Jimmy Vaccaro had Joe Biden as a -130 favorite over President Donald Trump before the Democratic National Convention and bumped him to -135 before the Republican National Convention.
Election 2020
Republicans kicked off their convention Monday, formally nominating President Donald Trump for a second term and anticipating a speech from the president’s eldest son.
The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Acknowledging an expected surge in mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, Louis DeJoy says voters should mail back their ballots at least seven days prior to the election.
Democrats unveiled a distinctly new kind of convention keynote Tuesday to showcase the party’s future and its rising stars including Stacey Abrams of Georgia, Rep. Connor Lamb of Pennsylvania and Nevada’s first Latina state Sen. Yvanna Cancela.
Officials are struggling to recruit polling place workers to staff locations for this year’s election, so the county’s top election official wants to scale back plans.
Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske wants a new emergency regulation that would add more oversight to the state’s newly passed law.
Nevada surrogates for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign addressed about 40 supporters in east Las Vegas on Monday as the “Team Trump On Tour” bus moved through Nevada before turning east.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will be in Milwaukee, which he’d chosen as the 2020 convention host city. But presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, won’t be.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is calling the House back into session this week to vote on a bill prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or level of service. The action comes amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options.
League of Women Voters President Sondra Cosgrove says it’s not just elevating women to positions of power that counts; it’s how they’re treated and how they act when they get there.
Gun safety advocates applauded the Democratic vice presidential pick of Sen. Kamala Harris, while gun rights groups said her plans would “dismantle Second Amendment rights.”
The event was the first in a rollout that Biden aides say blends the historic nature of Harris’ selection with the realities of the 2020 campaign and the gravity of the nation’s circumstances.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to accept the party’s presidential nomination from his home in Delaware.
Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket.