2020 Reno 1868 FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On December 20, 2019, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule, creating the following fixture list for the early part of Reno'a season.


2020 Reno 1868 FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of 1868's schedule was announced on July 2.


2020 Reno 1868 FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club, Reno will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.


2020 Republican National Convention
The 2020 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Republican Party selected the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 United States presidential election, held from August 24 to 27, 2020.


2020 Republican National Convention
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, plans to convene a traditional large-scale convention were cancelled a few weeks before the convention. Primary venues included the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., with many other remote venues also being utilized. The convention re-nominated President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.


2020 Republican National Convention
The convention was originally scheduled to be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, but on June 2, 2020, Trump and the Republican National Committee pulled the event from Charlotte after the North Carolina state government declined to agree to Trump's demands to allow the convention to take place with a full crowd and without public health measures designed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as social distancing and face coverings. Trump then announced that the convention would be moved to Jacksonville, Florida, but subsequently cancelled the Jacksonville convention plans on July 23.


2020 Republican National Convention
Some convention proceedings, albeit dramatically reduced in scale, were still held in Charlotte, such as "small, formal business meetings." The party held the rest of the events and festivities, including Trump's acceptance speech, remotely from various locations including Fort McHenry and the White House. By tradition, because Republicans held the presidency, their convention was conducted after the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which was held from August 17–20. Former White House director of management and administration Marcia Lee Kelly was named convention president and CEO in April 2019.


2020 Republican National Convention
Trump faced only token opposition in the Republican primaries and caucuses, and unofficially clinched the Republican nomination in March 2020, when he reached 1,276 pledged delegates.


2020 Republican National Convention
On November 3, 2020, Trump and Pence went on to lose the general election to the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Refusing to concede, Trump and his allies led various attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, all of which were unsuccessful in preventing Biden from becoming the 46th president of the United States.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Original site selection
Las Vegas, Nevada, and Charlotte, North Carolina, were mentioned as possible locations for the 2020 RNC due to their locations within "swing states." Neither had ever hosted a Republican National Convention, although Charlotte had hosted the 2012 Democratic National Convention. A Charlotte television station, WBTV, reported that Charlotte, Las Vegas, and "another unnamed city in Texas, which sources at the meeting said were likely either Dallas or San Antonio" were finalists to host the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Original site selection
Other sources named Dallas, Texas, and New York City, New York, as prospective hosts, while Las Vegas, Nevada; Nashville, Tennessee; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and San Antonio, Texas had been under consideration earlier. However, Charlotte was the only city in the country to officially submit a bid for the convention. On July 18, 2018, the RNC Site Selection Committee voted unanimously to recommend holding the convention in Charlotte. The Republican National Committee made the selection official on July 20.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Original site selection
Following President Trump's rally in Greenville, North Carolina, the Charlotte City Council proposed retracting their bid to host the convention. All nine Democrats on the city council voted on a measure calling Trump a racist for his statement ("good people on both sides" of the statue debate). The city met in closed sessions with an attorney regarding their contract to host the convention. A conclusion was made that breaking the contract would likely end with the city being taken to court and forced to host the convention. A resolution was eventually approved by the Charlotte City Council.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
On May 25, 2020, Trump raised the possibility of moving the convention out of Charlotte after North Carolina governor Roy Cooper stated that the convention would need to be scaled down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 2, 2020, after weeks of failed negotiations, Governor Cooper rejected the plans submitted by the Republican Party to host a full-scale convention. Trump announced the cancellation via tweet, stating, "Because of [Cooper], we are now forced to seek another state to host the 2020 Republican National Convention."


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
RNC officials stressed that the mechanics of the convention would still be held in Charlotte. "The RNC's Executive Committee has voted unanimously to allow the official business of the national convention to continue in Charlotte. Many other cities are eager to host the president's acceptance of the nomination, and we are currently in talks with several of them to host that celebration," said RNC communications director Michael Ahrens.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
Republican National Committee officials reportedly considered cities including Atlanta, Dallas, Jacksonville, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, and Savannah, and even visited some of these cities.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
On June 11, the Republican National Committee confirmed that the main events and speeches of the convention would move to Jacksonville, Florida, including Trump's nomination acceptance speech on August 27 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. However, the convention's official business will remain in Charlotte with a greatly reduced agenda and number of delegates. August 24 was to see a portion of the convention hosted in Charlotte, with the following three days of the convention being held in Jacksonville.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
On July 16, the Jacksonville Republican National Convention Host Committee sent out a letter announcing that, in addition to the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, other venues in Jacksonville would be used, including TIAA Bank Field, Daily's Place, 121 Financial Park, and "several other" venues".


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
However, with the explosion of COVID-19 cases peaking at above 15,000 cases per day in mid-July, the possibility of the Jacksonville convention being canceled as well began to be discussed. Several of the local health restrictions in Charlotte that had prompted the RNC to seek a different location—requirements for people to wear masks and practice social distancing—were later adopted by Jacksonville. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is 86, said he would skip the convention for the first time in 40 years due to the risk of COVID-19.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Jacksonville and reversal
On July 23, Trump announced that RNC events scheduled in Jacksonville, Florida, had been cancelled, saying, "The timing for the event is not right." However, Trump also announced that delegate business will still continue in Charlotte.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Relocation to Washington, D.C.
On August 14, it was announced that much of the convention would take place at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. (part of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building), which would serve as the convention's "central hub". With some events in Charlotte, this became the first since the 1860 Democratic National Conventions to officially take place in two different cities.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Convention committees, meetings before the Convention, Committee on Platform
Rather than adopting a new party platform, the Republicans decided simply to recycle their 2016 party platform, including several references to the "current president" and attacks on "the administration" (which in 2016 referred to Barack Obama and the Obama administration). The decision was criticized by Republican activists. In a tweet, Trump said that he would "prefer a new and updated platform, short form, if possible."


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Convention committees, meetings before the Convention, Committee on Platform
The RNC did not do this, just issuing a one-page document stating opposition to the "Obama/Biden administration" and supporting President Trump's instead.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Convention committees, meetings before the Convention, Committee on Arrangements
On August 1, a Republican convention spokesperson said that, "Given the health restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, we are planning for the Charlotte activities to be closed press" for the entirety of the convention. The decision to bar press was criticized by the White House Correspondents' Association. However, a Republican National Committee official cited by the Associated Press indicated that "no final decisions have been made and that logistics and press coverage options were still being evaluated."


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Convention committees, meetings before the Convention, Committee on Arrangements
Only one-sixth of the delegates (336 out of 2,550) gathered physically in Charlotte, with six delegates from each state and territory. On August 5, convention planners announced a number of health and safety rules for the delegates, vendors, and staff who will gather physically.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Convention committees, meetings before the Convention, Committee on Arrangements
On August 12, the chairman of the credentials committee, Doyle Webb, said that a tiny group of reporters would indeed be permitted to cover the one-day official convention and the nominations of Trump and Pence.


2020 Republican National Convention, Background, Convention committees, meetings before the Convention, Republican National Committee meetings
The Republican National Committee had its semi-annual meeting from August 21 to 23. It was closed to the press.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics
The convention, as originally planned to be held in Charlotte, was initially anticipated to attract 50,000 visitors to the city.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Fireworks display
On August 14, the Republican National Committee filed an application with the National Park Service requesting to utilize the National Mall, including the Washington Monument, for a fireworks display on the convention's closing night. Their application was approved. Their application stated that a 50-person crew would set up the display, adhering to D.C.'s temporary prohibition on gatherings larger than 50 people. The RNC pledged to reimburse the National Park Service for all expenses they'd face related to the display.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Fireworks display
The display was reported to consist of more than 7,800 fireworks. The display included fireworks which spelled-out the words "Trump 2020".


