first public rally since the wider activation of the COVID-19 pandemic.[194] It was originally planned for June 19 but was moved because it coincided with Juneteenth, which was deemed insensitive due to both the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and the Floyd killing.[195] The total attendance of the rally was lower than was expected; roughly a week prior, Trump claimed that "almost one million" people had requested tickets.[196] However, Tulsa's fire department and the Trump campaign each reported crowd estimates of 6,200 and 12,000, respectively — less than the arena's capacity of around 19,000.[197][198][199] It was reported that TikTok users and members of the K-pop fandom had credited themselves with falsely requesting tickets for the rally, as part of a coordinated effort to "troll" Trump.[200][201] Trump's campaign advisors blamed the media for repeatedly warning people away because of both COVID-19 and protesters.[202][198] Fox News on the other hand claimed that its coverage of the rally was its highest Saturday primetime viewership in network history, drawing 7.7 million viewers.[203]
- June 22: Biden rejects Trump's request for a fourth debate, committing to only the three originally scheduled in the fall.[204]
- June 23:
- Trump visits Arizona, participating in a roundtable discussion with border and law enforcement officials in Yuma before holding a rally with Students for Trump at Dream City Church in Phoenix.[205][206]
- Biden holds a virtual fundraiser with Obama, raising over $7 million.[207]
- Biden wins both Democratic primaries in Kentucky[208] and New York[209]
- Trump wins the Kentucky Republican primary[210]
- June 24:
- A three-member D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel grants Flynn's petition for a writ of mandamus, ordering Judge Sullivan to dismiss United States v. Flynn.[211]
- The Democratic National Committee announces that the Democratic National Convention will be scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with most events taking place instead via videoconferencing. With all the party's state delegations being asked to participate virtually, the venue will be moved from the Fiserv Forum to the smaller Wisconsin Center. Biden still plans to accept the party's nomination in person instead of also staying home.[212][213]
- June 30: Biden announces that he does not plan to hold anymore campaign rallies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[214]
July 2020
- July 4: Rapper Kanye West announces an independent campaign for president and picks preacher Michelle Tidball as his running mate. However, he does not officially file to run.[215] Various political pundits speculate that his presidential run is instead merely a publicity stunt to promote his upcoming album.[216]
- July 6: The United States Supreme Court delivers its unanimous opinions in both Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca, ruling that states are free to enforce laws that punish faithless electors.[217]
- July 7:
- Trump formally notifies the United Nations of his intent to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO.[218]
- Biden wins both Democratic primaries in Delaware and New Jersey.[219][220]
- Trump wins both Republican primaries in Delaware and New Jersey.[219][220]
- July 9:
- The United States Supreme Court delivers its decisions in both Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP regarding attempts by the Manhattan district attorney and the House of Representatives, respectively, to subpoena Trump's tax records. In both rulings, the Court orders each case to be sent back to the lower courts for further review, making it unlikely that the president's taxes would be released before the election.[221]
- Judge Sullivan files a petition asking the entire D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the United States v. Flynn case en banc.[222]
- July 9–12: The 2020 Green National Convention is held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[223] Howie Hawkins is officially nominated as the Green Party's presidential nominee and Angela Walker becomes the party's vice presidential nominee.[224]
- July 11: In Louisiana, Trump wins that state's Republican primary and Biden wins the Louisiana Democratic Primary.[225]
- July 12:
- Biden wins the Puerto Rico Democratic primary.[226]
- Green Party candidate Dario Hunter announces an independent run for the presidency, citing irregularities and undemocratic processes throughout the Green Party presidential primary.[227][228]
- July 14: The Postal Service warns multiple states that the service would not be able to meet the states' deadlines for requesting and casting last-minute absentee ballots.[229] This assessment is based on the several cost-cutting measures taken by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy since taking office on June 15, such as banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail,[230] and dismantling and removing hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines from postal centers.[231]
- July 15:
- Official paperwork is filed with the Federal Election Commission for Kanye West, under the "BDY Party" affiliation[232] amid claims that he is preparing to drop out.[233]
- Struggling in the latest polls largely due to his responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Floyd protests, Trump promotes former deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien to campaign manager, replacing Brad Parscale.[234][235]
- July 19: Kanye West holds his inaugural rally in North Charleston, South Carolina.[236]
- July 23: Trump and the Republican National Committee cancel the 2020 Republican National Convention events scheduled for August 25 to 27 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, citing the spike in COVID-19 cases in Florida. The events scheduled for August 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina, primarily consisting of the official convention business, will still go on as planned.[237]
- July 27:
- The Hill publishes a report about how both the Biden and Trump campaigns are each assembling armies of lawyers and building legal war chests should the election become contested.[238]
- Due to COVID-19 concerns, the first presidential debate on September 29 is moved from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.[239]
- July 28:
- The Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog organization, files a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission alleging that the Trump campaign laundered at least $170 million in campaign spending.[240][241]
- Politico publishes then later retracts a report claiming that Biden will announce on August 1 that Kamala Harris will be his vice-presidential running mate. The publication states that the piece was merely placeholder text that was inadvertently published.[242]
- July 30:
- With many states pushing for mail-in voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump suggests delaying the election on grounds of the reliability problems with postal voting, claiming that there will be extensive voting fraud. Experts have argued that, for the election to be legally delayed, such a decision must be taken by the Congress.[243]
- The Trump campaign temporarily suspends TV advertising pending "a review and fine-tuning of the campaign's strategy". The move comes after the July 15 replacement of Parscale with Stepien as campaign manager, and with Biden still leading in the polls.[244]
August 2020
- August 1:
- Although Biden had previously announced that he planned to decide his vice presidential candidate during the first week of August,[245][246] various media outlets report that he might delay it until the week of August 10.[247][248]
- The Republican National Committee announces that the Republican Convention in late August in Charlotte will be closed to the press, citing the social distancing rules imposed by the North Carolina government due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[249] Associated Press writer Zeke Miller, in his capacity as the head of the White House Correspondents' Association, called this move as an "ill-advised decision".[250]
- The Jorgensen/Cohen campaign launches a nationwide "Brake the Bus Tour".[251]
- August 3: Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. submits a new federal court filing under the parameters set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court's July 9 ruling in Trump v. Vance. In addition to urging the federal court to toss out Trump's new legal efforts to prevent the release of his tax returns, Vance also argues that Trump could be investigated for possible insurance and bank fraud.[252]
- August 3–15: Delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention conduct official convention business virtually, primarily online voting of both the party's platform and the formal presidential nomination. They officially choose Biden for their presidential nominee.[253]
- August 5:
- The Nation publishes a piece by James Zogby, a former member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee, who reports that a majority of Sanders delegates "felt left out" during the planning of the virtual events of Democratic National Convention, and that the process was "lacking in transparency and input".[254]
- The Trump campaign files a lawsuit to stop Nevada from its plan to conduct the November election almost entirely by mail-in voting, claiming, among others, the vote counting will be delayed beyond a reasonable time frame.[255]
- Biden announces that he will participate remotely in the Democratic National Convention instead of traveling in person to Milwaukee.[256]
- Trump announces that he will participate remotely in the Republican National Convention instead of traveling in person to Charlotte. He also suggests that he will make his nomination acceptance speech at the White House for security reasons. Senate Republican whip John Thune questions whether making this particular speech at the White House is still legal under the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits employees in the executive branch from engaging in some forms of political activity.[257] Pelosi also criticizes, saying that it would "degrade" the White House.[258]
- August 6:
- New York State attorney general Letitia James files a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association alleging fraud, financial misconduct, and misuse of charitable funds by its CEO Wayne LaPierre and some of its other executives. Washington, D.C., attorney general Karl Racine also files a similar lawsuit. With the lawsuits calling for the dissolution of the NRA, some Democratic strategists fear that this could energize Trump supporters, particularly in the battleground states.[259]
- A New York judge denies Trump's bid to delay a defamation suit filed by journalist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s.[260]
- August 7: Over 300 convention delegates sign a statement urging Biden to select House representative Karen Bass of California "to help unify our party and move our nation forward".[261]
- August 10: In an op-ed piece published by the San Francisco Examiner, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown advises Kamala Harris to decline any offer to be Biden's vice presidential pick, arguing that "historically, the vice presidency has often ended up being a dead end" and that she would be more effective becoming U.S. Attorney General.[262]
- August 11:
- Biden officially selects Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate.[263]
- The Connecticut primaries, the last of these races delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are held, marking the first time that the presidential primary season extended into August. With delegates to the Democratic National Convention already conducting official convention business virtually since August 3, and the Republican National Convention two weeks away, they essentially become pro forma races. Trump still wins the state's Republican primary and Biden wins the state's Democratic Primary.[264]
- August 12: Biden and Harris make their first official appearance as the presumptive Democratic ticket at Alexis I. duPont High School in Wilmington, Delaware.[265]
- August 13: The House of Representatives votes for an emergency grant of $25 billion to the post office to facilitate the predicted flood of mail ballots.[266] Trump concedes that the post office would need additional funds to handle the additional mail-in voting, but said he would block any additional funding for the post office because he wanted to prevent any increase in balloting by mail.[267]
- August 17: The first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention is held , with the theme "We the People". Although officially centered at Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, each night of the convention consists of two hours each night of a mix of pre-recorded segments and live broadcasts from sites across the country.[268] The Wisconsin Center is still used for the convention's broadcast and production,[269] but the emcees host each night from Los Angeles.[270] This first night is highlighted by speeches by governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, former governor John Kasich of Ohio, Sanders, and former first lady Michelle Obama.
- August 18:
- The Senate Intelligence Committee, after three years, finally issues its report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report does find that then-Trump campaign head Paul Manafort shared polling data with Russian/Ukrainian political operative Konstantin Kilimnik.[271] The committee also concludes that it "found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election."[272][273]
- New Jersey becomes the second state after Nevada on August 5 to be sued by the Trump campaign for its plans to only use mail-in voting.[274]
- With at least 21 states threatening to sue the postal service regarding potential widespread delays in mail-in-voting, DeJoy announces that he would roll back his cost-cutting changes until after the November election. This includes reinstating overtime hours, rolling back service reductions, and halting the removal of mail-sorting machines and collection boxes.[275] However, 95 percent of the mail sorting machines that were planned for removal have already been removed,[276] and according to Pelosi, DeJoy states that he has no intention of replacing them.[277]
- Based in their online voting during the past weeks, Democratic convention delegates officially adopt the Democratic Party's 2020 platform, consisting of hundreds of liberal policy proposals initially drafted by a joint Biden/Sanders task force, considered the most progressive for any major political party in U.S. history.[278][279]
- The second night of the Democratic National Convention, with the theme "Leadership Matters", is highlighted by the formal roll call of states, with Biden officially winning the nomination with 3,558 delegate votes versus Sanders' 1,151, 5 Abstains, and 35 delegates who did not vote.[280] Speakers include senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, former president Bill Clinton, former secretaries of state John Kerry and Colin Powell, and a speech made by Jill Biden from Brandywine High School in Wilmington, Delaware where she had been an English teacher from 1991 to 1993.[281]
- August 19: The third night of the Democratic National Convention, with the theme "A More Perfect Union", is highlighted by speeches by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Pelosi, Warren, and former president Barack Obama. Harris makes her acceptance speech from the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware.[282]
- August 20:
- Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, U.S. Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, and two others are charged for conspiring to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors though their We Build The Wall fundraising campaign.[283]
- The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention, with the theme "America's Promise", is highlighted by speeches by Buttigieg and Bloomberg. Biden makes his acceptance speech from the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware.[282]
- August 21: DeJoy testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs regarding his recent cost-cutting changes and subsequent August 18 rollbacks, promising that the Postal Service would fulfill its "sacred duty" to deliver election mail in November.[284][285]
- August 21–23: The Republican National Committee business meeting, to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina.[286]
- August 23–24: Twenty-nine year old African-American Jacob Blake is shot seven times by Kenosha, Wisconsin police, paralyzing him from the waist down, sparking protests in the city and across the country throughout the night and into the early morning of August 24 (Eastern Time).[287]
- August 24:
- DeJoy and US Postal Service Board of Governors chairman Robert M. Duncan testify before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Postal Service crisis.[288]
- The first day of the 2020 Republican National Convention is held . Only the official convention business is conducted on the first day at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, [286] while the four nights consist of entertainment events anchored at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.,[289] with various other events taking place in that city and elsewhere across the country.[290] The morning session in Charlotte is highlighted by 336 delegates (six from each state) participating in-person to formally nominate Trump and Pence. Midway through the roll-call, Trump addresses the crowd in-person, having flown in to Charlotte.[291] The night events, under the theme, "Land of Heroes", is then highlighted by speeches by Trump campaign official Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr., former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.[292][293]
- August 25:
- The second night of the Republican National Convention, with the theme "Land of Promise", features a speech by First Lady Melania Trump from the White House.[289] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears remotely from the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel, while still on a diplomatic trip, causing the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations under Democrat Joaquin Castro of Texas to open an investigation as to whether Pompeo also violated the Hatch Act.[294] Mary Ann Mendoza, the mother of police officer Brandon Mendoza who was killed in 2014 by an illegal immigrant, was scheduled to speak, but her appearance is canceled after she posts a tweet in support of an anti-semitic conspiracy theory.[295]
- During his network's coverage of the Republican National Convention, CNN commentator Don Lemon opines on air to his colleague Chris Cuomo that Biden needs to start addressing the Kenosha protests instead of saying silent, noting that it is becoming a top issue in recent polls and accusing Democrats of "ignoring this problem or hoping that it will go away".[296] Biden eventually starts to address the protests the following afternoon in a tweet, calling for an end to the violence.[297][298]
- August 26:
- The results of a CNBC/Change Research poll taken in the days immediately following the Democratic National Convention are released, indicating that it is unclear whether Biden actually received a convention bounce, and that the race has instead tightened in the swing states.[299][300] A Reuters/Ipsos poll also indicates no convention bounce for Biden.[301]
- In the National Basketball Association Bubble at Walt Disney World in Florida, the Milwaukee Bucks boycott their playoff game against the Orlando Magic in protest of the Blake shooting. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association later announce that they are postponing all NBA games for the day.[302] This sparks an athlete boycott in which several Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer games are also postponed after players in those two leagues also decide not to play.[303][304]
- The third night of the Republican National Convention, with the theme "Land of Opportunity", features Pence's acceptance speech from Fort McHenry in Baltimore.[289] Former football star Jack Brewer also makes a speech despite being accused of insider trading.[305]
- August 27:
- Pelosi urges Biden to skip the presidential debates, claiming that Trump will "probably act in a way that is beneath the dignity of the presidency ... [and] belittle what the debates are supposed to be about". Biden responds by saying that he wants to go ahead and participate so that he can "be a fact-checker on the floor while I'm debating [Trump]".[306]
- The National Hockey League announces the postponement of their games for August 27 and 28 after its players decide not to play because of the Blake shooting.[307] All NBA and seven MLB games originally scheduled for this day are also postponed as those leagues' players continue to sit out in protest for a second consecutive day.[308]
- The fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention, with the theme "Land of Greatness", features Trump's acceptance speech from the White House.[289]
- August 28:
- The House Foreign Affairs Committee announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo for his "ongoing refusal to comply" with congressional subpoenas and "his transparently political misuse of Department resources" dating all the way back to at least the Trump impeachment inquiry.[309]
- Trump holds a rally in Londonderry, New Hampshire.[310]
- August 29: During the Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, clashes erupt between Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters. A member of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group, later identified as Aaron Danielson, ends up being shot and killed, and several others arrested.[311][312][313]
- August 31:
- The results of an Emerson College poll taken in the days following the Republican National Convention are released, indicating Biden's lead over Trump has decreased to just within the margin of error.[314]
- In its en banc hearing, the entire D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules to overturn the court's three-member panel's previous June 24 decision, rejecting Flynn's request to dismiss the charges against him in United States v. Flynn.[315]
- Biden and Trump publicly accuse each over the recent violence during the Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, with, among other traded barbs, Trump claiming that Biden "is unwilling to lead", and Biden claiming Trump is "rooting for chaos and violence".[316]
September 2020
- September 1:
- Trump tours the damaged sites of the Kenosha protests, meeting with owners of damaged businesses and participating in a round table discussion on community safety.[317][318] Wisconsin governor Tony Evers, Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian, and the city's NAACP branch president had discouraged the trip, each respectively stating that his presence would only hinder efforts to "overcome division",[319] the trip was "ill advised",[320] and it would "only inflame tensions".[321]
- In an interview published by Axios, the Democratic data and analytics firm Hawkfish warns that mail-in voting will likely delay the actual election results by days or even weeks. The firm states that if significantly more Biden supporters vote by mail than Trump supporters due to COVID-19 or other concerns, then any results reported on just election night may falsely skew towards a potential Trump landslide victory.[322]
- In the second round of Trump v. Vance, a panel of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals grants Trump's request to delay Manhattan district attorney Vance from accessing his tax returns. Oral arguments in the case were also delayed to September 25.[323]
- September 2: The results of a CNN poll taken from August 28 to September 1 are released, indicating no convention bounce for Trump.[324]
- September 3:
