Daily Presidential News Briefing timelines, 2020

Joe Biden

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• November 3, 2020: Joe Biden held GOTV events in Scranton and Philadelphia. He planned to address the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, in the evening.
• November 2, 2020: Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Atlanta and Miami on behalf of Biden.
• November 1, 2020: Biden held two campaign events in Philadelphia: a “Souls to the Polls” event and drive-in rally.
• October 31, 2020:
  • Biden was scheduled to campaign in Michigan and hold a joint rally with former President Barack Obama.
  • Biden released the names of more than 800 fundraisers who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
• October 30, 2020: Biden campaigned in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

2020

• November 2020 (click to collapse)

  November 2020

  • November 3, 2020: Joe Biden held GOTV events in Scranton and Philadelphia. He planned to address the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, in the evening.
  • November 2, 2020: Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Atlanta and Miami on behalf of Biden.
  • November 1, 2020: Biden held two campaign events in Philadelphia: a “Souls to the Polls” event and drive-in rally.

• October 2020 (click to collapse)

  October 2020

  • October 31, 2020:
    • Biden was scheduled to campaign in Michigan and hold a joint rally with former President Barack Obama.
    • Biden released the names of more than 800 fundraisers who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
  • October 30, 2020: Biden campaigned in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
  • October 29, 2020: Biden hosted two drive-in events across Florida in Broward and Tampa.
  • October 28, 2020:
    • Biden voted early in Delaware.
    • Biden delivered remarks on the coronavirus pandemic from Delaware.
  • October 27, 2020:
    • Biden made two stops in Georgia. During a speech in Warm Springs, Biden shared his closing argument for the election.
    • Biden began airing two news ads featuring his personal story and emphasizing the themes of character and unity. The ads were scheduled to air in 16 states and on cable and broadcast networks nationwide.
    • Michael Bloomberg’s PAC, Independence USA, planned to spend $15 million on advertising campaigns in Ohio and Texas for Biden.
  • October 26, 2020: Biden traveled to Pennsylvania to meet supporters at a field office in Chester.
  • October 25, 2020: CBS aired an interview with Biden on 60 Minutes.
  • October 24, 2020: Biden was scheduled to speak about the economy in Bucks and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania.
  • October 23, 2020: Biden delivered remarks in Wilmington, Delaware.
  • October 22, 2020: Biden participated in the final presidential debate in Nashville with Trump. The candidates discussed the coronavirus pandemic, election interference, foreign conflicts of interest, China, North Korea, healthcare, economic stimulus, immigration, race, and climate change.
  • October 21, 2020: Former President Barack Obama (D) campaigned in Philadelphia for Biden.
  • October 20, 2020:
    • Biden began airing seven Spanish and bilingual ads across several markets, including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
    • Biden went off the campaign trail preparing for the final presidential debate.
    • Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele endorsed Biden.
  • October 19, 2020: Kamala Harris returned to the campaign trail after two campaign aides tested positive for COVID-19. She visited Orlando and Jacksonville in Florida.
  • October 18, 2020: Biden aired ads during five NFL games this week for teams in several battleground states. AdAge estimated one 30-second spot during an NFL game cost $419,000 in 2019.
  • October 16, 2020: Biden was scheduled to campaign in Michigan with stops in Southfield and Detroit.
  • October 15, 2020:
    • Three people who traveled with Biden and Kamala Harris on campaign flights tested positive for COVID-19. Harris suspended her travel for several days after sharing a flight with two of the individuals who had tested positive. The campaign said Biden would remain on the campaign trail since he had not been within 50 feet of the third person who tested positive. Biden said his COVID-19 test was negative.
    • Biden participated in a town hall on ABC News in Philadelphia moderated by George Stephanopoulos. He said that a vaccine mandate would depend on its effectiveness and distribution. He said he wanted to eliminate tax cuts for only the top earners. He called the 1994 crime bill a mistake and advocated more community policing. Biden said his position on court packing depended on Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation process.
  • October 14, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign announced that it, in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee, raised a record-setting $383 million in September.
    • The Biden campaign responded to a New York Post story that said Hunter Biden introduced Joe Biden to an executive from a Ukrainian energy company, where Hunter Biden was a member of the board. “The never-before-revealed meeting is mentioned in a message of appreciation that Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of Burisma, allegedly sent Hunter Biden on April 17, 2015, about a year after Hunter joined the Burisma board at a reported salary of up to $50,000 a month,” The New York Post said. The article referenced a hard drive and emails given to The New York Post by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.
    • Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement that “we have reviewed Joe Biden's official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.” Politico reported that the Biden campaign did not rule out the possibility that Biden had an informal interaction with Pozharskyi. Bates also said, “Investigations by the press, during impeachment, and even by two Republican-led Senate committees whose work was decried as 'not legitimate' and political by a GOP colleague have all reached the same conclusion: that Joe Biden carried out official U.S. policy toward Ukraine and engaged in no wrongdoing. Trump administration officials have attested to these facts under oath.”
  • October 13, 2020: Biden held two campaign events in southeastern Florida: remarks on his plan for seniors in Pembroke Pines and a voter mobilization event in Miramar.
  • October 12, 2020:
    • Biden campaigned in Ohio with remarks in Toledo and a voter mobilization event in Cincinnati.
    • Biden said he was “not a fan of court packing” when asked if he would try to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
  • October 11, 2020:
    • Cindy McCain, Sen. John McCain’s (R) widow, was featured in a Biden ad that aired during Fox News Sunday, 60 Minutes, and NFL football games. “Joe Biden’s dedicated his life to this country and working across the aisle to get things done. Joe will always fight for the American people, just like John did,” McCain says in the clip.
  • October 10, 2020:
    • Biden began airing an ad nationwide featuring 14 Black mayors from across the country.
    • Biden campaigned in Erie, Pennsylvania.
  • October 9, 2020: Biden campaigned in Las Vegas, including delivering remarks at a drive-in event.
  • October 8, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign agreed to participate in the second presidential debate virtually after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the format change.
    • Biden and Kamala Harris met with American Indian tribal leaders and small business owners in Phoenix as part of their “Soul of the Nation” bus tour.
  • October 6, 2020:
    • Biden traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
    • Biden released a series of ads appealing to Latino voters in Florida and another series of ads nationwide focused on Black voters. Biden also reserved $6.2 million in ads in Texas, marking the largest investment from a Democratic nominee in the state in 25 years, according to Texas Democratic Party spokesperson Abhi Rahman.
    • The Biden campaign released a 24-minute video online featuring Michelle Obama making a closing argument to voters in support of Biden.
    • Biden said that the second presidential debate scheduled for October 15 should not be held if Donald Trump is still infected with coronavirus. “And so I'll be guided by the guidelines of the Cleveland Clinic, and what the docs say is the right thing to do—if and when he shows up for debate,” Biden said. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh responded, “President Trump will be healthy and will be there. There’s no getting out of this one for Biden, and his protectors in the media can’t cover for him.”
    • The editorial board of The New York Times endorsed Biden.
  • October 5, 2020:
    • Biden campaigned in Miami with stops at the Little Haiti Cultural Center and in Little Havana. He then attended a town hall event hosted by NBC News.
    • Biden said that he did not believe a president could impose a nationwide mask mandate. Instead, Biden said he would require masks on federal property and urge state and local executives to also require masks.
  • October 3, 2020: Biden said that he had advised some governors not to publicly endorse him because he was concerned their states would be penalized by the Trump administration and COVID-19 supplies would be withheld.
  • October 2, 2020: Biden held a campaign event focused on the economy in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • October 1, 2020:
    • Biden held a virtual fundraiser.
    • Biden began airing ads focused on his Catholic faith on Christian and Catholic television programs in 14 states.

• September 2020 (click to collapse)

  September 2020

  • September 30, 2020:
    • Biden completed a “Build Back Better Express” train tour across Ohio and Pennsylvania.
    • Biden raised $3.8 million in one hour during Tuesday night’s debate, setting a single-hour fundraising record for ActBlue. He raised $10 million in total the night of the debate.
  • September 29, 2020: Biden and Trump debated in Cleveland, Ohio. The candidates discussed the Supreme Court vacancy, coronavirus pandemic, economy, race and violence, climate change, election integrity, and their political records.
  • September 27, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign released a digital ad showing the average federal income tax paid by teachers, firefighters, and nurses, compared to the $750 that Trump reportedly paid in his first year in office.
    • Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) endorsed Biden in an op-ed for The Philadelphia Enquirer.
    • Bisen discussed the Supreme Court vacancy during remarks in Wilmington, Delaware. He called discussion of expanding the court a distraction from the effect nominee Amy Coney Barrett could have on the Affordable Care Act.
  • September 26, 2020: Biden virtually appeared at L'Attitude, a four-day conference focused on Latinos across several different industries.
  • September 25, 2020: Biden traveled to Washington, D.C. to pay his respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg who lay in state at the Capitol Building.
  • September 24, 2020: Biden halted public appearances in the morning in order to prepare for the presidential debate.
  • September 23, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign began airing four new ads featuring small business owners in Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
    • Senate Republicans released their interim report on Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. The investigation found that Hunter Biden benefited from using Joe Biden’s name and his work for a Ukraninan energy company gave the appearance of a conflict of interest. It did not find evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden.
    • Biden made his first visit to North Carolina since the Democratic primary season. He attended a Black economic summit in Charlotte.
  • September 22, 2020: The Biden campaign announced it was running a radio ad campaign in nine battleground states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—focused on the coronavirus pandemic and rural communities.
  • September 21, 2020:
    • Biden made his second Wisconsin campaign stop in two weeks in Manitowoc.
    • The Biden campaign said it was spending $65 million on ads this week in 12 states. A portion of the ad buy—across radio, digital, and broadcast channels—focused on Black voters in Georgia.
  • September 20, 2020:
    • Biden said Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement on the Supreme Court should not be nominated and confirmed until after the 2020 presidential election.
    • Biden and related Democratic Party committees began September with $466 million in cash on hand.
  • September 18, 2020: Biden campaigned in Duluth, Minnesota. This was his first visit to the state since December 2017.
  • September 17, 2020:
    • CNN hosted a town hall with Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
    • Biden began airing two new ads focused on manufacturing and union jobs in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Those same battleground states and Minnesota were also scheduled to see a second ad featuring a Pennsylvania voter who previously supported Trump.
    • The Democratic-aligned Priorities USA announced it would use $5.4 million from a donation from former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to air ads focused on the coronavirus pandemic in 10 media markets in Florida.
  • September 16, 2020:
    • The National Postal Mail Handlers Union endorsed Biden.
    • Biden was scheduled to deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, about public health concerns and a COVID-19 vaccine.
    • The Biden campaign began airing new ads in battleground states focused on healthcare and the Affordable Care Act. The campaign said it was spending $65 million on television, radio, and print advertising this week.
  • September 15, 2020:
    • Scientific American endorsed Biden, marking the popular science magazine’s first presidential endorsement in its 175-year history.
    • National political advocacy group CatholicVote launched a $9.7 million ad campaign against Biden beginning with digital ads in Michigan and Pennsylvania focused on abortion.
    • Biden met with veterans in Tampa. He also attended a Hispanic Heritage Month event in Kissimmee. The events marked his first public appearances in Florida since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
  • September 14, 2020:
    • Biden was scheduled to discuss climate change and the economy during an event in Delaware.
    • Biden unveiled a series of digital and television ads aimed at Black voters in Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Two clips featured discussion in barbershops about voting and the coronavirus pandemic and a third ad focused on criminal justice.
    • Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and media producer Haim Saban co-hosted a fundraiser for Biden that brought in $4.5 million.
  • September 13, 2020:
    • Biden began airing Spanish-language ads in Florida about the economy, coronavirus pandemic, and Trump's response to Hurricane Maria.
    • Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg committed at least $100 million to help Biden’s campaign in Florida.
  • September 10, 2020: The Los Angeles Times endorsed Biden.
  • Spetember 9, 2020:
    • Biden spoke in Warren, Michigan, about American manufacturing. Biden last visited the state in March.
    • During an event in Michigan, Biden addressed Trump’s recorded interviews with Bob Woodward about the coronavirus. Biden said, “He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was. And while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. It was a life-and-death betrayal of the American people.”
  • September 8, 2020: Biden began airing two ads on leadership and Social Security and Medicare in key battleground states. The ads were part of a previously announced $47 million ad campaign.
  • September 7, 2020:
    • Biden spoke at a town hall inside the Pennsylvania American Federation of Labor and Congress Industrial Organizations headquarters in Harrisburg.
    • Biden launched a $47 million ad campaign targeting military families in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. The campaign highlighted negative comments Trump allegedly made about dead U.S. soldiers.
  • September 5, 2020: Biden added four co-chairs to his transition team: Obama economic adviser Jeffrey Zients, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.), and adviser Anita Dunn. He also created a 15-person advisory board that includes former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former national security adviser Susan Rice.
  • September 4, 2020:
    • The pro-Biden American Bridge launched a $4 million television and radio ad campaign targeting military families and rural voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
    • Biden spoke in Delaware about the economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • September 3, 2020:
    • As part of a $45 million ad campaign, Biden began airing three new ads on security, the pandemic, and unity in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
    • Biden held a community meeting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to discuss recent protests in the city. He also met with the family of Jacob Blake.
    • Republicans and Independents for Biden, a group of nearly 100 Republican officials and leaders, endorsed Biden. Former Govs. Christine Todd Whitman (N.J.), Bill Weld (Mass.), and Rick Snyder (Mich.) were among the group.
  • September 2, 2020:
    • Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised $365 million in August, bypassing Barack Obama’s record $193 million monthly total in September 2008.
    • Biden delivered a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, focused on school reopenings and the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to his remarks, Biden received a briefing from education leaders in Wilmington on the subject.
  • September 1, 2020:
    • Biden began airing two ads in Minnesota focused on his upbringing in Scranton and health insurance. They were part of a previously announced $280 million TV and digital ad reservation in battleground states.
    • He also began airing an ad in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin featuring clips from a speech he gave condemning rioting and Trump’s rhetoric.

• August 2020 (click to collapse)

  August 2020

  • August 31, 2020: Biden was scheduled to deliver remarks on his vision for America in southwestern Pennsylvania. His campaign’s press release said that he would “lay out a core question voters face in this election: are you safe in Donald Trump's America?"
  • August 30, 2020: Biden aired two ads targeting young voters and voters of colors during the MTV Video Music Awards. The ads focused on voter turnout and protests against police brutality and systemic racism.
  • August 27, 2020:
    • Biden aired a two-minute ad during the final night of the Republican National Convention on major broadcast channels and Fox News. The ad, which discusses Biden’s vision for the country and does not mention Trump, continued to run in battleground states over the weekend.
    • Thirty-four former 2012 Romney presidential campaign staffers, calling themselves Romney Alumni for Biden, signed an open letter backing Biden’s campaign.
    • 43 Alumni for Biden shared a list of nearly 300 former Bush administration and campaign officials who endorsed Biden. More than 100 former John McCain congressional and campaign staffers also endorsed Biden.
    • Biden said that he would resume campaign travel after Labor Day with stops planned in Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
  • August 26, 2020: Biden tweeted a video statement about the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, and the ensuing demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He said that “protesting brutality is a right and absolutely necessary, but burning down communities is not protest. It’s needless violence.” Biden also said he spoke with Blake’s family.
  • August 25, 2020: The Biden campaign began airing three Spanish-language and bilingual ads about the coronavirus pandemic and healthcare in Arizona and Florida.
  • August 24, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign launched an ad in Ohio and North Carolina focusing on Donald Trump’s call to boycott Goodyear tires because one of the company’s factories banned MAGA hats.
    • Twenty-seven Republican former members of Congress, including former Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Gordon Humphrey (N.H.), and John Warner (Va.), announced their support for Biden.
    • The Lincoln Project launched a $4 million ad campaign during the Republican National Convention in Arizona, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The campaign focuses on the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic. The group also announced a coalition of Republican women working to boost Biden’s campaign.
  • August 23, 2020: Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said that Biden has not been tested for the coronavirus and that “moving forward, should he need to be tested, he certainly would be.”
  • August 21, 2020: Biden, the Democratic National Committee, and their joint fundraising committees raised $70 million during the party’s national convention, according to the Biden campaign. It also said that roughly 122 million people watched the event across television and digital channels over the four days of the convention.
  • August 20, 2020: Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination from Wilmington, Delaware. He discussed the economy, race relations, and the coronavirus pandemic. “May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of American darkness began here tonight as love and hope and light joined in the battle for the soul of the nation. And this is a battle that we, together, will win,” Biden said.
  • August 19, 2020: The Biden campaign hired eight new staffers for its New Hampshire campaign leadership team, including Isabelle James as deputy state director and Dustin Sheets as GOTV director.
  • August 18, 2020:
    • Delegates to the Democratic National Convention night formally nominated Biden for president of the United States. He received votes from 3,558 delegates; Sen. Bernie Sanders received 1,151 votes.
    • The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents 1.4 million members, endorsed Biden.
  • August 17, 2020: Rapper Cardi B interviewed Biden about COVID-19 and police brutality in a feature for Elle.
  • August 15, 2020: Biden released his first campaign ad featuring Kamala Harris as his running mate. The clip, which targeted Latino voters in Arizona and Florida, was also the campaign’s first bilingual ad, using a mixture of English and Spanish in the narration.
  • August 13, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign said it raised $48 million in the first 48 hours after Biden announced Kamala Harris was his running mate.
    • According to an internal Biden campaign document obtained by HuffPost, the talking points about Harris included the following notes: “high popularity among suburban women”, “tough questioner,” “deeply respected member of the Black community,” and her track record on immigration.
  • August 12, 2020: Biden and Kamala Harris made their first joint appearance in Wilmington, Delaware. Their speeches focused on Harris’ selection and background, the federal response to the coronavirus, and the economy.
  • August 11, 2020: Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. Biden tweeted. “Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I'm proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.” Harris, who suspended her presidential campaign in December 2019, would be the first Black woman on a major party’s ticket.
  • August 10, 2020:
    • The New York Times reported that Joe Biden had interviewed all the finalists for vice presidential nominee and would likely make an announcement by August 12.
    • More than 100 Black men across politics, entertainment, and academia signed an open letter calling on Biden to select a Black woman as his running mate.
  • August 8, 2020: Biden said he opposed the Pebble mine prospect in southwest Alaska. “The Obama-Biden Administration reached that conclusion when we ran a rigorous, science-based process in 2014, and it is still true today,” he said.
  • August 6, 2020:
    • Several Democratic operatives and activists in Texas launched Blue Texas PAC to support Biden’s presidential campaign in the state.
    • The Biden campaign released a national ad targeting Black voters. “And just like our ancestors who stood up to the violent racists of a generation ago, we will stand up to this president and say, ‘No more,’” the ad’s narrator says.
    • Biden was interviewed by a panel of journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists 2020 virtual convention. He said he supported free coronavirus testing and vaccination for immigrants residing the U.S. without legal permission.
  • August 5, 2020:
    • Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised $140 million in July.
    • The Democratic National Convention Committee announced that Biden and other speakers would not travel to Milwaukee for the national convention. Biden was expected to accept the nomination from Delaware.
    • Biden reserved $280 million in advertising—$220 million for television and $60 million for digital—to target Trump on his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The ads were set to air in 15 states, including 10 that Trump won in 2016: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Iowa, and Ohio.
  • August 4, 2020:
    • Biden issued his agenda for the Latino community based on the following five pillars: invest in Latinos’ economic mobility, make investments to end health disparities by race, expand access to high-quality education, combat hate crimes and gun violence, and modernize the immigration system.
    • The Biden campaign started a virtual fundraiser tour in Ohio.
    • Illustrating the difference between each candidate’s canvassing approach, the Trump campaign said it knocked on over 1 million doors in the previous week, while the Biden campaign reported zero.
  • August 3, 2020:
    • Biden hired his first staffers in Texas for the general election, including Rebecca Acuña as state director and Jennifer Longoria as deputy state director. Longoria previously worked on Elizabeth Warren’s presidential primary campaign in the state.
    • During a virtual campaign fundraiser, Biden criticized Trump for comments he made about delaying the election and mail-in ballots. Biden said, “He suggested we should postpone the election, full of just bald-faced lies about how mail-in votes were fraud.”
  • August 2, 2020: Biden spoke virtually at the Ohio Democratic Party’s state convention.

• July 2020 (click to collapse)

  July

  • July 30, 2020:
    • Biden began airing his first general election television ads in Ohio in a seven-figure ad buy. The ad, which focuses on Biden’s upbringing in a working-class neighborhood, was set to run in the Youngstown and Toledo markets until late August.
    • Biden was the keynote speaker at the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s Blue Gala. The event was held remotely for all attendees.
  • July 29, 2020: Politico mistakenly published an article that said Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 1. Politico said in a statement, “Our standard practice is to use 'lorem ipsum' as placeholder text. In this instance, that did not happen. We regret the error and any confusion that it caused.”
  • July 28, 2020:
    • Biden spoke about racial economic inequality at a Wilmington community center. He unveiled his economic recovery plan for women and people of color, which included $100 billion in low-interest business loans, $50 billion in venture capital through tax credits, tripling federal contracting for minority-owned businesses by 2025, and a $15,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers from low-and middle-income households.
    • Biden said he would choose his running mate in the first week of August.
  • July 27, 2020:
    • Biden visited Washington, D.C., to pay respects to the late Rep. John Lewis, who was lying in state in the Capitol.
    • Biden launched a $14.5 million ad campaign in seven battleground states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—targeting voters older than 65. The TV component featured a woman whose grandmother died from COVID-19. The digital ad focused on dignity for seniors.
    • The Biden campaign asked its staff members to delete TikTok from both their personal and work phones. Staffers were also banned from trading individual stocks without approval from the campaign’s general counsel.
  • July 26, 2020:
    • Biden spoke at a virtual fundraiser for the Iowa Democratic Party. He called the state "a critical battleground for our campaign.” The event sold 1,400 tickets.
    • Ninety field organizers for the Florida Democratic Party signed an open letter criticizing the Biden campaign for not having an actionable field plan to coordinate voter outreach efforts in the state, particularly for Spanish-, Portuguese-, and Creole-speaking communities.
  • July 23, 2020:
    • Biden added four new senior staff in Pennsylvania, including Larry Hailsham Jr. as state political director and Michael Feldman as state communications director.
    • The Biden campaign released a video featuring Biden and Barack Obama talking about the presidency, the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare, and other issues. The campaign titled the video “President Obama and Vice President Biden: A Socially Distanced Conversation.”
  • July 22, 2020: During a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union, Biden called Trump the first racist president of the United States. Trump responded, “I’ve done more for Black Americans than anybody with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln. Nobody has even been close.”
  • July 21, 2020:
    • Biden said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was still in contention to be his running mate.
    • The Biden campaign launched a $15 million advertising campaign across digital, radio, and print in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The campaign, which includes English- and Spanish-language ads, was scheduled to run for a week.
    • Biden hired new senior directors and 114 additional staff members in North Carolina, including Kate Hendrickson as state political director.
    • Biden introduced the third plank of his “Build Back Better” program during a speech in New Castle, Delaware. The proposal, which focused on what Biden called the caregiving economy, would offer a $5,000 tax credit to unpaid caregivers of family members and up to $16,000 in tax credits for families with two or more children in households that make up to $125,000 per year.
  • July 20, 2020: In an interview on MSNBC, Biden said four Black women were still in contention to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee. He did not name them or commit to selecting a Black woman as his running mate.
  • July 18, 2020: Biden spoke at the Florida Democrat’s Leadership Blue gala through a virtual address from Delaware.
  • July 17, 2020: Biden issued a five-point plan to reopen schools. He proposed the following policies: control the coronavirus by expanding contact tracing and increasing the supply of PPE, set national safety guidelines and empower local decision-making authority, authorize a $30 billion emergency education package, develop improved remote and hybrid learning models, and invite specialists from several education fields to identify solutions to the COVID-19 educational equity gap.
  • July 16, 2020: Biden joined Virginia legislators and community leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion of his “Build Back Better” program.
  • July 15, 2020: NextGen America launched four ads on digital platforms—including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Vevo, and Hulu—to promote Biden to young voters. The group spent $2 million on the campaign.
  • July 14, 2020:
    • Biden announced his $2 trillion green infrastructure and jobs plan to reach carbon-free power generation by 2035 during an event in Wilmington, Delaware. His proposal said he would rebuild infrastructure, including bridges, electricity grids, and universal broadband; create one million jobs in electric vehicle manufacturing; and subsidize replacement programs for electric cars.
    • The Biden campaign hired five new senior staffers in Arizona, including Tony Cani and Jacob Smith as deputy state directors.
  • July 13, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign hired Latino Decisions, a firm specializing in Latino political outreach research, as part of a larger campaign to promote Latino voter turnout. His campaign has also hired several Latino aides and spent $1 million on Spanish-language outreach.
    • Biden aired his first general election ad in Texas focused on the coronavirus pandemic. The digital and television ad buy also ran in Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina.
  • July 12, 2020: Biden won the Democratic presidential primaries in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.
  • July 10, 2020: Biden hired two new senior staff members in Iowa: Jackie Norris as senior adviser and Lauren Dillon as campaign director.
  • July 9, 2020:
    • Service Employees International Union endorsed Biden. They planned to spend $150 million on a voter engagement campaign focused on people of color in battleground states who infrequently vote.
    • Biden hired three aides to improve outreach to people of color: Pili Tobar as communications director for coalitions, Ramzey Smith as African American media director, and Jennifer Molina as Latino media director.
    • Biden issued an economic proposal to boost U.S. manufacturing and technology firms. His plan would make a $400 million procurement investment in U.S. goods and services and spend $300 million on research and development. Biden also said he would strengthen and enforce Buy American laws.
    • Biden introduced these proposals on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, where he toured a metal works plant in Dunmore.
  • July 8, 2020: The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force released a 110-page document with recommendations on climate change, environmental justice, criminal justice, the economy, education, and other policy issues. The proposal included additional details about Biden’s public option healthcare plan that would compete with private insurers. Medicare for All was not mentioned.
  • July 7, 2020:
    • Biden won the Democratic presidential primaries in Delaware and New Jersey.
    • Biden hired Brendan McPhillips, who led Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign in Iowa, to be his state director in Pennsylvania. Sinceré Harris was also named a senior adviser in the state.
    • Biden said he would reverse the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization on his first day in office.
  • July 4, 2020:
    • Biden posted a video that featured images from protests throughout U.S. history and references to the Black Lives Matter movement. Along with the video, Biden tweeted, “Our nation was founded on a simple idea: We're all created equal. We've never lived up to it — but we've never stopped trying. This Independence Day, let's not just celebrate those words, let's commit to finally fulfill them.”
    • Biden appeared at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture where he discussed his economic plans for the Black community.
  • July 3, 2020: Biden spoke at the National Education Association’s annual assembly via webcam. He said his administration would have “a teacher-oriented Department of Education.”
  • July 1, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign and Democratic National Committee raised $141 million in June, marking the second consecutive month that Biden outraised Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee.
    • A group of approximately 200 George W. Bush administration officials formed a super PAC, 43 Alumni for Biden, to support Biden’s presidential campaign. The group said they would “engage and mobilize disenchanted GOP voters.”
    • Biden criticized China’s new national security law targeting Hong Kong. He said he would “prohibit U.S. companies from abetting repression and supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance state” and impose economic sanctions if Beijing threatened Americans’ First Amendment rights.
    • Biden assembled a group of 600 lawyers and thousands of volunteers to prepare for potential legal issues surrounding the 2020 presidential election.

