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2018 United States House of Representatives elections
2018 U.S. House elections, the Trump first midterm: Democrats won 235 seats to 199 Republican with one vacant, flipping the chamber; turnout hit 48.1%, about 113 million voters, a century-high for a midterm.
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
2018 U.S. House elections in California: June 5 primary and November 6 general for all 53 seats under top-two rules. Democrats flipped seven Republican-held districts, and the 66% Democratic House vote share was the decade's high.
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
2018 U.S. House elections in New York, held November 6, 2018, for all 27 districts. Featured the Ocasio-Cortez primary upset over Joseph Crowley, roughly 10 percent turnout growth over 2014, and $31.6 million in outside spending.
2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
The 2018 Arizona U.S. Senate election: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema defeated Republican Martha McSally, 49.96% to 47.61%, for Jeff Flake's open seat, becoming Arizona's first female and first openly bisexual senator.
2018 United States Senate election in Michigan
2018 United States Senate election in Michigan: incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow defeated Republican John James 52.26% to 45.76% on November 6, 2018, in the state's most expensive single race.
2018 United States Senate election in Texas
The 2018 Texas U.S. Senate election: incumbent Republican Ted Cruz narrowly defeated Democrat Beto O'Rourke 50.89% to 48.33% on November 6, 2018, in a record-fundraising race O'Rourke lost by 2.6 points.
2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia
2018 West Virginia U.S. Senate election: Democrat Joe Manchin won re-election November 6, 2018, defeating Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey 49.57% to 46.26%, with Libertarian Rusty Hollen at 4.17%, in Trump-won West Virginia.
2018 United States Senate elections
2018 United States Senate elections, held November 6, 2018: 35 seats (33 Class I plus Minnesota and Mississippi specials). Republicans expanded their majority to 53-45-2, defeating Democratic incumbents in Indiana, Missouri, and North Dakota amid record midterm turnout.
2019 Chicago mayoral election
The 2019 Chicago mayoral election: a nonpartisan February 26 race with 14 candidates replacing Rahm Emanuel, followed by an April 2 runoff in which Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle 73.7% to 26.3%, becoming Chicago's first Black woman and first openly gay mayor.
2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election
2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election (November 5, 2019): Democrat Andy Beshear unseated incumbent Republican Governor Matt Bevin by 5,136 votes after a recanvass, with Libertarian John Hicks also on the ballot; Beshear lost 91 of 120 counties but won statewide.
2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election
2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election: Democrat John Bel Edwards re-elected governor, beating Republican Eddie Rispone 51.33% to 48.67% in the November 16 runoff after an October 12 jungle primary, despite Trump's rallies for Rispone.
2019 San Francisco mayoral election
The 2019 San Francisco mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019, and saw incumbent London Breed reelected with a first-round majority under the city's ranked-choice voting system.
2019 United States elections
2019 United States elections: odd-year, off-cycle contests (no federal races) covering state, county, and municipal offices such as Kentucky's statewide posts and the Tampa mayoral race; Election Day November 5, 2019, ahead of the 2020 federal cycle.
2020 Arizona elections
2020 Arizona elections: March 17 presidential preference, August 4 primary, November 3 general. Biden beat Trump by 10,457 votes (49.4% to 49.1%), Arizona's first Democratic presidential win since 1996; 79.9% turnout; later Cyber Ninjas review disputed.
2020 California Democratic presidential primary
2020 California Democratic presidential primary, held March 3, 2020 on Super Tuesday; Bernie Sanders won the semi-closed contest open to No Party Preference voters, with 9,687,076 ballots cast and 424 pledged delegates allocated under a 15% threshold.
2020 California's 25th congressional district special election
Special House election in California's 25th congressional district, 2020: March 3 primary, May 12 general. Republican Mike Garcia defeated Assemblywoman Christy Smith to fill Katie Hill's vacancy; results certified June 3, 2020.
2020 Democratic Party presidential debates
The 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates were 11 DNC-sanctioned primary debates from June 2019 to March 2020, beginning with two-night 20-candidate rounds and ending with a Biden-Sanders CNN debate held without an audience during COVID-19.
2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
The 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries, decided by online ballot at the May 2020 national convention, nominated Jo Jorgensen for president on the fourth ballot and Spike Cohen for vice president, from a field of over 66 FEC filings.
2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election, held November 3, 2020: incumbent Democrat Roy Cooper reelected over Republican Dan Forest by about 250,000 votes amid pandemic-era voting expansion, while Trump carried the state.
2020 Republican National Convention
2020 Republican National Convention: GOP nominating convention, August 24-27, 2020; Charlotte business sessions with Jacksonville events planned then canceled over COVID-19; Trump renominated, accepted nomination at the White House; no new platform adopted.
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
2020 Republican presidential primaries: state contests renominating incumbent Donald Trump against longshot challengers Bill Weld, Mark Sanford, and Joe Walsh, with several state parties canceling contests and COVID-19 postponing others.
2020 United States elections
2020 United States elections: the pandemic-era federal elections, including the November 3, 2020 presidential contest in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump; record 161 million ballots, 43.1% mail voting, and audits affirming the result.
2020 United States gubernatorial elections
2020 United States gubernatorial elections, held November 3, 2020 in 11 states and two territories; Republicans won eight state races, Democrats three, with Montana's open seat the only party flip (Gianforte over term-limited Bullock's seat).
2020 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, held November 3, 2020, kept Democrats in control while Republicans narrowed their majority from 32 seats to 9.
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California
2020 U.S. House elections in California, held November 3, 2020 for all 53 districts: Democrats won 42 seats, Republicans 11, with four Republican flips; all voters received mail ballots under Newsom's executive order.
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Held November 3, 2020, the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida elected 16 Republicans and 11 Democrats, a two-seat gain.
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
The 2020 U.S. House elections in Texas, held November 3, 2020, filled all 36 Texas House seats; Republicans held every targeted district, Democrats kept their two 2018 flips, and the delegation stayed 23R-13D.
2020 United States presidential debates
The 2020 United States presidential debates: CPD-scheduled Trump-Biden and Harris-Pence debates; the October 15 debate was canceled after Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, and the final debate introduced muted microphones.
2020 United States presidential election
The 2020 United States presidential election, held November 3, 2020, in which Democrat Joe Biden defeated incumbent Republican Donald Trump 306 to 232 electoral votes, with record turnout, 69% nontraditional voting, and contested fraud claims rejected by audits and courts.
2020 United States presidential election in Alaska
2020 United States presidential election in Alaska: Trump/Pence (R) won with 52.83% to Biden/Harris (D) 42.77%, taking Alaska's 3 electoral votes; AP called the race November 11 after delayed absentee counting; voters also approved ranked choice voting via Ballot Measure 2.