- Citing four anonymous sources, The Atlantic publishes an article by its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg claiming that Trump did not want to visit France's Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial in 2018 to honor U.S. troops buried there because he through they were "losers" and "suckers".[325] Trump denies these allegations, saying, "It is a disgraceful situation by a magazine that's a terrible magazine."[326] Various former and current White House officials also deny Trump ever said those comments.[327]
- Biden visits the sites of the Kenosha protests, against the wishes of the local NAACP president and Kenosha County Executive. During this first campaign visit to Wisconsin, Biden meets with Jacob Blake's family and holds a community meeting.[328][329]
- Trump holds a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.[330]
- Jorgensen postpones campaign stops until the following week due to the death of her mother.[331][332]
- September 4:
- Various North Carolina counties start to mail out absentee ballots to voters, arguably marking the official start of the general election despite early voting in the state not officially beginning for another six weeks.[333]
- During a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden blames Trump for the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that it has widened the divisions between the rich and the poor.[334]
- September 7: Biden visits the Pennsylvania branch of the AFL–CIO in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, participating in a Labor Day virtual town hall with labor leaders across the country.[335]
- September 8:
- The Justice Department asks to take over Trump's defense in Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him, on grounds that his comments that caused her to file the lawsuit came while he was in office.[336]
- Trump holds a rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[337]
- September 9:
- Biden makes a campaign stop in Warren, Michigan, addressing jobs.[338]
- Promoting his forthcoming book Rage, scheduled for release on September 15, journalist and author Bob Woodward claims that Trump admitted to him in early February 2020 that he was repeatedly playing down the COVID-19 virus even though he knew it was deadlier than the flu. Trump responds by calling Woodward's book "a political hit job" and that "I don't want people to be frightened, I don't want to create panic".[339] Various commentators also criticize Woodward for deliberately withholding this revelation for months just for his book, or for "October surprise"-like timing purposes, instead of thinking about the public health.[340]
- September 10:
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court issues an order to halt the mailing of the state's absentee ballots to Wisconsin voters, pending a lawsuit filed by the Hawkins/Walker campaign after the Wisconsin Elections Commission decided to not include the Green Party ticket on the ballot because Walker provided different addresses on her campaign filings.[341]
- In a similar case involving improperly submitted paperwork by the Green Party campaign, a Pennsylvania appellate court orders that Hawkins can appear on that state's ballot, but Walker's name cannot be listed.[342]
- Trump holds a rally in Freeland, Michigan.[343]
- September 11: Observing the 19th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, both Biden and Pence attend the morning ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City and exchange elbow bumps,[344] while Trump attends one at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Biden later makes a separate visit to the Flight 93 Memorial in the afternoon.[345] Harris meanwhile attends a memorial ceremony in Fairfax, Virginia.[346]
- September 12: After canceling a rally at Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada due to the airport's COVID-19 health guidelines, Trump instead holds one at Minden–Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nevada.[347]
- September 13: Trump holds his first indoor rally in nearly three months in Henderson, Nevada, despite the local COVID-19 health orders limiting such indoor events.[348]
- September 14:
- Trump visits McClellan Park, California to meet with local officials on the California wildfires, then travels to Phoenix, Arizona to meet with Latino supporters.[349]
- During a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden addresses the wildfires, calling Trump a "climate arsonist" for the President's lack of climate change policies.[350]
- The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis launches an investigation on allegations that Trump appointees pressured CDC officials to change or delay COVID-19 reports.[351]
- September 15:
- Trump participates in a town hall hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[352]
- Biden makes campaign stops in Tampa and Kissimmee, Florida, courting Latino voters as recent polls show that both he and Trump are about evenly divided among the Latino community in the battleground state.[353]
- September 16: During a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden criticizes Trump for attempting to rush a COVID-19 vaccine before the election.[354]
- September 17:
- U.S. District Judge Stanley Allen Bastian issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Postal Service from implementing Postmaster General DeJoy's changes, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the postal service".[355]
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court extends the state's mail-in ballot deadline to November 6, three days after the election.[356]
- Trump rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin.[357]
- Biden participates in a town hall hosted by CNN in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[358]
- September 18:
- Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies.[359] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell states that he intends to fill the vacancy as soon as possible once Trump names a nominee. Biden and other Democrats call to leave the seat open until after Inauguration Day.[360][361]
- Trump rally in Bemidji, Minnesota.[362] He is not informed of Ginsburg's death until after the event.[363]
- A Michigan court extends the state's absentee ballot deadline to November 17, two weeks after the election.[364]
- September 19: Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[365] Trump calls Biden the "dumbest of all candidates ... You can't have this guy as your president ... maybe I'll sign an executive order that you cannot have him as your president".[366]
- September 20: Early voting begins in several states, roughly 45 days before the election.[367][368]
- September 21:
- Biden campaigns in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the second time he has visited the state in two weeks.[369]
- Trump rally in Swanton, Ohio.[370]
- September 22:
- A decision by the Maine Supreme Court effectively allows the state to proceed with implementing the first-ever use of ranked-choice voting in a presidential general election. Maine's high court rejects the Maine Republican Party's attempt to put a referendum on the ranked-choice voting plan on the statewide ballot, ruling that they failed to gather enough petition signatures for the measure to qualify because roughly 1,000 of them were invalid.[371]
- Trump rally at Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.[372]
- September 23:
- The Senate committees on Homeland Security and Finance jointly release an interim report on the Bidens' business dealings with Burisma Holdings, which was at the center of the Trump–Ukraine scandal and the subsequent impeachment of Trump. The investigation finds no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.[373] The report does however find that his son Hunter's role at the company was "awkward", "problematic" and gave the appearance of a conflict of interest when he benefited from using his father's name.[374]
- Biden participates in a Black economic summit in Charlotte.[375]
- Trump speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.[376]
