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A judge in Washington, D.C., delays Trump's election interference trial indefinitely. [239] The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ordered election officials to put Phillips on the presidential primary ballot after the Wisconsin Elections Commission had excluded him. [240] February 3: President Biden wins the South Carolina Democratic primary ...
Federal Election Commission v. Akins (1998), authorizing "any party aggrieved by an order of the Commission" to file a suit; McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007), holding that issue ads may not be banned before elections; Davis v. Federal Election Commission (2008 ...
The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on June 18, 2024.
Harris announced her candidacy for the Senate seat the next week. [80] She was a top contender from the beginning of her campaign. [81] The 2016 California Senate election used California's new top-two primary format, where the top two candidates in the primary advance to the general election regardless of party. [81]
In February, after Trump had left office, the Senate voted 57–43 in favor of conviction, but fell short of the required two-thirds, resulting in his acquittal. [83] Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack, [84] [68] so the House instead approved a select investigation committee.
The election took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic and related recession. The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1900. Biden received more than 81 million votes, [10] the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate in U.S. history. [11]