2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
After playing to a 3–5 record, all in conference games, the team announced on December 20 that it would not participate in any bowl game.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Previous season
The Cornhuskers finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 and 3–6 record and finished in fifth place for the second year in a row in the Big Ten West Division. Nebraska did not attend a bowl for the third year in a row.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Offseason, Recruits
The Cornhuskers signed a total of 23 scholarship recruits and 20 walk-ons during the Early Signing Period on December 18, 2019.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Preseason, Preseason media polls
Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses. For the 2020 poll, Ohio State was voted as the favorite to win both the East Division and the Big Ten Championship Game. This is the 10th iteration of the preseason media poll conducted by Cleveland.com, which polls at least one credentialed media member for each Big Ten team. Only twice in the last ten years has the media accurately predicted the Big Ten champion.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Schedule
Nebraska had games scheduled against Central Michigan, South Dakota State, and Cincinnati, but canceled these games on July 9 due to the Big Ten Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Schedule
On September 19, the Big Ten announced a new league schedule to accommodate a new 9-game conference-only season, where the ninth game will feature cross divisional matchups of #1 vs #1, #2 vs. #2, etc.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Schedule
On October 29, Nebraska attempted to replace the Wisconsin game with a game against FCS school Chattanooga. However, it was denied by the Big Ten Conference, which reaffirmed its policy against scheduling nonconference games for the 2020 season.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Schedule
Nebraska's game with Wisconsin was canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Wisconsin. The game will not be rescheduled. Instead, both teams will have a bye and will have just seven games.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Schedule
Nebraska's game with Rutgers has been adjusted from a 3:00 PM to a 6:30 PM kickoff time on Friday, December 18 after the cancellation of the Indiana-Purdue game.


2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin (canceled)
The Wisconsin at Nebraska game was canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Wisconsin. The game will not be rescheduled. Instead, both teams will have a bye and will have just seven games.


2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Nebraska primary is a semi-closed primary. The state awards 33 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
While Nebraska Democrats previously used caucuses as their nominating process, the party's central committee decided on December 8, 2018 to return to a primary system after the proposal was "overwhelmingly" supported in a voice vote.


2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting is expected to start and end simultaneously throughout the state, with polling places in the Central Time Zone open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and those in the Mountain Time Zone open between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 25 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 25 pledged delegates, between 5 and 9 are allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 3 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 7 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals assume Nebraska receives bonus delegates from timing and as a result of regional clustering.


2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
County conventions will subsequently be held between Thursday, May 21, 2020 and Sunday, May 31, 2020 to elect delegates to the state convention, which will be held between Friday, June 12 and Sunday, June 14, 2020. The state convention will vote on Saturday, June 13, 2020 to designate national convention delegates, including 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).


2020 Nebraska Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Nebraska Republican presidential primary took place on May 13, 2020 in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The primary was a closed primary (only open to party members) although unenrolled voters were permitted to enroll in a party at the polls with same day registration.


2020 Nebraska State Legislature election
The 2020 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators in the 25 odd-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral. State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.


2020 Nebraska State Legislature election
A top two primary election on May 12, 2020 determined which candidates appear on the November 3 general election ballot. Each candidate technically runs as a non-partisan (i.e., no party preference). The Nebraska State Legislature's website offers a statewide map of the 49 legislative districts  and maps for each individual district can be found on the website.


2020 Nebraska State Legislature election
Following the 2018 elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Nebraska State Legislature with 30 seats. The Democrats increased their numbers from 16 to 18.


2020 Nebraska State Legislature election
Republicans flipped three seats from Democrats; Democrats flipped one seat from Republicans and one from nonpartisan Ernie Chambers.


2020 Nebraska State Legislature election, Detailed results, District 49
John Murante (elected in 2016) resigned when elected Treasurer of Nebraska in 2018. Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Andrew LaGrone to fill the vacancy.


2020 Nebraska elections
Nebraska state elections in 2020 was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primary elections were held on August 18, 2020.


2020 Nebraska elections
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Nebraska voters elected the Class II U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1 of its Public Service Commissioners, 2 of 8 voting members on the Nebraska University Board of Regents, 4 of 8 seats on the Nebraska State Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 2 of 7 seats on the Nebraska Supreme Court, 2 of 6 seats on the Nebraska Court of Appeals and 25 of 49 seats in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. There are also six ballot measures which have been voted on.


2020 Nebraska elections, Public Service Commission
Democratic incumbent Crystal Rhodes is up for re-election to District 2 of Nebraska's Public Service Commission.


2020 Nebraska elections, University of Nebraska Board of Regents
Timothy Clare is running for reelection in District 1. District 2 is an open seat.


2020 Nebraska elections, Board of Education
Incumbents Patsy Koch Johns (of District 1) and Lisa Fricke (of District 2) are both running for another term on the Board. Districts 3 and 4 are open seats.


2020 Nebraska elections, State Judiciary
Two incumbents on the state Supreme Court and two on the state Court of Appeals are running for retention (a six-year term) in 2020.


2020 Nebraska elections, State Legislature
25 of 49 seats in the Nebraska State Legislature are up for election. Although officially nonpartisan, before the election, its de facto composition was:


2020 Nebraska elections, Ballot Measures
Nebraska Initiative 428 would cap the annual interest for payday loans at 36%. As of September 2020, the Nebraskan average is 400% APR.


2020 Nebraska elections, Ballot Measures, Polling
Vote for 428, an organisation campaigning for the initiative's passage, released a poll by Benenson Group Strategies which showed support for the measure (among Nebraskan voters) at 67%. It was conducted in August. It


2020 Negeri Sembilan FC season
The 2020 season was Negeri Sembilan's 97th year in their history and second season in the Malaysia Premier League since 2019 following relegation 2018 season. Along with the league, the club also participated in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.


2020 Negeri Sembilan FC season, Events
The club has confirmed to retain all four foreign players from previous season for upcoming 2020 season.


2020 Negeri Sembilan FC season, Events
On 9 February 2020, the club has launched the new kits and jerseys.


2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
The 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was the fifth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in Nepal in February 2020. It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Oman and the United States cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures. The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The matches were the first ODIs to be played in Nepal. On 20 January 2020, the United States confirmed their squad for the series, with Steven Taylor stripped of his vice-captaincy role for disciplinary issues, but being retained in the squad.


2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
Oman won their first three matches. In the last fixture of the series, the United States were bowled out for 35 runs, the joint-lowest total in an ODI match.


2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, Squads
In the first match, Nepal's Sharad Vesawkar suffered an injury and was ruled out of the rest of the series, with Subash Khakurel replacing him.


2020 Nepal floods
The 2020 Nepal floods were induced by heavy rains causing landslides and flash floods in western Nepal, and in particular Myagdi District. As of 24 June, Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs reported 132 dead, 53 missing, and 128 injured in 445 flooding and landslide incidents. Aon reported 401 fatalities from the floods.


2020 Nepal floods
Following the floods, Nepal's water minister Barshaman Pun instructed his officials to raise flood mitigation in the Nepal-India Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management (JCIFM) forum.


2020 Nepal floods
The Kathmandu Post labelled the rainy season as one of the deadliest in recent memory, writing that the large losses are a result of failure by local and national government.


2020 Nepalese National Assembly election
National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 23 January 2020 across all seven provinces to elect the 18 of the 19 retiring members of the National Assembly. According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, one third of the members of the National Assembly are elected every two years through an electoral college. Following the full implementation of the house in 2018, one-third of the members chosen by drawing a lottery retired after only two years.


2020 Nepalese National Assembly election, Electoral college
The electoral college consists of members of the provincial assembly and Chairperson/Mayor and Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor of the local bodies within the state. Each provincial assembly members vote has a weight of forty eight whereas each Chairperson/Mayor/Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor vote has a weight of eighteen. The electoral college elects 56 members to the National Assembly and three members, including one woman, are nominated by the president on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.


2020 Netball Nations Cup
The 2020 Netball Nations Cup was an international netball tournament contested by the national teams of England, Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament, which briefly replaced the annual Quad Series, was hosted by England and played in January 2020. It is not yet known if it will be played beyond the January 2020 series.


2020 Netball Nations Cup, Results (2020 Cup)
England Netball confirmed the fixtures for the January 2020 tournament in September 2019.


2020 Netball Superleague season
The 2020 Netball Superleague season was the fifteenth season of the Netball Superleague, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. The season commenced on 22 February 2020. Manchester Thunder were the defending champions. In the midst of the fourth round of matches, the league announced the postponement of all future matches until at least 30 April 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 May 2020, the season was cancelled, with the fixtures declared null and void.


2020 Netball Superleague season, Overview, Format
The length of the regular season was originally expanded by one week to include 19 rounds, with the additional round counting towards each club's total points. The top four would have progressed to the playoffs and eventually two teams met in the Grand Final.


2020 Netherlands Quadrangular Series
The 2020 Netherlands Quadrangular Series was a cricket tournament that was scheduled to take place in June 2020 in the Netherlands. The series would have been played between the Netherlands, Namibia, Oman and the United States, with all the matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). However, on 22 April 2020, the Dutch government announced that it had banned all events in the country, both sports and cultural, until 1 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Nevada Assembly election
Elections to the Nevada Assembly was held on November 3, 2020. Elections were also held in the state for U.S. president, U.S. House of Representatives, and for the Nevada Senate.


2020 Nevada Assembly election
After the elections, the Democratic Party maintained a majority control over the assembly despite losing the popular vote to the Republican Party.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses took place in Nevada, United States, on February 22, 2020, with early voting on February 14–18, and was the third nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the New Hampshire primary the week before. The Nevada caucuses are a closed caucus, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this caucus. The state awarded 48 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 36 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucuses.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses
Bernie Sanders won the caucuses by a substantial margin, with Joe Biden coming in second and Pete Buttigieg in third; no other candidate crossed the 15% vote threshold statewide. Of the 104,883 votes, more than 70,000 were cast early with ranked choice voting ballots.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
Caucus votes were initially slated to be counted on the Shadow app that caused significant problems during the counting of 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses. As a consequence of those difficulties, the caucuses instead used Google Forms running on 2,000 iPads to send in results. Some volunteers believed there was a lack of training on the iPads, which could result in malfunctions. Early voting for the caucuses took place from February 15 to 18. In addition to Google Forms, early voters filled out a paper ballot that required them to rank candidates according to preference. Early voting ballots would only be counted if voters rank at least three candidates, and were transmitted to voter's home precincts to be counted alongside election day votes.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
Precinct caucuses were held starting at 10:00 a.m. local time (PST), with voting starting at noon on February 22. In the closed caucuses, candidates must meet a 15% viability threshold within an individual precinct in order to be considered viable and 15% at the congressional district or statewide level, with supporters of non-viable candidates at precinct caucuses then allowed to support one of the remaining viable candidates.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
Of the 36 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, 23 are allocated on the basis of the results of the precinct caucuses, with between 5 and 6 allocated to each of the state's four congressional districts. The precinct caucuses also elect delegates to county conventions based on the results of the vote in each precinct. Of the remaining 13 pledged delegates, another 5 will be allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates) in addition to 8 at-large pledged delegates, and delegates to the national convention will be distributed proportionally based on the number of county delegates.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
The county conventions will subsequently be held on April 18, 2020, to choose delegates for the state Democratic convention. On May 30, 2020, the state Democratic convention will meet to vote on the unpledged delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 36 pledged delegates Nevada sends to the national convention were to be joined by 12 unpledged PLEO delegates (five members of the Democratic National Committee, five members of Congress, of which two are Senators and three are U.S. Representatives, one governor, and one distinguished party leader).


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
Yet, according to sources the state convention elected 13 unpledged PLEO delegates, including one more DNC member. This meant that presumptive nominee Joe Biden together with the delegates he received from Buttigieg was able to get 25 votes on the national convention, one more than Sander's 24. The delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
On March 20, 2019, the Nevada Democratic Party released its 2020 delegate selection plan, introducing four days for early voting from February 15 to 18, 2020, and, like the Iowa caucuses, "virtual caucuses" on February 16 and 17 to allow those unable to physically attend to vote in addition to releasing raw vote totals. In both cases, caucusgoers' ranked presidential preferences will be sent to their precinct and counted on the day of the physical caucus. After county conventions following the previous caucuses left open the risk of a candidate winning a majority of delegates at the state conventions despite trailing among district delegates, all unpledged delegates will now be allocated on the basis of the results of the precinct caucuses on February 22.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
In late August 2019, the Democratic National Committee ordered both the Iowa and Nevada Democratic state parties to scrap their plans for "virtual caucuses" because of security concerns.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Candidates
In order to get on the "caucus preference card" (ballot), candidates had to file with the State committee and pay a $2,500 fee by New Year's Day 2020. The following candidates qualified:


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign
Twenty-three candidates visited the state during 2019. The largest event of that year was the November 17 "First in the West" "cattle call", which was attended by fourteen candidates.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign
For a second caucus in a row, the Culinary Workers Union declined to endorse a candidate. This came after it circulated a flyer among members criticizing Sanders and Warren's support for single-payer healthcare, which it argued would leave members with worse benefits. The Las Vegas Sun endorsed both Klobuchar and Biden, saying that they think nominating Sanders "guarantees a Trump second term."


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign
Even though the Republican caucus was canceled, President Trump held several campaign events in Nevada.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign, February 14–18 primary
With encouragement from the remaining campaigns, the five-day early voting began on February 14. Hundreds of polling places were open throughout the state, with candidate events taking place near to them. Turnout was large, with close to 12,000 showing up the first day and greater numbers over the weekend, February 15–16. It was estimated that up to 60% of all participants would vote early and 77,000 voters took the opportunity to do so. As approximately 84,000 voters voted in the caucus in 2016, and approximately 110,000 voters voted in 2008, this put the trajectory for voter turn out in the 2020 caucus above 2016 and near 2008.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign, February 14–18 primary
Early voters who did not fill out at least a first-choice, second-choice and third-choice ballot oval would not have their votes counted, creating concerns of lost votes, but this rule ultimately affected few voters.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign, February 19–22 caucus
With the early voting phase over, the ninth official debate between the candidates on the ballot took place on February 19. Steyer, who was in double digits in several polls in Nevada, did not qualify for the debate, while Michael Bloomberg, who was not on the ballot, did.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Campaign, February 19–22 caucus
The doors opened for the caucus at 9 AM PST and the caucus itself an hour later. There was controversy about the NDAs that the people working at the caucuses were made to sign. Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman William McCurdy stated that signing the non-disclosure agreements was voluntary, but this was disputed. Several people quit rather than doing so.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results
Bernie Sanders won the Nevada caucuses, with Joe Biden coming in second and Pete Buttigieg in third.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Delay
Similarly to the Iowa caucus, there were some controversies surrounding the outcome of the caucus. One day after voting, with forty percent of the precincts not reported, Pete Buttigieg questioned the results citing more than "200 reports of problems merging the early votes". Full set of results were published two days after the caucus.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Results, Delay
Reports of "confusion, calculation glitches and delays in reporting" emerged once again, bringing into question the future of caucuses, with former Nevada Senator Harry Reid calling for Nevada to switch to a primary system.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Participation in the 2020 caucuses (105,195 initial alignment votes in the official count) was 25% higher compared to the approximately 84,000 people who participated in the 2016 caucuses, but 4% less compared to the approximately 110,000 voters who participated in the 2008 caucuses.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Entrance polls by CNN indicated that Sanders won nearly every gender, race, age, and education demographic group, except for African-Americans and voters over 65, where Biden won 38–28 and 29–12 respectively. He performed extremely well among younger voters, capturing 65% of voters in the 17–29 demographic and 56% of voters under 45 overall, showcasing his overwhelming strength with the youth vote. In terms of ideological preference, Sanders won handily among voters who identified as liberal (50%) and somewhat liberal (29%), whereas Biden won over moderate voters (25%).


