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2020 election: announcements, news, and updates

President Donald Trump will likely face a slew of Democrats vying to challenge him.

Contributors: Vox Staff

The 2020 presidential race is well underway. While the first primary contests are still nearly a year away, Democrats have been lining up to challenge President Donald Trump for months.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Amy Klobuchar have entered the fray, as well as Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who came within 2 percentage points of unseating Sen. Ted Cruz, is in. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has emerged as a surprising standout. Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his candidacy after months of speculation, becoming an early frontrunner.

On the Republican side, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld is the first person to challenge President Donald Trump for the 2020 nomination. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is also reportedly considering joining the race. While the president remains unpopular with the general electorate, his approval rating among Republicans hovers between 80 and 90 percent.

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Aug 15, 2017, 3:00pm EDT
  • October 27, 2020

    Suburban women have had their lives upended by Covid-19. Trump might pay the price.

    By Ella Nilsen

    How Trump organized a grassroots army of suburban women against him.

  • October 26, 2020

    Sorry, you probably can’t wear a Biden shirt or MAGA hat when you vote

    By Terry Nguyen

    You likely shouldn’t take ballot selfies either.

  • October 24, 2020

    Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules mail-in ballots can’t be rejected over mismatched signatures

    By Zeeshan Aleem

    It’s a blow for Republicans who challenged the state’s guidance that different-looking signatures shouldn’t be disqualifying.

  • October 23, 2020

    Your voting precinct might have a poll watcher. Here’s what to know. 

    By Jen Kirby

    Trump’s rhetoric has intensified fears around voter intimidation.

  • October 23, 2020

    A Joe Biden fundraiser offers a new clue into how he might regulate Big Tech

    By Theodore Schleifer

    Elizabeth Warren and some of Big Tech’s most vocal critics are hosting the event for Biden, who has been difficult to pin down on tech issues.

  • October 23, 2020

    “They’re all Americans”: What Biden gets about the pandemic that Trump doesn’t

    By Emily Stewart

    When we treat the coronavirus like a state problem, America loses.

  • October 23, 2020

    Undecided voters explain themselves

    By Emily Stewart

    There are fewer undecided voters in 2020 than there were in 2016. It doesn’t mean they can’t make a difference.

  • October 22, 2020

    Obama delivers a blistering critique of Trump in his first stump speech of the 2020 cycle

    By Jerusalem Demsas

    "Character matters."

  • October 22, 2020

    The fight is for democracy

    By Ezra Klein

    The stakes of this election are so high because the system itself is at stake.

  • October 22, 2020

    Trump’s presidential campaign is Too Online

    By Jane Coaston

    President Trump’s campaign is shaped by, and aimed at, an audience largely existing on Twitter.

  • October 21, 2020

    Trump’s team is pushing for a debate on foreign policy. That could backfire.

    By Alex Ward

    Trump’s foreign policy record may be his strongest. But will anyone care?

  • October 21, 2020

    Montana’s Senate race was supposed to be easy for Republicans. It’s a dead heat.

    By Ella Nilsen

    Democrats are within reach of a second Senate seat in Montana.

  • October 20, 2020

    How Biden — or Trump — could win 270 electoral votes

    By Andrew Prokop

    Here are the most promising paths to victory for each candidate.

  • October 16, 2020

    The many ways we know 2020 will be a banner year for voting

    By Rani Molla

    There are lots of reasons besides voter registration to believe voter turnout will be high.

  • October 16, 2020

    Why Trump could bring down Joni Ernst in the Iowa Senate race

    By Dylan Scott

    How Ernst went from future star to an incumbent on the ropes in 2020.

  • October 15, 2020

    5 winners and 3 losers from the dueling Trump-Biden town halls

    By Ella Nilsen, Zack Beauchamp, Emily Stewart, German Lopez, Dylan Scott, and Jane Coaston

    Winner: Savannah Guthrie. Loser: Trump.

  • October 15, 2020

    The delightful boringness of Joe Biden

    By Matthew Yglesias

    If you didn’t watch it, you didn’t miss much — that’s kind of nice!

  • October 15, 2020

    The next presidential debate is the last one. Trump needs to make up a lot of ground.

    By Dylan Scott

    The final presidential debate of 2020 is set for October 22, less than two weeks before Election Day.

  • October 13, 2020

    The battle over a Texas order limiting ballot drop-off locations, explained

    By Jen Kirby

    A federal appeals court has ruled Texas’s restrictions can remain in place.

  • October 13, 2020

    The 2020 election calendar

    By Catherine Kim, Hannah Brown, and Cameron Peters

    A full schedule of all the key dates in the 2020 presidential election: debates, conventions, and more.

  • October 12, 2020

    A former Republican could win the Kansas Senate race for the Democrats

    By Ella Nilsen and Dylan Scott

    Barbara Bollier is making the Kansas Senate race more competitive than many imagined.

  • October 12, 2020

    The Vox Senate interview: Barbara Bollier is making the Kansas Senate race competitive for Democrats

    By Ella Nilsen and Dylan Scott

    Bollier, a former Republican, is running primarily on affordable health care and expanding Medicaid.

  • October 11, 2020

    New national polls are disastrous for Trump — and state polls aren’t much better

    By Dylan Scott

    Joe Biden’s polling lead has gotten huge. But Trump could still make up a lot of ground.

  • October 9, 2020

    A crashed voter registration website is Floridians’ latest obstacle to the right to vote

    By Sara Morrison

    The state extended the voting registration deadline, but that won’t solve all of its issues.

  • October 9, 2020

    What a Democratic Senate wants

    By Ella Nilsen, Dylan Scott, and Li Zhou

    Democrats could take back the Senate in 2020. They have a massive to-do list.

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