The 2020 election calendar

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) arrive to deliver remarks at the Alexis Dupont High School on August 12, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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

The 2020 presidential election is ramping into high gear.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced his chosen running mate: California Sen. Kamala Harris, and Democrats held their first virtual convention in mid-August; the week after brought the Republican one. Biden and President Donald Trump have accepted their parties’ official nominations for president, and the fall campaign season is upon us.

The presidential debates will begin September 29 and run through October, though Trump has pushed for changes to the debate schedule.

Election Day itself, of course, will fall on Tuesday, November 3.

Read on for the important events of the 2020 election cycle and bookmark this page to refer back to. You can also add it to your Google Calendar by clicking the plus sign on the bottom right of this page, or subscribe through a calendar app of your choice. This page and the calendar subscriptions will be updated as dates and information change.

And check out our guides on how to vote early and by mail.

September 2020

September 29

• First presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Clinic joint campus

October 2020

October 7

• Vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah

October 15

• Second presidential debate in Miami, Florida

October 22

• Third presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, at Belmont University

November 2020

November 3

• Election Day

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Past 2020 election coverage

June 2019

June 26-27

• First Democratic primary debate in Miami

Read all of our coverage from the June debates here.

July 2019

July 30-31

• Second Democratic primary debate in Detroit

Read all of our coverage from the July debates here.

September 2019

September 4

• Presidential town hall on climate change on CNN

September 12

• Third Democratic primary debate in Houston

Read all of our coverage of the September debate here.

September 19-20

• Second town hall on climate change on MSNBC

October 2019

October 15

• Fourth Democratic primary debate in Ohio

Read all of our coverage from the October debate here.

November 2019

November 20

• Fifth Democratic primary debate in Atlanta

Read all of our coverage from the November debate here.

December 2019

December 19

• Sixth Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles

Read all of our coverage from the December debate here.

January 2020

January 14

• Seventh Democratic primary debate in Des Moines

February 2020

February 3

• Iowa caucuses

Read all of our coverage from the Iowa caucuses here.

February 7

• Eighth Democratic primary debate in New Hampshire

February 11

• New Hampshire primaries

Read all of our coverage from the New Hampshire primaries here.

February 19

• Ninth Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas

February 22

• Nevada caucuses

February 25

• 10th Democratic primary debate in Charleston, South Carolina

February 29

• South Carolina primary

Read all of our coverage from the South Carolina primary here.

March 2020

March 3 (Super Tuesday)

• Alabama primaries (D, R)
• American Samoa caucuses (D)
• Arkansas primaries (D, R)
• California primaries (D, R)
• Colorado primaries (D, R)
• Maine primaries (D, R)
• Massachusetts primaries (D, R)
• Minnesota primaries (D, R)
• North Carolina primaries (D, R)
• Oklahoma primaries (D, R)
• Tennessee primaries (D, R)
• Texas primaries (D, R)
• Utah primaries (D, R)
• Vermont primaries (D, R)
• Virginia primary (D)
• Democrats Abroad primary (through March 10)

Read all of our coverage from Super Tuesday here.

March 10

• Idaho primaries (D, R)
• Michigan primaries (D, R)
• Mississippi primaries (D, R)
• Missouri primaries (D, R)
• North Dakota caucuses (D)
• Washington primaries (D, R)

Read all of our coverage from the March 10 primaries here.

March 12

• Virgin Islands caucuses

March 14

• Guam caucuses (R)
• Northern Marianas convention (D)

March 15

• 11th Democratic primary debate in Washington, DC

March 17

• Arizona primary (D)
• Florida primaries (D, R)
• Illinois primaries (D, R)
• Northern Marianas convention (R)

Read all of our coverage from the March 17 primaries here.

March 24

• American Samoa caucuses (R)

April 2020

April 7

• Wisconsin primaries (D, R; April 7 is the election date and mail-in vote postmark deadline following court rulings, as of 8 pm ET on April 6)

April 10

• Alaska primary (D; vote-by-mail only; results will be available no later than 11:59 pm on April 11)

April 17

• Wyoming caucuses (D; vote-by-mail only)

April 28

• Ohio primaries (D, R; vote-by-mail only)

May 2020

• Hawaii primary (D; vote-by-mail only; results will be available “late May,” according to interim Hawaii Democratic Party Chair Kate Stanley)
• Puerto Rico primary (D; postponed indefinitely)

May 2

• Kansas primary (D)
• Guam caucuses (D)

May 7-9

• Wyoming state convention (R)

May 12

• Nebraska primaries (D, R)

May 19

• Oregon primaries (D, R)

June 2020

June 2

• Delaware primaries (D, R)
• District of Columbia primaries (D, R)
• Indiana primaries (D, R)
• Maryland primaries (D, R)
• Montana primaries (D, R)
• New Mexico primaries (D, R)
• Pennsylvania primaries (D, R)
• Rhode Island primaries (D, R)
• South Dakota primaries (D, R)

June 6

• Virgin Islands caucuses (D)

June 7

• Puerto Rico primary (R)

June 9

• Georgia primaries (D, R)
• West Virginia primaries (D, R)

June 23

• Kentucky primaries (D, R)
• New York primaries (D, R)

July 2020

July 7

New Jersey primaries (D, R)

July 11

Louisiana primaries (D, R)

August 2020

August 11

• Connecticut primaries (D, R)

August 17-20

• Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Read our coverage of the Democratic convention here.