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Sanders also won the state's population center of Clark County, which constituted 70% of all caucusgoers, with 49% of the vote. In a break with Culinary Workers Union leadership who had previously come out against Sanders's Medicare for All plan, Sanders won several caucus precincts along the Las Vegas Strip, home to many hotel and casino workers who are members of the union.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Sanders's landslide victory has been attributed in part to his intentional outreach to Latino communities coordinated by staff member Chuck Rocha, resulting in winning 53% of Latino voters, who make up about 30% of Nevada's population. Under Rocha's direction, the Sanders campaign focused heavily on  mobilizing Latino voters, a historically low-turnout demographic group, by hiring 76 Latino staffers and spending over $3 million on Spanish-language advertising specifically crafted to cater to Latino issues in the Silver State.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Sanders's substantial margin of victory in Nevada, the first early state with a diverse electorate, helped ease concerns that his campaign had limited appeal among voters of color, as was the case in 2016. These concerns would arise again for Sanders when Joe Biden went on to win South Carolina, a state where 60% of the Democratic electorate is African-American, by a large margin.


2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
For Biden, his distant second-place finish in Nevada helped allay fears of a faltering campaign after two underwhelming results in Iowa and New Hampshire. With South Carolina being the next state to hold a primary, it would be this state that would make or break his campaign - or one that would cement Bernie Sanders' status as a frontrunner.


2020 Nevada State Senate election
The 2020 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate elected senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.


2020 Nevada State Senate election, Background
In the 2018 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats have controlled the chamber since 2016.


2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by fourth–year head coach Jay Norvell and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference.


2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 24, the conference announced that the football season would begin on October 24.


2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 2019 season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West to finish in third place in the West Division and lost the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Ohio by a score of 21 to 30.


2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled on July 16–17, 2020, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, but were canceled in favor of virtual media days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual media days that were scheduled to take place on July 27–29, 2020, were also canceled.


2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Wolf Pack were predicted to finish in second place in the MW West Division. The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.


2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All−Mountain West Team
The Wolf Pack had two players selected to the preseason All−Mountain West Team; one from the offense and one from the defense.


2020 Nevada elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nevada on November 3, 2020. To vote by mail, registered Nevada voters must ensure each ballot is postmarked by November 3 and received by November 10, 2020.


2020 Nevada elections, Federal offices, President of the United States
Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump was challenged by Democratic nominee Joe Biden in 2020. Prior to election day, news outlets and polls predicted Nevada to have a slight lean towards Biden. Nevada has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.


2020 Nevada elections, Federal offices, U.S. House of Representatives
Nevada has four congressional districts that elect four delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives. Since the 2016 elections, three representatives have been Democratic.


2020 Nevada elections, State offices, State Senate
10 of the 21 seats of the Nevada Senate were up for election. Democrats have retained a majority control of the senate since 2017.


2020 Nevada elections, State offices, State Assembly
All 42 seats of the Nevada Assembly were up for election. Democrats have retained a majority control of the assembly since 2017.


2020 Nevada elections, Ballot Initiatives
On the ballot were five statewide questions for Nevada Constitution amendments. The first one appears to be rejected while the four other questions are approved.


2020 Nevada elections, Ballot Initiatives
Question 2 repeals the struck-down same-sex marriage ban, replacing it with a gender-neutral formulation.


2020 Nevada elections, Ballot Initiatives, State Question 4
"Guarantee specific voting rights to all qualified and registered voters in the State."


2020 Nevada elections, Ballot Initiatives, State Question 6
"Require, beginning in calendar year 2022, that all providers of electric utility services who sell electricity to retail customers for consumption in Nevada generate or acquire incrementally larger percentages of electricity from renewable energy resources so that by calendar year 2030 not less than 50 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by each provider to its retail customers in Nevada comes from renewable energy resources."


2020 Nevada wildfires
The 2020 Nevada wildfire season began in June 2020. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season.


2020 Nevada wildfires, List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.


2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for New Brunswick, was held from January 23–26 at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay, New Brunswick. The winning Andrea Crawford rink represented New Brunswick at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 4–4 record.


2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Andrea Crawford won her second straight and ninth overall New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeating Sylvie Quillian 6–3 in the final.


2020 New Brunswick Tankard
The 2020 New Brunswick Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of New Brunswick was held January 29 to February 2 at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The winning James Grattan rink represented New Brunswick at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario and finished with a 3–4 record.


2020 New Brunswick Tankard
James Grattan stole two in the tenth end of the final to defeat Jason Roach and win his thirteenth provincial title.


2020 New Brunswick general election
The 2020 New Brunswick general election was held on September 14, 2020, to elect members of the 60th New Brunswick Legislature. The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, led by Blaine Higgs, won a majority government.


2020 New Brunswick general election
The writs of election were issued by Lieutenant Governor Brenda Murphy on August 17, 2020, after a request was made by Premier Blaine Higgs to dissolve the legislature.


2020 New Brunswick general election
The election was scheduled to take place on October 17, 2022, as determined by the fixed-date provisions of the Legislative Assembly Act, which requires a general election to be held every four years on the third Monday in October. However, Premier Higgs called a snap election after negotiations failed with the other parties that would have avoided an election until the fixed date in 2022 or the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New Brunswick general election
At 8:55 p.m. ADT, CBC News declared a Progressive Conservative majority government.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Aftermath of the 2018 election
The 2018 provincial election resulted in no party winning a majority of seats in the legislature for the first time since the 1920 provincial election. On election night, Blaine Higgs claimed victory for the Progressive Conservative Party, saying his team had received a mandate from New Brunswickers; however, Liberal Party leader and incumbent premier Brian Gallant stated his intention to remain in office with a minority government by securing support on a vote-by-vote basis.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Aftermath of the 2018 election
Over the following days, Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau met with both leaders and gave permission to Gallant to continue in office and attempt to seek the confidence of the Legislative Assembly; while Higgs was told that if Gallant was unable to secure the confidence of the Assembly, Higgs would be called on to form government.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Aftermath of the 2018 election
After the election, both Kris Austin of the People's Alliance and David Coon of the Green Party were noncommittal in their support. Gallant pursued a partnership with the Green Party and ruled out any arrangement with the Progressive Conservative Party or People's Alliance because Gallant did not believe that they shared the Liberal Party’s “values”. Higgs initially ruled out any formal agreements with other parties, but later said that a four-year agreement would be ideal for stability. On September 28, 2018, Austin agreed to support a Progressive Conservative minority government on a "bill-by-bill basis" for eighteen months, though no formal agreement was made.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Aftermath of the 2018 election
On November 2, 2018, the Progressive Conservatives introduced a motion of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly, resulting in a 25-23 vote against the Liberals. Subsequently, Gallant resigned as Premier and recommended to the Lieutenant Governor that Higgs be given the opportunity to form government. Higgs' minority government was sworn into office on November 9, 2018.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Aftermath of the 2018 election
On November 15, 2018, Gallant announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party. He was succeeded by Kevin Vickers on April 24, 2019.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Speculation of an early election
The PC minority government's seat total dropped to 20 after the death of MLA Greg Thompson on September 10, 2019 and the resignation of Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin on February 14, 2020. Gauvin's resignation came after the PC government announced health reforms, including the nightly closure of six hospital emergency rooms across the province as a cost reduction measure. Despite the Progressive Conservatives quickly backtracking on their proposals, the Liberals and the Greens said that they would not support the government at the next confidence vote, while the People's Alliance specifically did not rule out a vote of non-confidence.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Speculation of an early election
The next confidence vote was scheduled for March 20, 2020 to approve the PC government's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year; however, by that time, the People's Alliance decided to continue supporting the government and Green MLAs were allowed to vote freely on the budget. Furthermore, after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, all parties decided to co-operate with each other—thus, avoiding a spring election.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Background, Speculation of an early election
However, by the summer, COVID-19 cases had stayed low for several weeks and Premier Blaine Higgs began to hint at the possibility of a fall election, arguing that stability was required for the next phase of the pandemic and economic recovery. The Progressive Conservatives carried out candidate riding nominations on August 8, 2020, continuing speculation of when an election might be called. On the following Monday, Higgs made an offer to the opposition parties to avoid an election until 2022 or the end of the pandemic; however, negotiations ultimately failed and a snap election was called on August 17, 2020.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Campaign, Election call and initial reaction
At his election announcement, Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs blamed the Liberals for the failure of negotiations that would have avoided an election until 2022 or the end of the pandemic. In response, Liberal leader Kevin Vickers and Green Party leader David Coon criticized Higgs for calling an election during a pandemic. Vickers insisted that the negotiations would have given unlimited power to Higgs and the PCs, and an election should have been held after the end of the pandemic. Meanwhile, People's Alliance leader Kris Austin asked New Brunswickers to vote for his party to ensure accountability of the next government by electing another minority legislature.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Campaign, Impact of COVID-19
From the outset of the campaign, Higgs was asked about the potential impact of COVID-19 on the election. Higgs initially caused confusion when he said that he would be able to suspend the election, if necessary, even though, New Brunswick's Chief Electoral Officer Kim Poffenroth said that an election could not be stopped after it has been called. Additionally, Higgs suggested that he could turn to the COVID-19 emergency order declared by the province under the Emergency Measures Act (EMA), despite the fact that election timelines are exempt from the EMA. However, Higgs remained firm that he did not intend to suspend the election. Higgs also shared that, because of COVID-19, PC candidates were instructed to avoid door-to-door campaigning and mailbox flyers during the election.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Campaign, Candidate controversies
Roland Michaud, PC candidate in Victoria-La Vallée, was ordered to withdraw from the election by Blaine Higgs after a transphobic meme posted on Michaud's Facebook page became public; Michaud chose to remain and run as an independent. Michaud remained on the ballot with his original affiliation because the papers have already been printed, as did other repudiated candidates.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Campaign, Candidate controversies
John Wayne Gardner, Liberal candidate in Saint Croix, was ousted by party leader Kevin Vickers after an anti-LGBTQ2I tweet from 2017 came to light; Gardner announced later the same day that he would continue to run as an independent.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Campaign, Candidate controversies
Louis Bérubé, PC candidate in Restigouche West, was allowed to remain as party candidate after transphobic social media comments mentioned in a 2016 Acadie Nouvelle story resurfaced. The party cited Bérubé's earlier apologies for his comments and his successful vetting before running for the Green Party in the 2019 election as reasons for his retention.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Campaign, Candidate controversies
Heathere Collins, PANB candidate in Memramcook-Tantramar, was dropped by party leader Kris Austin after 2019 anti-Muslim Tweets came to light. The candidate, whose Elections NB registration disagreed with her Twitter account about how to spell her first name, remained in the election.


