Election 2020

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

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December 8, 2020 6:59 AM

Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win

Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral votes that will be cast next week and sent to the Capitol for counting on Jan. 6. Those votes will elect Joe Biden as the country's next president.

by The Associated Press

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December 7, 2020 6:29 AM

Fauci's plea 'Wear a mask' tops list of 2020 notable quotes

Also on the list is "I can't breathe," the plea George Floyd made repeatedly to police officers holding him down on a Minneapolis street corner. Several quotes from the presidential campaign appear including Joe Biden telling a student: "You're a lying dog-faced pony soldier."

by The Associated Press

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December 7, 2020 5:35 AM

Private money helped pay to conduct Minnesota’s election

With Congress failing to provide enough aid to election offices, private funders — including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg — donated hundreds of millions to help conduct elections around the country.

by Tom Scheck, Geoffrey Hing, Sabby Robinson and Gracie Stockton

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December 6, 2020 6:11 PM

Biden picks California attorney general to lead HHS, pandemic response

President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration's coronavirus response.

by The Associated Press

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December 6, 2020 8:25 AM

Trump continues attacks on election results at Georgia Senate runoff rally

At his first campaign rally since the election, the president repeated false claims of ballot fraud hours after pressuring the Republican governor to overturn election results.

by Stephen Fowler

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December 6, 2020 4:00 AM

Minnesota’s Biden electors pledge to stay on script

After a Minnesota member of the Electoral College broke ranks in 2016, state Democrats made sure there wouldn’t be a repeat in 2020. The 10 electors for Joe Biden gather at the Capitol on Dec. 14.

by Brian Bakst

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December 5, 2020 8:19 PM

Trump's legal losses come fast and furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. After a string of legal losses, Rudy Giuliani told Fox News that “we don't need courts," arguing state lawmakers can just declare Trump the winner.

by Matthew S. Schwartz

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December 3, 2020 5:17 PM

Biden asks Dr. Fauci to join his team; will urge 100 days of mask wearing

The Democratic president-elect also told CNN on Thursday he would ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his administration.

by Alana Wise

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December 3, 2020 12:32 PM

Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first wind its way through lower courts.

by The Associated Press

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December 3, 2020 6:34 AM

Trump seriously considering 2024 run as he continues false 2020 claims

Three sources in President Donald Trump's orbit tell NPR he is considering running for a second term as president in 2024. Trump himself alluded to it at a private party this week.

by Tamara Keith and Franco Ordoñez

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