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Fireworks display
The display was created by Fireworks by Grucci, and cost the Trump campaign $477,000.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Fireworks display
The use of property owned by the National Park Service for the convention's closing fireworks display was argued by some experts to raise ethics concerns that may be in violation of the Hatch Act.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Fireworks display
Journalist Ken Vogel suggested that the fireworks display may have violated a D.C. noise ordinance.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Charlotte
Charlotte businessman John Lassiter served as the president and CEO of the Charlotte 2020 Host Committee. Ned Curran, Doug Lebda, and Walter Price served as co-chairs, and were named to those positions in 2018.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Charlotte
The host committee appointed Stephanie Batsell as its volunteer coordinator, John Burleson as its communications director, Heather Dodgins as its director of donor engagement, Haley Habenicht as its events manager, Rachel Kelley as its finance director, and Stephanie Speers as its accounting manager.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Charlotte
The committee released a statement after most of the convention had shifted to Jacksonville criticizing the Republican National Committee for "broken promises".


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Charlotte
The committee originally reported raising $44 million for the convention. Due to the majority of the event being shifted away from Charlotte, the Charlotte host committee had millions in leftover funds which it could distribute with few restrictions. The committee originally promised in mid-August to give $3.2 million in funds to local nonprofits and community groups. However, by October, they had only distributed under $400,000 in funds.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Jacksonville
Jacksonville formed their own host committee after being awarded the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Jacksonville
The committee's members were announced in mid-June. Jacksonville mayor Lenny Curry and lobbyist Brian Ballard co-chaired the committee. The committee had originally named 32 initial members, including the two co-chairs.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Jacksonville
The initial 30 additional members were Pet Paradise president and CEO Fernando Acosta-Rua; Corner Lot Properties founder Andy Allen; Sunshine Gasoline Distributors founder Maximo Alvarez; FRP Holdings, Inc. chairman and CEO John Baker; former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi; Florida state senator Rob Bradley; president and CEO of GreenPointe Holdings, LLC Ed Burr; U.S. Sugar senior vice president Robert Coker; Visit Jacksonville president and CEO Michael Corrigan; J.B. Coxwell Contracting president J. David Coxwell; Jodi Coxwell; Florida state representative Travis Cummings; JAX Chamber president and CEO Daniel Davis; Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association president and CEO Carol Dover; Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO Nat Ford; president of the Florida Senate Bill Galvano; Miranda Contracting president Josh Garrison; health official Leon L. Haley Jr.; Bishop Vaughn McLaughin; Morales Construction Co. president Rick Morales; speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Jose Oliva; businessman Tom Petway; US Assure CEO Ty Petway; The Vestcor Companies founder John Rood; U.S. congressman John Rutherford; Florida Senate president designate Wilton Simpson; Florida House of Representatives speaker designate Chris Sprowls; Total Military Management COO Kent Stermon; JAXUSA Partnership president Aundra Walalce, and U.S. congressman Michael Waltz.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Jacksonville
After the initial members were announced, Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin denied his participation, despite having been listed as a member.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Jacksonville
Leon Haley Jr. left his position on the committee days after his membership was announced.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Host committees, Jacksonville
The committee reported having raised $4,650,135.20. As of October 2020, the committee had $840,000 in unspent funds.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Location of Trump's acceptance speech
On July 28, Trump said that he would accept the nomination in person in Charlotte. However, on August 5, he said he would "likely" accept the Republican nomination from the White House. A decision to accept a party's nomination from the White House would break a norm; the Associated Press noted that it would "mark an unprecedented use of federal property for partisan political purposes."


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Location of Trump's acceptance speech
The proposed plans also raised legal questions under the Hatch Act, which creates certain prohibitions on the use of public resources for political activity, and the legality of the plan was questioned by Republican senators Ron Johnson and John Thune. While the president is exempt from the Hatch Act's restrictions, the law applies to other federal employees. The ethics director of the Campaign Legal Center stated that "any federal employee who helps facilitate the acceptance speech risks violating the Hatch Act." Nonetheless, Trump tweeted that he had decided to hold it on the White House lawn anyway, announcing on August 13 that he had finalized this decision. It was ultimately decided that Trump's speech would be delivered from the South Lawn.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Location of Trump's acceptance speech
Since Trump accepted his nomination remotely, it was the first time a Republican nominee has done so since Alf Landon in 1936. Since Democratic nominee Joe Biden also accepted the Democratic nomination remotely (the first time a Democrat has done so since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944); 2020 was the first election since 1928 in which neither major-party nominee accepted their nominations in-person.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Security
The convention host committee's director of security was Robert "Bob" O'Donnell, and its deputy director of security was Max Poux.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Security
For the opening day, in which daytime events were held in Charlotte, several roads were closed near and surrounding the Charlotte Convention Center. Local transit services, including the Lynx Light Rail, were modified. A temporary ban on flying unmanned aerial vehicles was put in place in the Charlotte area. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department spent $17 million in expenditures related to the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Security
The Republican National Convention was originally to be a National Special Security Event. The originally-planned Charlotte convention had been awarded this status. The plans for a convention in Jacksonville had also been awarded this status. Jacksonville had been given $30 million federal grants for security.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Security
The city of Jacksonville had paid $69,777 to a consulting company that was assisting them in security.


2020 Republican National Convention, Logistics, Security
When the convention was slated for Jacksonville, there had been concern expressed by Duval County sheriff Mike Williams over the ability of local law enforcement to provide security, due to poor funding and lack of advance planning due to the late change of venue.


2020 Republican National Convention, Convention leadership
Toni Anne Dashiell served as the chairwoman for the RNC Committee on arrangements for the convention. Former White House director of management and administration Marcia Lee Kelly was named convention president and CEO in April 2019. Stephen "Max" Everett served as the convention's vice president and chief information officer.


2020 Republican National Convention, Convention leadership
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also served on the convention's leadership team.


2020 Republican National Convention, Convention leadership
Other leadership team members included chief of program Whitney Anderson, deputy director of operations and buildout Luke Bullock, chief of staff and director of ticketing Chirstine "CC" Cobaugh, deputy director of operations Kelly Eaton, director of communications Blair Ellis, national press secretary Tatum Gibson, director of signature events coordination Kelsey Gorman, deputy director of external affairs Susan Haney, director of transportation Dustin Hendrix, digital director Doug Hochberg, deputy director of finance Jinger Kelley, deputy director of logistics flow & signage Andy King, deputy director of transportation Thomas Krol, director of logistics flow & signange Edith "Dee Dee" Lancaster, counsel Joy Lee, chief of infrastructure Christine “Chris” Lesko, director of delegate experience Diandra Lopez, chief financial officer Thomas Maxwell, chief public affairs officer Dan McCarthy, director of administration Mallory McGough, director of security Robert “Bob” O’Donnell, chief logistics officer Jonathan “Jonny” Oringdulph, director of special projects Yandrick Paraison, director of community affairs Russell Peck, deputy director of security Max Poux, director of executive operations Christopher Reese, director of operations James Sample, director of media operations Lisa Shoemaker, and deputy director of administration Megan Schenewerk.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format
The nomination event took place in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the party was contractually obligated to conduct its official business there. Only just over 300 delegates were expected to attend.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format
The main speeches took place every night from 8:30 to 11:00 p.m. EDT. Headlining speakers spoke after 10:00 p.m. The speeches took place in Washington, DC, rather than in Charlotte.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format, Selection of pledged delegates
The base number of pledged delegates that are allocated to each of the 50 states is 10 at-large delegates, plus 3 district delegates for each congressional district. A fixed number of pledged delegates are allocated to Washington D.C., and each of the five U.S. territories.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format, Selection of pledged delegates
Bonus delegates are awarded to each state and territory based on whether it has elected (if applicable) through December 31, 2019 (after the 2019 off-year elections): a Republican governor, Republican majorities in either one or both chambers in its state legislature, one or two Republicans to the U.S. Senate, or a Republican majority in its delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. A state is also awarded additional bonus delegates if it carried the Republican candidate, Trump, in the 2016 presidential election.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format, Pre-convention delegate count
Under the original plan, 2,550 delegates and half as many alternates were to attend the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format, Pre-convention delegate count, Presidential and vice-presidential balloting
With most of the convention canceled, proxy voting via the attendees was the method of choice. Donald Trump, the sole candidate, received 2,550 certified votes (100% of the total).