• June 2020 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 30, 2020:
    • Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction.org published an open letter to Biden calling for him to select Sen. Elizabeth Warren as his running mate. “Biden-Warren would represent a unity ticket, one capable of generating enthusiasm from across the Democratic Party and beyond – and defeating Donald Trump in November,” they wrote.
    • Biden hired Eric Hyers, who managed successful campaigns for Gov. Andy Beshear (Ky.) in 2019 and Gov. Steve Bullock (Mont.) in 2016, as his Michigan state director.
    • While speaking at a campaign event in Wilmington, Biden said he planned to announce his running mate in early August and that he could not guarantee a previously stated target date of Aug. 1. “There are a number of women of color. There are Latino women. There are Asian. There are — across the board. And we’re just underway now in the hard vet of going into the deep background checks that take anywhere from six to eight weeks to be done,” Biden said.
    • Biden also said that Confederate monuments should be removed from public squares and instead placed in museums. When asked if he would release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees, Biden said his team was compiling a list of qualified Black women. “I am not going to release that until we go further down the line of vetting them,” he said.
  • June 27, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign released diversity data showing 36% of its senior staff were people of color and 58% were women.
    • Film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife, Marilyn, hosted a virtual fundraiser that raised $6 million for Biden.
  • June 25, 2020:
    • Biden hired L.T. McCrimmon as North Carolina state director and Alana Mounce as Nevada state director as part of a staff build-up in the two battleground states.
    • Biden spoke about healthcare during a campaign stop in Lancaster, Penn. He said Donald Trump’s two legacies were his “failure to protect the American people from coronavirus” and efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
    • When asked if he would use executive powers to mandate wearing masks in public, Biden said, “I would do everything possible to make it required that people have to wear masks in public."
    • The Lincoln Project began airing a pro-Biden ad in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on presidential leadership.
  • June 24, 2020:
    • At least two dozen Republican national security officials who served in the Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II administrations planned to endorse Biden. Reuters reported the group would also campaign for Biden.
    • The pro-Biden super PAC, Unite the Country, released three television and digital ads highlighting Biden’s economic record and response to the 2008 financial crisis.
  • June 23, 2020:
    • Biden and former President Barack Obama raised $11 million—$7.6 million during the public portion and $3.4 million during a private event—in their first joint virtual fundraiser. It was the most money the Biden campaign had raised in a single event.
    • Biden and Trump won the presidential primaries in Kentucky. Biden also won the Democratic primary in New York; the Republican primary had been canceled when Trump was the only candidate to qualify for the ballot.
    • Biden was vetting Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Karen Bass (Calif.) for vice president, according to CBS News.
  • June 20, 2020:
    • CNN reported Former Sen. Ted Kaufman (Del.) was leading Biden’s presidential transition team. Former Obama White House staffer Yohannes Abraham was in charge of day-to-day operations.
    • Biden hired Chris Bolling, a former executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia, to lead his campaign operations in Virginia.
    • Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $74 million in May, marking the first time they underperformed Biden and the Democratic National Committee—who raised $81 million in May—in monthly fundraising. Trump and the RNC have $265 million in cash on hand.
  • June 18, 2020:
    • Biden launched a $15 million ad campaign featuring digital, radio, and print ads in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina. In two different clips, Biden spoke about racial injustice and the middle class. The campaign includes $1 million in Spanish-language ads in Florida and Arizona.
    • CNN reported Biden would accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee. Democratic officials were in the process of organizing smaller events in battleground states. CNN said the “overarching goal now is to produce several hours of compelling programming each night that would be carried by the major TV networks.”
    • In response to the Supreme Court decision blocking the Trump administration from ending the DACA program due to procedural issues, Biden said he would make DACA permanent on his first day in office.
    • Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) removed herself from consideration to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee on Thursday night. She said, “This is a historic moment, and America must seize on this moment. And I truly believe as, I actually told the vice president last night when I called him, that I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket.”
  • June 17, 2020:
    • Several Massachusetts Democrats, including former state party chair Phil Johnston and Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, said they would not attend the Democratic National Convention due to concerns with the coronavirus pandemic. “In 40 years plus I’ve only missed two conventions, and there’s no way I’m going to go. Most people I talked to do not intend to go,” said Johnston.
    • Biden spoke in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and reopening plans.
  • June 16, 2020: Biden spoke during a webcast by the League of Conservation Voters. He connected climate change to racial inequality and environmental justice.
  • June 15, 2020:
    • More than 50 progressive groups, including the Working Families Party, Our Revolution, and Black Voters Matter, signed an open letter to Biden calling for him to support reduced incarceration and police forces.
    • The Biden campaign announced it raised $81 million with two associated Democratic committees in May, up from $60.5 million in April.
    • Biden raised $6 million in his largest single-event fundraiser. The event was co-hosted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
    • Bloomberg reported Former President Barack Obama would host his first virtual fundraiser with Biden on June 23.
  • June 13, 2020: Biden hosted a virtual discussion on LGBTQ policy in Maine with state Treasurer Henry Beck and attorney Mary Bonauto.
  • June 12, 2020: The Associated Press reported that the Biden campaign’s vetting of potential vice presidential nominees had entered its second round with as few as six candidates still on the list. Among them are Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Kamala Harris (Calif.) and former national security adviser Susan Rice.
  • June 11, 2020:
    • Biden held a roundtable in Philadelphia on reopening the economy.
    • Biden posted an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg calling on Facebook to fact-check political ads in the two weeks prior to the general election, among other steps to prevent disinformation on the platform.
    • Biden released his plan to reopen the economy. His proposal includes guaranteeing testing and PPE for workers, covering coronavirus-related medical and family leave, establishing a workforce of 100,000 coronavirus contact tracers, and covering additional costs for reopening schools and childcare centers.
  • June 10, 2020:
    • Biden discussed law enforcement funding in an op-ed in USA Today. He said he opposed defunding the police. He proposed increasing funding by $300 million to improve community policing programs, adopt a national use of force standard, purchase body cameras, and recruit a more diverse force.
    • In a virtual interview on The Daily Show, Biden said, “It's my greatest concern, my single greatest concern. This president is going to try to steal this election.”
  • June 8, 2020:
    • In response to the movement to defund the police, Biden said in an interview on CBS, “No, I don‘t support defunding the police. … I support conditioning federal aid to police based on whether or not they meet certain basic standards of decency and honorableness and, in fact, are able to demonstrate they can protect the community and everybody in the community.”
    • Biden’s campaign launched “Out for Biden,” a get-out-the-vote program aimed at LGBTQ voters. Biden tweeted, “We've made incredible progress on LGBTQ+ equality, but we still have further to go. We can't rest until everyone is treated with dignity and respect under the law—regardless of who they are or whom they love.”
    • Biden met with George Floyd’s family in Houston, Texas.
  • June 7, 2020: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who served in George W. Bush’s administration, said he planned to vote for Biden.
  • June 6, 2020:
    • Biden won Democratic caucuses in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    • Biden spoke at the Texas Democratic Party’s virtual convention. He said, “We have to keep the House of Representatives. We have to win over the United States Senate. We have to flip the Texas House. We have to lead and deliver meaningful change for people who are hurting all across this nation.”
  • June 5, 2020: The Associated Press reported that Biden had crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the Democratic presidential nomination, with the tabulation of election results from the June 2 primaries putting him over 1,991 delegates. Biden wrote, “It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded — and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party.”
  • June 4, 2020:
    • Twenty-five donors contributed a combined $4 million during a virtual fundraiser for Biden hosted by Climate Leaders for Biden. According to Recode, this is “believed to be his biggest fundraiser of the entire campaign.”
    • Biden and actor Don Cheadle participated in a town hall hosted by The Shade Room. Biden said, “Do we really think this is as good as we can be as a nation? … I don’t think the vast majority of people think that. There are probably anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of the people out there that are just not very good people. But that’s not who we are. The vast majority of people are decent. We have to appeal to that.”
  • June 3, 2020: Biden’s campaign started running a new ad on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The ad featured clips from his June 2 speech in Philadelphia.
  • June 2, 2020:
    • Biden gave a speech in Philadelphia. He said, “I won't traffic in fear and division. I won't fan the flames of hate. I'll seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued our country, not use them for political gain. I'll do my job and I'll take responsibility -- I won't blame others”
    • Former Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro endorsed Biden. Castro previously endorsed Elizabeth Warren.
    • The Hill reported that a group of former George W. Bush administration officials created a super PAC called “43 Alumni For Biden.”
  • June 1, 2020:
    • Biden visited Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Del., to meet with black leaders. Biden said, “Hate just hides. It doesn’t go away, and when you have somebody in power who breathes oxygen into the hate under the rocks, it comes out from under the rocks.”
    • Biden held a virtual roundtable with Mayors Lori Lightfoot (Chicago), Keisha Lance Bottoms (Atlanta), Eric Garcetti (Los Angeles), and Melvin Carter (St. Paul).