- When asked during a press conference, Trump declines to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election, saying "We're going to have to see what happens. You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster."[377]
- A Kentucky grand jury decides to indict only one of the three Louisville Metro Police officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, sparking protests across the county.[378] Two Louisville police officers are shot during the protests.[379]
- September 24:
- The Senate unanimously passes a resolution authored by Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia reaffirming support for a peaceful transfer of power, one day after Trump refused to commit to one.[380]
- FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before the Senate Homeland Security Committee that "We have not seen historically any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it's by mail or otherwise".[381]
- Biden halts further public campaign appearances to prepare for the September 29 presidential debate. Trump mocks Biden for doing so when contrasting it to his own campaign schedule for the upcoming weekend.[382]
- Trump rally in Jacksonville, Florida.[383]
- September 25: Trump hosts Latino supporters at his Doral Miami Resort near Miami in the morning,[384] attends a Black economic empowerment event in Atlanta in the afternoon,[385] then holds an evening rally in Newport News, Virginia despite the Virginia COVID-19 health orders limiting such indoor events.[386]
- September 26:
- Trump nominates federal circuit judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.[387] At least eight attendees at the nomination ceremony at the White House Rose Garden would later test positive for COVID-19 in the coming weeks.[388]
- Trump rally at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania.[389]
- September 27:
- The New York Times publishes a report stating that it has obtained at least two decades worth of tax return data for Trump, showing that he "paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made" and that Trump engaged in "a decade-long audit battle with the Internal Revenue Service over the legitimacy of a $72.9 million tax refund that he claimed, and received, after declaring huge losses".[390] Trump calls the Times story "fake news".[391]
- A federal appeals court temporarily halts Wisconsin's six-day absentee ballot extension pending further action by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal.[392]
- The Trump campaign sues the North Carolina State Board of Elections over its new guidelines that allows North Carolina voters with mail-in ballots with deficient information to fix them without getting a new blank ballot.[393]
- Brad Parscale, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, is hospitalized after his wife calls Fort Lauderdale, Florida police that he had guns and he was threatening to harm himself. Officers seize 10 firearms from the home and report that Parscale's wife had cuts and bruises on her arms and face, which she said Parscale had inflicted earlier in the week.[394][395][396]
- September 29:
- A three-judge panel on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal upholds Wisconsin's six-day absentee ballot extension.[397]
- During a hearing in United States v. Flynn, Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell acknowledges that she had "a number of discussions with the President" about the case and had asked him not to pardon Flynn.[398]
- The first presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is held at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.[239] At least 11 individuals involved in preparation for this event would later test positive for COVID-19.[399] Despite earlier claims that all participants would be tested, Trump and his personnel arrive too late to be tested and are instead admitted under "an honor system".[400]
- September 30:
- A Republican-led committee in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives votes to create a new special committee to investigate Trump's election fraud allegations. Opposed by Pennsylvania Democrats, this new proposed panel would have the power to subpoena state election officials and USPS workers while both the election and the vote counting are already in progress.[401][402]
- Following the chaotic exchanges between Biden and Trump during the previous evening's debate, the CPD issues a statement saying that "additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues".[403]
- Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, former FBI director James Comey defends his role in the Russia investigations and Crossfire Hurricane.[404]
- Parscale steps down from the Trump campaign claiming that he is under "overwhelming stress", while his wife now claims that the apparent domestic abuse on September 27 was "misconstrued".[405]
- Biden embarks on a six-city campaign train tour through eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.[406]
- Trump rally in Duluth, Minnesota.[407]
- Trump adviser Hope Hicks and RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel both test positive for COVID-19 but do not announce it publicly until the following days.[408][409]
October 2020
- October 1:
- Biden hosts a virtual fundraiser.[410]
- Trump attends a fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey.[411] A small group of White House leaders privately learn about Hicks' positive COVID-19 test as Marine One was just taking off, but they allow the event to go forward anyway.[412][413]
- Both Biden and Trump make separate virtual speeches at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.[414]
- October 1–2: Trump and first lady Melania test positive for COVID-19, publicly revealing their diagnosis after midnight October 2. The tests are administered to the President and First Lady after Hicks publicly announces her positive test results during the evening of October 1.[415] White House physician Sean Conley issues a memo on early October 2 morning that the Trumps are "both well" as they begin the quarantine process, and expects Trump to "continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering".[416]
- October 2:
- After experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19, Trump is admitted into the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, "out of an abundance of caution".[417]
- The City of Cleveland announces that 11 individuals who were involved with the preparations for the September 29 presidential debate have tested positive for COVID-19.[418]
- Biden tests negative for COVID-19, then holds a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[419]
- The Commission on Presidential Debates says that the vice presidential debate set for October 7 remains on schedule after Pence and second lady Karen also test negative for COVID-19.[420] The CPD however remains silent as to whether Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis will affect the second presidential debate scheduled for October 15.[421]
- Several people who attended Barrett's Supreme Court nomination ceremony on September 26 also announce that they have tested positive for COVID-19, including senators Mike Lee of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame president John I. Jenkins, and former Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway.[422]
- Barrett tests negative for COVID-19,[423] and Republican senators say that her confirmation hearings will still go on as scheduled on October 12.[424] Democrats urge the hearings to be delayed because of the outbreak, especially since Lee and Tillis sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee.[425]
- October 3: During a virtual campaign event, Biden admits that he has advised some governors to not publicly endorse him, fearing that the Trump administration would retaliate by withholding federal resources to their respective states.[426]
- October 4: Trump briefly leaves Walter Reed to drive past by supporters gathering outside the hospital, waving at them from the back seat of an SUV. Although all Secret Service agents inside the vehicle with Trump wore personal protective equipment, some agents within the Secret Service anonymously complain about his behavior to The Washington Post.[427]
