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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. [a] The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent vice president, and Tim Walz, the 41st governor of Minnesota.
After months of speculation, Trump announced his candidacy for president in a November 15, 2022, speech to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. [100] [101] His announcement received wide media coverage and a mixed response from both Democrats and Republicans.
The 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was held on June 27, 2024 on CNN. It was the first presidential debate of that year's United States presidential election . Joe Biden's poor performance led directly to his decision to withdraw from the presidential race one month later.
On May 7, 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an open letter challenging former President Trump to debate him at the Libertarian National Convention, where both were already scheduled to speak from May 24–25, citing Trump's frequent and vocal claims that he would be willing to debate anywhere and Kennedy's own competitive polling with both ...
Trump publicly speculated about running for president in the 2012 election, and made his first speaking appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February 2011. The speech is credited for helping kick-start his political career within the Republican Party. [ 32 ]
The 2020 presidential election was held in the United States on November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump, and vice president Mike Pence. [9]
Trump speaking at his first campaign rally in Florida. By February 1, 2017, Trump's re-election campaign had already raised over $7 million. [78] The first rally organized by the campaign was held on February 18, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida, [79] and was attended by an estimated 9,000 supporters. [80]