2020 New Brunswick general election, Candidates, Retiring incumbents
The following sitting MLAs have announced that they would not seek re-election:


2020 New Brunswick general election, Candidates, Retiring incumbents
NOTE: Candidates' names are as registered with Elections New Brunswick


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 4 October 2020. The poll was the second to be held under the terms of the Nouméa Accord, following a similar referendum in 2018.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum
Independence was rejected, with 53.26 percent of voters opposing such a change, a slight drop from the 2018 result in which 56.7 percent voted "no". Turnout was 85.69 percent. The Nouméa Accord permits one further referendum to be held, should the Congress of New Caledonia vote for it. The third referendum will be held in December 2021.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
New Caledonia was formally annexed by France in 1853, and Europeans and Polynesians, as well as other settlers, have since made the indigenous Kanaks a minority (27%, 11% and 39% respectively in the 2014 census). The territory was used as a penal colony from 1864 to 1897, and the Kanaks were excluded from the French economy and from mining work, and ultimately confined to reservations.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
Between 1976 and 1988, conflicts between the French government and the independence movement saw periods of serious violence and disorder (culminating in the Ouvéa cave hostage taking in 1988), with the emerging Kanak independence movement gaining support from many Kanaks frustrated with their lower socio-economic status and lack of involvement in the economy, seen as problems caused by the French exploitation. Though GDP per capita (nominal) is high at $38,921 and though New Caledonia is a major producer of nickel, there is significant inequality in income distribution, with many claiming that the mining revenue benefits people outside the territory and its (declining) mining communities.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
Since 1986, the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. The 1987 New Caledonia independence referendum, the first referendum on independence, was held the following year on 13 September 1987, but independence was rejected by a large majority, with 842 people (1.7%) voting for independence and 48,611 people (98.3%) voting to remain a part of France. Many pro-independence groups, such as the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), boycotted the vote.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
The Matignon Agreements, signed on 26 June 1988 by Jean-Marie Tjibaou and Jacques Lafleur, set up a ten-year period of stability and made certain provisions for the Kanak population. The Nouméa Accord, signed 5 May 1998 by the French government and the main independence and anti-independence parties, set in motion a 20-year transition period that transferred certain powers to the local government and laid the groundwork for an independence referendum in 2018.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
In accordance with the Nouméa Accord, New Caledonians are allowed up to three referendums on independence; the first in 2018, then two more in 2020 and 2022 if the previous ones had not resulted in independence, but one-third of members of the Congress of New Caledonia voted for another one. The first was held in November 2018, with voters rejecting independence by 56.7 percent.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
In 2019, members of the Caledonian Union, Future with Confidence, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) and the National Union for Independence requested another referendum be held.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Franchise
The referendum was held using a special electoral roll. Potential voters had to be registered on the general electoral roll, and also meet one of the secondary criteria:


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Franchise
As a consequence of these restrictions, in the 2018 referendum 35,948 registered voters on the general list were thus excluded from the vote, equating to 17.11% out of a total of 210,105 registered voters on the general electoral roll. Vote restriction restricts the voting power of recent inhabitants—derogatively known as Zoreilles—and enlarges the voting power of native Kanaks, and was long sought after by FLNKS.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Campaign and voting
Campaigns were run by the Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste (FLNKS) and the Mouvement nationaliste pour la souveraineté de Kanaky (Nationalist Movement for the Sovereignty of Kanaky), representing parties who supported independence, and the loyalistes who wanted the territory to remain French. Les Loyalistes included the political parties L'Avenir en confiance and the National Rally, while the secessionists were led by the Labour Party.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Campaign and voting
Campaign issues included rights to the exploitation of nickel in New Caledonia, The French government and loyalists regarded the nickel as one of its strategic assets, as well as an important source of income and employment for the islanders, while separatists were sceptical of the benefits to them with foreign companies operating the plants, as well as criticising pollution from the industry and its effect on the vital local sectors of agriculture and fisheries.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Campaign and voting
After abstaining from participating in the 2018 referendum, in July 2020 the anti-globalisation Labour Party announced it would call for its supporters to vote for independence in the upcoming referendum.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Campaign and voting
The referendum was held on 4 October 2020. Voting on the day was largely held peacefully, except for some intimidation and racist targeting of European Caledonian voters by Kanaks in a few localities.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Results and aftermath
With a turnout of 85.6 percent, 53.26 percent of voters opted for "no", with the result that the islands remain French. This was a lower figure than the 2018 poll, in which 56.7 percent voted "no". Results were strongly polarised geographically, with 71 percent of South Province residents rejecting independence, while the smaller other two provinces, North Province and Loyalty Islands Province, voted "yes" by 76 percent and 82 percent respectively. In almost every commune, the share of "yes" votes increased.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Results and aftermath
As this was the second of three permitted independence referenda, there may be a third and final referendum at some point before 2022. Daniel Goa, of the pro-independence party Caledonian Union, expressed a hope that the shift in vote share towards the "yes" camp would lead to a successful third referendum. Meanwhile Sonia Backès, leader of Les Loyalistes, called for dialogue between the two sides although she acknowledged that it might be necessary to hold the third referendum before such a dialogue could commence.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Results and aftermath
French president Emmanuel Macron expressed gratitude for the result, thanking New Caledonians for their "vote of confidence" in the Republic. He also acknowledged those who had backed independence, calling for dialogue between all sides to map out the future of the region.