2020 Republican National Convention, Format, Pre-convention delegate count, Presidential and vice-presidential balloting
Since 1988, the vice-presidential nomination has been ratified by voice vote. It did so again this time, in the case of Mike Pence.


2020 Republican National Convention, Format, Pre-convention delegate count, Presidential and vice-presidential balloting
Once the convention was over, the festivities moved to the nation's capital, and speeches, entertainments and other surprises were presented from venues throughout the country.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Charlotte: Monday, August 24, Morning session
The official business of the 2020 Republican National Convention, including the formal nominations of President Trump and Vice President Pence, was held in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Charlotte: Monday, August 24, Morning session
The 336 delegates met in the morning from 9 a.m. EDT, after which the committee reports were read and voted on.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Charlotte: Monday, August 24, Morning session
Scott Walker placed Pence's name in nomination, who was nominated by voice vote. This was the first time the vice-presidential nomination came first. Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, placed the president's name in nomination and Florida state senator Joe Gruters seconded the nomination. This was followed by the traditional roll-call of the states.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Charlotte: Monday, August 24, Morning session
The roll-call was interrupted by addresses from Walker, Vice President Pence, and President Trump himself, who spoke over an hour. All of them addressed the crowd in-person, having flown to Charlotte.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Washington, D.C.: August 24–27
With the official convention business over, the four-night entertainment event was anchored at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., with various other events taking place in that city and elsewhere.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Washington, D.C.: August 24–27
At events with in-person audiences, such as First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President Mike Pence's speeches, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended practices of protective masks and social distancing were largely absent.


2020 Republican National Convention, Schedule, Washington, D.C.: August 24–27, Tuesday, August 25
Mary Ann Mendoza had also been scheduled to speak. However, just hours before her part in the program, she posted a tweet in support of an antisemitic conspiracy theory and specifically highlighted its reference to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The RNC immediately canceled her appearance.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Kimberly Guilfoyle
Presidential leadership is not guaranteed. It is a choice. Biden, Harris, and the rest of the socialists will fundamentally change this nation.... They will defund, dismantle and destroy America's law enforcement. When you are in trouble and need police, don't count on the Democrats.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump campaign spokesperson and the girlfriend of the president's son Donald Trump, Jr., spoke on the opening night of the convention. She painted a stark picture of an America led by Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Guilfoyle attacked Democrats, blaming them for a "cancel culture" amongst other attacks. In part of her speech, she criticized the governance of California, a state whose governor was her ex-husband, Democratic governor Gavin Newsom.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Kimberly Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle shouted most of her remarks, and her delivery was consequentially characterized as "loud", resulting in uttering the last sentences of her speech, specifically "the best is yet to come!" becoming the "Guilfoyle Challenge". Her speech was characterized as "dark" in its tone and delivery, for which it received some criticism from both conservative and liberal figures.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Nikki Haley
In much of the Democratic Party, it's now fashionable to say that America is racist. That is a lie. America is not a racist country...America is a story that's a work in progress. Now is the time to build on that progress, and make America even freer, fairer and better for everyone. That's why it's so tragic to see so much of the Democratic Party turning a blind eye towards riots and rage


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Nikki Haley
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley spoke on the opening night of the convention. Early into her speech, she quoted fellow former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick as having said, "Democrats always blame America first". This was a key line from Kirkpatrick's own speech to the 1984 Republican National Convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Nikki Haley
In her speech, Haley invoked her parents, both immigrants from India.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Nikki Haley
Haley also linked Democratic nominee Joe Biden with the "socialist left". Biden has admitted that he would be the "most progressive President in history". She also painted the prospect of a Biden presidency as beneficial to the interests of China and Iran. Haley offered strong criticism of the foreign policy of the Obama administration, in which Biden served as vice president. She argued that while Trump "has a record of strength and success," Biden "has a record of weakness and failure," and that while Trump has "moved America forward," Biden has "held America back".


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
My grandfather's 99th birthday would have been tomorrow. Growing up, he had to cross the street if a white person was coming. He suffered the indignity of being forced out of school as a third grader to pick cotton, and never learned to read or write. Yet, he lived to see his grandson become the first African American to be elected to both the United States House and Senate. Our family went from Cotton to Congress in one lifetime. And that's why I believe the next American century can be better than the last. There are millions of families like mine across this nation...full of potential seeking to live the American Dream.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
And I'm here tonight to tell you that supporting the Republican ticket gives you the best chance of making that dream a reality.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
United States senator from South Carolina Tim Scott spoke on the opening night of the convention. In his speech, Scott declared that, "2020 has tested our nation in ways we haven't seen for decades," invoking the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor as having tested the United States.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
Scott praised the Trump administration's actions on police reform. Scott cited the opportunity zones as something he had worked with Trump on creating (neglecting to mention the key involvement of Democrats Cory Booker and Ron Kind, who had proposed the idea in collaboration with Scott).


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
Scott declared his support for school choice. He declared opposition to cancel culture. He declared his belief in "the goodness of America".


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
He quoted Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as having said numerous remarks offensive to him as a black man. He also criticized Biden's actions, such as his involvement in the 1994 Crime Bill.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
Scott accused Biden of wanting to give tax cuts to "blue state" millionaires as the expense of most Americans. Scott painted Trump's own Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 as having benefitied "single moms, working families, and those in need".


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Tim Scott
Scott attempted to tie Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris to socialism. He declared, "Joe Biden's radical Democrats are trying to permanently transform what it means to be an American. Make no mistake, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want a cultural revolution. A fundamentally different America. If we let them, they will turn our country into a socialist utopia, and history has taught us that path only leads to pain and misery, especially for hard-working people hoping to rise."


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
From the moment I left my former life behind—and it was a good life—I have done nothing but fight for you. I did what our political establishment never expected and could never forgive, breaking the cardinal rule of Washington politics. I kept my promise. Together we have ended the rule of the failed political class, and they are desperate to get their power back by any means necessary. You have seen that. They are angry at me because instead of putting them first, I very simply said, "America first."


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump delivered his acceptance speech on the final night of the convention from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
Trump's speech sought to defend his own record as president, especially his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which culminates in the quest for a DNA vaccine code-named Operation Warp Speed.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
Trump mentioned his main opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, by name 41 times. In contrast, Biden's own Democratic nomination acceptance speech one week prior featured no utterances of Trump's name.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
The speech cast Biden as "weak", and an instrument of left-wing portion of the Democratic Party, going as far as to dub him a "Trojan horse for socialism.” He also characterized Biden as a potential, "destroyer of American greatness." The speech also attacked Biden's record.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
Personalities at CNN and USA Today identified more than 20 "false, exaggerated or misleading claims" in Trump's speech.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, President Donald Trump
According to the American Presidency Project, at 70 minutes duration, Trump's acceptance speech was the second-longest major-party nomination acceptance speech, behind only his own 2016 acceptance speech.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Donald Trump Jr.
People of faith are under attack. You're not allowed to go to church, but mass chaos in the streets gets a pass. It's almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work and school versus rioting, looting and vandalism.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Donald Trump Jr.
The son of the president spoke on the opening night of the convention. He cast a picture of a descent into anarchy, violence, and oppression if the Democratic ticket wins the election. Trump Jr. portrayed the opposition as plotting to destroy the American way of life. He warned that Democrats, "want to bully us into submission. If they get their way, it will no longer be the silent majority. It will be the silenced majority." He also accused them of, "attacking the very principles on which our nation was founded—freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the rule of law."