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  May

  • May 31, 2020:
    • Biden was scheduled to give a virtual keynote address at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s convention.
    • Biden visited a site in Wilmington, Del., where protests had taken place following the death of George Floyd. He tweeted, “We are a nation in pain right now, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. As President, I will help lead this conversation — and more importantly, I will listen, just as I did today visiting the site of last night's protests in Wilmington.”

  • May 30, 2020: In a Medium post, Biden wrote, “These last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice. Every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country, from the daily indignities to the extreme violence, like the horrific killing of George Floyd. … The act of protesting should never be allowed to overshadow the reason we protest. It should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to advance.”

  • May 29, 2020: Biden appeared in a Washington Post TikTok video skit encouraging people to wear masks.

  • May 28, 2020: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Whoopi Goldberg hosted a virtual fundraiser for Biden that featured performances by musicians Sheryl Crow, Rufus Wainwright, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Walsh, and David Crosby.

  • May 27, 2020:
    • The Associated Press reported that Biden’s campaign named Rachana Desai Martin as its national director for voter protection and senior counsel
    • Biden said that he intended to choose his running mate by Aug. 1.
    • Biden’s campaign hired Obama alum Ashley Allison as national coalitions director and Jason Rodriguez as her deputy. According to The Washington Post, the “new coalitions department [is] modeled on President Barack Obama’s reelection strategy, a campaign expansion that adds more racial diversity to his effort to win the White House.”
    • Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) endorsed Biden. The two participated in a live-streamed discussion about COVID-19.

  • May 26, 2020:
    • Biden said after Trump retweeted an image of Biden wearing a mask, “He's a fool, an absolute fool to talk that way. … I mean every leading doc in the world is saying you should wear a mask when you're in a crowd, and especially when you know you're going to be in a position where you're going to inadvertently get closer than 12 feet to somebody.”
    • Biden’s campaign launched a program called League 46, which it describes as “a community to engage, mobilize, and empower young people to elect Joe Biden.”
    • The AFL-CIO endorsed Biden.

  • May 25, 2020: Biden appeared in public for the first time since March to lay a wreath at a veterans memorial.

  • May 22, 2020:
    • Biden apologized for saying, "If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black," in an interview on The Breakfast Club. He said, "I know that the comments have come off like I was taking the African American vote for granted. But nothing could be further [from] the truth."
    • Biden won the Hawaii Democratic primary with 63.2% of the vote to Bernie Sanders’ 36.8%. The primary was held entirely by mail in response to the coronavirus pandemic and incorporated ranked-choice voting.

  • May 21, 2020: Biden appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In the interview, he said he would win the election: “Look, I don’t want to jinx myself, but I’ll tell you why. The American people fully understand what’s at stake here. This is the most important election in anybody’s life, not because I’m running, but because of the circumstances.”

  • May 20, 2020:
    • Biden said of Trump during his virtual Wisconsin rally, “Why would anybody trust this man to bring back the economy now? He thinks he’s a builder, but he’s a destroyer of everything he touches.”
    • United Steelworkers endorsed Biden, saying that he “understands what it’s like to work for a living. As the son of a working-class family from Pennsylvania’s coal country, he has never forgotten his roots.”
    • Biden participated in a virtual roundtable on rural issues with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and hosted a virtual rally in Milwaukee.

  • May 19, 2020: Biden’s campaign hired Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the granddaughter of César Chávez and former co-political director on Kamala Harris’s campaign, as a senior advisor.

  • May 18, 2020:
    • Biden’s campaign said that if elected, he would rescind the Keystone XL pipeline permit issued by the Trump administration. The campaign’s policy director, Stef Feldman, said, “[D]enial of science ends on day one of a Biden presidency.”
    • Biden spoke to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Victory Fund. He said, “The AAPI community deserves better than a president who never ever misses an opportunity to stoke innuendo and fan the flames of hate.”

  • May 17, 2020:
    • The Equality PAC, which is affiliated with the Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus, endorsed Biden.
    • Biden released a statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in which he wrote, “As President, I will reinvigorate and expand U.S. efforts to advance the human rights of LGBTQ+ people at home and around the world.” He also tweeted that passing the Equality Act would be one of his top legislative priorities as president.

  • May 15, 2020: Biden hosted a virtual roundtable with Govs. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) & Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) on the impact of COVID-19.

  • May 14, 2020: During an interview on MSNBC, Biden said regarding sexual assault allegations from a former staffer, “If [voters] believe Tara Reade, they probably shouldn't vote for me. I wouldn't vote for me if I believed Tara Reade.”

  • May 13, 2020:
    • CNN reported that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) would co-chair a climate change task force for Biden’s campaign.
    • Biden and Bernie Sanders announced the members of a series of joint task forces on climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, health care, and immigration. Biden tweeted, “A united party is key to winning the White House this November. The work of the task forces will be essential to identifying ways to build on our progress and not simply turn the clock back to a time before Donald Trump — but transform our country.”

  • May 12, 2020: Former Georgia state representative and 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams formally endorsed Biden. Abrams did not endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary.

  • May 11, 2020:
    • The Hill reported that Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $60.5 million in April.
    • Biden wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post titled “How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice.” Biden said, “States and cities that have attempted to reopen are discovering that the economy isn’t a light switch you can simply flip on — people need confidence to make it run, and that confidence must be earned by credible leadership and demonstrable safety.”

  • May 8, 2020:
    • Biden’s campaign hired three senior aides: Natalie Quillian as deputy campaign manager, Saloni Multani as chief financial officer, and Deanna Nesburg as senior adviser for financial operations. According to The Washington Post, the campaign’s other hires included “an initial doubling of Biden’s 20-person digital staff; new hires in fundraising and organizing; and the appointments of senior officials from the shuttered campaigns of former congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.).”
    • California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) endorsed Biden at a virtual fundraiser. He said, “You get it, and you've gotten it done over the course of decades. … You've been on the front lines of fighting against poverty, ignorance and disease. You have a deep compassion and empathy, you see the world from other people's eyes.”

  • May 6, 2020: The Human Rights Campaign endorsed Biden, the eighth anniversary of Biden’s announcement that he was in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.

  • May 5, 2020:
    • Former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed Biden. Holder said, “I think you will see him deal with the whole problem of mass incarceration and continuing the work that we did during the Obama-Biden years to ask questions about the ways in which we have dealt with criminal justice issues in the nation, like, do we need to incarcerate as many people as we do? And are there alternatives to incarceration?”
    • Biden tweeted regarding the February shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, “The video is clear: Ahmaud Arbery was killed in cold blood. My heart goes out to his family, who deserve justice and deserve it now. It is time for a swift, full, and transparent investigation into his murder.”

  • May 4, 2020:
    • Biden released a plan called “Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America,” which he said would “tackle some of the most stubborn and pervasive issues — including those that often go unnoticed — that hold back African Americans from receiving an equal shot.”
    • Biden participated in a virtual forum hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens. During the forum, he advocated a $13 per hour additional pay increase for essential workers.

  • May 3, 2020:
    • Biden and Elizabeth Warren co-authored an op-ed in McClatchy calling for additional oversight over coronavirus relief funding. The two said that conflicts of interest, lobbying activity, and oversight were the three areas where reforms should be focused.
    • Biden issued a statement marking World Press Freedom day. He criticized Trump’s relationship with the media and said freedom of the press was at risk in the U.S. and abroad.
    • The Democratic Party of Kansas released the results of its presidential preference primary. The primary was conducted entirely via mail-in ballot. Biden placed first in the ranked-choice tally with 76.9% of the vote to Bernie Sanders’ 23.1%.

