2020 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, No. 4 Florida
Originally A&M wasn't supposed to play Florida. This was the fifth meeting between the two teams and third since A&M moved to the SEC.


2020 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, at Mississippi State
This was the fourteenth meeting between the two teems, the ninth since A&M moved to the SEC. A&M evened up the series tied 7 and 7.


2020 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, at Auburn
The Aggies scored 17 unanswered points in the 4th quarter. The aggies then got their 1st win against Auburn for the first time since 2016.


2020 Texas A&M Aggies softball team
The 2020 Texas A&M Aggies softball team represents Texas A&M University in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Aggies play their home games at Davis Diamond.


2020 Texas A&M Aggies softball team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2019 season 28–27 overall, and 6–18 in the SEC to finish last in the conference. The Aggies went 0–2 in the Austin Regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2020 Texas A&M Aggies softball team, Preseason, SEC preseason poll
The SEC preseason poll was released on January 15, 2020.


2020 Texas A&M Aggies softball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA poll.


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary took place in Texas, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Texas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 262 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 228 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary.


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary
The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the primary.


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary
Prior to election day, Bernie Sanders had been ahead in Texas polling, even in spite of Biden's powerful win in the South Carolina primary, and the Vermont Senator's campaign even had hopes of establishing a commanding lead in the delegate-rich state thanks to the high favorability Sanders had with the Latino electorate. Nevertheless, in what was coined a "surprise win", Joe Biden topped the final results with a close to five percent lead, allowing him to obtain a healthy portion of delegates. Widely seen as a blow to Sanders, his failure to win Texas helped contribute to his depleting momentum and eventual loss of front-runner status that followed Super Tuesday.


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Texas was one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday".


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the primary, candidates needed to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the state senatorial district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 228 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 228 pledged delegates, between 2 and 10 were allocated to each of the state's 31 state senatorial districts and another 30 allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 49 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates were allocated as Texas shared a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday; these numbers do not yet account for these delegates.


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
After precinct, county, and senatorial district conventions on Saturday, March 21, 2020 during which delegates to the state convention will be nominated, the state convention will subsequently be held between Thursday, June 18 and Saturday, June 20, 2020 to vote on the 49 pledged at-large and 30 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 228 pledged delegates Texas sends to the national convention will be joined by 34 unpledged PLEO delegates (21 members of the Democratic National Committee and 13 members of Congress, of which all are U.S. Representatives).


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Candidates
Filing for the primary began in early November 2019. The following candidates filed and were on the ballot in Texas:


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Results, Results by county
† - candidates who withdrew prior to early voting, but appeared on the ballot ‡ - candidates who withdrew after early voting had started


2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Exit polls indicated Sanders winning an overwhelming share of the Latino vote, exemplifying his strong efforts at outreach to Texas's Latino community carrying with that almost every counties in the Mexican-American border as well as cities like El Paso, San Antonio and Austin. He also won the voters under 50 of all races. Biden's strength was overwhelmingly among older people, especially whites and African-Americans in cities such as Dallas and Houston.


2020 Texas Gladiators
2020 Texas Gladiators (Italian: Texas 2000) is an Italian science fiction action film co-directed by Joe D'Amato and George Eastman.


2020 Texas Gladiators, Plot
After bitter wars and natural disasters, the earth is devastated, depopulated and chaotic; morality and law no longer exist. Marauding gangs terrorize the last gatherings of peace-loving people, who often gather around churches. Only a small group of volunteers - the Rangers - fight back against injustice.


2020 Texas Gladiators, Plot
In Texas in 2020, degenerate villains raid a monastery in which pretty Maida took refuge, when five roving Rangers show up. The battle-hardened men quickly succeed in repelling the attackers and restoring order. However, during the incident, one of her saviors named Catch Dog falls into disgrace as he tries to rape Maida. He is eventually rejected by his comrades. Later, Ranger Nexus separates from his friends, taking Maida with him.


2020 Texas Gladiators, Plot
Five years later, Nexus and Maida live with their little daughter a seemingly safe life in the settlement of Free Town. In addition to basic services, the community operates a power plant and uranium mine. The village's energy reserves soon lure in dark outlaws. One day, disaster strikes as Catch Dog manages to bring down Free Town with his gang. Catch Dog himself acts on behalf of the "Black One", a totalitarian ruler who subjugates the population with his thugs. In an attempt to resist, Nexus dies. The able-bodied men are enslaved and used as laborers in the uranium production, the women are sold to different bars in the area.


2020 Texas Gladiators, Plot
At some point, the three remaining Rangers meet Maida and set her free from her master, a gambler. The three encounter and manage to enlist the help of an indigenous tribe. Ultimately, the Rangers and the recruited warriors succeed in taking back Free Town. The regime of terror is overthrown. Both Catch Dog and Black One are killed, and in the midst of combat, also one of the Ranger succumbs to his injuries. In the end, Maida and her daughter can expect a happier future. The two remaining Rangers leave.


2020 Texas Gladiators, Production
In a 1996 interview, D'Amato stated that Eastman "didn't feel confident enough in the action scenes and so I dealt with those, leaving him to the direction of the actors. But in this case, the name recorded at the Ministry (director's credit) was mine." D'Amato received directing credit, although Eastman directed most of the dialogue scenes according to D'Amato. Eastman also stated in 1996, that "These (post-atomic) films, which were made in the wake of the various Mad Max movies, were decidedly crummy. The set designs were poor....and the genre met a swift and well-deserved death. I only wrote these awful movies for financial reasons....no attempt at originality was made at all."


2020 Texas Gladiators, Release
2020 Texas Gladiators was passed by Italian censors in 1984. The film has been released under several titles, including Anno 2020: I Gladiatori del Futuro (lit. Year 2020 Gladiators of the Future), Futoro, 2020: Freedom Fighters, 2020: The Rangers of Texas and Sudden Death. The film was released on VHS in 1985 by Media Home Entertainment.


2020 Texas Gladiators, Reception
In his book Horror and Science Fiction Film IV, Donald C Willis described the film as an "undistinguished actioner" that had a "long wait for the climactic novelty of a battle waged with bows and arrows, cycles, shields, rifles, machine guns, and hatchets"Donald Guarisco (AllMovie) noted how the film did not "follow the usual formula of ripping off The Road Warrior or Escape From New York (though it does take some visual cues from those sources)." but was closer to a Spaghetti Western that was "updated with some futuristic gadgetry."


2020 Texas Gladiators, Reception
The review referred to the story telling as "fairly brain-dead", noting that first half of the film is hard to follow as it moved from scene to scene with no transitions or any connecting scenes to explain a passage of time. The review commented on the characters as "cardbaord" and the dialogue as "often hilarious" noting that "there is some type of action every few minutes in this flick. The end result is daft but never dull and that duality makes Anno 2020 - I Gladiatori Del Futuro good late-night fodder for fans of trashy b-movies."


2020 Texas Gladiators, Reception
TV Guide referred to the film as "an inept action picture" that was derivative of the "infinitely superior "Mad Max" series" and that "One can go on and on pointing out the innumerable problems of the film or that the director must be morally spent, but the fact will remain that 2020 Texas Gladiators is nothing but more egesta from the Italian exploitation factory."


2020 Texas House of Representatives election
The 2020 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 of the state house's districts. Primary elections were held in March 2020. Two seats changed hands, both in Harris County, one Democratic flip and one Republican flip, for no net change.


2020 Texas House of Representatives election, Background
In the 2018 election, the Texas Democrats had a net gain of 12 seats from the opposing Texas Republicans.


2020 Texas House of Representatives election, Background
In 2019, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced he would not seek reelection.


2020 Texas House of Representatives election, Background
In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.


2020 Texas Longhorns baseball team
The 2020 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his fourth season at Texas.