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Donald Trump Jr.
He derided his father's main opponent for the presidency, Democratic nominee Biden, with numerous nicknames, including "Beijing Biden" and "the Loch Ness Monster of the swamp". He touted the shape of the economy prior to COVID-19, and blamed the pandemic on the Chinese Communist Party.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Ivanka Trump
President Trump's eldest daughter spoke on the fourth night of the convention. "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John was played as Ivanka walked onto the stage. She first talked about how Donald Trump is "the people's president", and how her children love him. She then talked about how most politicians blame each other for problems, but that Donald Trump hasn't done that, and that "the best is yet to come" with regards to the country's achievements.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, Ivanka Trump
Ivanka also talked about her father's various accomplishments in the construction industry, foreign trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, criminal justice, female unemployment, child care, tax cuts, pharmaceutical drugs, human trafficking, and foreign military intervention; she mentioned the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who was in the audience at the time. During her speech, the audience chanted "Four more years!". Finally, she introduced Trump, after which he gave his acceptance speech.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, First Lady Melania Trump
Melania Trump spoke on the second night of the convention. Before she took the stage, a narrated montage of her accomplishments, most notably her "Be Best" campaign, was played. Melania first thanked the people who elected Donald Trump in 2016, offered sympathy to COVID-19 victims and thanked essential workers, acknowledged the 100-year anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and then thanked her parents for enabling her to go from Slovenia (which was under Communist rule at the time) to the United States to work in the fashion industry.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, First Lady Melania Trump
She then talked about how she supports the right of all people to achieve the American Dream, and how she has seen and spoken with many people who were striving to do that; she also thanked "all who serve our country", specifically first responders and military officers, for their service. After that, she talked about natural disasters, and how the response shows a "beautiful side of humanity" in contrast to the disasters themselves.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, First Lady Melania Trump
Melania then talked about how Donald Trump has not "lost focus" on the people despite the constant attacks by his opponents, and how he "demands action" as opposed to simply speaking words. After that, she talked more about her work with children, including her "Be Best" campaign, and how it should not be a political goal; she mentioned her trip to Africa, and how she was "horrified" after learning about the slave trade. She then talked about the George Floyd protests and called for peace and mutual understanding between both sides.


2020 Republican National Convention, Notable speeches, First Lady Melania Trump
Melania then talked about Donald Trump's accomplishments in combating religious persecution and opioid addiction, as well as her own future work with children and minority communities, and with restoring the People's House. Finally, she talked about the impact on social media on children and teenagers, and more about Donald Trump's general accomplishments and how voting for him would be a "common sense" vote as opposed to a partisan vote.


2020 Republican National Convention, Demonstrations and protests
In the days before the convention, protests began to arise against it in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.


2020 Republican National Convention, Demonstrations and protests, Counter-convention
In May 2020, Republicans opposed to Trump's presidency announced their intent to host a competing "Convention on Founding Principles" to occur at the same time as the Republican National Convention in Charlotte. Among the scheduled speakers are former CIA director Michael Hayden; former FBI director James Comey; some former Republican elected officials, including former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman, former congressman Mark Sanford, former congressman Charlie Dent, and Nebraska state senator John S. McCollister; Trump's onetime communications director Anthony Scaramucci; 2016 independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin; and several founders of the Lincoln Project.


2020 Republican National Convention, Demonstrations and protests, The Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks
Al Sharpton's National Action Network initially had gotten the permits to have a large march and rally of up to 100,000 people in the National Mall for August 28, with earlier events taking place in the days just before. This was well before the Republicans' convention was moved to the city.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Ann Dorn's speech
The daughters of David Dorn took objection to Ann Dorn, his widow, utilizing their father's death to support the candidacy of Trump, to whom they claimed their father was politically opposed.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, COVID-19 risks, Crowds during convention
At events with in-person audiences, such as First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Ivanka Trump, and President Donald Trump's speeches, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended practices of protective masks and social distancing were largely absent. Many audience members had not been tested for COVID-19.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, COVID-19 risks, Crowds during convention
During the convention, the first and second families were seen without masks mingling without social distancing in crowds of people also without masks. The crowd of 1,500 at the White House on the final night also greatly flouted Washington, D.C. regulations prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, COVID-19 risks, Crowds during convention
Despite having been required to wear protective masks and social distance, many delegates at the morning session of the opening day, held in Charlotte, did not wear protective masks and failed to socially distance, attracting controversy. Local health officials voiced concern. Four days later, August 28, it was reported that four people associated with the Charlotte event—two attendees of the morning session and two support staff—had subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, COVID-19 risks, Crowds during convention
This stood in strong contrast with the Democratic National Convention held the prior week, where the only in-person audience was a parking lot of spectators socially distanced (viewing from their cars) for the fireworks finale of the final night, and where masks were worn at times by both the presidential and vice-presidential nominees and their spouses.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, COVID-19 risks, Earlier convention plans
Safety concerns were raised over earlier plans to hold a large-scale in-person convention amid a pandemic. Despite these concerns, Trump, for an extended period of time, had resisted calls to scale-back the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, COVID-19 risks, Earlier convention plans
When the event was slated to be held in Jacksonville, residents and business owners near the VyStar Arena filed a lawsuit asking a judge to declare the event a "public nuisance" due to the health risk it posed "under the circumstances and practices encouraged and required by the Republican National Committee", and asked the judge to thereby either block the event from using the arena, or to limit the attendance to only 2,500 people.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Politicization of the office of Secretary of State
The appropriateness of having the incumbent secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, address a political convention was questioned. Pompeo's modern predecessors had avoided political conventions while serving as secretary of state. The speech came despite Pompeo having warned other diplomats against "improperly" taking part in politics.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Politicization of the White House
There was criticism arguing that Trump had, during the convention. utilized the White House as a setting for purely political events in a manner which his presidential predecessors had not.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Lynne Patton's Hatch Act violation
In April 2021, Lynn Patton, who was administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for Region II at the time of the Republican National Convention, was fined $1,000 and barred for four years from federal employment as part of a settlement with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, after admitting to violating the Hatch Act of 1939 by using her official federal government position to produce a video segment featuring residents of the New York City Housing Authority. She had utilized her role to develop relationships which she used to recruit participants for interviews she conducted in order to produce the video segment.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Lynne Patton's Hatch Act violation
Shortly after the convention, Democratic New York City councilman (and congressional candidate) Ritchie Torres demanded that there be a federal probe into Patton's actions. In October 2020, a report released by the office of Democratic United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, compiled by her staff, on potential Hatch Act violations by the Trump administration had cited this as one of Patton's potential Hatch Act violations.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations
Many aspects of the convention have been cited as potential violations of the Hatch Act.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations
On September 3, 2020, Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform wrote a letter to the Office of Special Counsel urging them to launch an investigation of, “multiple, repeated violations” of the Hatch Act committed during the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations, Chad Wolf's participation in naturalization ceremony segment
Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf's appearance in the naturalization ceremony, which was part of the convention's program, has been cited by some as a potential violation of the Hatch Act. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel, arguing this was a clear violation of the Hatch Act.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations, Mike Pompeo's speech
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo's convention address, delivered while on a diplomatic trip to Israel, has been cited as a possible Hatch Act violation.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations, Mike Pompeo's speech
On August 25, the same day that Pompeo spoke, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Democrat Joaquin Castro opened a congressional investigation into the legality of Pompeo's planned speech. On October 26, 2020, Democrats Eliot Engel (Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs) and Nita Lowey (Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations), confirmed that the Office of Special Counsel had launched a probe into possible Hatch Act violations related to Pompeo's speech.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations, Use of the White House
Some experts and politicians have questioned the legality of the use of the White House for convention speeches and other portions of the convention. The legality is in question, since any federal employees (exempting the president and vice president themselves) who assist in such campaigning activities in such a government building may be violating the Hatch Act.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations, Use of the White House
Ivanka Trump's deliverance of a convention speech from the South Lawn of the White House while holding an official position in the federal government may violate the Hatch Act.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Other potential Hatch Act violations, Use of National Park Service property for fireworks display
The use of property owned by the National Park Service for the convention's closing fireworks display was argued by some experts to raise ethics concerns that may be in violation of the Hatch Act.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Use of official acts of office in convention program
Journalists have questioned the ethics of President Trump using video of official acts of office, such as a video of a pardon ceremony and participating in a prerecorded naturalization ceremony, as portions of the convention program. These have been criticized as a politicization of government functions.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Use of unwitting participants
Several individuals featured in the convention were unwitting of their inclusion in the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Use of unwitting participants
Several of the participants of the naturalization ceremony have come forward to complain that they were not informed that it was going to part of the Republican National Convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Controversies, Use of unwitting participants
Several of those featured in a video segment with residents of the New York City Housing Authority complained that they did not know that their interviews would be used for the Republican National Convention, and that they did not support Trump.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage
It was announced August 2, 2020, that reporters would not be permitted on-site during the delegate business in Charlotte, but that the convention would, however, be live-streamed. This would mark the first time in modern history that the media will not be granted access to the nominating event of a major party candidate. However, the Republican National Committee walked this back, saying that the decision to bar reporters from entry had not been made final. On August 5, President Trump stated that the convention, in fact, would be open to the press.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 1
Night one of the Republican convention had 17.0 million viewers across all cable and television networks tracked by Nielsen. The first night of the Democratic convention had 19.7 million viewers across the same networks. As per the table below, across six major, traditional television (NBC, CBS, ABC) and cable networks (FNC, CNN, MSNBC) tracked by Nielsen, night one of the Republican convention had 15.9 million viewers, compared to 18.8 million viewers for night one of the Democratic convention. According to C-SPAN, night one of the Republican convention had 440,000 viewers on C-SPAN, compared to 76,000 viewers for night one of the Democratic convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 1
Compared to 2016, the only cable or television network that saw a rise in viewership for Night 1 was Fox News Channel.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 2
Night two of the Republican convention had 19.4 million viewers across all television networks tracked by Nielsen. The second night of the Democratic convention had 19.2 million viewers across the same networks. As per the table below, night two of the Republican convention had 18 million viewers across six major, traditional television and cable networks tracked by Nielsen. The second night of the Democrat convention had 18.5 million viewers across the same six networks.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 2
Compared to 2016, the only networks that saw a rise in viewership for Night 2 were Fox News Channel and MSNBC.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 3
Night three of the Republican convention had 17.3 million viewers across all television networks tracked by Nielsen. The third night of the Democratic convention had 22.8 million viewers across the same networks.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 3
Compared to Night 2, the only network that saw a rise in viewership for Night 3 was CBS.


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 3
Compared to 2016, every network had a decline in viewership for Night 3. (Note: Many along the south coast of the United States were preparing for Hurricane Laura, and this likely contributed towards the drop in viewership.)


2020 Republican National Convention, Broadcast and media coverage, Evening television viewership, Night 4
Night four of the Republican convention had 23.8 million viewers across all television networks tracked by Nielsen. The fourth night of the Democratic convention had 24.6 million viewers across the same networks. Compared to Night 3, all six networks saw a rise in viewership for Night 4. Compared to 2016, every network had a decline in viewership for Night 4.


2020 Republican National Convention, Impact
An August 30 ABC poll found no increase in Trump's favorability ratings following the convention. Further polling indicated that there had been virtually no convention bounce for either party. Some polling even showed Trump's favorability rating to have declined following the convention.


2020 Republican National Convention, Impact
Ahead of, and during, the conventions, various outlets had speculated that significant convention bounces were unlikely for either party. This was due to several cited factors. One was that it had been observed that convention bounces had been more minuscule in recent elections. Per some calculations, convention bounces had averaged just 2 points since 2004, compared to just under 7 points between 1968 and 2000. Per other calculations, average bounces since 1996 averaged 3.6 points while bounces between 1962 and 1992 averaged 6.3 points.


2020 Republican National Convention, Impact
Another factor cited for why it was seen as unlikely for either party to generate a significant convention bounce in 2020  was that polls in the 2020 race had, in the months prior to the convention, shown a remarkably steady race, with Biden consistently holding an average lead of 6 points, exceeding a 10-point lead in some polls and never slipping below a lead of 4 points in the polling average. It has been shown that more stable races tend to see smaller convention bounces.


2020 Republican National Convention, Impact
Another was that the conventions, having been scaled-back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were seen as less likely to generate as much attention as past conventions had, particularly due to the decrease in television viewership. Another was that the electorate was already strongly opinionated on the candidates, with more voters holding a strong opinion on Trump than any incumbent since at least 1980, and more voters holding a strong opinion on Biden than any challenger to an incumbent since at least 1980. Races where voters hold strong opinions on the candidates tend to see smaller convention bounces. Strong partisanship among the electorate was another cited factor.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates
Debates took place among candidates in the campaign for the Republican Party's nomination for the president in the 2020 United States presidential election. The Republican National Committee (RNC) did not schedule any official RNC-sanctioned primary debates, and incumbent President Donald Trump stated that he would not debate any primary challenger. Thus, the debates held among Trump's primary challengers were instead sponsored by private organizations.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates
The Republican National Committee (RNC) chose not to schedule any official RNC-sanctioned primary debates. On May 3, 2018, the RNC eliminated its debate committee for the 2020 election cycle, as John Hammond, the co-chairman of the RNC's subcommittee governing the primary process, stated that it would be less relevant "as we continue to support the President and the vice president and the current administration". Trump also stated on September 9, 2019, that he was not willing to debate any primary challenger, saying, "I'm not looking to give them any credibility."


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates
Business Insider announced on September 10, 2019 that it would host a debate on September 24, inviting Trump and his main primary challengers.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates
Politicon, a nonpartisan political convention, announced on October 22, 2019 that it would host a debate on October 26 among Trump's three main primary challengers.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates
The Forbes Under 30 Summit hosted a debate on October 28 between Mark Sanford, Bill Weld, and Joe Walsh.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Participation
The following is a table of participating candidates in each debate:


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Participation
P  Present  A  Absent  I  Invited  N  Not invited W  Withdrawn


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Business Insider debate (September 24, 2019)
Business Insider's 2020 Republican primary debate was held on September 24, 2019, at the headquarters of Business Insider in New York City. It was streamed on Business Insider Today, their daily Facebook Watch show and streamed live on the Business Insider website. It was hosted by Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget and moderated by its politics editor Anthony Fisher, and its opinion columnist Linette Lopez.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Business Insider debate (September 24, 2019)
Joe Walsh and Bill Weld attended the debate, but Mark Sanford declined due to scheduling conflicts, and Donald Trump did not respond to the invitation.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Business Insider debate (September 24, 2019)
The debate was characterized by a focus on Trump, with both attending candidates spending the majority of their time criticizing him. Other topics that were discussed included climate change, Iran, and automation.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Politicon debate (October 26, 2019)
Politicon's 2020 Republican primary debate was held on October 26, 2019, at Politicon in Nashville, Tennessee. Sanford, Walsh and Weld were all in attendance.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Forbes debate (October 28, 2019)
Forbes's 2020 Republican primary debate was held on October 28, 2019, at the Detroit Masonic Temple in Detroit. It was moderated by Randall Lane and Daniela Pierre-Bravo.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Forbes debate (October 28, 2019)
Joe Walsh, Bill Weld and Mark Sanford all attended the debate.