2020 New Caledonian independence referendum, Results and aftermath
In April 2021, 26 pro-independence members of Congress requested that a third vote take place. On 2 June, the French government announced that the third referendum was scheduled for 12 December 2021.


2020 New England Black Wolves season
The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the team's 6th season in the league. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.


2020 New England Black Wolves season, Regular season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2020 New England Black Wolves season, Roster, Entry Draft
The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. The Black Wolves made the following selections:


2020 New England Patriots season
The 2020 season was the New England Patriots' 51st in the National Football League, their 61st overall, and their 21st under head coach Bill Belichick.


2020 New England Patriots season
It was the first season since 1999 without quarterback Tom Brady on the roster, as he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady led the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances, winning six, and had been their primary starting quarterback from 2001 to 2019. The Patriots signed long-time Carolina Panthers quarterback and 2015 MVP Cam Newton on June 29, and named him the starting quarterback on September 3.


2020 New England Patriots season
The Patriots attempted to win their 12th consecutive AFC East title and their first since 1997 without Tom Brady. However, they began the season 2–5, their worst record through 7 games since 2000. They failed to improve on their 12–4 record from the previous season following a Week 7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers and failed to match that record following a Week 8 loss to the division rival Buffalo Bills.


2020 New England Patriots season
Following a Sunday Night win by the Bills over the Steelers in week 14, the Patriots failed to win their division for the first time since 2008, and they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2008 with a Week 15 loss to the Dolphins, ending their winning season streak at 19. This leaves the record to the Dallas Cowboys at 20 consecutive winning seasons from 1966 to 1985. After their blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills in week 16, the New England Patriots finished the 2020 season with a losing record for the first time since 2000.


2020 New England Patriots season
This was only the 3rd time since 2000 the Patriots missed the playoffs and failed to win the division. With their 11-year streak of playoff appearances snapped, the Kansas City Chiefs now hold the league's longest playoff streak, making the playoffs every year since 2015. In addition, New England's streak of 10+ win seasons that dated back to their 2003 Super Bowl-winning season, which was an NFL record, also came to an end following a Week 14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.


2020 New England Patriots season
For the season, the Patriots adopted a modified version of their Color Rush jerseys as their primary home uniform while introducing a new road uniform for the first time since 2000.


2020 New England Patriots season, Final roster
Rookies in italics53 active, 23 inactive, 11 practice squad (+4 exempt)


2020 New England Patriots season, Preseason
The Patriots' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Miami Dolphins
This was the Patriots' first game without longtime quarterback Tom Brady since October 2, 2016, and their first without Brady on the roster since January 2, 2000. Nonetheless, new starting quarterback Cam Newton performed admirably, finishing with a 79% completion percentage and leading a rush-heavy offensive attack with 75 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground, as the Patriots finished with 217 rushing yards overall. With the win, New England opened the season at 1–0.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks
A competitive matchup versus the Seahawks on Sunday Night Football saw Seattle pull away during the third quarter, though the Patriots offense kept pace in the fourth quarter. A potential game-winning drive by the Patriots was snuffed out when Cam Newton, who passed for nearly 400 yards, was stuffed short of the goal line on a quarterback keeper in the final seconds of the game. This was New England's third loss in four career meetings with former Patriots head coach Pete Carroll. It was also Newton's sixth loss in eight career games against the Seahawks.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
Running back Rex Burkhead scored three touchdowns in a blowout win over the previously undefeated Raiders; the game was Belichick's 275th career win with the Patriots.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs
The game was postponed to Monday night after Cam Newton tested positive for COVID-19. With Newton out, backup quarterback Brian Hoyer made the start for the Patriots. A low-scoring defensive affair in the first half saw the New England defense shut down Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes for much of the half, though the Patriots offense was likewise ineffective, with Hoyer taking a sack on the last play of the first half that prevented a potential game-tying field goal.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs
Mahomes and the Chiefs offense came to life late in the third quarter, scoring two touchdowns on back-to-back drives as Hoyer was benched for Jarrett Stidham, who threw his first career touchdown but also two interceptions, including a pick-six to Tyrann Mathieu that all but sealed the game and dropped New England to 2–2.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Denver Broncos
Despite scoring the game's only touchdown, this was the Patriots' first home loss to Denver in 14 years as they fell below .500, the first time they failed to be above .500 following Week 6 since 2002. In addition, it was the first time the Patriots lost without giving up a touchdown in the Bill Belichick era.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers
49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo made his first return to New England since the Patriots traded him to the 49ers in October 2017. Garoppolo played for the Patriots from 2014 to 2017 and was part of their 2014 and 2016 Super Bowl-winning teams. This was the Patriots' worst home loss in the Belichick era and their worst loss since their 2003 season opener versus the Buffalo Bills, where they were shut out 31–0. It was also the Patriots' first time losing three games in a row since 2002.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Buffalo Bills
A game that featured strong rushing performances by both teams was played down to the wire. As the Patriots were driving down the field for a score to win or tie the game down 24–21 in the last two minutes, Bills defensive tackle Justin Zimmer forced Cam Newton to fumble at the Buffalo 14-yard line, sealing the loss for New England. This was the Patriots' first loss to the Bills in four years; also their first road loss to them since the Pats' 2011 AFC Championship season. The Patriots also began the season 2–5 for the first time since 2000.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New York Jets
Against the winless Jets, the Patriots fell behind 20–10 by halftime, but mounted a comeback, limiting the Jets to just four plays in the fourth quarter. Nick Folk's game-winning 51 yard field goal as time expired ended the Patriots' four-game losing streak, also giving them their first road win this season. New England improved to 3–5 with the win and began 3-5 for the first time since 1994.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens
In the rain, the Patriots were able to sneak out a 23–17 win against the previously 6-2 Ravens. With the win, the Patriots improved to 4–5, and this was their first winning streak this season. They also began 4-5 for the first time since 1988.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Houston Texans
Cam Newton's last-second Hail Mary was not enough as the Patriots suffered their second straight loss to the Texans. Their two-game win streak ended as they fell to 4–6, their first 4–6 start since 1994. They also lost 6 games in a season for the first time since 2009.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Nick Folk's last-second 50-yard field goal improved the Patriots to a 5–6 start for the first time since 1994 and increased their home win streak to two games.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Los Angeles Chargers
With the blowout win, the Patriots improve to 6-6 and were now at an even .500. This was only their second road win this season.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Los Angeles Rams
With the loss, the Patriots dropped below .500 again as they fell to 6–7, losing at least 7 games for the first time since 2002 and beginning 6-7 for the first time since 1987. This was also the Patriots' first loss to the Rams since their 2001 Super Bowl-winning season.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Los Angeles Rams
Despite 4 red zone trips, the Patriots’ only score came from a Nick Folk field goal; their three points scored were the lowest the Patriots have scored in a game since a 2016 Week 4 shutout against the Buffalo Bills. This was also their fewest points scored in a game in which their first-string quarterback made a start, since a 2006 shutout loss against the Miami Dolphins (Brady was serving his four-game suspension in that 2016 loss against the Bills).


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Los Angeles Rams
In addition, with the Bills beating the Steelers later on NBC Sunday Night Football, the Patriots failed to win the AFC East for the first time since 2008.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Miami Dolphins
With the loss, the Patriots were eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and were ensured a non-winning season for the first time since 2000. During the 2nd quarter, cornerback and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore suffered a partially torn quad that would cause him to miss the remainder of the season. Quarterback Cam Newton also lost to the Dolphins for the first time in his 9-year career. It was the team's first 6–8 start since 1971. They also finished 2-6 on the road.