- October 5:
- Trump is discharged from Walter Reed and returns to the White House. Doctors say in a news briefing that Trump will be continued to be treated with dexamethasone and remdesivir during his recovery.[428]
- Biden campaigns in Miami,[429] including participating in a town hall hosted by MSNBC at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.[430]
- Due to concerns about COVID-19 outbreak, the CPD approves plans to have Harris and Pence separated by plexiglass during the vice presidential debate.[431]
- The Supreme Court, starting its 2020 term with eight justices due to Ginsburg's vacancy, grants the South Carolina Republican Party's request to reinstate the state's signature requirement on absentee ballots, pending further appeal by the Democrats.[432]
- October 6:
- The Supreme Court denies the Maine Republican Party's petition to stop Maine's ranked-choice voting plan.[433]
- Biden makes a campaign speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.[434]
- October 7:
- Trump begins attacking US Attorney General William Barr regarding the Department of Justice delaying the release of Durham report until at least after the election, tweeting "Where are all of the arrests? ... Do something about this, the biggest of all political scandals (in history)!!! Biden, Obama and Crooked Hillary led this treasonous plot!!!".[435]
- In the Trump v. Vance case, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump's latest attempt to block the subpoena for his tax returns. Trump states his intent to appeal this ruling to the Supreme Court, therefore the appeals court grants his legal team 12 days in which to do so before prosecutors may execute the subpoena.[436]
- The only vice presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), is held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.[437]
- October 8:
- The Supreme Court denies the Montana Republican Party's petition to stop Montana's plan to send mail-in ballots to every registered voter because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[438]
- During an interview with Fox Business following the previous night's vice presidential debate, Trump attacks Harris for her stance on open borders, calling her a "monster" and a "communist".[439]
- Both Biden and Harris attend a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona to kickoff a campaign bus tour through the state.[440]
- The FBI arrests 13 armed militia members who plotted to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.[441]
- The Free & Equal Elections Foundation sponsors a presidential debate in Denver, Colorado, inviting any candidate that is on the ballot in at least 10 states, regardless of party.[442]
- Due to Trump's positive COVID diagnosis, the Commission on Presidential Debates initially announces that the second presidential debate scheduled for October 15 will be held virtually. While Biden agrees to the format change, Trump says he will not take part and would instead hold a rally with his supporters on that day.[443] Biden then agrees to postpone the second debate, and later schedules a town hall to be televised on ABC on October 15.[444][445] The Trump campaign then asks the Debate Commission to reschedule the second debate to October 22 and postpone the third debate to October 29, while the Biden campaign objects to postponing the third debate to that date.[444][445]
- Conley releases a memo saying that Trump's condition is stable, is "devoid of symptoms", and he anticipates that Trump could have a "safe return to public engagements" by October 10.[446] However, later that evening Trump appears on the phone on Hannity and suffers several coughing fits.[447]
- October 9:
- The Debate Commission decides to cancel the second debate since Trump is unwilling to participate virtually, and that the third debate would go forward as originally scheduled on October 22. The Trump campaign responds by referencing Conley's memo during the previous day regarding Trump's improved condition, and states that there is "no medical reason" to stop the debate from proceeding, in-person, as originally scheduled.[448]
- Biden speaks at a drive-in campaign event in Las Vegas.[449]
- In what he claims as the "largest radio rally in history", Trump calls into The Rush Limbaugh Show for two hours.[450]
- October 10:
- Biden campaigns in Erie, Pennsylvania, focusing on the economy and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[451]
- Trump addresses supporters at the White House South Lawn, his first public event since being released from Walter Reed.[451]
- October 12
- The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination begins.[452] As a member of the committee, this pulls Harris off the campaign trail.[453]
- Biden campaigns in Ohio, stopping in Toledo then going to Cincinnati.[454]
- Trump holds a rally in Sanford, Florida, his first public campaign event outside of Washington, D.C. since being released from Walter Reed.[455]
- October 13:
- The Supreme Court issues a stay in Ross v. National Urban League, allowing the Trump administration to end the counting early for the 2020 census by October 15, pending further appeals in the lower courts.[456]
- In the Trump v. Vance case, Trump's attorneys submit an emergency petition to the Supreme Court to block the latest order from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the Manhattan District Attorney to get Trump's tax returns.[457]
- Biden campaigns in South Florida, stopping in Pembroke Pines then going to Miramar.[458]
- Trump holds a rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.[459]
- October 14:
- Using material provided by Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani regarding emails allegedly found on a damaged laptop at a Delaware computer repair shop, the New York Post suggests that Biden used his political power to benefit his son Hunter in business dealings with Ukraine.[460][461] The New York Post article is met with skepticism, with questions about the authenticity and provenance of the emails.[462] The Washington Post then reports that intelligence agencies have been concerned since at least 2019 that Giuliani has been the target of a Russian influence operation. Rather than distance himself from Giuliani, Trump uses the New York Post story as a campaign talking point as if it was true.[463]
- Trump schedules a town hall to be televised on NBC on October 15, directly competing with Biden's already scheduled town hall on ABC. Top Democrats, media pundits and even some NBC journalists are surprised by NBC agreeing with Trump to go head-to-head with Biden's event.[464]
- Trump holds a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.[465]
- Melania Trump reveals on the White House web site that Barron Trump had previously tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks prior.[466]
- October 15:
- Trump holds a rally in Greenville, North Carolina.[467]
- Both Biden and Trump participate in separate town halls, hosted by ABC and NBC, respectively.[444][464][468]
- October 16:
- The FBI begins investigating whether the unverified emails published by the New York Post on October 14, allegedly showing the Bidens' influence in business dealings with Ukraine, were actually part of a foreign disinformation campaign to hurt Biden.[469]
- Biden campaigns in Southeastern Michigan, stopping in Southfield then going to Detroit.[470]
- Trump holds rallies in Ocala, Florida[471] and Macon, Georgia.[472]
- October 17:
- National Woman's March
- Trump holds rallies in Muskegon, Michigan[473] and Janesville, Wisconsin.[474]
- October 18:
- Biden campaigns in Durham, North Carolina.[475]
- Trump holds a rally in Carson City, Nevada.[476]
- October 19:
- The Supreme Court splits 4–4 on whether to grant an emergency stay on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's September 17 ruling that extended the state's mail-in ballot deadline to November 6, three days after the election. As a result, the lower court's decision stands.[477]