2020 Republican Party presidential debates, Debates, Forbes debate (October 28, 2019)
Among other issues, Trump's potential impeachment and climate change were discussed.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place in many U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories from February 3 to August 11, 2020, to elect most of the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention. Delegates to the national convention in other states were elected by the respective state party organizations. The delegates to the national convention voted on the first ballot to select Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election, and selected Mike Pence as the vice-presidential nominee.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
President Donald Trump informally launched his bid for reelection on February 18, 2017. He launched his reelection campaign earlier in his presidency than any of his predecessors did. He was followed by former governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld, who announced his campaign on April 15, 2019, and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh, who declared his candidacy on August 25, 2019. Former governor of South Carolina and U.S. representative Mark Sanford launched a primary challenge on September 8, 2019. In addition, businessman Rocky De La Fuente entered the race on May 16, 2019, but was not widely recognized as a major candidate.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
In February 2019, the Republican National Committee voted to provide undivided support to Trump. Several states canceled their primaries and caucuses. Other states were encouraged to use "winner-takes-all" or "winner-takes-most" systems to award delegates instead of using proportional allocation.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on March 17, 2020, after securing a majority of pledged delegates. Donald Trump received over 18 million votes in the Republican primary, the most ever for an incumbent president in a primary.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
Numerous pundits, journalists and politicians speculated that President Donald Trump might face a significant Republican primary challenger in 2020 because of his historic unpopularity in polls, his association with allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, his impeachment, and his support of unpopular policies. In August 2017, reports arose beginning that members of the Republican Party were preparing a "shadow campaign" against the president, particularly from the moderate or establishment wings of the party. Then-Arizona senator John McCain said, "Republicans see weakness in this president."


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
Maine senator Susan Collins, Kentucky senator Rand Paul, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie all expressed doubts in 2017 that Trump would be the 2020 nominee, with Collins stating "it's too difficult to say." Former U.S. senator Jeff Flake claimed in 2017 that Trump was "inviting" a primary challenger by the way he was governing. However, longtime political strategist Roger Stone predicted in May 2018 that Trump might not seek a second term were he to succeed in keeping all his campaign promises and "mak[ing] America great again".


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
Some prominent Trump critics within the GOP, including 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, former senator Jeff Flake, and former Massachusetts governor and current U.S. senator Mitt Romney stated they would not run against Trump for the nomination in 2020.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
In 2017, there were rumors of a potential bipartisan ticket consisting of Republican Ohio governor and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich and Democratic Colorado governor John Hickenlooper. Kasich and Hickenlooper denied those rumors. In November 2018, however, Kasich asserted that he was "very seriously" considering a White House bid in 2020. In August 2019, he indicated that he did not see a path to win over Trump in a Republican primary at that time, but that his opinion might change in the future.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
On January 25, 2019, the Republican National Committee unofficially endorsed Trump.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
After re-enrolling as a Republican in January 2019, former Republican governor of Massachusetts and 2016 Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld announced the formation of a 2020 presidential exploratory committee on February 15, 2019. Weld announced his 2020 presidential candidacy on April 15, 2019. Weld was considered a long-shot challenger because of Trump's popularity with Republicans; furthermore, Weld's views on abortion rights, gay marriage, marijuana legalization, and other issues conflict with socially conservative positions dominant in the modern Republican party. Weld withdrew from the race on March 18, 2020, after Trump earned enough delegates to secure the nomination.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
Former U.S. representative Joe Walsh was a strong Trump supporter in 2016, but gradually became critical of the president. On August 25, 2019, Walsh officially declared his candidacy against Trump, calling Trump an "unfit con man". He then ended his campaign on February 7, 2020, following a poor performance in the Iowa Caucuses. Walsh called the Republican Party a "cult" and said that he likely would support whoever was the Democratic nominee in the general election. According to Walsh, Trump supporters had become "followers" who think that Trump "can do no wrong", after absorbing misinformation from conservative media. He stated, "They don't know what the truth is and—more importantly—they don't care."


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
Former South Carolina governor and former U.S. representative Mark Sanford officially declared his candidacy on September 8, but suspended his campaign two months later on November 12, 2019, after failing to gain significant attention from voters.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
Despite the mostly nominal status of his opposition, Trump campaigned during this primary season, holding rallies in the February primary and Super Tuesday states.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary race overview
The President won every primary by wide margins and clinched the nomination shortly after the Super Tuesday primaries ended. While the results were never in doubt, the primary wasn't without controversy. Several states postponed their primaries/caucuses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and others continued with in-person voting while Trump's claims about fraud related to by-mail voting discouraged expansion and promotion of such voting.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Nominee
GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA,MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MP, MS, MT, NCND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OKOR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VIVT, WA, WI, WV, WY)


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Other candidates
The people in this section were considered to be major candidates.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Other candidates
Other notable individuals who were not major candidates that have suspended their campaigns:


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Other candidates
More than 150 individuals were not major candidates also filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in the Republican Party primary.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Candidates, Declined to be candidates
The individuals in this section had been the subject of the 2020 presidential speculation but publicly said they would not seek the presidency in 2020.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Debates
The Republican National Committee (RNC) did not host any official primary debates. On May 3, 2018, the party voted to eliminate their debate committee, which, according to CNN, served as "a warning to would-be Republican rivals of President Donald Trump about his strong support among party loyalists". Trump has declined any interest in participating in any primary debates, saying he was "not looking to give [opponents] any credibility". Debates among the challengers have been scheduled without the RNC's involvement.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Debates
Business Insider hosted a debate on September 24 featuring two of Trump's primary challengers. It took place at the news outlet's headquarters in New York City, and was hosted by Business Insider's CEO Henry Blodgett, politics editor Anthony Fisher, and columnist Linette Lopez. Walsh and Weld agreed to attend, but Sanford had a scheduling conflict and eventually declined. An invitation was also sent to the president, but he also declined.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Debates
Politicon held a debate between Sanford, Walsh, and Weld on October 26 at its 2019 convention in Nashville, Tennessee, and Forbes also held a debate between the three on October 28 at its Under 30 Summit in Detroit, Michigan.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Debates
Both Walsh and Weld took part in a few forums that also featured Democratic candidates.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
The Washington Examiner reported on December 19, 2018, that the South Carolina Republican Party had not ruled out forgoing a primary contest to protect Trump from any primary challengers. Party chairman Drew McKissick stated, "Considering the fact that the entire party supports the president, we'll end up doing what's in the president's best interest." On January 24, another Washington Examiner report indicated that the Kansas Republican Party was "likely" to scrap its presidential caucus to "save resources".


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
In August 2019, the Associated Press reported that the Nevada Republican Party was also contemplating canceling their caucuses, with the state party spokesman, Keith Schipper, saying it "isn't about any kind of conspiracy theory about protecting the president ... He's going to be the nominee ... This is about protecting resources to make sure that the president wins in Nevada and that Republicans up and down the ballot win in 2020."


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
On September 6, both of Trump's main challengers at the time, Bill Weld and Joe Walsh, criticized these cancellations as undemocratic. The Trump campaign and GOP officials cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush sought a second term in 1992 and 2004, respectively; and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking reelection in 1996 and 2012, respectively. Weld and Walsh were joined by Mark Sanford in a joint op-ed in The Washington Post on September 13, 2019 which criticized the party for cancelling those primaries.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
Kansas, Nevada and South Carolina's state committees officially voted on September 7, 2019, to cancel their caucus and primary. The Arizona state Republican Party indicated two days later that it will not hold a primary. These four were joined by the Alaska state Republican party on September 21, when its central committee announced they would not hold a presidential primary.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
Virginia Republicans decided to allocate delegates at the state convention.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
The Nevada State committee chairman said the committee would meet on February 23, 2020 and bind their delegates to Trump.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
The Hawaii GOP voted to cancel its primary and bind its 19 delegates to Trump on December 11.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
The New York GOP on March 3 decided to cancel its primary after neither De La Fuente, Weld, nor Walsh submitted the required number of names of their delegates in order to qualify for their ballot. The delegate candidates bound to the president were thus automatically elected.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cancellation of state caucuses or primaries
Other states were instead encouraged to use winner-takes-all systems to award delegates instead of using proportional allocation "to avoid dissent" at the convention.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Primary and caucus calendar
Some later primary and caucus dates may change depending on legislation passed before the scheduled primary dates. States designated with a "†" indicate that Trump is running unopposed.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Election day postponements
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, a number of presidential primaries were rescheduled:


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Ballot access
Filing for the Republican primaries began in October 2019. "Yes" means the candidate is on the ballot for the primary contest, and "No" means a candidate is not on the ballot. A “W” indicates a candidate qualified for the ballot but withdrew from the primary, the color indicating if the candidate's name appeared on the ballot (red for not on the ballot, green for on the ballot). States that have not yet announced any candidates who are on the ballot are not included.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, National convention
Bids for the Republican National Convention were solicited in the fall of 2017, with finalists being announced early the following spring. On July 18, 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina's Spectrum Center was chosen as the site of the convention.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, National convention
In June 2020, disagreements with the North Carolina government over COVID-19 social distancing rules caused the major events of the convention, including Trump's acceptance speech, to be moved to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Due to contractual obligations, official convention business was still conducted in Charlotte.