2020 Texas Longhorns baseball team
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of the season was canceled after March 13


2020 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2020 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Tom Herman.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team
The Longhorns finished their season with a 5-3 conference record in Big 12 play, and 7-3 overall, having had their final regular season game against Kansas cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols. They then went on to rout the 4-1 Colorado Buffaloes in a 32-point Alamo Bowl victory to finish as the No. 19 team in the nation.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team
However, despite this fourth-straight bowl win, Tom Herman was fired after four years as head coach. This followed a second consecutive season that fell short of expectations and included a narrow home loss to Iowa State that eliminated Texas from Big 12 championship contention in Week 13. Initial reports had linked former Florida and Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer to Herman's hot seat job in the months prior to his firing; yet, ultimately, the post went to Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, who was named head coach on January 2, 2021, just hours after Herman's dismissal. Pass rusher Joseph Ossai was also named a consensus All-American.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season
The Longhorns finished the 2019 season with an 8–5 record, 5–4 in Big 12 play, upsetting No. 10 Utah 38–10 in the Alamo Bowl to end their season ranked No. 25 overall.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Offseason, Coaching changes
After being demoted from his role as offensive coordinator, Tim Beck was hired by NC State as offensive coordinator. Additionally, both co-defensive coordinators, Todd Orlando and Craig Naivar, were fired, along with several other coaches. Orlando and Naivar were replaced by former Rutgers head coach Chris Ash and South Carolina linebackers coach Coleman Hutzler.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason, Big 12 media days
The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule, Spring game
The Longhorns held spring practices in March and April 2020. The Texas football spring game took place in Austin, Texas on April 25, 2020.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule, Regular season
Texas released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consisted of 6 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Longhorns were scheduled to host 3 non-conference games, against South Florida, LSU, and UTEP. Texas was scheduled to host West Virginia, Baylor, TCU, and Iowa State, and Texas was scheduled to travel to Kansas State, Texas Tech, Kansas, and Oklahoma State in regular season conference play.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule, Regular season
On August 12, 2020, the Longhorns' revised schedule was released. Previously scheduled games against South Florida on September 5 and LSU on September 12 were both canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule, Regular season
On November 18, 2020, the Big 12 Conference announced that the Texas–Kansas game would be rescheduled from November 21 to December 12 because of Kansas' "inability to meet the minimum position requirements established by the Big 12 Conference." A team needs 53 players to play a game, and there are also minimum numbers of players for each position group. Due to the "ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the region", Kansas suspended fan attendance at all home games from November 17 to November 30, although it did not make a decision whether the December 12 Texas–Kansas game would allow fan attendance.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule, Regular season, Revised
1: Due to Kansas's inability to meet minimum position requirements due to COVID-19, the game was postponed from November 21 to December 12, and was then canceled on December 10 because of a rise of COVID-19 cases in both programs.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, vs. Baylor
For the first time since September 30, 1950, Texas wore White uniforms at home. These retro/throwback style uniforms were worn to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1970 National Championship Team.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, at Oklahoma State
This was Texas' first road win over a Top 10 opponent since beating #5 Nebraska 20–13 in Lincoln on October 16, 2010.


2020 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, at Kansas
Due to Kansas's inability to meet minimum position requirements due to COVID-19, the game was postponed from November 21 to December 12, and was then canceled on December 10 because of a rise of COVID-19 cases in both programs.


2020 Texas Rangers season
The 2020 Texas Rangers season was the 60th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 49th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the inaugural season at the newly constructed Globe Life Field.


2020 Texas Rangers season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 Texas Rangers season, Spring training
Texas Ranger pitchers and catchers reported on February 11, 2020 to Spring training in Surprise, Arizona, United States.


2020 Texas Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Texas Republican presidential primary took place in Texas, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 13 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Texas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 155 delegates towards the 2020 Republican National Convention.


2020 Texas Republican presidential primary, Candidates
Filing for the primary began in early November 2019. The following candidates have filed and are on the ballot in Texas:


2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team
The 2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team represents Texas Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are led by second-year head coach Clarence McKinney and play their home games at a BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team
On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the football program. The conference is formalizing plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.


2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2019 season 0–11, 0–7 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. The Tigers did not qualify/were not invited to any postseason play.


2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Schedule
The 2020 schedule consists of 1 neutral, 5 home, 5 away games in the regular season. The Tigers will travel to SWAC foes Prairie View A&M, Jackson State, Arkansas–Pine Bluff, and Alabama State. The Tigers will play host to SWAC opponents Houston Baptist, Alabama A&M, Grambling State, and Mississippi Valley State. Texas Southern will travel to Arlington, TX to compete against conference foe Southern in a neutral matchup at AT&T Stadium.


2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Schedule
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Houston Baptist, New Mexico State, and Texas–Permian Basin were canceled. The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17.


2020 Texas State Bobcats baseball team
The 2020 Texas State Bobcats baseball team represented Texas State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark and were led by first year head coach Steven Trout.


2020 Texas State Bobcats baseball team
On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including baseball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after, the Sun Belt cancelled all season and postseason play.


2020 Texas State Bobcats baseball team, Preseason, Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll will be released sometime around January 30, 2020 and the Bobcats were picked to finish third in the West Division and tied for fourth overall in the conference.


2020 Texas State Bobcats baseball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.


2020 Texas State Bobcats football team
The 2020 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Jake Spavital.


2020 Texas State Bobcats football team, Preseason, Sun Belt media poll
The Sun Belt coaches poll will be released in July 2020.


2020 Texas State Bobcats football team, Schedule
The 2020 Texas State schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will play host to conference foes Louisiana, Appalachian State, Arkansas State, and Coastal Carolina. They will travel to conference opponents Troy, South Alabama, and Georgia Southern


2020 Texas State Bobcats football team, Schedule
Texas State had games scheduled against Ohio and New Mexico State, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Texas State Bobcats softball team
The 2020 Texas State Bobcats softball team represented the Texas State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Softball Stadium. The Bobcats were led by twentieth year head coach Ricci Woodard.


2020 Texas State Bobcats softball team
On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including softball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 16, the Sun Belt formally announced the cancelation of all spring sports, thus ending their season definitely.


2020 Texas State Bobcats softball team, Preseason, Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 29, 2020. Texas State was picked to finish fourth in the Sun Belt Conference with 74 votes..


2020 Texas State Bobcats softball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/ USA Softball poll.


2020 Texas State Senate election
The 2020 Texas State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. Those elected in 2020 will only be elected for two years, however, as part of the 2-4-4 term system. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council , and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census .


2020 Texas State Senate election
Following the 2016 state senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 19 members.


2020 Texas State Senate election
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to net four Senate seats. The Democratic Party gained one seat (District 19), leaving the Republicans with a 18 to 13 majority in the chamber.


2020 Texas State Senate election, Special elections, District 14
The seat for District 14 became vacant on April 30, 2020, after the resignation of Kirk Watson. A special election was originally called for July 14, 2020. However, Eddie Rodriguez chose not to contest the resulting runoff, thus the scheduled runoff was canceled and Sarah Eckhardt was deemed elected.


