Election 2020

Election 2020

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

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Milwaukee misses Democratic convention: 'It is a gut punch'
The convention was originally to have taken place in July, attracted about 50,000 people to Milwaukee and injected about $250 million into the economy of the key presidential battleground state. It would have been the first time Milwaukee, a metropolitan area of 1.6 million, hosted a presidential nominating convention.
In Mankato, Trump rips critics, vows to win Minnesota
Hoping to win over the state in the fall election, President Donald Trump portrayed himself as a law and order candidate Monday during an attack-filled hourlong campaign speech at the Mankato airport before heading off to Wisconsin and vowing, “I’ll be back.”
Postal delivery scores in 5 battleground states are missing targets as mail voting increases
Large cities in key states — Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee — have subpar delivery records; a former deputy postmaster general estimates tens of thousands of mailed ballots will be at risk for late delivery.
Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election.
Biden faces a convention test, to offer a vision beyond beating Trump
Presidential elections are won by the candidate who presents the most compelling vision for the future, and the upcoming Democratic convention is an opportunity for Biden to convince voters not just that President Trump has failed today, but that Democrats will make Americans' lives safer and more prosperous tomorrow.