Election 2020

Election 2020

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2020.

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Biden calls on mob to 'pull back,' urges restoring decency
President-elect Joe Biden is calling for the restoration of “just simple decency” after a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November’s election in which Biden won the White House.
Trump tells Pence to show 'extreme courage' and overturn results
The president's badgering sets up his wingman to take the blame when Trump's quixotic quest to overturn election results fails and Congress certifies President-elect Joe Biden's win.
Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. The twin victories Wednesday end nearly two decades in which Democrats have been shut out of statewide victories in Georgia. 
Trump supporters clash with Capitol police at protest
Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump amassed in Washington, D.C., to reject the results of the Nov. 3 election. The House and Senate abruptly took a recess as the United States Capitol police locked down the building, not allowing people to come in or out.
Congress rejects objection to Arizona votes, takes up Pennsylvania objection
Members of the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday voted to reject objections to Joe Biden's election victory in the state of Arizona, hours after violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol. The joint session took the tally back up, only to break again over objections to Pennsylvania.
Attorney on call with Trump and Georgia officials resigns from law firm
Cleta Mitchell's now-former law firm, Foley & Lardner, said this week that her involvement in the president's call with Georgia officials alleging a stolen election was "concerning."
Hundreds of Trump supporters flock to D.C. ahead of vote
Just blocks from the White House, hundreds of people gathered Tuesday afternoon and evening in Freedom Plaza to decry the vote by the Electoral College.
AP VoteCast: GOP voters in Georgia back Trump's false claims
About three-quarters of voters who backed Republican candidates in Georgia’s Senate runoffs say President-elect Joe Biden was not legitimately elected in November.