2020 election

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Track the presidential campaigns and local election updates, find out where the candidates stand, and get the latest news, voting information and real-time results here.

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, Harjas Singh, 1, reaches out for his father, Umeet Singh, while held by his mother, Preet Kaur, as they attend a rally with their daughter, Nader Kaur, right, celebrating the election results in Detroit. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
AP Newsroom
November 17, 2020 - 10:17 pm

Detroit-area county certifies vote after first blocking it

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's largest county reversed course and unanimously certified its presidential election results Tuesday night after Republicans first blocked the move in a party-line vote that threatened to temporarily stall official approval of Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the state. The Wayne...
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FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, fired Krebs, the director of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election. Trump fired Krebs in a tweet, saying his recent statement defending the security of the election was “highly inaccurate.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP Newsroom
November 17, 2020 - 10:01 pm

Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the nation’s top election security official, a widely respected member of his administration who had dared to refute the president’s unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud and vouch for the integrity of the vote. While abrupt, the...
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WILK NEWSROOM
November 17, 2020 - 5:13 pm

Pa. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Campaign Argument That Republicans Were Denied Access to Vote Counting

In court, Giuliani argues to block Biden win in Pennsylvania.
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President-elect Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden gesture to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
AP Newsroom
November 08, 2020 - 1:18 pm

Biden seeks to move quickly and build out his administration

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden signaled on Sunday he plans to move quickly to build out his government, focusing first on the raging pandemic that will likely dominate the early days of his administration. Biden named a former surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and a former Food...
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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden, join Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and her husband Doug Emhoff, during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
AP Newsroom
November 08, 2020 - 12:42 am

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of color who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick. As is his way, Biden responded with I've-been-there empathy. He...
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
AP Newsroom
November 07, 2020 - 11:56 pm

Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries. "Tonight I reflect on their...
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David Caplan
November 07, 2020 - 11:29 am

Joe Biden projected winner of presidential election, Kamala Harris first woman of color VP

Joe Biden elected 46th president of the United States, Kamala Harris first woman and first person of color VP. The announcement comes days after the election.
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Jim Melwert
November 06, 2020 - 4:16 pm

Pa. GOP, Dems say Trump’s allegations of election fraud are unfounded

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called out the election process in Pennsylvania, asserting widespread claims of fraud. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing back, saying his accusations are unsubstantiated.
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WILK NEWSROOM
November 06, 2020 - 1:15 pm

Democrat Matt Cartwright wins re-election in 8th Congressional District

It took 3 days of counting but the results are in. Incumbent Democrat Matt Cartwright wins against Republican Jim Bognet in the 8th Congressional District.
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Mitch Kelly
November 05, 2020 - 12:45 pm

Nevada releases more ballots, Biden extends lead

The Nevada Secretary of State released new numbers Thursday that showed Democratic challenger Joe Biden extending his narrow lead in the Silver State. Read more on RADIO.COM.
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