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The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, 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]
Candidates who are on the ballot in a minimum of fifteen states. As of June 8, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive presidential nominee by amassing enough delegates to secure the nomination.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
2020. Joe Biden. November 20, 1942. (age 77) Scranton, Pennsylvania. Vice President of the United States (2009–2017) U.S. senator from Delaware (1973–2009) Candidate for President in 1988 and 2008. Delaware.
This article lists third-party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor candidates, associated with the 2020 United States presidential election. "Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties.
Overall, the 2020 primary field had 29 major candidates, [9] breaking the record for the largest field under the modern presidential primary system previously set during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries with 17 major candidates. [10] Entering the Iowa caucuses on February 3, 2020, the field had decreased to 11 major candidates.
Major candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries had held significant elective office or received substantial media coverage. Nearly 300 candidates who did not receive significant media coverage also filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in the primary. [94]
Super Tuesday. Super Tuesday took place on March 3, 2020. A total of 14 states and American Samoa voted on Super Tuesday, including the two biggest states, California and Texas. Biden gained 726 delegates, Sanders 505, Bloomberg 49, Warren 62, and Tulsi Gabbard 2.