2020 Texas State Senate election, Special elections, District 30
A special election for Texas State Senate District 30 has been called for September 29, 2020. The candidate filing deadline was August 28, 2020. The seat became vacant after the resignation of Pat Fallon on August 23, 2020.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team
The 2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team was led by 8th year head coach Tim Tadlock. On March 12, the team announced the series against West Virginia would be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A few days later it was announced that the remainder of the team's season would be cancelled.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team, Previous season
The 2019 team finished the regular season with a 36–15 record (16–8 in conference play), finishing first in the Big 12. In the conference tournament, the team went 3–2 and were eliminated in game 5 by West Virginia. The Red Raiders finished the NCAA Tournament 5–1, with their only loss being in game 5 against conference rival Oklahoma State. The team advanced to the College World Series, but lost 3–5 to Michigan in game 1. The Red Raiders defeated #5 Arkansas 5–4 in game 2 and defeated Florida State 4–1 in game 3. In game 4, Texas Tech was eliminated by Michigan in a lopsided 3–15 defeat. The team finished with an overall record of 46–20.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team, Schedule and results
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by Matt Wells in his second season as the program's 16th head coach. The Red Raiders played their home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium, and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
On December 14, just over a week after the team's game against Kansas, offensive coordinator David Yost was fired. The Red Raiders finished the season with the 60th ranked offense in FBS, averaging 29.1 points per game.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Previous season
The Red Raiders completed 2019 season with a record of 4–8, 2–7 in conference play to finish ninth in the conference. The season was promising from the Red Raiders with the first season in the new era of Matt Wells, however, after many short-comings, the Raiders were not invited to any other postseason play/didn't qualify for it.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Preseason, Big 12 media days
The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Schedule
Texas Tech had games scheduled against Alabama State, Arizona, and UTEP, but were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
Texas Tech opened up the 2020 season at home against FCS opponent Houston Baptist. The Red Raiders' defense struggled to contain the Huskies' offense, giving up 600 total yards and allowing Houston Baptist quarterback Bailey Zappe to throw for 567 yards and four touchdowns.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
Texas Tech received the opening kickoff and quickly went downfield with Alan Bowman finding Erik Ezukanma for a 7-yard touchdown pass with 13:22 left in the first quarter. Houston Baptist responded on its first drive with a 40-yard field goal from Gino Garcia to make it 7–3. The Red Raiders started their second drive on their own 25-yard line, with SaRodorick Thompson running for 3 yards on the first play. On the next play, Bowman found T. J. Vasher for a 12-yard pass, but on the next play Isaiah Cash intercepted a Bowman pass near midfield for the Huskies.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
Houston Baptist quarterback Bailey Zappe was sacked by Jaylon Hutchings for a 5-yard loss, Zappe threw an incomplete pass on the next play, then the Huskies were moved back another 5 yards following a false start penalty. On 3rd and 20 at the 50-yard line, the Huskies managed to gain back the lost yardage from the sack and penalty and punted the ball, which was downed at the Texas Tech 5-yard line. The Red Raiders went 95-yards downfield, ending the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run from Thompson to take a 14–3 lead.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
On their next drive, the Huskies made it to the Texas Tech 1-yard line, but a pass by wide receiver Jerreth Sterns was intercepted by Zech McPhearson. The two teams traded punts, before Texas Tech scored another touchdown on a 1-yard run from Tahj Brooks; Houston Baptist responded on the following drive with its first touchdown of the game, a 65-yard pass from Zappe to D. J. Dormeus. The Red Raiders went three-and-out on their next drive, gaining just 3 yards.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
The Huskies started the next drive at their own 29-yard line and made it all the way to the Texas Tech 1-yard line. On 4th and goal from the 1-yard line, Houston Baptist went for it, but Sterns failed to get it in the end zone, turning the ball over on downs. Texas Tech ran out the clock to end the half with a 21–10 lead.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
Both teams started the half by punting on their respective opening drives. On their second drive of the half, the Huskies started a comeback attempt with Garcia making a 44-yard field goal to make it 13–21. Texas Tech made it to the Houston Baptist 42-yard line on the next drive before punting the ball. The Huskies started the next drive on their own 20-yard line, with the first play being an Ean Beek run for a loss of 5 yards. On the next play, Zappe found Sterns for a 30-yard pass.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
The next play was quickly blown dead due to an illegal holding penalty against Houston Baptist, moving the team back 10 yards. Following the penalty, Zappe threw a 65-yard pass to Sterns for a touchdown, trailing 20–21 with 5:40 left in the third. The Red Raiders responded with an 11 play, 75-yard drive that culminated with 8-yard touchdown run from Thompson. The quarter ended with a 14-yard pass from Zappe to Ben Ratzlaff, putting Houston Baptist in Texas Tech territory.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
The Huskies' drive stalled and the team was forced to punt from the Texas Tech 40-yard line, downing the ball at the 16-yard line. The Red Raiders quickly went down field, capping the drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Bowman to KeSean Carter to extend the lead to 35–20. The fifteen point lead would be short lived, as Houston Baptist responded on the first play the following drive, with Zappe throwing a 75-yard touchdown pass to Sterns.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
Texas Tech had a chance to out the game away on its following drive, but turned the ball over on downs at the Houston Baptist 4-yard line with 5:25 left in regulation. The Red Raiders' defense gave up two big plays on the Huskies' next offensive drive: a 45-yard pass that put the Huskies into Texas Tech territory and a 27-yard pass to put them at the 2-yard line. On 1st and goal from the 2-yard line, Beek attempted to run it into the end zone, but was tackled for a 4-yard loss.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston Baptist
The Huskies found the end zone on the next play with Zappe throwing a 6-yard pass to Sterns to make it 33–35 with 3:23 left in regulation. Houston Baptist went for a two-point conversion, but Zappe's pass was incomplete. Garcia kicked the ball back to Texas Tech, with the ball landing in the end zone for a touchback. The Huskies' defense failed to stop the Red Raiders, who ran out the clock to end the game with a 35–33 victory.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas
The defensive struggles for Texas Tech continued in the first half of the game, giving up 31 points to the Texas offense. After being down 21–31 at halftime, the Red Raiders stormed back in the 3rd quarter, scoring 21 points while only giving up 7, to lead 42–38 heading into the 4th. The Longhorns scored a touchdown with 2:39 left in the 4th to trail 48–56. Texas recovered an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and scored another touchdown on the drive to trail 54–56 and made the two-point conversion to tie the game 56–56 with 0:40 left in regulation. The Longhorns would go on to win the game in overtime after scoring a touchdown and intercepting an Alan Bowman pass to end the game.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
This is the first game between the Red Raiders and Bears to be played in Lubbock since the 2008 season.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The Red Raiders took an early 3–0 lead with a 48-yard field goal Jonathan Garibay, who was making his first collegiate start after struggles from incumbent starter Trey Wolff. The Bears would score the first touchdown of the game late in the quarter, with Jalen Pitre intercepting an Alan Bowman (who was in the series over starter Henry Colombi) pass and returning it 26-yards for a pick six touchdown. The rest of the half would be a defensive battle between the two teams, with Baylor's John Mayers making two field goals in the 2nd quarter (one from 22-yards and the other from 48-yards) and Garibay making a 28-yard attempt. At halftime, the Bears led 13–6.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The Bears would score the first offensive touchdown of the game, with a 5-yard run from quarterback Charlie Brewer. Texas Tech responded on its next possession with a 1-yard run from Tahj Brooks, but Garibay's point-after-attempt was blocked. The last score of the third quarter would be a 23-yard field goal from Mayers. Trailing 12–23 enter the 4th quarter, the Red Raiders scored 12 unanswered points while shutting out the Bears completely. On the last drive of the game, Bowman, who was in for an injured Colombi, marched the offense down the field to the Baylor 7-yard line. Garibay kicked the game-winning 25-yard field goal as time expired to give Texas Tech the 24–23 victory.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kansas
On the Thursday before the game, head coach Matt Wells tested positive for COVID-19. Wells handled coaching duties remotely while defensive coordinator Keith Patterson served as the team's head coach for the game.


2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Red Raiders committed four turnovers and missed three field goals during the game, while the Jayhawks committed no turnovers, but failed three 4th down conversions and only had 214 yards of total offense compared to Texas Tech's 410 yards.


2020 Texas elections
Texas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 14.


2020 Texas elections
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Texas voters elected the Class II U.S. Senator from Texas, 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 4 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 21 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.


2020 Texas elections
To vote by mail, registered Texas voters had to request a ballot by October 23, 2020. After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to expand eligibility for requesting postal ballots, postal ballots were available only to voters over 65, those sick or disabled, those who were out of their county on election day and those who were in jail (and otherwise eligible to vote), as defined by Texas law.


2020 Texas elections, Federal offices, United States House of Representatives
There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election in addition to 6 open seats.


2020 Texas elections, State Board of Education
8 of 15 seats of the Texas Board of Education were up for election. Before the election the composition of that board was:


2020 Texas elections, State Judiciary
Each of the state's two courts of last resort have 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents.


2020 Texas elections, State Legislature
All 150 seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 16 of 31 seats of the Texas State Senate are up for election.


2020 Texas elections, State Legislature, State Senate
Before the election the composition of the state senate was:


2020 Texas elections, State Legislature, House of Representatives
Before the election the composition of the state house was:


2020 Thai League 3 Lower Region
The 2020 Thai League 3 lower region is a region in the regional stage of the 2020 Thai League 3. A total of 12 teams will compete in the league of the lower region.