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills
With the loss, the Patriots suffer their first losing record since 2000, and have been swept by the Bills for the first time since 1999 as well as for the first time under Bill Belichick's tenure. This is also the first time since 2000 a division rival swept New England. The 29 point home loss is the worst in the Bill Belichick era, and the 2nd worst loss overall (Buffalo won 31–0 in Week 1 of the 2003 season in then-Ralph Wilson Stadium).


2020 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. New York Jets
The Patriots completed their fifth straight season-sweep of the Jets, and won 10 in a row in the rivalry. New England also avoided a double digit loss season, something that has not happened since 2000.


2020 New England Revolution II season
The 2020 New England Revolution II season is the inaugural season in the soccer team's history, where they compete in the third division of American soccer, USL League One. New England Revolution II, as a child club of New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, are barred from participating in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup. New England Revolution II play their home games at Gillette Stadium, located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States.


2020 New England Revolution season
The 2020 New England Revolution season was the team's 25th season of existence, and their 25th season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight of American soccer.


2020 New England Revolution season, Season Review
On March 12 it was announced that the 2020 Major League Soccer season had been temporarily suspended for 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 17 the MLS announced that the suspension was extended until at least June 8. On May 6, MLS allowed voluntary individual workouts on outdoor fields for the first time since the suspension.


2020 New England Revolution season, Competitions, MLS, Match results
Only matches numbered in the left column apply to the season standings


2020 New England Revolution season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their final standings for the 2019 season, the Revolution were scheduled to enter the competition in the Fourth Round, to be played May 19–20. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, forced the U.S. Soccer Federation to cancel the tournament on August 17, 2020.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary took place in New Hampshire, United States, on February 11, 2020, as the second nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the Iowa caucuses the week before. The New Hampshire primary is a semi-closed primary, meaning that only Democrats and independents may vote in this primary. New Hampshire sends 33 delegates to the national convention, of which 24 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary, and the other 9 are unpledged delegates (superdelegates) preselected independently of the primary results.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
Senator Bernie Sanders won the primary with 25.6% of the vote, edging out former mayor Pete Buttigieg, who came in second place with 24.3% of the vote. This was a decline on support for Sanders, who in 2016 had won New Hampshire with 60.14% to Clinton's 37.68%. Both Sanders and Buttigieg received nine delegates, while Senator Amy Klobuchar unexpectedly finished in third place and received six delegates; her third-place finish has been described as "Klomentum" or “Klobucharge” by several observers.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
Senator Elizabeth Warren and former vice president Joe Biden both underperformed expectations, coming in fourth and fifth, respectively, and received no delegates. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet finished eighth, tenth and twelfth respectively and all suspended their presidential campaigns after their poor results.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
Voter turnout set a new record for New Hampshire primaries, with 300,742 ballots being cast, breaking the previous record of 287,527 set in the 2008 primary. This was the third consecutive contested Democratic primary in which New Hampshire voted for the candidate that did not receive the Democratic nomination. Despite underperforming quite drastically in this primary, Joe Biden later went on to win the nomination, and defeat incumbent president Donald Trump in the general election, including a comfortable victory in New Hampshire.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
The state's ballot access laws have traditionally been lenient, with prospective presidential candidates required to pay only a $1,000 fee to secure a line on the primary ballot.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Primary elections were held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The first polls opened at midnight local time (EST), with the vast majority of polling places closed by 7 p.m. and a small number of cities allowed to close at 8 p.m.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a viability threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 24 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention are all allocated proportionally on the basis of the qualified results of the primary, which however is determined by each of the three sub-result categories (congressional district 1, congressional district 2 and statewide total).


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 24 pledged national convention delegates, 8 each are allocated to each of the state's 2 congressional districts and another 3 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 5 at-large pledged delegates. The national convention delegation meeting will subsequently be held in Concord on April 25, to vote and elect the exact names of the five pledged at-large and three pledged PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention (all pledged to support presidential candidates based on the proportional statewide qualified popular vote result of the primary on February 11).


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
The 24 pledged delegates New Hampshire sends to the national convention as per the results of the primary on February 11, will be joined by 9 pre-determined New Hampshire PLEO unpledged delegates (also known as superdelegates): 5 members of the Democratic National Committee and 4 members of Congress (of which 2 are Senators and 2 are U.S. Representatives).


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Procedure, Candidates on the ballot
The following candidates were on the ballot and are listed in order of filing.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Forums and other events
Prospective candidates began making visits to New Hampshire in 2017.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Forums and other events
Among the more notable events of the campaign was the 2019 state convention, at which 19 of the candidates give speeches.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Forums and other events
The eighth Democratic primary debate took place in the state on February 7, 2020.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Forums and other events
A Lesser-Known Candidates Forum was also held, featuring candidates on the New Hampshire ballot but who were not considered major candidates.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results
The first results in New Hampshire were released shortly after midnight from Dixville Notch. Although not on the ballot, Michael Bloomberg received three write-in votes, enough to carry the town.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results
Bernie Sanders won the state by a margin of around four thousand votes over Pete Buttigieg, with Amy Klobuchar placing third. Sanders and Buttigieg each received nine pledged national convention delegates while Klobuchar received six. Sanders had previously won the state in his prior pursuit of the Democratic nomination in 2016 with some 152,000 votes (60.4% of the total) against Hillary Clinton.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Results
Voter turnout set a new record for New Hampshire primaries with 300,742 ballots being cast, breaking the previous record of 287,527 set in the 2008 primary.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Bernie Sanders narrowly won the New Hampshire primary with 25.6% of the vote, the lowest vote share a winner of this primary has ever received, with Pete Buttigieg finishing in second. By contrast, Amy Klobuchar finished in an unexpectedly strong third place. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively, both of which were considered disappointing finishes. Geographically, Sanders won the largest cities in New Hampshire, including Manchester, Nashua, and Concord. Buttigieg kept the race close by performing strongly in the southeastern part of the state, including in the suburbs of Boston and in the nearby, more rural Lakes Region.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Exit polls showed that Sanders benefited from his strong performance among young voters as he won about half of the under-30 vote, with this group making up about 14% of the electorate. Among those under the age of 45, he won 42% of the vote; this larger group made up about a third of the electorate. Buttigieg received only 21% of the vote among those under the age of 45 but outperformed Sanders 26–17 among voters 45 and older. Both Sanders and Buttigieg lost the 45-and-older vote to Klobuchar, who received 27% of the vote in this group.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Similarly, Klobuchar convincingly won among voters aged 65 and older, receiving 32% of their votes, as compared to only 14% for Sanders and 12% for Biden. Ideologically, about 60% of voters identified as either "very liberal" or "somewhat liberal", and Sanders won this group with about 33% of the vote. By contrast, among the remaining 40% of voters who identified as "moderate" or "conservative", Buttigieg and Klobuchar approximately tied with 27 and 26% of the vote, respectively.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Aftermath
Following poor showings in the New Hampshire primary, Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, entrepreneur Andrew Yang and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick withdrew from the race.


2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Aftermath
With the end of these campaigns, the Democratic field numbered fewer than ten candidates for the first time since early 2019.


2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election
The 2020 New Hampshire Executive Council elections took place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect all five members of the Executive Council of New Hampshire. The party primaries were held on September 8.


2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election, District 1
District 1 covered all of Coos, Carroll, and Grafton counties, plus the municipalities of Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, New Hampton, Sanbornton, Tilton in Belknap County, the towns of Andover, Danbury, Hill, New London, and Wilmot in Merrimack County, the towns of Middleton, Milton, and New Durham in Strafford County, and the municipalities of Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Grantham, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, and Sunapee in Sullivan County.


2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election, District 2
District 2 covered the towns of Barnstead, Belmont, and Gilmanton in Belknap County, the municipalities of Alstead, Chesterfield, Dublin, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester in Cheshire County, the town of Hancock in Hillsborough County, the municipalities of Boscawen, Bradford, Canterbury, Concord, Franklin, Henniker, Hopkinton, Newbury, Northfield, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, and Webster in Merrimack County, the municipalities of Dover, Durham, Farmington, Madbury, Rochester, Rollinsford, Somersworth, and Strafford in Strafford County, and the towns of Acworth, Charlestown, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Unity, and Washington in Sullivan County.