August 24-27

• Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina

Read our coverage of the Republican convention here.

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A Love Letter to Black Women, Who Have Always Labored for Our Democracy

My Fellow Black Women,

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Kamala Harris slams Trump, Barr for denying systemic racism in justice system

‘It does us no good to deny that,’ Harris, the senator and vice-presidential hopeful, told CNN. ‘Let’s just deal with it. Let’s be honest.’

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA.), criticizing President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr’s failure to acknowledge US racism, told CNN the conversation may be hard, but “not for real leaders.”. (Photo by Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, slammed President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr for claiming that institutional racism does not exist. 

“I don’t think that most reasonable people who are paying attention to the facts would dispute that there are racial disparities and a system that has engaged in racism, in terms of how the laws have been enforced,” said Harris in a Sunday interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” 

Two trailblazing women in a socially distant conversation @KamalaHarris @DanaBashCNN Enjoyed touring Howard University with Senator Harris as guide, too. #CNNSOTU https://t.co/kUYHa3owvh

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An appreciative Twitter user has her say.

“It does us no good to deny that. Let’s just deal with it. Let’s be honest. These might be difficult conversations for some, but they’re not difficult conversations for leaders,” Harris opined. “Not for real leaders.”

In an in-depth CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer earlier in the week, Barr dismissed the idea of “two justice systems,” saying, instead, “I think we have to be a little careful about throwing the idea of racism around. I don’t think it is as common as people suggest.” 

Read More: AG William Barr says Jacob Blake shooting may have been justified

Despite being pressed multiple times on the subject, Trump has also refused to acknowledge that systemic injustice exists in the country, despite the fact that so many peaceful protests have taken place against it. 

Instead, the president told a reporter, “Well, you know, you just keep getting back to the opposite subject. We should talk about the kind of violence we’ve seen in Portland and here and other places.” Trump was speaking while on a trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he toured businesses that had been burned in the wake of Jacob Blake‘s shooting by a Kenosha Police officer. 

Read More: Trump wants to pull funding from schools that use 1619 Project curriculum

Harris, a former attorney general for California, told CNN she feels that America has to “re-imagine” public safety.

“If we want to create safe communities,” she said, “one of the smartest ways we can do that is investing in the health of those communities because healthy communities are safe communities.”

Read More: The not-so-hidden racism behind mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name

In the same interview, Harris refuted the Trump’s recent claims that a vaccine for coronavirus would be ready for the American public as early as October.

When asked if she would take such a vaccine, Harris maintained that she would “trust the word of public health experts and scientists,” but not that of the president alone. 

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This Woman Created A Wellness App Designed For Black Women

For Mental Health Awareness week, BLACK ENTERPRISE is interviewing numerous individuals within the wellness community to talk about the racial disparities that affect the Black community in the hopes of creating a safe place to talk about mental health. 

Meditation apps have grown more popular as more Americans begin to prioritize their health and wellness needs. Despite their popularity, many of these apps are focused on a predominantly White audience and do not cater to the specific struggles that people of color face, specifically in this politically-charged climate.

After learning to cope with the recent onslaught racial injustice and police brutality, Katara McCarty sought out to create a meditation app for women of color.

McCarty is the founder of EXHALE, the first emotional well-being app designed specifically for Black women and women of color. The content is separated into five categories for daily mindful practice including affirmations, guided visualizations, breathing, and meditations. In light of the police shooting of Jacob Blake and recent protests, McCarty is providing the premium version of the app for free in September.

BE: How did you get the idea to create EXHALE?

McCarty: During the beginning of quarantine, I was proactive and began to amp up my self-care. I did more things to get still daily, find time to rest, commit to moving my body, and meditate more often.

As the news began surfacing about COVID-19 hitting Black and Brown communities disproportionately, my heart became heavy. Almost simultaneously, while that was occurring, the video of Ahmad Arbery went viral. I remember feeling an overwhelming sense of sadness, grief, and hopelessness for my community. The weight I felt was not unfamiliar, as I have felt this before with other tragedies due to systems of oppression my community has experienced. As we were reeling about this, we heard about Breonna Taylor’s murder, and the George Floyd murder was videotaped and going viral.

