2020 Election Updates
The WFUV Newsroom is providing election updates in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election on November 3rd and if necessary for the weeks after. The newsroom will update this page regularly as needed.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020
- Trump administration revives talk of action on birthright citizenship
- Georgia secretary of state certifies Biden's win
- Fact checking McEnany's first White House press briefing since Trump's election loss
- Biden turns 78, officially making him oldest president-elect
- CNN: Trump undercuts American democracy as he clings to power
- Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020
- Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
- Trump’s attempts to overturn the election are unparalleled in U.S. history
- Trump legal team claims broad conspiracy to manipulate election
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020
- Trump campaign asks for partial recount in Wisconsin
- Michigan's Wayne County certifies results after initial partisan split
- All Michigan counties certify Biden's win
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2020
- Trump tweets for the first time that Biden won election but continues to insist it was rigged
- Trump backers drop voter fraud lawsuits in 4 states
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020
- President Trump still not conceding to Biden but says “time will tell”
- Trump rips Cuomo, says NY won’t get COVID-19 vaccine until gov OKs it
- Trump got more NYC votes in 2020 — including in the South Bronx
- Trump to break silence with vaccine update after criticism he's ignored pandemic
- Trump strikes out in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania ballot challenges
- 'Abuse of the rule of law': 1,000 ex-judges, legal experts slam Trump's false claims of fraud
- NYers celebrate Presidential election results: The NY Post's week in photos
- Trump cries voter fraud, but in court, his lawyers don’t
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020
- 2020 election ‘most secure in American history,’ federal election security officials say
- The NY Times called officials in every state: No evidence of voter fraud
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020
- President-elect Biden names longtime aide Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff
- Georgia Republicans are supporting Trump's legal challenges because they seek Trump voters in January runoffs
- New York Republicans have been silent on Trump's debunked fraud claims, Gothamist writes
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020
- The Biden team is considering legal options if the Trump administration continues stalling
- Here's who's on Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is backing Trump's legal challenges
- NY starts to count absentee ballots nearly a week after election day
- President Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper in tweet
- GOP calls for GA Secretary of State to resign as Biden's lead grows
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020
- Giuliani says President Trump will not concede the election
- CNN: Jared Kushner has approached President Trump about conceding the election
- Former President George W. Bush congratulates President-elect Biden
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020
- Joe Biden is president-elect
- Biden wins Pennsylvania; presidency
- AP: Harris becomes first Black, South Asian woman Vice President
- CNN: World leaders congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
- President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to deliver remarks at 8
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020
- Biden's nearly insurmountable math
- Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania; It may take days to finish counting ballots in Philly
- Trump unhappy with legal team's lack of major impact on election count
- Trump’s false election fraud claims split Republicans
- How Biden gained an edge in Michigan
- CNN: How Trump is *already* laying the groundwork for 2024
- Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
- Fox News instructs anchors not to call Biden 'President-elect'
- Fox News: Presidential race could be decided by Pennsylvania case before Supreme Court
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
- Trump casts doubt on results
- Georgia dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit as count continues
- Trump campaign files lawsuit in Nevada, alleging fraud
- Michigan judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit
- Biden receives COVID-19 briefing as vote count continues
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020
- As the AP calls Wisconsin for Biden the Trump campaign says it will request a recount
- The Trump campaign is suing to stop ballot counts in MI and PA
- Joe Biden is projected to win MI
- Trump campaign files with US Supreme Court to block late arriving ballots in PA
- Biden speaks in Delaware, confident about his chances
ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE
- Joe Biden wins Minnesota (10 electoral votes)
- Andy Kim (D) wins re-election in NJ's 3rd Congressional District
- Elise Stefanik (R) wins re-election to NY's 21st Congressional District
- Josh Gottheimer (D) wins re-election to NJ's 5th Congressional District
- Brian Higgins (D) wins re-election to NY's 26th Congressional District
- Jamaal Bowman (D) wins election to NY's 16th Congressional District
- GA Republican who supports QAnon wins US House seat
- Grace Meng (D) wins re-election in NY's 6th Congressional District
- New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana
- Jerrold Nadler (D) wins re-election to NY's 10th Congressional District
- Delaware elects first transgender state senator, Sarah McBride
- Christopher Smith (R) wins re-election to NJ's 4th Congressional District
- Democrats lose Senate seat as Tommy Tuberville beats Doug Jones in Alabama
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) wins re-election to NY's 14th Congressional District
- Hakeem Jeffries (D) wins re-election to NY's 8th Congressional District
- Donald Norcross (D) wins re-election to NJ's 1st Congressional District
- Ritchie Torres (D) elected to NY's 15th Congressional District
- Bill Pascrell (D) wins re-election to NJ's 9th Congressional District
- Lindsey Graham (R) wins re-election to Senate in South Carolina
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) wins re-election to NJ's 12th Congressional District
- Carolyn Maloney (D) wins re-election to NY's 12th Congressional District
- Nydia Velazquez (D) wins re-election to NY's 7th Congressional District
- Adriano Espaillat (D) wins re-election to NY's 13th Congressional District
- Mikie Sherrill (D) wins re-election to NJ's 13th Congressional District
- Yvette Clark (D) wins re-election to NY's 9th Congressional District
- John Hickenlooper (D) wins election to Senate, beating incumbent Cory Gardner
- Albio Sires (D) wins re-election to U.S. House in NJ's 8th Congressional District
- Joe Biden wins New York
- Largest county in GA delays count after pipe burst in room with ballots
- Senator Cory Booker (D) wins reelection in New Jersey
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wins reelection in Kentucky