2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Campaign finance
This is an overview of the money used by each campaign as it is reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and released on February 20, 2020. Totals raised include loans from the candidate and transfers from other campaign committees. The last column, Cash On Hand (COH), shows the remaining cash each campaign had available for its future spending as of January 31, 2020.


2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary was originally scheduled to take place on April 28, 2020, as one of several northeastern states in the "Acela primary" voting on the same date in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the primary was delayed to June 2. The Rhode Island primary is a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 35 delegates, of whom 26 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 76.7% of the vote. Bernie Sanders, who had suspended his campaign two months earlier, received 14.9%.


2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Rhode Island was planned to join several northeastern states in holding primaries on the same date (April 28), often dubbed the "Acela primary" in reference to the namesake Amtrak service. On March 23, 2020, Governor Gina Raimondo, at the request of the board of elections, joined several other states in delaying the primary until June 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level to be considered viable. The 26 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 26 pledged delegates, 7 each are allocated to both of the state's 2 congressional districts and another 3 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 4 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
District-level delegates are listed on the presidential primary ballot. Should candidates have been entitled to more delegates based on the primary results of the primary than eligible delegates presented, then additional delegates would have been designated at a special post-primary caucus at the state convention, which would have occurred on May 17. It would also have voted on the 4 pledged at-large and 3 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 21 pledged delegates Rhode Island sends to the national convention will be joined by 9 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee; 4 members of Congress, including both Senators and U.S. Representatives; and the governor).


2020 Rhode Island House of Representatives election
The 2020 Rhode Island House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Rhode Island voters will elect all 75 state representatives. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. A primary election was held on September 8, 2020 determined which candidates appear on the November 3 general election ballot. All the members elected will serve in the Rhode Island General Assembly.


2020 Rhode Island House of Representatives election, Retiring incumbents
5 incumbent representatives (all Democrats) did not appear on the September 8 primary ballot


2020 Rhode Island House of Representatives election, Defeated incumbents, In primary
6 incumbent representatives (all Democrats) sought reelection but were defeated in the September 8 primary. With the exception of Walsh, the defeated were all beaten by progressive challengers who saw the incumbents as too conservative for the Democratic party.


2020 Rhode Island House of Representatives election, Defeated incumbents, In general election
Three incumbent representatives (two Democrats and an Independent) sought reelection but were defeated in the November 3 general election. Among them was House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, who lost to Republican Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung.


2020 Rhode Island Question 1
Question 1 was a 2020 ballot measure in Rhode Island to change the official name of the state from State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to State of Rhode Island. The proposal passed with 53% of the vote.


2020 Rhode Island Question 1, Background
In June 2020, Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order to shorten the name that appears on state documents from "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" to "Rhode Island". Raimondo wrote "the pain that this association causes to some of our residents should be of concern to all Rhode Islanders and we should do everything in our power to ensure that all communities can take pride in our state", referring to the ties of the word "plantations" to American slavery.


2020 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 2020 Rhode Island Rams football team represents the University of Rhode Island in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by seventh-year head coach Jim Fleming and play their home games at Meade Stadium. They compete as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.


2020 Rhode Island Rams football team
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.


2020 Rhode Island Rams football team
On April 7, 2021, the team announced that its season would end earlier than expected due to a mandated pause in team activities resulting from positive COVID-19 cases that extended past their last scheduled game.


2020 Rhode Island Rams football team, Previous season
The Rams finished the 2019 season 2–10, 0–8 in CAA play to finish in last place.


2020 Rhode Island Rams football team, Schedule
Rhode Island had a game scheduled against Brown on October 3, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season. The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.


2020 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary was held on June 2, 2020 along with seven other Republican presidential primaries that day. All 19 of Rhode Island's delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention were allocated according to the results.


2020 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary
Donald Trump won the primary and all of the state's delegates.


2020 Rhode Island Senate election
The 2020 Rhode Island Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Rhode Island voters elected all 38 state senators. State senators serve two-year terms in the Rhode Island Senate. A primary election on September 8, 2020 determined which candidates appear on the November 3 general election ballot. All the members elected will serve in the Rhode Island General Assembly.


2020 Rhode Island Senate election, Retiring incumbents
4 incumbent Senators (all Democrats) are not seeking reelection in 2020:


2020 Rhode Island Senate election, Defeated incumbents, In primary
4 incumbent Senators (all Democrats) sought reelection but were defeated in the September 8 primary. The defeated were all beaten by progressive challengers who saw the incumbents as too conservative for the Democratic party.


2020 Rhode Island elections
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 3, 2020. To vote by mail, registered Rhode Island voters must request a ballot by October 14, 2020.


2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships is the 36th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place on 26–29 November 2020 at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, Ukraine. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many competitors withdrew from the competition, such as Russia, Italy, and the Belarusian and Bulgarian groups.


2020 Rice Owls football team
The 2020 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach Mike Bloomgren.


2020 Rice Owls football team, Previous season
The Owls finished the 2019 season 3–9, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division. They were not invited to any other postseason play. Despite the losing record, the Owls retained Bloomgren, however, they did hired a new Offensive Line and Tight Ends coach.


2020 Rice Owls football team, Preseason, C-USA media poll
The preseason poll will be released prior to the Conference USA media days sometime during summer 2020 via a virtual conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Rice Owls football team, Preseason, Preseason All–C-USA teams
The Preseason team will be released during the Virtual Media Day to be held in the summer of 2020.


2020 Rice Owls football team, Schedule
Rice had games scheduled against Lamar, Louisiana Tech, LSU, UTEP, and UTSA which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Richmond Football Club season
The 2020 season is the 113th season in which the Richmond Football Club has participated in the VFL/AFL and the first season in which it participated in the AFL Women's competition.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, eight days prior to the scheduled start of the AFL premiership season and 18 days prior to the final round of the AFL season.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFL
Prior to the commencement of the season, the fixture was shortened from 22 matches per team to 17, under the expectation that matches would be forced to stop at the peak of the disease.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFL
The season commenced on 19 March as originally scheduled, but the introduction of restrictions (and later of formal quarantines) on interstate travel, resulted in suspension of the season after round one. During that round, matches were played in empty stadiums for the first time in the league's history.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFL
Throughout the season, matches were played for a shortened length of 16 minutes plus time on per quarter, instead of 20 minutes plus time on. This was originally done at the start of the season, in the hope that playing shorter games could facilitate more frequent games than weekly, maximising the games which could be played before the anticipated suspension of the season. Though the initial run of games lasted just one week, the shortened game time was retained after the season's resumption to allow make-up games to be more easily scheduled between rounds when matches were postponed or refixtured.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFL
On 15 May, as most states began easing restrictions, the league's plan to resume the season was announced: clubs began non-contact training from 18 May, and full contact training from 25 May, ahead of resuming competitive matches from 11 June, with the revised fixture released gradually throughout the year, and changing regularly and often at short notice when the situation forced it.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFL
The sizes of allowable crowds changed as the season progressed, with early season Queensland and New South Wales crowds limited to only a few hundred, while half crowds were allowed in the largely virus-free Western Australia from Round 7.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFL
Following a virus outbreak in Melbourne in June, Richmond's base of operations was relocated to the Gold Coast, alongside eight other Victorian clubs. The club played the remainder of their home games in the state, other than when travelling to other virus-free locations.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, AFLW
In the AFLW, all matches played from 14 March onwards were played to empty stadiums. The final two rounds of the home-and-away season were scratched and though Richmond did not qualify, the finals series was brought forward by two weeks and cancelled without a premier being awarded after just four finals matches were played.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic, VFL and VFLW
The final weeks of the VFL pre-season series and the commencement of the season-proper were delayed in March due to the greater risk of external threats in the semi-professional state league environment. Eventually, all AFL clubs withdrew from the competition and the season was cancelled in June. Richmond reserves players participated in ad hoc scratch matches against other clubs during the season and on occasion played in multi-club teams alongside rival players. The VFLW season was likewise delayed and eventually cancelled.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, AFL Women's, 2020 season, Home and away season
Note: The final two rounds of the season were cancelled to bring forward the finals series in response to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Richmond Football Club season, VFL/VFLW seasons (cancelled)
Richmond had been expected to field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League for a seventhh consecutive season, defending their 2019 premiership. In March, the AFL issued a direction to all 18 clubs mandating that no AFL-listed player at a club could participate in a second-tier state league amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and in July, the season was formally cancelled for all participant clubs. Likewise, the club did not field a team in the VFL Women's competition as that season was also cancelled.