2020 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Promoted clubs
Two clubs were promoted from the 2019 Thai League 4


2020 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Relegated clubs
A club was relegated to the 2020 Thai League 4 Bangkok Metropolitan Region


2020 Thai League 3 Lower Region, Changes from last season, Team changes, Relegated clubs
A club was relegated to the 2020 Thai League 4 Southern Region


2020 Thai League Cup
The 2020 Thai League Cup is the 11th season in the second era of a Thailand's knockout football competition. All games are played as a single match. It was sponsored by Toyota, and known as the Toyota League Cup (Thai: โตโยต้า ลีกคัพ) for sponsorship purposes. 85 clubs were accepted into the tournament, and it began with the first qualification round on 22 February 2020 and concluded with the final on TBD. The tournament has been readmitted back into Thai football after a 10-year absence. The prize money for this prestigious award is said to be around 5 million baht and the runners-up will be netting 1 million baht.


2020 Thai League Cup
This is the first edition of the competition and the qualifying round will be played in regions featuring clubs from the Thai League 3 and Thai League 4.


2020 Thai League Cup
On 5 August 2020, Football Association of Thailand decided to cancel the 2020 League Cup due to COVID-19 pandemic and main sponsor Toyota cancellation of support for the League Cup tournament with the reason of economic impact.


2020 Thai League Cup, Results
Note: T1: Clubs from Thai League 1; T2: Clubs from Thai League 2; T3: Clubs from Thai League 3; T4: Clubs from Thai League 4.


2020 Thai League Cup, Results, First qualification round
There were 17 clubs from 2020 Thai League 3 and 27 clubs from 2020 Thai League 4 have signed to first qualifying in 2020 Thai League cup. This round had drawn on 6 February 2020.


2020 Thai League Cup, Results, Second qualification round
The second qualifying round would be featured by 22 clubs which were the winners of the first qualification round (10 clubs from T3 and 12 clubs from T4) and the new entries including 2 clubs from the 2020 Thai League 3 and 6 clubs from the 2020 Thai League 4.


2020 Thailand Champions Cup
The 2020 Thailand Champions Cup was the 4th Thailand Champions Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai League 1 and Thai FA Cup competitions. It was sponsored by Government Savings Bank (Omsin Bank), and known as the Omsin Thailand Champions Cup (Thai: ออมสิน ไทยแลนด์แชมเปียนส์คัพ) for sponsorship purposes. The match was played at SCG Stadium, Nonthaburi and contested by 2019 Thai League 1 champions Chiangrai United, and Port as the champions of the 2019 Thai FA Cup.


2020 Thailand Champions Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Pattarapong Kidsatid Thanat ChucheunFourth official: Wiwat Jampa-onAssistant VAR: Sivakorn Pu-udom Rawut Nakrit


2020 Thailand Masters (badminton)
The 2020 Thailand Masters (officially known as the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2020 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Thailand from 21 to 26 January 2020 and had a total purse of $170,000.


2020 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament
The 2020 Thailand Masters was the third tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour and also part of the Thailand Masters championships which had been held since 2016. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Thailand with sanction from the BWF.


2020 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand.


2020 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.


2020 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$170,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2020 Thailand Open (tennis)
The 2020 Thailand Open (also known as the GSB Thailand Open presented by E@ for sponsorship reasons) was a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Hua Hin Championships as part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the True Arena Hua Hin in Hua Hin, Thailand, from 10 February to 16 February 2020.


2020 Thailand Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Thailand Open (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received protected rankings into the singles main draw:


2020 Thailand Open (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Thailand Open – Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year.


2020 Thailand Open – Doubles
Arina Rodionova and Storm Sanders won the title, defeating Barbara Haas and Ellen Perez in the final, 6–3, 6–3. This was Rodionova's first WTA tour level title.


2020 Thailand Open – Singles
Dayana Yastremska was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2020 Thailand Open – Singles
Magda Linette won the title, defeating Leonie Küng in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team
2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represents The Citadel in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The team is coached by Tony Skole, in his 3rd season at The Citadel.


2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team, Previous Season
The Bulldogs struggled to a 12–43 overall record, just 5–19 in the Southern Conference. They were eliminated in the play-in round of the 2019 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament by Western Carolina


2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by fifth-year head coach Brent Thompson and play their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They are members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).


2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2019 season 6–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.


2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Schedule
The Citadel had games scheduled against Elon and Charleston Southern, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 The Nationals
The 2020 The Nationals is the second season of The Nationals, an electronic sports (Esports) league in the Philippines. The season features three titles, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Tekken 7. The season will run from September 5 to sometime around December 2020.


2020 The Nationals, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The start of the season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The schedule of the league was condensed due to the delay a single tournament or conference to be held for each of the three titles unlike the previous season which featured two conferences per title.


2020 The Nationals, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Competitors will play from their own respective locations instead of gathering in a specific venue with a studio setting as precaution against COVID-19.


2020 The Nationals, Teams
The following six teams will compete in the 2020 season.


2020 The Nationals, Conferences, Tekken 7
The Tekken 7 tournament was the first tournament to be played for the 2020 season. It was decided that Tekken 7 was to be held first due to the involvement of less players compared to team-oriented titles such as Dota 2 and Mobile Legends.


2020 The Nationals, Conferences, Tekken 7
Laus Playbook's AK (Alexandre Laverez) and Bren Esports' Maru (Maru Sy) contested the best of five finals with AK clinching the Tekken 7 conference title. AK won 3–1 against Maru.


2020 The Nationals, Conferences, Dota 2
The Dota 2 tournament will be the second tournament to be played for the 2020 season.


2020 The Nationals, Conferences, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament will be the last tournament to be played for the 2020 season.


2020 The Real Heroes 400
The 2020 The Real Heroes 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 17, 2020, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, replacing Chicagoland Speedway event. Contested over 293 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it was the fifth race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the first Darlington event held in the spring since 2014, and the first major sporting event in the United States since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.


2020 The Real Heroes 400, Report, Background
The 56th edition of this race, last held in 2004, was the first of the NASCAR Cup Series season following a hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, beginning with the postponement of the Homestead-Miami Speedway race weekend on March 13, and subsequent postponement of all races through at least early-May. On April 30, NASCAR announced the resumption of races with twin races at Darlington, including a 400-mile race on May 17, and a 310-mile (500 kilometer) race the following Wednesday (May 20). All races will be held behind closed doors with only essential staff present, guidelines for social distancing and use of protective equipment by team staff, and logging to help with contact tracing efforts.


2020 The Real Heroes 400, Report, Background
On May 14, NASCAR announced that the May 17 race would be branded as The Real Heroes 400; the naming was in support of The Real Heroes Project—a collaboration of major U.S. sports leagues to honor health care professionals working during the pandemic. As part of the initiative, the names of drivers printed above the cars' driver-side windows were replaced with the names of health care professionals (determined in collaboration with local Fox affiliates). The selected workers collectively served as Grand Marshals of the race via a video "mosaic".


2020 The Real Heroes 400, Report, Background
Ryan Newman returned to racing, having recovered from injuries sustained after the final lap crash of the 2020 Daytona 500. Matt Kenseth made his return to the series, having been named the new driver of the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet, after the suspension and firing of Kyle Larson.


2020 The Real Heroes 400, Qualifying
Under modified operational procedures, no qualifying sessions were held for this race. The starting order was determined by a random draw, with drivers grouped into pots of positions based on segments of the owners' points standings going into the race.


2020 The Real Heroes 400, Media, Television
The Real Heroes 400 was carried by Fox in the United States. Mike Joy and seven-time Darlington winner Jeff Gordon called the race from the Fox Sports Studio in Charlotte. Regan Smith handled pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.


2020 The Real Heroes 400, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Dave Moody called the action for MRN when the field raced down the front stretch. Dillon Welch called the race from a Billboard outside of turn 1 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Steve Post called the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Kim Coon and Hannah Newhouse called the action on pit road for MRN.


2020 The Spring League Fall season
The 2020 The Spring League Fall season was the first Fall season, and the fifth overall in league history, which was played in San Antonio, Texas.