  • May 1, 2020:
    • Biden denied allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted a former Senate aide, Tara Reade, in 1993. In a Medium post, he discussed his pride in the Violence Against Women Act and said that women should be heard when they bring forward allegations. Biden said none of his other former staffers had corroborated Reade’s story and that there was no record of her filing a complaint against him that year, as she said. Biden requested the Secretary of the Senate ask the National Archives to identify and make public any such complaint. He did not name Reade directly in the article.
    • Biden further discussed the allegations in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

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  April

  • April 30, 2020: Biden announced his team of advisers overseeing the vice presidential vetting process: former Sen. Chris Dodd (Ct.), Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.), Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and former counsel Cynthia Hogan.

  • April 29, 2020: Biden hired Rufus Gifford, a former ambassador to Denmark in the Obama administration, as his deputy campaign manager. The Washington Post reported that Gifford would focus on finance and policy issues.

  • April 28, 2020:
    • Politico reported on the Biden campaign’s vice presidential selection process, including the internal debate over whether he should prioritize a black and/or progressive candidate.
    • Biden won the Ohio Democratic primary with 72% of the vote. He was estimated to win at least 96 of the state’s 136 delegates.
    • During a virtual town hall on women and COVID-19, Hillary Clinton endorsed Biden.
    • Jeff Weaver and other former senior aides to Bernie Sanders formed a new group, Future to Believe In, to promote progressive support for Biden.

  • April 27, 2020:
    • Biden held a virtual Chicago fundraiser moderated by former Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
    • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed Biden in a video statement. “As we face coronavirus, Joe has been a voice of reason and resilience, with a clear path to lead us out of this crisis,” Pelosi said.
    • Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the co-chairwoman of the Progressive Caucus, endorsed Biden. “While I have not always agreed with Vice President Biden on matters of policy, I am ready to work with him to craft and then implement the most progressive agenda of any candidate in history," she said.

  • April 23, 2020:
    • Biden held a virtual fundraiser that raised $1.1 million. In addition to several entertainers, former 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg also appeared. During the event, Biden said he believed Donald Trump was going to attempt to delay the election.
    • Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was advising Biden on economic issues, Bloomberg reported. Summers, who was director of Obama’s National Economic Council in 2009 and 2010, was critical of wealth tax proposals put forward by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren during the Democratic primary.

  • April 22, 2020:
    • Biden held a virtual town hall on climate change with former Vice President Al Gore. Gore endorsed him during the session.
    • Biden and his surrogates were expected to hit Trump on his handling of the coronavirus using “four Cs” to structure the criticisms—coverup, chaos, corporate favoritism, and caving to lobbyists—according to a campaign memo obtained by Axios.
    • During an interview on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Biden said he would name the advisers on his vice presidential selection panel on May 1. “The first the most important quality is someone who — if I walked away immediately from the office for whatever reason — that they can be president,’’ Biden said of his future running mate.

  • April 21, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign was debating whether to build an in-house digital team or use an outside firm, like the Mike Bloomberg-favored Hawkfish, to strengthen Biden’s online presence, Politico reported.
    • Biden and the Democratic National Committee together had $57.2 million in cash on hand, after accounting for unpaid debts, according to The New York Times. That was approximately $187 million less than Trump and the Republican National Committee had.

  • April 20, 2020:
    • Biden raised $46.7 million in March, outraising Trump’s $13.6 million and marking his best fundraising month so far. Trump led in cash on hand with $98.5 million to Biden’s $26.4 million.
    • The Biden campaign released a new digital ad about the role of the president and Trump’s response to the coronavirus.

  • April 17-19, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign aired an ad in battleground states that says Trump should have sent a CDC team to China and did not properly prepare the United States for the epidemic.
    • Biden won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses with 72% of the vote, the state party announced on Sunday. In-person caucus events were canceled in response to the coronavirus outbreak, and the Democratic Party encouraged voters to participate by mail. The deadline for receiving completed ballots was April 17.
    • Former Jay Inslee presidential campaign staffers pitched a revised climate change proposal to the Biden campaign.

  • April 16, 2020:
    • During a coronavirus town hall on CNN, Biden said the federal government should subsidize half of some salaries with employers paying the other half to reduce the number of pandemic-related layoffs. “Keep people on the payrolls and just have straight flat payment, a flat payment where the government pays half the salary of everybody on there," he said. "You can keep everybody doing half the work they were doing but everybody stays employed."
    • Biden said during a virtual fundraiser that he was building a post-election transition team and considering making certain White House offices into Cabinet-level positions, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a defunct global health security team, and a new climate change team.
    • Biden appeared remotely on Showtime’s Desu & Mero.

  • April 15, 2020:
    • Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed Biden. “Among all the other candidates I competed with in the Democratic primary, there's no one I've agreed with 100% of the time over the years. But one thing I appreciate about Joe Biden is he will always tell you where he stands,” she said in an endorsement video.
    • The Biden campaign indicated its super PAC preference for Priorities USA over Unite the Country in a statement. The campaign said, “As Democrats across the country come together to achieve this goal, we are pleased that Priorities USA will be a leader of an unprecedented and united community of organizations focused on winning in November.” No other Democratic super PACs were mentioned in the statement.
    • Biden attended a virtual town hall with frontline healthcare workers moderated by Florida Rep. Shevrin Jones.

  * April 14, 2020: Former President Barack Obama endorsed Biden in a video statement. He said Biden had the leadership required to handle the coronavirus pandemic. Obama also acknowledged Sen. Bernie Sanders in the clip and said the country needed real structural change.

  • April 13, 2020:
    • Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) endorsed Biden during a joint livestream. "We need you in the White House. And I will do all that I can to see that that happens," Sanders said to Biden. They agreed to form six working groups on the economy, education, criminal justice, immigration, climate change, and health care.
    • Biden won the Wisconsin Democratic primary with approximately 63% of the vote to receive at least 50 of the state’s 84 pledged delegates.

  • April 12, 2020: Biden wrote an op-ed in The New York Times titled “My Plan to Safely Reopen America.” First, he said social distancing should continue, frontline workers should receive the supplies and equipment they need, and the federal government should be more responsive. Second, he said there should be widespread testing and a contact tracing strategy. Third, Biden said the healthcare system should be ready for flare-ups.

  • April 10, 2020: Biden won the Alaska Democratic primary, which was moved to April 10 from April 4 and made a vote-by-mail election. More than 71,000 ballots were sent to registered Democrats; more than 19,000 were returned on time. This was double the participation the 2016 caucus saw.

  • April 9, 2020:
    • Biden published two new healthcare and student loan debt policy proposals in a Medium post. The first would lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60. The second would “forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities for debt-holders earning up to $125,000, with appropriate phase-outs to avoid a cliff.”
    • Biden called for the CDC and other agencies to release data on the income and race, in addition to age, of individuals affected by COVID-19. He said in a Medium post, “The challenge for us as leaders is ensuring support gets to those who need it immediately, and doing the necessary work to rip out the structural racism that creates these inequalities wherever we find it.”
    • Eight progressive organizations, including Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, and NextGen Action, signed an open letter advising Biden on how he could appeal to young, progressive voters on climate change, gun violence prevention, immigration, healthcare, criminal justice, and other issues. The groups also requested that he appoint elected officials to his transition team that endorsed Sens. Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.

  • April 8, 2020:
    • With a plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
    • The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, endorsed Biden. Sen. Tom Udall (N.M.) and Rep. Katie Porter (Calif.) also endorsed him.
    • The Democratic National Committee began to discuss a joint fundraising agreement with the Biden campaign, CNBC reported.

  • April 7, 2020: Biden wrote a message to Jewish families celebrating Passover during the pandemic on the Medium website.

  • April 7, 2020: Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) endorsed Biden, marking Biden’s 16th endorsement from a U.S. senator.

  • April 6-7, 2020: Rep. John Lewis (Ga.) endorsed Biden. Potential vice presidential pick, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, also appeared on Biden’s podcast.

  • April 6, 2020: Biden spoke to Trump about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic during a phone call. His campaign said in a statement, “Biden shared several suggestions for actions the Administration can take now to address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and expressed his appreciation for the spirit of the American people in meeting the challenges facing the nation.”

  • April 5, 2020: In an interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Biden said the Democratic Party should consider holding a virtual convention. He also said Capt. Brett Crozier should have received a commendation for raising concerns about the spread of coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. “I think it's close to criminal the way they're dealing with this guy,” Biden said.

  • April 3, 2020: Biden said during a virtual fundraiser that he was vetting candidates for vice president. He said he informed Sanders that he had begun the process.

  • April 2, 2020: During a virtual fundraiser, Biden said Bernie Sanders should not be pushed out of the race. He said, “Now’s not the time for me or anyone to call for him to drop out. I know firsthand what a personal decision that is."

  • April 2, 2020: Biden called for the Trump administration to ease economic sanctions against Iran. He said in a statement, “In times of global crisis, America should lead. We should be the first to offer help to people who are hurting or in danger. That’s who we are. That’s who we’ve always been. And, in the midst of this deadly pandemic that respects no borders, the United States should take steps to offer what relief we can to those nations hardest hit by this virus — including Iran — even as we prioritize the health of the American people.”