- The Debate Commission unanimously adopts new rules for the October 22 debate, adding mute buttons to the candidates' microphones to limit them from interrupting each other like during the September 29 debate. Under these new rules, each candidate's microphone will be turned off during the other's initial two-minute reply to a question. Both microphones will then be turned on during the open discussion periods.[478]
- While Biden stays home for the next three days to prepare for the October 22 debate, Trump continues to hold rallies,[479] starting with ones in Prescott and Tucson, Arizona.[480]
- October 20:
- The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds North Carolina's absentee ballots deadline of November 12.[481]
- Trump holds a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.[482]
- October 20–21: Voters in at least three swing states report receiving emails, allegedly from the neo-fascist group "Proud Boys", threatening them unless they vote for Trump. CBS News reports that these emails were actually sent from overseas servers.[483] In an October 21 press conference, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announces that both Iran and Russia have obtained contact information about voters' registrations in an attempt to influence the election, and that Iran has been sending the spoofed emails "to intimidate voters, incite civil unrest and damage President Trump".[484]
- October 21:
- The Supreme Court votes 5–3 to grant an emergency stay that reinstates a state-ordered ban on curbside voting in Alabama.[485]
- Obama holds a drive-in rally for Biden in Philadelphia.[486]
- Trump holds a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina.[487]
- October 22: The final presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.[437]
- October 23: Trump holds rallies in The Villages and Pensacola, Florida.[488]
- October 24:
- Obama holds a drive-in rally for Biden in Miami.[489]
- Biden campaigns in Bucks County and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.[490]
- Trump holds rallies in Lumberton, North Carolina, Circleville, Ohio, and Waukesha, Wisconsin.[491][492][493]
- Free & Equal Elections Foundation sponsors a presidential debate in Cheyenne, Wyoming.[494]
- October 25:
- Biden hosts a virtual campaign event and concert featuring performances by several musical artists.[495]
- Harris campaigns in Detroit.[496]
- Trump holds a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.[497]
- Pence holds a rally in Kinston, North Carolina.[498]
- October 26:
- Biden defends his limited travel schedule during the final week of the campaign compared to Trump's, saying that he wants to protect himself from catching COVID-19, he is still holding virtual events, and it is best to keep making the election a referendum on Trump's behavior and let the president shoot himself in the foot. A Biden campaign advisor also tells Politico that "the polling in this race has been very stable over time", and that "rallies don't matter much to voters" because they only "excite a base that's already voting for Trump". Democrats remain hopeful that Biden's strategy during these final days of the campaign, relying heavily on expensive TV and media ads instead of in-person campaigning, will pay off.[499]
- Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner faces backlash after stating in a Fox & Friends interview that Black Americans have to "want to be successful".[500]
- Trump holds rallies in Allentown, Lititz and Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.[501][502]
- The Supreme Court issues an emergency stay blocking Wisconsin's six-day absentee ballot extension.[503]
- The Senate votes to confirm Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, with all but one Republican voting in favor and all Democrats voting against.[504]
- Twenty-seven-year old black man Walter Wallace is fatally shot by police in Philadelphia, sparking demonstrations and riots throughout the city.[505]
- October 27:
- US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denies the Justice Department's September 8 request to represent Trump in Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him, stating that Trump's allegedly defamatory statements against Carroll was not made "within the scope of his employment" as president.[506]
- Biden campaigns in Warm Springs, Georgia, his first campaign visit to that state.[507]
- Harris campaigns in Reno, Nevada and Las Vegas, Nevada.[508]
- Trump holds rallies in Lansing, Michigan, West Salem, Wisconsin, and Omaha, Nebraska.[509][510][511] Hundreds of people who attended the Omaha rally are left stranded for hours in freezing temperatures after the buses that were shuttling them back to the parking lots slowed down due to the deteriorating weather conditions and the security requirements. About 30 people are given medical attention and six are sent to the hospital.[512]
- Pence holds rallies in Greenville, South Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina.[513][514][515]
- Melania Trump makes her first major solo campaign event in Atglen, Pennsylvania.[516]
- October 27–28: The White House science officer initially sends a press release listing "ending the COVID-19 pandemic" as one of Trump's top accomplishments during his first term.[517] The White House then issues another press release on the following day, saying that the previous release was "poorly worded" and Trump does not actually believe that the pandemic is over.[518]
- October 28:
- The Supreme Court rejects emergency stay petitions in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, allowing the ballot extensions in those two states to stand.[519]
- Biden remains in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, casting an early ballot.[520]
- Harris campaigns in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.[521]
- Trump holds rallies in Bullhead City and Goodyear, Arizona. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage attends Trump's Bullhead City rally.[522]
- Pence holds a rally in Flint, Michigan.[523]
- October 29:
- The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals orders that postmarked Minnesota absentee ballots received after Election Day are to be set aside pending a final decision on whether that should be counted.[524]
- Biden and Trump hold competing events in Tampa, Florida.[525]
- Biden also campaigns in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[526]
- A Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina is postponed to November 2 due to high winds.[527]
- Pence campaigns in Des Moines, Iowa.[528]
- October 30:
- Biden campaigns in Des Moines, Iowa, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[529][530][531]
- Harris campaigns in Fort Worth and Houston, Texas, the first time in over 30 years that a Democratic vice presidential candidate visits the state this late before the election.[532][533]
- Trump holds rallies in Waterford Township, Michigan, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Rochester, Minnesota.[534][535][536]
- Pence holds rallies in Tucson and Flagstaff, Arizona.[537]
- October 30–31: While traveling on Interstate 35 from San Antonio to Austin, Texas, a Biden campaign bus is swarmed by a caravan of Texas Trump supporters known as the "Trump Train" group, causing the Biden supporters on board the bus to call 911 to get a police escort and eventually cancel their Austin event. Although no one is hurt, the Biden campaign accuses the Trump Train group of trying to run the bus off the road. On the following day, Trump tweets a video of the caravan surrounding Biden's bus with the caption "I love Texas", causing further criticism by the Biden campaign.[538]
- October 31:
- A get-out-the-vote rally in Graham, North Carolina is dispersed by police officers using pepper spray.[539]
- Biden campaigns with Obama in Detroit and Flint, Michigan.[540]
- Harris campaigns in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Lake Worth Beach, Florida.[541]
