2020 Presidential Election

Americans will elect the next president of the United States on November 3, 2020. Incumbent President Donald Trump (R) is running for re-election and named Brad Parscale as his campaign manager in February 2018. The Democratic presidential primary field will likely be large in 2020, as established Democrats with national name recognition compete with up-and-coming members of the party.

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2020 Primary Schedule

2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions, Major Events, Chronologically.

Date	State	Democrat	Republican
February 3	Iowa	Caucus	Caucus
February 11	New Hampshire	Primary	Primary
February 22	Nevada	Caucus
February 29	South Carolina	Primary
March 3	Alabama	Primary	Primary
	Arkansas	Primary	Primary
	California	Primary	Primary
	Colorado	Primary	Primary
	Democrats Abroad	Primary
	Massachusetts	Primary	Primary
	Minnesota	Primary	Primary
	North Carolina	Primary	Primary
	Oklahoma	Primary	Primary
	Tennessee	Primary	Primary
	Texas	Primary	Primary
	Utah	Primary	Primary
	Vermont	Primary	Primary
	Virginia	Primary	Primary
March 7	Louisiana	Primary	Primary
March 8	Maine	Caucus
	Puerto Rico		Primary
March 10	Hawaii		Caucus
	Idaho	Primary	Primary
	Michigan	Primary	Primary
	Mississippi	Primary	Primary
	Missouri	Primary	Primary
	North Dakota	Primary
	Ohio	Primary	Primary
	Washington	Primary	Primary

Date	State	Democrat	Republican
March 17	Arizona	Primary	Primary
	Florida	Primary	Primary
	Illinois	Primary	Primary
April 4	Alaska	Primary
	Hawaii	Primary
April 7	Wisconsin	Primary	Primary
April 28	Connecticut	Primary	Primary
	Delaware	Primary	Primary
	Maryland	Primary	Primary
	Pennsylvania	Primary	Primary
	Rhode Island	Primary	Primary
May 2	Kansas	Primary
May 5	Indiana	Primary	Primary
May 12	Nebraska	Primary	Primary
	West Virginia	Primary	Primary
May 19	Kentucky	Primary
	Oregon	Primary	Primary
June 2	District of Columbia	Primary
	Montana	Primary	Primary
	New Jersey	Primary	Primary
	New Mexico	Primary	Primary
	South Dakota	Primary	Primary
June 7	Puerto Rico	Primary
July 13 - 16	Democratic Convention (Milwaukee, WI)
August 24 - 27	Republican Convention (Charlotte, NC)
November 3	2020 Presidential Election

2020 Debate Schedule

Democratic Primary Debate Schedule

June 26 & 27, 2019 NBC News Democratic Primary Debate Time: 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT) Aired On: NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo Live Stream: NBCNews.com Location: The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida Moderator: Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow and José Diaz-Balart Candidates Night 1: Booker, Warren, O'Rourke, Klobuchar, Delaney, O'Rourke, Castro, Ryan, Blasio, Inslee. (Full video) Candidates Night 2: Biden, Buttigieg, O'Rourke, Harris, Hickenlooper, Sanders, Swalwell, Yang, Bennet, Williamson. (Full video)** Qualifications:** A candidate will need to either have at least 1 percent support in three qualifying polls, or provide evidence of at least 65,000 individual donations from a minimum of 200 different donors in at least 20 states.	July 30 & 31, 2019 CNN Democratic Primary Debate Time: 8 p.m. ET Aired On: CNN Live Stream: CNN.com Location: Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan Moderator: Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper Candidates Night 1: Williamson, Ryan, Klobuchar, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, O'Rourke, Hickenlooper, Delaney, Bullock Candidates Night 2: Bennet, O'Rourke, Castro, Booker, Biden, Harris, Yang, O'Rourke, Inslee, Blasio. Debate Rules: candidates will be given 60 seconds to respond to a moderator-directed question, and 30 seconds for responses and rebuttals. Colored lights will be used to help the candidates manage their remaining response times: 15 seconds = yellow; 5 seconds = flashing red; no time remaining = solid red. A candidate attacked by name by another candidate will be given 30 seconds to respond. There will be no show of hands or one-word, down-the-line questions. A candidate who consistently interrupts will have his or her time reduced. Questions posed by the moderators will appear on the bottom of the screen for television viewers.
September 12, 2019 ABC News Democratic Primary Debate Time: 8 to 11 p.m. EDT Aired On: ABC, Univision Live Stream: ABC News Live, Youtube Location: Houston, Texas Moderator: ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, ABC News “World News Tonight” Anchor and Managing Editor David Muir, ABC News Correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos Candidates: Booker, Biden, Buttigieg, Castro, Harris, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Sanders, Warren, Yang	October 15, 2019 CNN and The New York Times Democratic Primary Debate Time: 8 p.m. EDT Aired On: CNN, CNN en Español, and CNN International Live Stream: CNN.com and nytimes.com Location: Westerville, Ohio Moderator: CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett as well as New York Times national editor Mark Lacey Candidates: Booker, Biden, Buttigieg, Castro, Gabbard, Harris, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Sanders, Steyer, Warren, Yang
November/December, 2019 Democratic Primary Debate Aired On: TBD Location: TBD Sponsors: TBD Moderator: TBD Candidates: TBD	January, 2020 Democratic Primary Debate Aired On: TBD Location: TBD Sponsors: TBD Moderator: TBD Candidates: TBD
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