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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.
By April 2019, more than 20 major candidates were recognized by national and state polls, causing the field of 2020 major Democratic presidential candidates to exceed the field of major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries as the largest presidential candidate field for any single U.S. political party in a single ...
Biden became the first Democratic candidate since Bill Clinton, and the third ever Democratic candidate, [c] to win the nomination without carrying either Iowa or New Hampshire, the first two states on the primary/caucus calendar. The primaries were initially scheduled to go through June 6.
The Democratic Party has existed since the dissolution of the Democratic-Republican Party in the 1820s, and the Democrats have nominated a candidate for president in every presidential election since the party's first convention in 1832. The list is divided into two sections, reflecting the increasing importance of primaries and caucuses ...
On January 18–21, the DNC voted on the leadership slate, with 407 in favor, 4 against, and 0 abstaining. [3] [4] [6] [7] As a result, Harrison became DNC Chair. [8] [5] Harrison highlighted the need to grow the Democratic Party in red states. [5] Results of the January 21, 2021 Democratic National Committee officer elections:
Senator Kamala Harris was announced as former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate on August 11, 2020. When inaugurated, Harris will be the first woman, first African-American, and first Asian-American vice president of the United States, as well as the second person with non-European ancestry (after Herbert Hoover's vice-president Charles Curtis).
Howie Hawkins became the presumptive nominee of the Green Party on June 21, 2020, and was officially nominated by the party on July 11, 2020. [67] [68] Hawkins secured ballot access in 29 states and the District of Columbia, representing 381 electoral votes, and write-in access in 16 more states, representing 130 electoral votes. [69] [70] [e]
In the weeks following the election of Donald Trump in the 2016 election, media speculation regarding potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries began to circulate. As the Senate began confirmation hearings for members of the cabinet, speculation centered on the prospects of the "hell-no caucus", six senators who ...