  • April 1, 2020: Biden said he believed the Democratic National Convention would have to be postponed from July to August due to the coronavirus. “And then, even then, the Republican and Democratic conventions are going to have to...be prepared for the alternative.” He said it would be easier to move since the Olympics Games were postponed until 2021.

  • April 1, 2020: Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said the campaign would communicate with Donald Trump’s team to arrange a phone call between Biden and Trump on the coronavirus.

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  March

  • March 31, 2020: Biden released a new digital ad that will play on Facebook and Instagram in battleground states. Calling medical professionals fighting coronavirus soldiers, Biden said, “As President, I wouldn't send an American soldier anywhere in the world without all the equipment and protection they need. We should not do any less for the heroes on the frontlines in this battle we're in now.”

  • March 31, 2020: Biden endorsed two Wisconsin school referendums in Milwaukee and Racine. The $87 million referendum in Milwaukee would support operational expenses, and the $1 billion referendum in Racine would fund the renovation and construction of facilities.

  • March 31, 2020: Axios reported that Unite the Country—a super PAC formed in 2019 to support Biden’s presidential campaign—and Democratic opposition research group American Bridge would partner on research, polling, fundraising, and digital and television ads with the joint goal of raising $175 million to support Biden. Combined, they had already raised more than $70 million during the 2020 election cycle. Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm were announced as the co-chairs of the partnership.

  • March 30, 2020: Biden launched a podcast called Here’s the Deal. The first episode of the show features Biden’s conversation with Ron Klain, the Obama administration’s Ebola response coordinator.

  • March 27, 2020: Biden participated in a CNN town hall where he discussed support for a three-month rent freeze, possibly with conditions, and for the government to cover all healthcare costs related to coronavirus. Dozens of Hawaii and Wisconsin Democrats endorsed Biden, including former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Hawaii state Senate President Ron Kouchi. Biden's campaign also responded to sexual assault allegations a former Senate staffer made. Deputy Campaign Manager and Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said, "Women have the right to tell their story, and reporters have an obligation to rigorously vet those claims." She said that "these accusations are false."

  • March 26, 2020: Biden tweeted, “The relief bill passed by Congress was a good start, but now we need to:
    • Forgive at least $10,000 of student loan debt per person
    • Provide emergency paid sick leave to everyone who needs it
    • Ensure no one has to pay for COVID-19 treatment or an eventual vaccine”

  He also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s Quarantine Minilogue.

  • March 25, 2020: Biden announced he would launch a podcast, which he described as "a program to share some more of [his] ideas and plans and to bring on some experts and people [he's] worked with in the White House." He also launched a newsletter.

  • March 24, 2020: Biden appeared in interviews with CNN and The View from his home. He told CNN's Jake Tapper that President Donald Trump should have enacted the Defense Production Act months ago. On The View, Biden discussed his daily schedule, the economy, and the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • March 24, 2020: Biden delivered a televised address from his Delaware home in which he discussed Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Biden also said he would begin vetting at least six potential vice presidential nominees in the coming weeks. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the largest public-sector union nationwide, endorsed Biden.

  • March 21-22, 2020: Biden's campaign released a video featuring Ron Klain, former White House Ebola response coordinator under Barack Obama, criticizing President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak and praising Biden's proposals. Also, the American Federation of Teachers and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus endorsed Biden.

  • March 21, 2020: Biden made an appearance at DJ D-Nice's Instagram Live virtual dance party.

  • March 19, 2020: Former 2020 presidential candidate and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) endorsed Biden. The Steady State, a group of 80 Democratic, Republican, and independent national security officials, also endorsed Biden.

  • March 18, 2020: Kirkland & Ellis senior partner Jon Henes, the former national finance chair for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, was forming a fundraising committee with other corporate restructuring attorneys to support Biden’s campaign, CNBC reported.

  • March 17-18, 2020: Reps. Gerald Connolly (Va.), Raul Ruiz (Calif.), and Brad Sherman (Calif.) endorsed Biden.

  • March 17, 2020: The Secret Service began providing protection to Biden, his code name being Celtic, the same name used during his vice presidency.

  • March 17, 2020: Biden discussed the coronavirus pandemic and appealed to Sanders supporters during an online address.

  • March 16, 2020: Biden held a virtual town hall with former surgeon general Vivek Murthy.

  • March 16, 2020: Biden received endorsements from several Pennsylvania Democratic leaders: state House minority leader Frank Dermody, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, state Treasurer Joe Torsella, and DNC members Michael Nutter and Marian Tasco. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker also endorsed Biden.

  • March 15, 2020: Biden said he raised $33 million in the first half of March.

  • March 14, 2020:The National Education Association, the largest labor union in the United States, endorsed Biden.

  • March 13, 2020: During a digital town hall, Biden said he endorsed Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy plan with student loan relief.

  • March 10, 2020: Biden received nine congressional endorsements from former Michael Bloomberg supporters, including Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), Juan Vargas (Calif.), and Scott Peters (Calif.). Former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang also endorsed Biden. Biden was also endorsed by Republican Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor. Sterling Heights is in Macomb County, one of 12 Pivot Counties in Michigan.

  • March 10, 2020: Both Biden and Sanders canceled their respective rallies in Cleveland for public health and safety. It was the first time concerns about the coronavirus led to canceled campaign rallies this election cycle.

  • March 9-10, 2020: Biden campaigned in Michigan, including holding a rally in Detroit with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. He held a campaign rally in Cleveland.

  • March 9, 2020: Reps. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Fla.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), and Hank Johnson (Ga.) endorsed Biden.

  • March 9, 2020: Rufus Gifford, the finance director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, had reached out to more than 700 bundlers for Biden.

  • March 6-9, 2020: Former 2020 presidential presidential candidates Cory Booker, John Delaney, Kamala Harris, and Deval Patrick endorsed Biden. He also received more than a dozen endorsements from congressional and state legislators and executives, including Sen. Tina Smith (Minn.) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas).

  • March 7-8, 2020: Biden held GOTV and community events in Missouri and Mississippi.

  • March 6, 2020: Biden made a $12 million ad buy—his largest of the campaign so far—in Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio, and digital markets.

  • March 5, 2020: Biden received another round of congressional endorsements on Thursday from Reps. Susan Davis (Calif.), Haley Stevens (Mich.), Brenda Lawrence (Mich.), Elissa Slotkin (Mich.), Madeleine Dean (Penn.), Sean Casten (Ill.), Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.), David Trone (Md.), Anthony Brown (Md.), and Ann Kuster (N.H.). Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also endorsed Biden.

  • March 5, 2020: Biden said he was considering Secret Service protection after protesters took the stage at his Super Tuesday rally.

  • March 5, 2020: Biden released his LGBT policy plan, which would end the ban on transgender service members, guarantee federally funded homeless shelters serve individuals according to their gender identity, and enact the Equality Act.

  • March 4, 2020: Biden was endorsed by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) and Reps. Ted Deutch (Fla.), Kathleen Rice (N.Y.), Kathy Castor (Fla.), Lois Frankel (Fla.), Andy Kim (N.J.), Robin Kelly (Ill.), Mike Quigley (Ill.), and Bill Foster (Ill.). He also issued a $125 billion plan to address the opioid crisis, which included expanding treatment services and raising taxes on pharmaceutical company profits.

  • March 3, 2020: Reps. Jim Costa (Calif.) and Abigail Spanberger (Va.), Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, and Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper endorsed Biden. He also began airing a new ad, “It’s Time,” featuring Amy Klobuchar’s endorsement.

  • February 29 - March 2, 2020: Buttigieg and Klobuchar dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden. Several members of Congress endorsed Biden, including Reps. Don Beyer (Va.), Greg Stanton (Ariz.), Jennifer Wexton (Va.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), and Robert Scott (Va.). He also received endorsements from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) and Reps. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Jerry McNerney (Calif.), Marcia Fudge (Ohio), and Veronica Escobar (Texas). He said his campaign raised $5 million in 24 hours after winning the South Carolina primary. Biden campaigned in Houston and Dallas.

  • February 29 - March 1, 2020: Biden campaigned in North Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. He also made his first appearance on Fox News this election cycle.

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  February

  • February 29 - March 1, 2020: Biden campaigned in North Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. He also made his first appearance on Fox News this election cycle.

  • February 26, 2020: Politico reported that Biden made a six-figure ad buy focused on southern Super Tuesday states. The ad featured President Barack Obama praising Biden during his Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.

  • February 24-26, 2020: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (S.C.) endorsed Biden. Biden issued a $640 billion housing plan, proposing changes to mortgage standards, eviction protections, and anti-discrimination policies.

  • February 25, 2020: Rep. David Price (N.C.) endorsed Biden.

  • February 20-22, 2020: The Latino Victory Fund endorsed Biden. He campaigned in Nevada.

  • February 20, 2020: Rep. Sylvia Garcia (Texas) endorsed Biden. Biden participated in a CNN town hall in Las Vegas. The super PAC, Committee to Protect the President spent $255,000 on a television and digital Spanish-language ad in Nevada criticizing Biden on immigration.

