2020 presidential election calendar: debates, primaries, conventions

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2020 presidential election calendar: debates, primaries, conventions

The Democratic presidential main has been occurring for months. However 2020 — the election yr — is lastly right here, and it’s an understatemen


The Democratic presidential main has been occurring for months. However 2020 — the election yr — is lastly right here, and it’s an understatement to say that it is going to be a busy yr in US politics.

The primary two months of the yr will embody three Democratic primary debates in January and February. February will carry the primary 4 early-state Democratic caucuses and primaries, beginning in Iowa on February Three and persevering with by way of New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. Because the yr continues, there will probably be dozens of essential dates: Tremendous Tuesday, the Republican and Democratic conventions, and eventually Election Day itself: November 3, 2020.

That’s the place this calendar is available in. Listed below are an important occasions of the 2020 election cycle. Bookmark this web page to refer again to, add it to your Google Calendar by clicking the plus sign on the bottom right of this page, or subscribe through a calendar app of your choice. This web page and the calendar subscriptions will probably be up to date if main dates change and new debates are introduced.

June 2019

June 26 (Wednesday) and 27 (Thursday)

Learn all of our protection from the June debates here.

July 2019

July 30 (Tuesday) and 31 (Wednesday)

Learn all of our protection from the July debates here.

September 2019

September 4 (Wednesday)

September 12 (Thursday)

Learn all of our protection of the September debate here.

September 19 (Thursday) and 20 (Friday)

October 2019

October 15 (Tuesday)

Learn all of our protection from the October debate here.

November 2019

November 20 (Wednesday)

Learn all of our protection from the November debate here.

December 2019

December 19 (Thursday)

Learn all of our protection from the December debate here.

January 2020

January 14 (Tuesday)

February 2020

February 3 (Monday)

February 7 (Friday)

  • Eighth Democratic main debate in New Hampshire

February 11 (Tuesday)

  • New Hampshire primaries (D, R)

February 19 (Wednesday)

  • Ninth Democratic main debate in Las Vegas

February 22 (Saturday)

February 25 (Tuesday)

  • 10th Democratic main debate in Charleston, South Carolina

February 29 (Saturday)

  • South Carolina main (D)

March 2020

March 3 (Tremendous Tuesday):

  • Alabama primaries (D, R)
  • American Samoa caucus (D)
  • Arkansas primaries (D, R)
  • California primaries (D, R)
  • Colorado primaries (D, R)
  • Maine primaries (D, R)
  • Massachusetts primaries (D, R)
  • Minnesota primaries (D, R)
  • North Carolina primaries (D, R)
  • Oklahoma primaries (D, R)
  • Tennessee primaries (D, R)
  • Texas primaries (D, R)
  • Utah primaries (D, R)
  • Vermont primaries (D, R)
  • Virginia main (D)
  • Democrats Overseas main (by way of March 10)

March 8 (Sunday)

March 10 (Tuesday)

  • Idaho primaries (D, R)
  • Michigan primaries (D, R)
  • Mississippi primaries (D, R)
  • Missouri primaries (D, R)
  • North Dakota caucus (D)
  • Washington primaries (D, R)

March 12 (Thursday)

  • Virgin Islands caucus (R)

March 14 (Saturday)

  • Guam caucus (R)
  • Northern Mariana conference (D)
  • Wyoming conference (R)

March 17 (Tuesday)

  • Arizona primaries (D)
  • Florida primaries (D, R)
  • Illinois primaries (D, R)
  • Northern Mariana conference (R)
  • Ohio primaries (D, R)

March 21 (Saturday)

March 24 (Tuesday)

  • American Samoa caucus (R)
  • Georgia primaries (D, R)

March 29 (Sunday)

April 2020

April 3-5 (Friday-Sunday)

  • North Dakota state conference (R)

April 4 (Saturday)

  • Alaska main (D)
  • Hawaii main (D)
  • Louisiana primaries (D, R)
  • Wyoming caucus (D)

April 7 (Tuesday)

  • Wisconsin primaries (D, R)

April 28 (Tuesday)

  • Connecticut primaries (D, R)
  • Delaware primaries (D, R)
  • Maryland primaries (D, R)
  • New York primaries (D, R)
  • Pennsylvania primaries (D, R)
  • Rhode Island primaries (D, R)

Might 2020

Might 2 (Saturday)

  • Kansas main (D)
  • Guam caucus (D)

Might 5 (Tuesday)

Might 12 (Tuesday)

  • Nebraska primaries (D, R)
  • West Virginia primaries (D, R)

Might 19 (Tuesday)

  • Kentucky main (D)
  • Oregon primaries (D, R)

June 2020

June 2 (Tuesday)

  • District of Columbia primaries (D, R)
  • Montana primaries (D, R)
  • New Jersey primaries (D, R)
  • New Mexico primaries (D, R)
  • South Dakota primaries (D, R)

June 6 (Saturday)

  • Virgin Islands caucus (D)

June 7 (Sunday)

July 2020

July 13-16 (Monday-Thursday)

  • Democratic Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee

August 2020

August 24-27 (Monday-Thursday)

  • Republican Nationwide Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina

September 2020

September 29

  • First presidential debate, College of Notre Dame

October 2020

October 7

  • Vice presidential debate, College of Utah

October 15

  • Second presidential debate, College of Michigan

October 22

  • Third presidential debate, Belmont College

November 2020

November 3



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