- Joe Biden wins New Jersey, Connecticut
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020
- Biden sweeps all 5 votes in tiny town known for announcing results first
- Despite large early voting numbers New Yorkers show up for election day in droves
- NYC voting cheat sheet
- Four states including NJ could legalize Marijuana today
- Tonight's paths to victory for Biden and President Trump
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2020
- Close Staten Island Congressional Race anticipated to drag on well past election day
- Democrats hoping to turn back Trump effect in Central New York
- Midtown stores board up windows in anticipation of unrest following Election Day
- Biden and Trump show down in Pennsylvania
- Trump faces legal trouble if he loses
- 1.1 million New Yorkers voted early. Lines and COVID didn't stop them
- What to expect voting on Election day in NJ
- NJ voters to decide on legalizing marijuana
- Election guide for Connecticut
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2020
- New Yorkers have cast more than 2 million votes before Election Day
- Trump supporters continue to cause traffic disruptions, including in NY and NJ
- In closing cases, candidates are homing in on Pennsylvania
- NYT: Americans Afraid "Not for Themselves, but for the Country"
- A key Senate race in Maine could be influenced by new ranked-choice voting
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2020
- Rockland County to expand early voting hours after long lines
- State legislatures will wield power in redistricting after 2020 census
- Media networks are planning to be cautious on Election Night
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020
- More lines at the polls as New Yorkers endure dreary weather to vote early
- NYC Board of Elections official says all ballots may not be counted until December
- Trump falsely tells Michigan rally: 'Our doctors get more money if someone dies of Covid'
- NFL legend Brett Favre and hockey star Bobby Orr endorse Trump
- The Washington Post: Where the race stands, 4 days from Election Day
- Texas' 2020 early voting surpasses total turnout in 2016 election
- "If Florida goes blue, it's over," Biden says as he and Trump campaign in Florida
- Trump admin tried, failed to recruit sporting giants for ill-fated virus ad campaign
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020
- Biden calls son Hunter 'smartest guy I know' amid business accusations
- Trump, Biden to hold dueling events in crucial battleground Florida
- Biden maintains his steady polling lead with five days remaining
- Trump calls absentee ballot-receipt extension in Pennsylvania 'a disaster for our nation'
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020
- More than one million New Yorkers have cast their ballot for the 2020 election
- The US Supreme Court won't hear a Republican appeal to limit the time for returning mail-in ballots
- President Trump campaigned in Arizona, while Vice President Biden was in Delaware
- The 2020 campaign for president is the most expensive ever
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020
- Connecticut's voter registration deadline is today although it is still possible to register at the polls
- What you need to know for day 4 of early voting
- How to spot voter suppresion and what to do
- Amy Coney Barret sworn in and asked to recuse herself from election matters
- Justice Dept. can't represent Trump in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit
- NYC Mayor De Blasio waits in 2 hour line to vote
- Can Biden win the election without PA?
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020
- Long lines persist at some poll sites as Day 3 of Early Voting begins
- Jared and Ivanka threaten to sue the Lincoln Project over Times Square billboards
- Inside decades of nepotism in NY Board of Elections
- 2020 election could have highest voter turnout rate since 1908
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020
- Biden acknowledges Trump can still win
- Trump and Biden offer vastly different '60 Minutes' interviews
- Several of Vice President Pence's staffers test positive for COVID-19
- Trump rallies in New Hampshire
- Trump campaigns in Maine
- Biden hosts virtual 'I Will Vote' concert
- White House chief of staff Meadows: 'We are not going to control the pandemic'
- New Texas poll shows three-point Biden lead
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020
- New York early in-person voting underway
- Trump casts ballot in Florida
- Trump campaigns in battlegrounds North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin
- President Obama campaigns for Biden in Florida
- Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania
- Biden calls climate change 'number one issue facing humanity'
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020
- Biden says coronavirus vaccine must be 'freely available to everyone'
- Trump’s campaign schedules rally in Lancaster County
- Mayor de Blasio: NYC to dispatch ‘hundreds’ of poll watchers on Election Day
- Early voting in 2020 has already exceeded all of 2016’s early votes
- Stimulus deal signed by President before election increasingly unlikely as time runs out
- Second stimulus checks: Pelosi says deal can happen before election if Trump approves
- Final presidential debate: Fact checking Trump and Biden
- Actress Milano says voters will choose between 'America or Trump' in 2020 election
- GOP pollster says Trump won the final debate but Biden ‘won the war’
- Early Voting in NYC: When it starts, and what to expect
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020
- Biden maintains 10-point national lead in new Quinnipiac likely-voter survey
- Second and final debate tonight in Nashville, Tennessee
- Trump plans to vote early in Florida this Saturday
- FBI says Russia and Iran trying to influence election
- Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview to social media
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
- Trump rallys in North Carolina, a must-win state for him, while Biden preps for tomorrow's debate
- Biden calls Trump child-separation policy a "moral failing"
- President Obama campaigns for Biden in Philadelphia
- Biden draws even with Trump in Texas, has 8-point edge in Pennsylvania
- Speaker Pelosi suggests a coronavirus relief bill may not pass before the election
- The Wall Street Journal evaluates Biden's tax plan
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020
- With roughly two weeks to go before the election Biden holds a nearly 9 point lead over Trump
- USA Today makes first presidential endorsement for Biden
- Electoral College Explained: How Biden faces and uphill battle
- A stock market researcher predicts incumbent Donald Trump as 2020 winner
- U.S. on pace for record early voting turnout
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020
- Supreme Court Rules PA can count ballots recieved after elections day
- The Debate Commission says it will mute candidates mics during initial responses for each topic at Thursday's debate
- Trump campaign demands topic change for final debate
- While Trump demands AG Barr investigate Hunter Biden, Dozens of former intel officers say story is Russian disinformation
- Biden campaign calls lid on events to focus on debate prep
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