Election 2020

Election 2020

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

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4 takeaways from the Biden-Sanders debate
The first one-on-one debate between the two men was supposed to be in Arizona, one of four states voting in the Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday. But it took place in a TV studio instead.
'Bigger than any one of us': Biden, Sanders address pandemic in debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sought in Sunday's Democratic debate to cast themselves as best-positioned to lead the nation through a global pandemic, uniting in their criticism of President Trump's response to the fast-moving coronavirus but diverging in how they would confront the spiraling public health and economic crisis.
Georgia's March 24 presidential primaries have been postponed until May because of fears over the new coronavirus, state election officials announced Saturday, a day after Louisiana also pushed back its primaries.
Facebook takedowns reveal sophistication of Russian trolls
Facebook and Twitter revealed evidence Thursday suggesting that Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect.
Biden, Sanders slam Trump administration for coronavirus response
Former Vice President Joe Biden vowed that, if elected, his administration would "lead by science." Sen. Bernie Sanders urged President Trump to declare a national emergency.
Gov. Tim Walz releases a supplemental budget proposal Thursday, but he says it wouldn’t be wise to spend all of the state’s $1.5 billion surplus. And state lawmakers are taking a fresh look at a quarantine law passed nearly two decades ago during a bioterrorism scare.
Bernie Sanders to stay in the race despite key losses
The Vermont senator lost Democratic primaries in Michigan and Idaho Tuesday, states he won in 2016. Joe Biden has consolidated support so rapidly that Sanders is facing calls to drop out of the race.
Hourlong waits prompt Democrats to bolster Fargo caucus site
Democrats moved Tuesday to bolster staffing at the largest of North Dakota's 14 caucus sites after heavy turnout forced some voters in Fargo, N.D., to wait in line as long as an hour.