Election 2020

Election 2020

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

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Climate activists cheer Biden win
President-elect Joe Biden vows to take a very different approach to climate than President Trump did over the last four years.
Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected VP
Kamala Harris is making history as the first Black woman elected vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.
AP Fact Check: Trump's errant assault on election integrity
The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential seal at the White House and facing defeat.
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
The Associated Press declares Joe Biden the winner of a grueling campaign for the American presidency. He will lead a polarized nation through a historic collision of health, economic and social crises.
High voter turnout a sign of fraud? Not really
Some charges circulating on social media say high voter turnout in specific areas of Minnesota is evidence of election fraud favoring Joe Biden. Actually, the turnout numbers are not unusual, and there were similar high turnouts in places where President Donald Trump won a big share of the vote.