What we were seeing wasn’t new to me, but it felt incredibly insurmountable. I began to ask myself what I was going to do. How was I going to lean into my community and help? I got still, tuned in to myself, and listened for the answer. After several days, I got it! I would create an emotional well-being app for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color. Putting in the app the practices I’ve adopted in my everyday life that have kept me centered and grounded.

I created this app for BIWOC because most well-being apps are predominantly White-narrated, White-owned, and are overall White spaces. The uniqueness by which BIWOC has to weave through life, I believe, calls for a unique and specific curation that speaks to us and the weight that we carry because of racism, anti-blackness, misogynoir, and all systems of oppression.

Why was creating this kind of service for Black women important to you?

The uniqueness by which BIWOC weave through life, I believe, calls for a unique and specific curation that speaks to us and the weight that we carry because of racism, anti-blackness, misogynoir, and all systems of oppression. BIWOC are some of the most marginalized in our society. I was also raised by two Black women who took me in and adopted me after my biological mother abandoned me. Creating this app feels like a full-circle moment for me as I specifically give back to the community who stepped up, took me in, and raised me.

Your service is free for September. What prompted you to make that decision?

We launched our app on August 25th, two days after the shooting of Jacob Blake. When I heard Jacob’s family speak, specifically his sister, I could feel their pain and grief. I decided that I wanted to make EXHALE completely accessible to be a resource for us as we continue to navigate our collective grief, pain, fear, anxiety, and trauma.

Why is it important for Black people to incorporate mediation into their daily routine?

According to the American Institute of Stress, deep, abdominal breathing reduces stress and anxiety. For just 20 to 30 minutes each day, “deep breathing increases the supply of oxygen to your brain and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which promotes a state of calmness.”

Our parasympathetic nervous system controls the predominant state our bodies should be during downtime, which should be 80% of the time. It’s the natural state we should be living in when not in danger. Our heart rate slows down, our breath is calm and relaxed, our digestive system is stimulated, and our hormones are balanced.

Yet BIPOC are often living in what the body perceives as danger due to racism and other forms of oppression. Our chest is tight. We’re tense. Our breath is short, we’re poised to fight, fly, or freeze, and it is making us sick. It is imperative that we tap into our breath, to reduce stress, to tune into our parasympathetic nervous system, and to heal.

When we experience stress and anxiety, we can use the power of our breath to come back to a state of calm. Tools that provide guided breathing techniques and mediations help individuals harness our breath to inhale calm and exhale stress and anxiety from body.

Taking the time for ourselves and focusing on our breath as BIPOC is both an act of reclaiming our power and an act of resistance. We may not be able to control what’s happening to us outside of our homes, the daily microaggressions and racism we’ll face, but we can control our breath. Our breath is in the moment, now, and we can use that breath to ensure we’re not holding the oppression we experience in our body. Deep breathing becomes an active tool to resist the toll that racism has on our bodies and minds.

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Black-Owned Electrical Services Company Celebrates 25 Years in Business and Counting

Meet James Crockett, founder of Crockett Electrics, a Black-owned electrical services company based in the Los Angeles area. As a business owner of more than 25 years, his company has helped so many people fix their homes. He has also given other electricians exposure and training to help their careers.

James grew up with his father, mother, and brother. His mother is a very established teacher in Los Angeles. His father taught him electrics at the age of 13. This inspired James to pursue a career as an electrician. James then went to LATTC the Los Angeles Trade Technical College to train. He then went on to train with the IBEW the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 11th. This is where he got his skills and training. He did the apprenticeship and was praised for his diligence and attention to detail.

After finishing his apprenticeship, he became a Journeyman Electrician and decided to start his company Crockett Electrics. People love his work so they always recommend him to others. This is how he has become such a success and one of the most successful Black-owned businesses in Los Angeles.

James works all over Southern California. He also helps train other electricians who just need an opportunity.

Crockett Electrics provides people with the best quality electrical services with the personal touch that customers need to fulfill their code compliant requirements for their residence, apartment complex, condo, and office facilities.

James’ business has vast experience with electrical services and needs to satisfy Building & Safety Code Compliances as well as Housing Department Code Compliances.

He also specializes in electrical fire damage repairs, room additions, and expansions for residential, commercial, and industrial.

James’ guarantee is a job done properly, professionally, cost-effectively, and expediently. His extensive experience with installation of recessed lighting, service upgrades, rewires, exterior lighting, landscape lighting, specialty lighting, Décor switches, and receptacles have ranked him amongst the most frequently contacted members of both AAGLA & AOA.

For more details and/or to get a free estimate, call (310) 338-0546 or visit his company’s web site at www.CrockettElectric.us

This article was originally written by BlackBusiness.com.

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