2020 The Spring League Fall season
The Spring League (TSL) began its fall season on Oct. 27 with six teams competing in a 12-game format over four weeks in a bubble environment, based out of the San Antonio Alamodome. The concept was first conceived as a partnership with Canadian Football League (CFL) for proposed September return in abbreviated season. Fox Sports 1 aired games on Tuesday and Wednesday.


2020 The Spring League Fall season
The league stated that this time the players did not pay to attend, but Spring League CEO Brian Woods later explained that some players did pay, while select others did not.


2020 The Spring League Fall season
In November 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, TSL announced that the league would be cancelling the final week of the season. The top two teams met in the final on December 15, at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Generals	beat the Aviators 37–14, and won the first TSL championship.


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Teams
All six teams will had brands and names, including the returning Generals (originally from Austin), Aviators (re-branded from Las Vegas Hughes), and four new teams the Blues (modified from the FXFL Blacktips), Alphas (a wolf motif), Conquerors and Jousters.


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Coaches
All of the league teams are coached by coaches with vast experience in college or minor leagues and all, except Chuck Bresnahan, has a head coaching experience, while all apart from Steve Fairchild were involved in the United Football League during its four-year existence:


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Coaches
Some of the more recognizable assistants were June Jones (Conquerors) who was later replaced by Kevin Gilbride, Mike Singletary and Jeff Reinbold (Generals), Art Valero and Drew Tate (Alphas), Robert Ford (Jousters) and Eric Hicks (Aviators).


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Players
With the cancellation of the XFL 2021 season and the CFL not playing in 2020, the Spring League featured more recognizable names from years past. Some of the bigger names were NFL veteran and former alumni QB Zach Mettenberger (Generals), the CFL's 2019 passing touchdowns leader McLeod Bethel-Thompson (Aviators), former Ohio State Buckeyes QB J. T. Barrett (Alphas) and 2018 TSL MVP Bryan Scott (Generals).


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Players
After the second week the Conquerors added 2020 NFL draft pick and former Hawaii QB Cole McDonald, while former North Texas QB Devlin Isadore was the first TSL to be traded when he joined Aviators after playing for the Alphas. The league also featured players from smaller schools that didn't get an NFL opportunity after the NFL draft with the cancellation of the preseason and mini-camps.


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Controversy
Before the week 3 games, rumors started to arise that the coaches discussed boycotting after not getting paid for their work, and agents of players had also come forward with allegations that in the past the Spring League failed to cover lodging costs as promised. The league's CEO Brian Woods would later argue that "the payroll system had to verify checking accounts before issuing the direct deposits, which delayed the payments".


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Controversy
After week 3, Bresnahan stepped down as head coach of the Jousters, because of a miscommunication with the league resulting from an outbreak of COVID-19 in the team. The Jousters had several unspecified players test positive, resulting in a forfeit game against the Alphas, and cancellation of the scheduled broadcast. Offensive assistant Robert Ford was supposed to take over the head-coach duties, but as some of the other coaches had to leave as they were considered at high-risk, the Jousters final game was cancelled, making them the only team whose games were not broadcast.


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Controversy
Before week 4, Jousters player Cory Johnson released a YouTube video accusing Woods (referred to as "the league owner") of mistreating Johnson's teammates (no insurance for players, no trainers on staff, and no guarantee that players who pay to be there get a fair look), disregarding COVID-19 protocols and threatening to prevent them of personal game film. Other players complained of poor meals and having to pay for treatment, parking and hotel rooms. Furthermore, according to several players accounts, they paid to play in the league but instead just participate in three-day "showcase" and were sent home. Following these reports, the league announced that the remaining scheduled games will be cancelled due to new positive COVID-19 test results and all players were sent home immediately.


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Controversy
Brian Woods later rejected most complaints and said that the players did not stay at the hotel and are responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak. He stated that the sick players had an option to stay at the hotel if they wanted to. Woods stated he planned to go ahead with the Championship Game on a later date.


2020 The Spring League Fall season, Signees to professional leagues
After TSL season some of the players signed or received opportunity with National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) teams. Additionally, all participating players were invited to Fan Controlled Football tryouts for free.


2020 The Spring League season
The 2020 The Spring League season (or TSL Las Vegas) was the forth overall in league history, which was played in Las Vegas, Nevada. The league was able to get most of its abbreviated 2020 season completed just before social distancing mandates tied to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States took effect, shutting down effectively all in-person sports in the United States. The main competition was played at Sam Boyd Stadium between March 7 to March 11.


2020 The Spring League season
For 2020, TSL also played a showcase game against the Japan national American football team at the Ford Center at The Star March 1. The team was coached by Terry Shea (HC), Keith Rowen (OL), Samie Parker (WR) and Kevin Smith (DB).


2020 The Spring League season, Teams and Players
The designated home team (formerly West) was dubbed the Las Vegas Hughes, named after Howard Hughes, who spent much of the end of his life as a recluse in Las Vegas, while the Austin Generals were slated for return but were scrapped before the season started, and the league fielded only three teams. Zach Mettenberger agreed to return as a quarterback. The registration fee for The Spring League's March 2020 season in Las Vegas were $2,100. According to the league Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys scouts were in attendance.


2020 The Spring League season, Teams and Players
After the season the coaches selected a list of players that "made the strongest impression":Quarterbacks - Zach Mettenberger, Devlin Isadore, James Tabary, Ian FieberRunning backs - Aaron Forbes, Sola Olateju, Lavance Taylor, Bri'onte Dunn, Algie Brown, Matt Tuleja Wide receivers - Quinn McElfresh, Kyle Castilleja, Garry Brown, Tevin Isom, Isiah Hennie, Charlie Jones, Clinton Greenway III, Zacchaeus Drew-Toles, Maurion Raines, Emmanuel HarrisTight ends - Darrion Hutcherson, Cole Conrad, Austin Appleby, Andrew ReinkemeyerOffensive line - Jeremiah Poutasi, Chris Gomez, Joseph ParkDefensive line - Brandon Hester, Jay Fanaika, Owen ObasuyiLinebackers - Andrew Spencer, Kelechukwu Iweh, Tigi Hill, Marcus Porter, Paul DawsonDefensive back - Daniel Harris, Oddie Harris, Trenton Trammell, Benjamin Hunt, J.J. Nunes, Brandon ArnoldSpecial teams - Tatsuya Shigenaga (LS), Clark Riedel (P), Edward Groth (K)


2020 The Spring League season, Summer Showcase
The league held its annual Summer Showcase on July in Glendale, Colorado with a total of 85 players and another 25 staff members and medical personnel participated. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic all players had to go through 14-day self-quarantine before camp and all meetings were conducted in a video conference.


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella
The 2020 Thindown Challenger Biella was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Biella, Italy between 28 September and 4 October 2020.


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella – Doubles
Tomislav Brkić and Ante Pavić were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella – Doubles
Harri Heliövaara and Szymon Walków won the title after defeating Lloyd Glasspool and Alex Lawson 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella – Singles
Gianluca Mager was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Thindown Challenger Biella – Singles
Facundo Bagnis won the title after Blaž Kavčič retired before the start of the third set, with the first two sets split at 6–7(4–7), 6–4.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup
The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) is the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament are played at Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the first time that Denmark hosted the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Europe since England 1982.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup
It was due to played on 15–23 August 2020, but on 29 April 2020 it was postponed to the 3–11 October instead due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 15 September 2020 it was again postponed and on 21 December 2020 it was announced that it was postponed to 9–17 October 2021.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup
China is the defending men's champion team, and Japan is the defending women's champion team.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, Host selection
Aarhus was named as the host in November 2018 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where BWF also decided the host for 18 major events, including Thomas and Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, BWF World Championships, BWF World Junior Championships, and BWF World Senior Championships in 2019 through 2025.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, Draw
The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 3 August 2020, at 15:00 MST, at BWF Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. BWF then decided to redraw the tournament after the postponement from 2020 to 2021 this time to be conducted on 18 August 2021, at 15:00 MST also at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The 16 men and 16 women teams will be drawn into four groups of four.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, Draw
For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 18 February 2021. Pot 1 contained the top seed Indonesia (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Japan (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, China and Denmark. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, Draw
A similar procedure will be applied for the Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed China (which were assigned to position D1), South Korea and Thailand were in Pot 1.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.2.1. Article 12):


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, Tiebreakers
Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 point for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.