2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election, District 3
District 3 covered the municipalities of Atkinson, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham in Rockingham County, and the town of Pelham in Hillsborough County.


2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election, District 4
District 4 covered the municipalities of Bedford, Goffstown, and Manchester Hillsborough County, the towns of Allenstown, Bow, Chichester, Epsom, Hooksett, Loudon, Pembroke, and Pittsfield in Merrimack County, the towns of Auburn, Candia, Deerfield, Londonderry, Northwood, and Nottingham in Rockingham County, and the towns of Barrington and Lee in Strafford County.


2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election, District 5
District 5 covered the towns of Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Richmond, Rindge, Swanzey, and Troy in Cheshire County, the town of Dunbarton in Merrimack County, and the municipalities of Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor in Hillsborough County.


2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives election
The 2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected all 400 state representatives from 204 districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. A primary election on September 8, 2020 determined which candidates appeared on the November 3 general election ballot. All the members elected will serve in the 167th New Hampshire General Court.


2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives election
Following the 2018 election, Democrats had control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 231 seats to Republicans' 159 seats. Following the 2020 election, the Republicans flipped control of the chamber alongside the New Hampshire Senate.


2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives election, Retiring incumbents
71 incumbent Representatives (35 Democrats and 36 Republicans) did not seek reelection in 2020:


2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives election, Defeated incumbents, In the primary
10 incumbent representatives (6 Republicans and 4 Democrats) sought reelection but were defeated in the September 8 primary.


2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives election, Defeated incumbents, In the general election
33 incumbent representatives (32 Democrats and one Republican) sought reelection but were defeated in the November 3 general election.


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary
The 2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary took place on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, as the second nominating contest in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the Iowa caucuses the week before. The New Hampshire primary is a semi-closed primary, meaning that only Republicans and independents may vote in this primary.


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary
Incumbent president Donald Trump won the primary with 84.4 percent of the vote, clinching all of the state's 22 pledged delegates to the national convention. Despite Bill Weld winning 9% of the vote, President Trump received the most votes (129,734) in the New Hampshire primary for an incumbent candidate in U.S. history, moving past the previous record-holder, Bill Clinton, in 1996 (76,797).


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Procedure
The state's ballot access laws have been traditionally lenient, with prospective presidential candidates only required to pay a $1,000 fee to secure a line on the primary ballot.


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Procedure
Primary elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, with the vast majority of polling places closed by 7 p.m. and 13 cities allowed to close at 8 p.m. In this semi-closed Republican primary, candidates must meet a viability threshold of 10 percent at the statewide level in order to be considered viable. New Hampshire's pledged delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention are then allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Procedure, Candidates on the ballot
The following candidates were on the ballot, and listed in order of filing:


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Campaign
All the major candidates, as well as many minor ones, had events in the state starting in 2018.


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Campaign
The famous Lesser-known candidates' forum took place on January 28, the latest it has ever been held. Robert Ardini, President R. Boddie, Stephen Comley, Zoltan Istvan, Mary Maxwell, and Bill Murphy participated.


2020 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Results
Typically, the top candidates of the other major party receive a large number of write-in votes.


2020 New Hampshire Senate election
The 2020 New Hampshire Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected state senators in all of the state's 24 senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire Senate, with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections on September 8, 2020, determined which candidates will appear on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot.


2020 New Hampshire Senate election
Following the 2018 election, Democrats had control of the New Hampshire Senate with 14 seats to Republicans' 10 seats. Following the 2020 election, the Republicans flipped four seats and thus control of the chamber alongside flipping the New Hampshire House of Representatives.


2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by 21st-year head coach Sean McDonnell following his leave of absence due to medical reasons during the 2019 season. The Wildcats have played their home football games at Wildcat Stadium since 1936, and have competed in college football as an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) since 2007.


2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
On July 17, 2020, the CAA announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference gave teams the option to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall. The same day, the university announced a postponement of their fall sports season, stating that they were "pursuing the feasibility of moving the fall sport programs to a spring season." In October 2020, the CAA announced a football schedule for teams to play in the spring of 2021.


2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The Wildcats began their spring football season on March 5, 2021, with a home loss to Albany. Their next three games were postponed due to COVID concerns, and on April 6, the program opted out of the remainder of the season.


2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2019 season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish tied for third place.


2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Schedule
The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.


2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Albany
This was the first game of the delayed 2020 season for both New Hampshire and Albany. New Hampshire entered the game ranked 14th, while Albany was ranked 13th. Albany had won the teams' most recent meeting, 24–17, played in November 2019 in Albany.


2020 New Hampshire elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Hampshire on November 3, 2020.


2020 New Hampshire elections
To vote by mail, registered New Hampshire voters must request a ballot by November 2, 2020. As of early October, some 163,974 voters have requested mail ballots. Received ballots will be processed beginning on October 29, 2020.


2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu was re-elected to a third two-year term in office, defeating his opponent Dan Feltes, the popular Majority Leader of the Senate. Nine governors ran for re-election in the 2020 pandemic election and all nine were re-elected. Sununu's win marked the first time since 1986 that a Republican was elected to a third term as Governor, in which his father, John H. Sununu was reelected for his third and final term. The elder Sununu chose not to seek reelection in 1988, instead becoming George H.W. Bush's chief of staff in 1989.


2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
Sununu became the first person ever to get more than half a million votes in a New Hampshire gubernatorial election, making him the top vote-getter in the history of statewide elections in New Hampshire.


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The New Jersey primary is a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 147 delegates, of which 126 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
New Jersey planned to originally hold its primary elections on June 2, 2020, the same day as that of Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota and the District of Columbia. New Jersey is traditionally one of the last states to vote, although later on, many states had already moved their elections to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on April 8, 2020, that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the primary would be postponed until July 7.


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting is expected to take place throughout the state from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the delegate district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 126 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 126 pledged delegates, between 3 and 4 are allocated to each of the state's 20 "delegate districts", each consisting of two legislative districts, and another 14 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 23 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
District-level delegates are chosen in the presidential primary with delegate candidates appearing on the ballot. Should presidential candidates be entitled to more district delegates than delegate candidates presented, a special post-primary caucus at the state convention will be called on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, to designate the additional delegates. The Democratic state committee will subsequently convene at the state convention on Saturday, June 13, 2020, to vote on the 23 pledged at-large and 14 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 126 pledged delegates New Jersey sends to the national convention will be joined by 21 unpledged PLEO delegates (7 members of the Democratic National Committee; 13 members of Congress, including both Senators and 11 U.S. Representatives; and the governor).


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
On May 15, 2020, the governor signed an executive order declaring that the primary election will become a primarily vote-by-mail election. Democratic and Republican voters will automatically receive a vote-by-mail ballot while unaffiliated and inactive voters will get a vote-by-mail application. Unaffiliated voters must declare their party in the application and send it in to their respective county board of elections in order to vote and receive their primary election ballot. A limited number of polling stations in each county will be available on primary day for those who prefer to vote in person (including with provisional ballots if they're unable to obtain one) and for voters with disabilities.