2020 Richmond Kickers season
The 2020 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 29th season of existence, their 16th season in the third tier of American soccer, and their second season in the newly created USL League One. It is the Kickers' second season playing in the third tier of American soccer since 2016, when they were in the United Soccer League. Initially, the preseason began on February 8, 2020 and was scheduled to conclude on March 24, 2020. The regular season was originally scheduled to begin on March 28, 2020 and conclude on September 24, 2020.


2020 Richmond Kickers season
On March 13, 2020, it was announced that the regular season would be delayed for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regular season was slated to begin on March 28, 2020 but was delayed to April 11, 2020, before being indefinitely postponed. The season began with a truncated 16-match season (instead of 28) beginning on July 25, 2020 and concluded on October 24, 2020 (a month later than originally planned).


2020 Richmond Kickers season
The 2020 season saw the club return to a winning record for the first time since 2016. Additionally, the club's 4th-place finish was the Kickers' best regular season performance since 2014. Despite the record, the club on the final day of the season failed to reach the USL Championship Game after losing at home to Chattanooga. Striker, Emiliano Terzaghi, scored 10 goals during the season, which was the best performance by a striker for the Kickers since Yudai Imura in 2016. Terzaghi had a 0.63 goals per game average, which was the best performance by a striker for Richmond since Robert Ssejjemba in 2006.


2020 Richmond Kickers season, Competitive, USL League One, Match results
USL League One released their full schedule for the 2020 season on December 20, 2019, creating the following fixture list for the early part of Richmond's 2020 season. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a modified 16-game schedule was released on July 10 with the first three games. The full schedule was released on July 17.


2020 Richmond Kickers season, Competitive, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL League One club, Richmond was to enter the competition in the Second Round. Their fixture was initially scheduled to begin on April 7, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 17, 2020 the competition was cancelled.


2020 Richmond Kickers season, Competitive, Bon Secours Cup
The Bon Secours Cup is a two-legged regular season series between USL League One's two southeastern clubs: the Richmond Kickers and the Greenville Triumph. The team with the best aggregate record wins the series. The aggregate score was 4–4 after two matches, but the Kickers won 2–1 on away goals.


2020 Richmond Spiders football team
The 2020 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.


2020 Richmond Spiders football team
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference did allow the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall.


2020 Richmond Spiders football team, Previous season
The Spiders finished the 2019 season 5–7, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.


2020 Richmond Spiders football team, Schedule
Richmond had a game scheduled against Yale on October 17, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season. The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.


2020 Richmond, Virginia mayoral election
The Richmond, Virginia mayoral election of 2020 took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected the Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, members of the Richmond City Council, as well as several other local officials. The incumbent, Levar Stoney, who was elected in 2016 ran for reelection facing five challengers. While local races in Virginia are officially nonpartisan elections, four candidates (Stoney, Gray, Rodgers, and McLean) identified with the Democratic party while Griffin ran as an independent. Stoney won the most votes in six out of nine city council districts and therefore won reelection. In order to win election a candidate must receive the most votes in five or more districts.


2020 Richmond, Virginia mayoral election, Background
Incumbent Democrat Levar Stoney was eligible to seek re-election. The election was the fifth citywide election for mayor through popular vote. The election is nonpartisan meaning no candidate can be affiliated with any party on the ticket.


2020 Richmond, Virginia mayoral election, Background
Leading up to the election, the incumbent mayor, Stoney, had received criticism for his handling of the Navy Hill project, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, and his handling of the George Floyd protests.


2020 Richmond, Virginia mayoral election, Background
In his reelection campaign, Stoney championed his accomplishments during the first four years in office, including a halt on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, free eyeglasses for students in Richmond Public Schools, and increased RPS funding. Stoney also noted his accomplishments of public transportation, such as the opening of the GRTC Pulse transit line, which opened during his second year as mayor.


2020 Richmond, Virginia mayoral election, Background
Challenger Justin Griffin ran a campaign premised on the idea that the residents of Richmond deserved better than they got from the city government. His campaign used the slogan "We Deserve Better." His top discussed issues are "better schools, better roads, better city services."


2020 Riga City Council election
The 2020 Riga City Council election was held from 26 to 29 August 2020 to elect the 60 members of Riga City Council. The election was initially scheduled for 25 April 2020, and then rescheduled three times – once due to a court ruling and twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 2 May, 6 June, and 29 August. The council will be elected for nearly five years instead of the standard four, and the next election is scheduled to take place in 2025, at the same time as all other municipal elections in Latvia.


2020 Riga City Council election, Background
In the 2017 Riga City Council election, the political alliance of Harmony (SKDS) and Honor to serve Riga (GKR) lost 7 seats but held on to their absolute majority with 32 seats out of 60. Nils Ušakovs was re-elected as the mayor of Riga, and served until 4 April 2019, when the Latvian minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development Juris Pūce fired him. On 31 May Dainis Turlais from GKR was elected as the new mayor of Riga, but was ousted by a vote of no-confidence on 20 June, after just 21 days in the position. On 19 August Oļegs Burovs from GKR was elected as the new mayor of Riga, and served until 24 February 2020, when the City Council was officially dissolved.


2020 Riga City Council election, Results
The coalition of the centrist Development/For! alliance and centre-left The Progressives (both new entities which did not participate in the prior elections) obtained a plurality of votes and seats. The election resulted in both parties of the governing coalition (Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and Honor to serve Riga) lose seats, and saw their combined vote share decline by nearly half. The Latvian Russian Union returned to the city council for the first time since 2009, obtaining four seats, while the New Conservative Party saw their seat count drop by five. The Union of Greens and Farmers fell less than 1% short of the 5% threshold needed to enter the council.


2020 Riga City Council election, Results
As no party held a majority, a coalition was needed, with 31 seats needed for a majority coalition.


2020 Rink Hockey European Championship
The 2020 Rink Hockey European Championship, also named as EuroRink 2020, will be the 54th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, which will take place between 18 and 24 July in La Roche-sur-Yon, France.


2020 Rink Hockey European Championship, Format
The ten teams were divided into two groups according to their position in the previous championship, using the serpentine system.


2020 Rink Hockey European Championship, Venue
All the games of the tournament will take place at Le Vendéspace, with a capacity for 4,073 spectators.


2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season
The 2020 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season is the 5th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship (USL-C), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL-C Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.


2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Club
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 10, 2020.


2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.


2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the remainder of RGVFC's schedule was announced on July 2.


2020 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their hybrid affiliation with the Dynamo, RGVFC is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2020 Rio Open
The 2020 Rio Open presented by Claro was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Rio Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 17 and 23 February 2020.