2020 Thomas & Uber Cup squads
This article will be listing in the confirmed squads lists for badminton's 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup. The dates of the rankings that will be stated and also to decide the order of play are based on the BWF World Ranking on 21 September 2021.


2020 Thomas Cup group stage
The 2020 Thomas Cup group stage is held at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark, from 9 to 14 October 2021.


2020 Thomas Cup group stage
The group stage is the first stage of the 2020 Thomas Cup. The two highest-placing teams in each group advance to the knockout stage.


2020 Thomas Cup group stage, Draw
The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 3 August 2020, at 15:00 MST, at BWF Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. BWF then decided to redraw the tournament after the postponement from 2020 to 2021 this time to be conducted on 18 August 2021, at 15:00 MST also at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The 16 teams were drawn to four groups of four and were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 18 February 2021.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification
The 2020 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 14 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2020 Thomas Cup, with Denmark qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, Qualification process
The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is the same allocation from 2016 tournament; 4 from each Asia and Europe, and 1 from each Africa, Oceania and Pan Am. Two automatic qualifiers are the host and defending champion. The remaining quota will be filled by World Team Ranking.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 10 to 13 February 2020, at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Srizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China qualified automatically as trophy holder.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as hosts.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Oceania
The qualification for the Oceanian teams will hold from 13 to 15 February 2020, at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium in Ballarat, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan Am teams will hold from 13 to 16 February 2020, at the Centro Pan-Americano de Judô in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.


2020 Thomas Cup qualification, World team rankings, Summary of qualification
Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 18 February 2020.


2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
The 2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 21 October 2020 in Belgium. It was the 44th edition of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, and the 22nd event of the 2020 UCI World Tour.


2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to the race, which included seventeen UCI WorldTour teams and eight UCI Professional Continental teams.


2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (women's race)
The third running of the women's event of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne, also called Lotto Women Classic  Bruges–De Panne, was held on 20 October 2020. It was the tenth race of the rescheduled 2020 UCI Women's World Tour.


2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (women's race), Teams
17 teams, consisting of seven of the eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and ten UCI Women's Continental Teams, competed in the race. Most teams competed with six riders; the exceptions were Multum Accountants–LSK Ladies and NXTG Racing with five each, and Cogeas–Mettler–Look with four. 69 of the 98 participants finished.


2020 Thuringian government crisis
The 2020 Thuringian government crisis, also known as the Thuringia crisis, was triggered by the election of Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) as Thuringian Minister President with votes from the AfD, CDU and FDP on February 5, 2020. The election attracted considerable national and international attention because, for the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, a Minister President was elected with votes from a far-right populist party, in this case the AfD.


2020 Thuringian government crisis
On February 8, 2020, Kemmerich resigned and served in an acting fashion until Bodo Ramelow was elected Minister President on March 4, 2020. After Kemmerich's election, no members were appointed to the Bundesrat, and he himself also decided not to represent Thuringia there. For four weeks thereafter, the Thuringian State Government consisted only of the Minister President. Kemmerich was accused of neglecting participation in government business.


2020 Thuringian government crisis
The crisis was also a consequence of the 2019 Thuringian state election, in which no established government coalition in Germany won a majority. Following Kemmerich's controversial election, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer stepped down as federal CDU leader, Mike Mohring withdrew as CDU state leader and parliamentary party leader in Thuringia, and Christian Hirte, Commissioner of the Federal Government for the New States, was dismissed.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, 2019 Thuringian state election, Initial situation
Before the October 2019 election, the Left party, led by Minister President Bodo Ramelow, was in power in a red-red-green coalition state government. After the election, the Left remained the strongest force in parliament, but the coalition no longer held an absolute majority of seats in parliament. The CDU and FDP proposed a so-called "Zimbabwe" coalition (black-red-yellow-green), but this also failed to gain a majority. Since none of the parties represented in the state parliament wanted to enter into negotiations with the AfD faction led by Björn Höcke, there was little prospect of a government coalition with a parliamentary majority.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, 2019 Thuringian state election, Initial situation
The only theoretical majority alliances publicly discussed by at least one party were red-red-green plus FDP and a coalition of The Left with the CDU. In the run-up to the elections, the media also discussed the possibility that Bodo Ramelow could only continue to hold the office of Minister President in an acting fashion, without a new parliamentary election.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, 2019 Thuringian state election, Cooperation talks
The Thuringian CDU showed internal disagreement after the state elections in 2019. While two members of the Landtag and some local politicians proposed a rapprochement with the AfD, others favored talks with the former Minister President Bodo Ramelow. These included Mike Mohring, the state chairman of the CDU in Thuringia. At the end of October, he visited the federal chairwoman of the CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, with the intention of meeting with Ramelow afterwards. She reminded him that the CDU continued to consider the "incompatibility of cooperation with the Left Party" and that Mohring's contact with Ramelow was only a "parliamentary matter of course."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, 2019 Thuringian state election, Cooperation talks
Already at the end of October, the FDP stated that it would not form a coalition with either the AfD or the Left Party.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, 2019 Thuringian state election, Cooperation talks
A meeting between Ramelow and Mohring on 12 January 2020 yielded no new insights into how and whether the parliamentary opposition could support Ramelow, nor did a meeting between politicians from all state parliamentary factions except the AfD on 13 January 2020.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, 2019 Thuringian state election, Cooperation talks
After the election, Minister President Bodo Ramelow declared that he, with the support of the Left Party, would fight for a continuation of the red-red-green coalition. The three previous governing parties signed a government treaty on 4th February to continue the red-red-green alliance as a minority government. The parties involved relied on situational parliamentary cooperation with the CDU and the FDP.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Nomination of the candidates
The Left Party, the SPD and the Greens nominated the incumbent Minister President Bodo Ramelow as their candidate.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Nomination of the candidates
The AfD faction proposed Christoph Kindervater, a largely unknown candidate. Kindervater, the mayor of Sundhausen, had previously made his mark by writing a letter to the members of the CDU, FDP and AfD factions of parliament in order to run for the office of Minister President in Thuringia. He had run for the Unstrut-Hainich district council in 2019 on the CDU list and called himself a supporter of the Values Union.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Nomination of the candidates
The FDP faction decided to let their faction and state chairman Thomas Kemmerich run in the third ballot, if Bodo Ramelow failed twice before. According to their own statements, this was rather a symbolic candidacy to offer a "civic alternative" to the two candidates from left and right. However, they only wanted to run if the AfD also sent its own candidate in order to avoid receiving votes from the AfD, because they assumed that the AfD would vote for its own candidate.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Nomination of the candidates
The day after the election, Kemmerich admitted in an interview in Heute Journal that the opposite should have been expected. However, the FDP ruled out cooperation or agreement with the AfD at any time. At the same time, there was no plan for the next steps in the formation of a government.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Nomination of the candidates
In the days leading up to the election, the press sometimes discussed the possibility "that a candidate from the CDU or FDP could win in the third round of voting with the support of the AfD". On the day before the election, Wolfgang Tiefensee, head of the SPD in Thuringia, warned the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspaper that such a "dam burst" would be "a serious damage to democracy" and as such would "radiate far beyond Germany."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Nomination of the candidates
In the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag, the situation in Thuringia was briefly discussed before the election and Christian Lindner warned against being dependent on votes from the AfD, but the representative of the FDP Thuringia pointed out that this was an internal matter. Moreover, according to his own statements, nobody had expected that the AfD would not vote for its own candidate. According to media reports, however, CDU federal chair Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer had asked FDP state leader Mohring and Lindner for Kemmerich not to run.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Election of Kemmerich as Minister President
The Thuringian constitution provides that in the first two rounds of voting, the Minister President is elected by an absolute majority of the members of the state parliament. If this does not succeed, the third round of voting takes place. In this round, the candidate with the most votes is considered elected. Whether a Minister President with fewer yes votes than no votes can be elected is disputed.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Election of Kemmerich as Minister President
In the first round of voting, Bodo Ramelow won 43 votes, one more than the Left, SPD and Greens had combined in seats. Christoph Kindervater received 25 votes and thus at least three votes from outside the AfD. 22 members of the Landtag abstained. This made a second round of voting necessary, as both candidates had missed the absolute majority of 46 votes. In the second round of voting, Ramelow received 44 votes and Kindervater 22 votes, which corresponded exactly to the number of AfD deputies. 24 members of the Landtag abstained from voting.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Election of Kemmerich as Minister President
For the third round of voting which was necessary as a result, the AfD faction maintained Kindervater's candidacy, and in addition, as announced for this case, Thomas Kemmerich was nominated by the FDP faction. Kemmerich received 45 votes, Bodo Ramelow 44 and Kindervater 0 votes, one Member abstained. Kemmerich was thus elected the new Thuringian Minister President. The result of the secret ballot shows that the AfD had apparently voted unanimously for Kemmerich despite Kindervater's candidacy being upheld, along with most of the FDP and CDU members of parliament. This tactical approach was later confirmed by the AfD.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Election of Kemmerich as Minister President
Kemmerich accepted the election without hesitation and was sworn in. Later, Christian Lindner justified this by saying that Kemmerich had been "overwhelmed" by the situation. After Reinhold Maier, he was thus the second elected FDP Minister President of a state in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, but at the same time the first Minister President ever to come from the ranks of the smallest parliamentary group in the Landtag and to rely on votes from the AfD for his election.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Election of Kemmerich as Minister President
In terms of electoral law, the election of the Minister President was formally flawless; however, there was a consensus between the Union parties and the FDP on the one hand and the Left, SPD and Greens on the other hand, both in Thuringia and throughout Germany, not to enter into a coalition with the AfD, led in Thuringia by Björn Höcke, a politician considered by most to be on the extreme right-wing.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Election of Kemmerich as Minister President
Immediately after the election, Kemmerich again ruled out any cooperation with the AfD and instead offered the CDU, SPD and Greens to form a non-partisan cabinet together. However, this was immediately rejected by them. Instead, the previous red-red-green coalition gave him an ultimatum to resign. Even together with the CDU, SPD and Greens, the FDP would have only had 39 of the 90 seats in the state parliament anyway. Kemmerich renounced the subsequently planned appointment of ministers and requested on behalf of the FDP faction that the state parliament session be adjourned indefinitely. This was granted with the votes of AfD, CDU and FDP, against the votes of Left, SPD and Greens.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Government management
The ministers of the acting Ramelow cabinet resigned from their posts when Kemmerich took office. Since Kemmerich did not appoint any new ministers, he was the only member of the state government. The ministries were temporarily headed by the state secretaries appointed under Ramelow, and there were no cabinet meetings.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Government management
No members were appointed to the Bundesrat, and no representative of Thuringia was present at one meeting of the Bundesrat. The Conference of Interior Ministers, which had been chaired by Georg Maier, Thuringia's Minister of the Interior, since the beginning of 2020, was temporarily returned to its previous chairman, Hans-Joachim Grote (Minister of the Interior of Schleswig-Holstein).