- Trump holds rallies in Bucks County, Reading, and Butler, Pennsylvania.[542][543][544] For the second time in a week, this time in Butler, hundreds of people who attended the rally are left stranded for hours in freezing temperatures.[545]
November 2020
States that flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020 | |
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Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin |
- November 1:
- Deadline for early in-person voting in Delaware, Florida, and New York.[546]
- The Texas Supreme Court rejects a petition submitted by Texas state representative Steve Toth and two other Republican candidates running for office in Texas who were seeking to invalidate nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes in Harris County, Texas.[547]
- Biden campaigns in Philadelphia.[548]
- Harris campaigns in Gwinnett County, Georgia; Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Fayetteville, North Carolina.[549]
- Trump holds rallies in Washington, Michigan; Dubuque, Iowa; Hickory, North Carolina; Rome, Georgia; and Opa-locka, Florida.[550][551][552][553][554] For the third time in a week, this time in Georgia, hundreds of people who attended the rally are left stranded for hours in freezing temperatures.[555]
- November 1–2: "Trump Train" caravans of the president's supporters block traffic along several highways and bridges across the country. Several people take to Twitter to point out that this is hypocritical when Trump and many other high-profile conservatives have previously denounced many liberal and civil rights protesters who have similarly blocked traffic on major highways and bridges.[556][557]
- November 2:
- Deadline for mail-in ballots to be received by election officials in Louisiana.[558] and Vermont[559]
- Deadline for mail-in ballots to be postmarked in Alabama,[560] Iowa,[561] North Dakota,[562] Ohio,[563] and Utah.[564]
- US District Judge Andrew Hanen rejects a federal lawsuit brought by Toth and his Texas Republican group seeking to invalidate the estimated 127,000 drive-thru votes in Harris County, Texas, ruling that they failed to prove an "evil motive".[565]
- Biden campaigns in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland.[566][567]
- Harris campaigns in Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley, and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.[566]
- Trump holds rallies in Fayetteville, North Carolina; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Traverse City, Michigan; Kenosha, Wisconsin; and Grand Rapids, Michigan.[568][569][570][571][572]
- Pence campaigns in Latrobe and Erie, Pennsylvania.[573]
- November 3 (Election Day):
- Deadline for mail-in ballots to be received by election officials in Alabama,[560] Arizona,[574] Arkansas,[575] Colorado,[576] Connecticut,[577] Delaware,[578] Florida,[579] Georgia,[580] Hawaii,[581] Idaho,[582] Indiana,[583] Maine,[584] Michigan,[585] Missouri,[586] Montana,[587] Nebraska,[588] New Hampshire,[589] New Mexico,[590] Oklahoma,[591] Oregon (all-mail voting state),[592] Rhode Island,[593] South Carolina,[594] South Dakota,[595] Tennessee,[596] Texas,[597] Wisconsin,[598] and Wyoming.[599]
- Deadline for mail-in ballots to be postmarked in Alaska,[600] California,[601] Illinois,[602] Kansas,[603] Kentucky,[604] Maryland,[605] Massachusetts,[606] Minnesota,[607] Mississippi,[608] Nevada,[609] New Jersey,[610] New York,[611] North Carolina,[612] Pennsylvania,[613] Virginia,[614] Washington,[615] and West Virginia.[616]
- Polling hours (all times given are in Eastern Standard Time (EST), or UTC−05:00):
- 12:30 a.m.: Polls close in the New Hampshire midnight voting. Voters in Dixville Notch select Biden 5–0, while those in Millsfield vote for Trump 16–5.[617] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hart's Location delays its traditional midnight voting to the daylight hours.[618]
- 5:00 a.m.: Polls close in Guam (8:00 p.m. ChST (UTC+10:00)[619]), whose presidential straw poll generally receives national media attention as an indicator of how the rest of the country may likely vote.[620][621]
- 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Polls open across the 50 states and DC, with the last being Hawaii at 12 p.m. EST/7 a.m. HST
- 6:00 p.m.: Polls close in the Eastern Time Zone sections of Indiana and Kentucky[622]
- 7:00 p.m.: Polls close in:
- Selected areas of New Hampshire
- The Eastern Time Zone sections of Florida
- The Central Time Zone sections of Indiana and Kentucky (6:00 p.m. CST)
- All of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and Vermont
- 7:30 p.m.: Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia
- 8:00 p.m.: Polls close in:
- Selected areas of North Dakota (7:00 p.m. CST, observed by the polling locations)
- The remaining areas of New Hampshire
- The Eastern Time Zone sections of Michigan
- The Central Time Zone sections of Florida, Kansas, South Dakota, and Texas (7:00 p.m. CST)
- All of Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma (7:00 p.m. CST), Tennessee (7:00 p.m. CST / 8:00 p.m. EST), Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C.
- 8:30 p.m.: Polls close in Arkansas (7:30 p.m. CST)
- 9:00 p.m.: Polls close in:
- The remaining areas of North Dakota (7:00 p.m. MST, observed by the polling locations)
- The Central Time Zone sections of Michigan (8:00 p.m. CST)
- The Mountain Time Zone sections of Kansas, South Dakota, and Texas (7:00 p.m. MST)
- All of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming (7:00 p.m. MST), Nebraska (7:00 p.m. MST / 8:00 p.m. CST), Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin (8:00 p.m. CST), and New York
- 10:00 p.m.: Polls close in:
- The Mountain Time Zone sections of Idaho and Oregon (8:00 p.m. MST)
- All of Nevada (7:00 p.m. PST), Montana, Nevada, Utah (8:00 p.m. MST), and Iowa (9:00 p.m. CST)
- 11:00 p.m.: Polls close in:
- The Pacific Time Zone sections of Idaho and Oregon (8:00 p.m. PST)
- All of California and Washington (8:00 p.m. PST)
- Judge Sullivan orders the US Postal Service to immediately sweep mail facilities in 12 areas in key swing states to find missing, undelivered mail-in ballots, but the USPS replies that it cannot follow the order during this busy Election Day and conducts its preplanned inspection schedule instead. Under a lawsuit filed by several civil rights groups, the USPS had previously reported to Sullivan that about 300,000 ballots that had entered its system had not been scanned as delivered.[623][624]
- After 7:00 p.m.: With some states counting their absentee and early voting ballots first, while other states waiting to process those ballots last, the first reported totals in some areas show "blue mirages" or "red mirages" that initially break heavily for Biden or Trump, respectively, before they eventually flip the other way.[625][626]
- 11:20 p.m.: Fox News projects that Arizona is first state to flip from Trump in 2016 to Biden. Trump and members of his campaign are livid since up to this point only 73 percent of the state's vote has been reported.[627]
- November 4:
- 12:00 a.m.: Polls close in:
- The Alaska Time Zone sections of Alaska (November 3, 8:00 p.m. AKST)
- All of Hawaii (November 3, 7:00 p.m. HST)
- 12:30 a.m.: With several states still too close to call, Biden addresses supporters and urges patience with the vote counting, saying that he is confident he is going to eventually win.[628]
- 1:00 a.m.: Polls close in the Hawaii–Aleutian Zone sections of Alaska. (November 3, 8:00 p.m. HST)
- 2:30 a.m.: Trump addresses supporters at the White House and references the ballots still remaining to be counted, saying "A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise [those voters who voted for me] and we won't stand for this ... We'll be going to the US Supreme Court, we want all voting to stop. We don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list ... As far as I'm concerned we already have won this".[629][630]
- 12:00 a.m.: Polls close in:
Post-election litigation and presidential transition
The litigation following President Trump's declaration of victory led to a unique period in American political history.
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