2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, Results, Results by county
Biden won every county in New Jersey. As was the case in the 2016 primary, Sanders performed best in the northwestern part of the state.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1
New Jersey Public Question 1, the Constitutional Amendment To Legalize Marijuana, was a measure that appeared on the November 3, 2020 New Jersey general election ballot. Passing with the largest margin of victory of any statewide cannabis legalization ballot measure in US history, Question 1 legalized the possession and recreational use of the drug; although planned to go into effect January 1, 2021, implementation was delayed until February 22 due to a dispute between the governor and legislature over penalties for underage cannabis users. Retail sales are also allowed under the amendment.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy campaigned on legalizing marijuana in the 2017 gubernatorial election. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to implement legalization via the legislature, in 2019, lawmakers voted to put the issue on the November 2020 ballot as a constitutional amendment.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1
Along with Arizona, Montana and South Dakota, New Jersey is one of four states that legalized recreational marijuana via ballot measures in 2020. New Jersey was the first state to vote on marijuana legalization as a legislative referral rather than a voter-initiated ballot measure; the latter are not permitted under New Jersey law.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Results
Public Question 1 overwhelmingly passed with 67.1% yes vs 32.9% no. Every county voted at least 60% yes. Monmouth County had the largest number of yes votes, at 244,576, while Camden County had the highest percentage of yes votes, at 75.3%. Middlesex County had the largest number of no votes, at 131,757, while Ocean County had the highest percentage of no votes, at 39.9%.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Implementation
Shortly after voters decisively approved the measure, a bill to decriminalize marijuana in the interim was introduced in the legislature; while it passed in the Senate, approval stalled in the House amid a contentious provision which would lessen the criminal penalties for possession of psilocybin mushrooms. The psilocybin provision was later removed from the decriminalization bill and signed into law as a standalone piece of legislation.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Implementation
On December 4, 2020, Governor Murphy announced he had reached an agreement with the legislature's leadership on adult-use cannabis sales. The cannabis regulation bill was approved by committees in both legislative houses on December 14 and during a subsequent floor vote by the full assembly three days later. Murphy did not immediately sign the legislation, citing concerns about the lack of penalties for underage marijuana consumption in the decriminalization bill. Although lawmakers initially indicated they would be willing to introduce a new bill to include underage penalties, they subsequently withdrew that offer on January 8 and indicated Murphy would need to sign or veto the enabling legislation as-is.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Implementation
After several weeks, a revised "cleanup bill" was introduced in the legislature. Compared to the original bill, fines for people aged 18-20 caught with marijuana were reduced to $50 (from the original $500 maximum fine) and "stationhouse adjustments" for minors were replaced with written warnings from police. These changes were made due to concerns from legislators who opposed the original bill on the grounds that police would use the penalties to unfairly target minorities.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Implementation
These changes were still apparently not enough to win majority support, and on February 17, 2021 state senator Nicholas Scutari (who had led the cleanup bill efforts) said "all avenues to clarify [underage penalties] any further are exhausted" and cancelled a planned committee hearing on the bill. However, the rescheduled committee hearing on February 19 saw the "cleanup bill" being approved in a 6-2 vote.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Implementation
On February 22, 2021, the underage penalties "cleanup" bill was approved by a full vote of the New Jersey Senate and Assembly and was subsequently signed into law by governor Murphy along with the enabling legislation, making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize recreational cannabis. Police strongly objected to a provision of the cleanup bill which prohibited them from informing the parent or guardian of a person under 18's first alcohol or cannabis possession offense; police could only do so after the second offense under the underage penalties law as enacted. In response, legislators began working on a bill that would permit police to notify a parent or guardian upon a minor's first alcohol or cannabis possession offense. Governor Murphy expressed support for the legislation.


2020 New Jersey Public Question 1, Implementation
On March 25, 2021, both houses of the New Jersey state assembly unanimously passed an amendment to the underage penalties law requiring police to notify the parent or guardian of a minor about any alcohol or marijuana possession offenses. The legislation was signed by the governor the following day.


2020 New Jersey elections
Elections were held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 3, 2020.


2020 New Jersey elections
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ballots for voting by mail were sent to all registered voters in the state. Ballots were processed immediately upon receipt. An audit of the ballots was completed in January. The results did not change the outcome and the process was generally considered a success.


2020 New Jersey elections, Federal offices, Executive
Joe Biden carried the state, where he won the majority in 14 of 21 counties.


2020 New Mexico Bowl
The 2020 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 24, 2020, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the 15th edition of the New Mexico Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season.


2020 New Mexico Bowl
When the schedule for 2020–21 bowl games was announced in late October, a site for the New Mexico Bowl was not specified, due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was also reported that contingency plans could result in the bowl being played in Texas. All prior editions of the bowl were played at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On November 24, ESPN Events announced that the bowl would be played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.


2020 New Mexico Bowl, Teams
Based on conference tie-ins, the bowl was expected to feature teams from Conference USA (C-USA) and the Mountain West Conference. The matchup was announced on December 13, with the Houston Cougars from the American Athletic Conference (AAC or "The American") facing the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors from Mountain West. This was their second meeting, coming almost exactly 17 years after the 2003 Hawaii Bowl, a triple-overtime 54–48 win by Hawaii. That game ended with fighting between the teams, as players got into shouting matches and punches were thrown.


2020 New Mexico Bowl, Teams, Hawaii
Hawaii entered the bowl with a record of 4–4, having only played conference games. Hawaii's most recent bowl game appearance in the contiguous United States had been the 2008 Sugar Bowl. From 2008 through 2019, the program played in five editions of the Hawaii Bowl.


2020 New Mexico Bowl, Teams, Houston
Houston entered the bowl with an overall record of 3–4 (3–3 in conference games). They became one of a limited number of teams to enter a bowl game with a losing record.


2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The New Mexico primary is a closed primary, with the state awarding 45 delegates, of whom 34 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 73% of the vote. Bernie Sanders, who had suspended his campaign two months earlier, received 15%.


2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
New Mexico is one of seven states voting on June 2 in the Democratic primaries, along with Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia. Many states moved their elections to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. In the closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 34 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of the 34 pledged delegates, between 5 and 7 are allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 4 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 6 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
State delegates will designate national convention district-level delegates at district conventions on June 13. On June 20, the state post-primary convention will vote on the 6 pledged at-large and 4 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 29 pledged delegates New Mexico sends to the national convention will be joined by 11 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee; the entire congressional delegation, consisting of both Senators and all 3 U.S. Representatives; the governor; and former DNC chair Fred R. Harris).


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election
The 2020 New Mexico House of Representatives elections took place on November 3, 2020 as part of the biennial United States elections. All the seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election. The previous election was held in 2018.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election
Primary elections were held on June 3, alongside the 2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election, Retiring incumbents
Eleven incumbent representatives (7 Democrats and 4 Republicans) did not seek reelection.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election, Defeated incumbents, In general election
One incumbent (a Democrat) was defeated in the general election.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 12
Incumbent Democrat Patricio Ruiloba was disqualified from the primary ballot on March 31, 2020 for submitting incomplete information on his election paperwork. Subsequently, Ruiloba resigned effective September 9 in order to run for Bernalillo County Sheriff. Former Bernalillo County Commissioner Art De La Cruz was appointed to the vacant seat, but because the Democratic Party did not have a valid nominee to replace on the ballot, De La Cruz was forced to run for election to a full term as a write-in candidate.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Bill Pratt died on December 29, 2019. The Bernalillo County Commission appointed Marian Matthews to the vacant seat on January 9, 2020.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 42
Democratic incumbent Roberto Gonzales was appointed to a vacant State Senate seat on December 20, 2019. Taos Mayor Daniel R. Barrone was appointed to succeed Gonzales on January 4, 2020. In April 2020, Barrone announced he would not seek a full term as Representative.


2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 48
Incumbent Democrat Linda Trujillo resigned on July 9, 2020, after winning the Democratic primary unopposed. Democrat Tara Lujan was appointed to succeed Trujillo on July 23.


2020 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 2020 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium as members of the Mountain West Conference due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state of New Mexico. They were led by first-year head coach Danny Gonzales.


2020 New Mexico Lobos football team
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 24, the conference announced that the football season would begin on October 24.


2020 New Mexico Lobos football team, Previous season
The Lobos finished the 2019 season 2–10 and 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division and did not qualify for a bowl game. Head coach Bob Davie was replaced by Danny Gonzales.


2020 New Mexico Lobos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled on July 16–17, 2020, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, but were canceled in favor of virtual media days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual media days that were scheduled to take place on July 27–29, 2020, were also canceled.


2020 New Mexico Lobos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Lobos were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW Mountain Division. The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.