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Government management
According to state law experts Michael Meier and Robert Wille (research assistants at the University of Potsdam) and Matthias Friehe (EBS University), the ministers of the Ramelow cabinet continued to hold executive office from a legal point of view, as the Thuringian state constitution stipulates that ministers continue their activities until their successors take office. The State Secretaries remained in office:


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
After the swearing-in, the leader of the Left parliamentary group, Susanne Hennig-Wellsow, refused to shake hands with Thomas Kemmerich and threw the bouquet of flowers intended for Ramelow at his feet. During his inaugural speech, the Left party shouted "charlatan" and "hypocrite" while demonstrators spontaneously gathered in front of the parliament building and the FDP party headquarters in Berlin.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Ramelow submitted a tweet on the day he was voted out of office, drawing parallels with the formation of the Baum-Frick government in Thuringia in 1930. This tweet was controversially received, as it was illustrated by a photo of Höcke congratulating Kemmerich and of Hitler bowing to Reich President von Hindenburg on the so-called Day of Potsdam in 1933, and was deleted after a few days.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Stefan Möller, spokesman for the AfD Thuringia, said of the election process: "That was the whole point of the strategy. So we tried to lure Mr Kemmerich onto the podium as the opposing candidate. That is what he did. And then we elected him according to plan."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Outside of Thuringia, Kemmerich's election initially met with spontaneous approval from right-wing groups, especially from the AfD, the conservative Values Union, and parts of the FDP. Initially, the deputy federal chairman of the FDP, Wolfgang Kubicki, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he was delighted that "a candidate from the democratic centre" had won, in view of the decision of the "majority of members in the Thuringian state parliament". He said he saw this as an opportunity to "promote a sensible policy for Thuringia." That same evening, FDP party leader Christian Lindner declared: "Who [...] supports our candidates in a secret ballot is not in our power." AfD party leader Jörg Meuthen wrote that the result was the "first piece of the mosaic of the political turnaround in Germany."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
However, the election results and Kemmerich's acceptance of the election soon caused a considerable stir nationwide, as well as criticism from top politicians, including the FDP. Current and former leading FDP politicians such as Gerhart Baum, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Alexander Lambsdorff and Joachim Stamp demanded his immediate resignation. Christian Lindner also finally asked him to resign, describing it as a mistake "to have accepted an election under these conditions". He emphasized that there would be "no cooperation with the FDP that was intended and negotiated, but also not accidentally, by mistaken [sic] with the AfD."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that cooperation with Kemmerich would be a violation of the party line that excludes any cooperation with the AfD, as he would not have been able to take office without their votes. Chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke in connection with Kemmerich's election of an "unforgivable event" that would have to be reversed. CSU leader Markus Söder, who called the election "unacceptable", and SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans, who called it a "scandal of the first order", expressed similar sentiments. Green Party leader Annalena Baerbock called on Kemmerich to resign immediately, and Left Party leader Bernd Riexinger, like many political commentators, spoke of a "dam breaking."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
The reactions of the Thuringian CDU members of the Landtag varied widely. In response to the question "Why did you do this?" which was asked by Die Zeit, most of them stated afterwards that they had given their vote to Kemmerich as the "candidate of the middle". One CDU member, Raymond Walk, commented that they had not expected "that the AfD would sacrifice its own candidates in such cold blood". Another, Beate Meißner, said: "I cannot say that I would be happy about Kemmerich's election. However, I could not have expected the AfD to behave in this way. Neither would I have trusted them with so much perfidiousness in parliament to put up a sham candidate, nor would I have believed that they would act so cohesively. Probably that's the Führerprinzip."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Other CDU members of the Landtag, such as Jörg Kellner and Michael Heym, do not regret in retrospect either that they elected Kemmerich or that he accepted the election, but deplore his resignation, for which they blame the pressure from federal politics. Martin Henkel said that he had hoped "to enable an alliance of CDU, FDP and SPD through the election of the Minister President." On the other hand, there are a few who claimed to have warned of the outcome of the election – in addition to faction leader Mike Mohring, especially Thadäus König, but also Thomas Gottweiss.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Dieter Althaus, former CDU Minister President of Thuringia, sharply criticised his party's behaviour and accused it of "political dilettantism." The Values Union, whose membership figures, according to its own statements, rose sharply after Kemmerich's election, congratulated him on his election victory, whereupon calls for a resolution of incompatibility with it were made within the CDU. The federal chairman of the Values Union, Alexander Mitsch, then called it a scandal that "in the party of Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl, some members would rather have a Left politician as Minister President than an FDP politician."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian Prime Minister and leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament, described Kemmerich's election as "unacceptable."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Politicians
Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU), President of the Bundestag, criticized the events in Erfurt and the reaction of federal politics to the election of the Minister President. "The way in which elections, as with elected members of parliament, the election of a prime minister, i.e. a constitutional body, has been dealt with is not appropriate in our parliamentary democracy. Democracy thrives on the fact that we respect the procedures and the institutions, this applies to everyone, and this has been violated in Erfurt in many ways."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
The political scientist André Brodocz said that the FDP "as a defender of civil rights, as a defender of minorities, opens up at this point to cooperation with a party that has different ideas there." To withdraw to the idea that in a secret ballot one does not know who voted and not to recognize that this "is also a form of cooperation" seems "either politically naive or completely ignorant."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
According to the political scientist Michael Koß, the events are a "case of flight from the Republic" because the exclusion of totalitarian or extremist forces has been the "basis of the Federal Republic's business." Per Koß, at the federal level, the FDP would rather not govern than govern wrongly, but now it would be willing to accept being elected by the "Höcke-AfD." The CDU, who had been "sceptical" about cooperating with the Left Party, was now cooperating "at least indirectly" with the AfD. The role of the AfD would be significantly enhanced by this "coup", said political scientist Uwe Jun.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
The historian Norbert Frei criticized Kemmerich's "recklessness" with which he had put himself in danger of being elected by "declared anti-democrats" as a "scandal." Herfried Münkler saw a "crisis of political personnel" and attested the CDU and FDP either "a remarkable lack of scruples" or "technical naivety": "This shows that we are dealing with people who are not up to real tasks, neither in tactical nor in strategic terms.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
The political scientist Hajo Funke considered the events to be a "breach of taboo", but did not see a "breach of the dam;" rather, due to the outraged reactions of many people, the dam had become even higher. According to Funke, "the AfD has moved even further away from a perspective of power." According to the historian Volker Weiß, the AfD votes for an FDP Minister President were irritating at first glance, but Mr. Höcke is trying to "change his image" and wants to "offer himself as a serious partner".


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
Regarding the debates about a possible toleration of a government by the AfD, the political scientist Albrecht von Lucke said that the Union was thereby promoting precisely a "civicization strategy" of the AfD. This would "brilliantly conceal the increasing radicalisation of the party." The historian Winfried Süß called the events "devastating" and Kemmerich's behaviour "history-forgotten." The strong political polarization reminded Süß of the conditions at the end of the Weimar Republic. The democratic protective wall had been damaged, but dams could be "closed again" and the "political sewage" could be "pumped out."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
The Jena political scientist Torsten Oppelland, on the other hand, saw the election as largely unproblematic. He explained that an election by the AfD did not have to mean any further cooperation with it, and that the Greens and the SPD had a duty to cooperate with Kemmerich. The Dresden political scientist Werner J. Patzelt evaluated Kemmerich's election as proof of a failed strategy in dealing with the AfD and stated: "The CDU is now paying the price for its policy of having released the right-wing fringe."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Political scientist and historians
According to the historian Hannes Heer, the events represent a "turning point within the discussion in the Federal Republic in dealing with the past", but are "not comparable with Weimar". This republic had been unstable, there had been economic crises and a "post-war society with tens of thousands of armed highly motivated Freikorps men." He attested the CDU and FDP a "real abyss of stupidity."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Journalists
Journalists described Kemmerich's election as "irresponsible," as "political disgrace," as "boundless opportunism," and "a historic break" but also as "an expression of democratic normality." According to Pascal Beucker, Kemmerich's attempt to distance himself from the anti-democratic right is "purely rhetorical." Beucker further stated that Kemmerich is a party functionary who stands "for a renaissance of those long suppressed, tightly national-liberal times of the FDP before the social-liberal turn at the end of the 1960s" and that means "ideologically wide open to the right."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Journalists
Benedict Neff, Germany correspondent of the Swiss newspaper NZZ, on the other hand, saw no reason to morally condemn the election and concluded: "This is democracy." It was occasionally pointed out that not only Kemmerich lacked a suitable concept for dealing with AfD, but also other established parties. According to Guido Bohsem, the real aim of the AfD is "the destruction of the established". Johannes Boie commented: "The AfD is the only party that has achieved its goal."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Others
Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, was "appalled" by the election. He said that "the FDP is thus leaving the consensus of the democratic parties." Christoph Heubner of the International Auschwitz Committee spoke of a "breaking of the dam and taboo in Germany". The fact that "precisely this right-wing extremist Höcke-AfD has so easily managed to present the democratic parties as incapable of consensus is a political disaster with far-reaching consequences," said Heubner. Bishops and leading clergymen of the Protestant state churches of the new states expressed similar criticism, since "from a Christian point of view [...] there must be no government with the participation of right-wing extremists."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Others
Demonstrations against the election of Kemmerich on the same day, called by the parties The Left, SPD and the Greens as well as other organizations, brought together several thousand people in at least 15 German cities, 6 of them in Thuringia. There were also demonstrations in the following days. On 15 February 2020, between 9,000 and 18,000 people took to the streets in Erfurt once again against Kemmerich's election under the motto "Not with us – No pact with fascists."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Others
These events led to the cancellation of the "Regional Conference German Sustainability Strategy 2020" in Erfurt.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Reception, Others
Since his election as Minister President, Kemmerich has been exposed to organized "hatred in the form of threatening letters and mass mailings," according to the FDP state executive board. A "direct and immediate threat" has led to the fact that, in addition to the usual personal protection for the Minister President, his home and children are now also protected. In numerous other places throughout Germany, FDP politicians also faced massive threats and attacks as a result of the election. Several party headquarters of the FDP were graffitied with slogans and damaged. In some cases, police protection had to be provided. The interior politician Konstantin Kuhle spoke of an "absolute escalation." The NRW headquarters of the CDU in Düsseldorf was also vandalized.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Kemmerich resigns as Minister President
On February 6, 2020, the day after the election, Christian Lindner went to Thuringia to persuade Thomas Kemmerich to resign, which he also tied to continuing his own office as party chairman. Thereupon, Thomas Kemmerich announced his resignation at a press conference on the same day. The FDP parliamentary group announced that it would support a motion to dissolve the parliament under Article 50 of the state constitution. Should this motion be unsuccessful, Kemmerich announced a vote of confidence under Article 74 of the Thuringian state constitution, which would have cleared the way for a new election.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Kemmerich resigns as Minister President
After the coalition committee of the CDU, CSU and SPD in the federal government, in consultation with the FDP, also demanded his immediate resignation on February 8, Kemmerich resigned on the same day with immediate effect. However, he remained in office as acting Minister President until the election of a new Minister President on March 4.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election of the Minister President in February 2020, Kemmerich resigns as Minister President
Kemmerich also announced that he would waive his salary as Minister President and the transitional allowance to be paid at the end of his term of office. This would have amounted to at least 93,000 euros in total. If this was not possible, he said, he would donate anything beyond his parliamentary salary to Thuringian organizations, such as the Association of Victims of Stalinism or the Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. When criticism was voiced that former AfD members were also active in the former association, he withdrew his announcement in this regard. After Bodo Ramelow was re-elected as his successor, it was clear that the total payments (including transitional allowance and payment for the whole of March) to Kemmerich would amount to approximately 110,000 euros.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Political consequences, Federal and state level of the CDU
In the CDU, the electoral behaviour of the Thuringian state association made the internal party differences in dealing with the AfD particularly clear. CDU state chairman Mike Mohring had initially defended the election of Thomas Kemmerich despite massive criticism. After a visit by the CDU presidium in Erfurt, he announced his resignation as CDU faction chair. It was not known whether Mohring actively supported Kemmerich's election. On 2 March 2020, Mario Voigt was elected the new parliamentary party leader of the CDU Thuringia. Mohring also relinquished the chairmanship of the state CDU association.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Political consequences, Federal and state level of the CDU
The Federal Government Commissioner for the New States, Christian Hirte (CDU), who had congratulated Kemmerich on his election via Twitter, asked for his dismissal as Parliamentary State Secretary on 8 February 2020 on the advice of the Chancellor. This was then carried out.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Political consequences, Federal and state level of the CDU
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced her resignation from the office of federal CDU chairwoman on February 10, saying that the decision had "matured some time ago". Most media also saw the resignation as the result of a longer development.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Political consequences, Federal level of the FDP
On 7 February, the Federal Chairman Christian Lindner asked the Federal Executive Board for a vote of confidence. He had been exposed to ongoing criticism of his reaction to the election of the Minister President because he had initially welcomed the acceptance of the election by FDP candidate Kemmerich despite the apparent support of AfD members of parliament. In a statement, he then admitted that Kemmerich's candidacy had already been a mistake. The FDP board expressed its confidence in Lindner.