  • February 16-17, 2020: Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall endorsed Biden. Biden also attended a fundraiser in Denver.

  • February 13-16, 2020: Biden held two fundraisers in New York City, where he was expected to raise at least $1 million. He campaigned in Nevada, holding events in Henderson and Las Vegas. His campaign sent nearly 50 additional staffers to Nevada and South Carolina, bringing the total number of staff in each state to 130 and 60, respectively.

  • February 12, 2020: The Biden campaign launched eight organizing groups in Florida focused on different demographic groups, including women, Latino, and Caribbean voters.

  • February 11, 2020: Biden held a South Carolina launch party in Columbia, where he spoke to his New Hampshire supporters via livestream. Louisiana Senate Democratic Chairman Troy Carter Sr. also endorsed Biden.

  • February 10-11, 2020: New Hampshire Senate President Donna Soucy endorsed Biden on Monday. Biden held his primary night event in Nashua, New Hampshire.

  • February 8, 2020: Biden released a digital ad comparing his and Buttigieg’s political experience. He held a GOTV event in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Feb. 10.

  • February 6, 2020: The Biden campaign canceled about $150,000 in television spending in South Carolina, moving those funds to ad buys in Nevada, instead.

  • February 5, 2020: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers endorsed Biden. Adrienne Bogen, Biden’s Iowa field director, departed from the campaign.

  • February 4, 2020: Arkansas House Minority Leader Fredrick Love endorsed Biden. Unite the Country, a super PAC backing Biden, also announced that it was launching a $900,000 television and digital ad campaign in New Hampshire.

  • February 4, 2020: California Secretary of State Alex Padilla endorsed Biden.

  • February 1, 2020: The 200,000 member Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) endorsed Biden. In the 2016 presidential election, ATU had endorsed Sanders. Rep. Danny Davis (Ill.) also endorsed Biden.

  • January 31 - February 1, 2020: Biden’s wife, Jill, campaigned across Iowa.

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  January

  • January 29, 2020: Rep. Brad Schneider endorsed Biden. TIME profiled Biden on Jan. 30 for its Feb. 10 cover story.

  • January 29, 2020: Rep. Alma Adams (N.C.), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, endorsed Biden. Biden aides discussed the possibility of a caucus deal with an aide to Klobuchar, whereby voters in certain precincts would be encouraged to support one candidate over the other to avoid both failing to meet the viability threshold. No deal was made, The New York Times reported.

  • January 28, 2020: Politico reported that Biden was focusing on Iowa and Nevada and had scaled back spending in New Hampshire. His first ad buy of the year in New Hampshire came on Jan. 27 for $105,000.

  • January 24-26, 2020: Biden released an ad focused on electability against Trump. He campaigned in Iowa and attended a block party co-hosted by the Des Moines NAACP.

  • January 25, 2020: Rep. Cindy Axne (Iowa) endorsed Biden. Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.), a former 2020 presidential candidate, also endorsed Biden Jan. 27. Biden continued to campaign in Iowa with community events in Cedar Falls, Marion, and Iowa City.

  • January 22, 2020: Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg endorsed Biden. Biden said he would not testify at the impeachment trial in exchange for certain Trump administration officials to also agree to testify.

  • January 21, 2020: Reps. Frederica Wilson (Fla.), Alcee Hastings (Fla.), Sanford Bishop (Ga.), and Donald Payne (Ga.)—all members of the Congressional Black Caucus—endorsed Biden.

  • January 17, 2020: Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz endorsed Biden.

  • January 17, 2020: Rep. Terri Sewell (Ala.) endorsed Biden, marking his eleventh endorsement from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Biden campaigned in Iowa with stops in Sioux City, Council Bluffs, and Indianola.

  • January 15, 2020: Biden launched a new outreach program on historically black college campuses. In an interview with NBC 5 and Dallas Morning News, Biden discussed flipping Texas.

  • January 14, 2020: Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, and Elizabeth Warren participated in the seventh Democratic presidential primary debate. The event took place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, at 9 p.m. ET. Also that day, Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) endorsed Biden and the Unite the Country super PAC launched a statewide ad in Iowa featuring Biden's criticism of Trump's handling of Iran. The $2 million ad buy ran through Feb. 3. The progressive group Organize for Justice announced that it would spend more than $500,000 on digital ads against Biden and Pete Buttigieg.

  • January 13, 2020: Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), who previously backed Julián Castro (D), endorsed Biden. Also that day, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who previously backed Beto O'Rourke, and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller (D) both endorsed Biden.

  • January 9-11, 2020: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti endorsed Biden and announced that he would serve as Biden’s national campaign co-chair. Biden also campaigned in Nevada.

  • January 8-9, 2020: Biden released several digital ads focused on gun violence as part of a $4 million advertising campaign in Iowa. Biden also attended a fundraiser in California co-hosted by former Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Lou Correa, among others.

  • January 7, 2020: Biden held a fundraiser at the law firm Skadden Arps in New York City. He also delivered a speech on foreign policy and Iran at Chelsea Piers.

  • January 7, 2020: Surrogates for Biden—including former Secretary of State John Kerry, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and former Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver II—started a weeklong “We Know Joe” tour of Iowa.

  • January 2, 2020: Rep. Abby Fineknauer (Iowa) endorsed Biden. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Conor Lamb—both from battleground districts in Pennsylvania—and Elaine Luria (Va.) also endorsed Biden on Jan. 5.

2019

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  December

  • December 27-28, 2019: Biden campaigned in Iowa with events in Iowa County, Tipton, Washington, and Fairfield.

  • December 27, 2019: Biden released the names of more than 200 donors who had raised $25,000 or more for his campaign. He campaigned in New Hampshire Dec. 29-30. Tony Cárdenas (Calif.), the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD Pac, endorsed Biden Dec. 23.

  • December 17, 2019: Biden released his first statewide ad in South Carolina as part of a larger $6 million ad campaign in early voting states. The ad focuses on opposition to Trump. Biden’s campaign also released a medical summary describing Biden as “a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.”

  • December 17, 2019: The Delaware congressional delegation hosted a fundraiser for Biden.

  • December 14, 2019: Biden issued his gun safety plan along with a statement on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. He said he would repeal a federal law preventing gun manufacturers from being subject to civil liability, require background checks for all gun sales, and incentivize states to enact red flag laws, among other policies.

  • December 11, 2019: Biden unveiled his immigration plan, which included the following policies in his first 100 days in office: ending family separations at the border, reversing the Trump administration’s metering of asylum applications, increasing humanitarian resources for migrants, and ending prolonged detention.

  • December 11, 2019: Biden considered making a public pledge to only serve for one term if elected, Politico reported. He spoke at the UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union Town Hall in Las Vegas.

  • December 9, 2019: In an interview published by NPR, Biden discussed the impeachment inquiry and potential subpoenas issued to him or his son, Hunter.

  • December 8, 2019: Biden campaigned with former Secretary of State and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in New Hampshire.

  • December 5, 2019: Former Secretary of State and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry endorsed Biden.

  • December 4, 2019: Biden released a $3.2 trillion tax plan that would raise the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent and the top income tax rate from 37 percent to 39.6 percent.

  • December 3, 2019: Rep. Ami Bera endorsed Biden, marking his fourth endorsement from California’s congressional delegation.

  • December 2, 2019: Biden wrote a Medium post on strengthening democracy through NATO summits and engagements.

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  November

  • November 30, 2019: Rep. John Garamendi (Calif.) endorsed Biden. Biden continued to campaign in Iowa on Dec. 2 as part of his eight-day “No Malarkey” bus tour through the state.

  • November 30, 2019: Biden began an eight-day tour of Iowa beginning in Council Bluffs. Rep. Dina Titus (Nev.) endorsed Biden on Nov. 25.

  • November 24, 2019: Biden attended a private fundraiser in Providence. Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee endorsed Biden.

  • November 22-23, 2019: Biden campaigned in Iowa, holding a town hall and a community event with his wife, Jill.

  • November 21, 2019: Biden hosted a town hall in Greenwood, South Carolina.

  • November 19, 2019: Rep. Kurt Schrader (Ore.) endorsed Biden.

  • November 18, 2019: Biden issued a plan to end violence against women, including expanding access to housing assistance and paid leave for issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

  • November 16, 2019: Biden held a private fundraiser in Portland, Oregon.

  • November 15, 2019: Biden had two fundraisers scheduled in Seattle.

  • November 14, 2019: Biden issued a $1.3 trillion infrastructure plan that included investment in electric car charging stations, high-speed railways, and clean energy. Also that day, Biden spoke about gun violence at the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, followed by a pair of fundraisers in Southland.

  • November 13, 2019: Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio), who dropped out of the presidential race in October, endorsed Biden. Biden was one of ten candidates to qualify for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • November 12, 2019: Biden released an ad focused on his foreign policy experience in Iowa. The ad, which started airing on television and digital channels, is part of a previously announced $4 million ad buy in the state.

  • November 11, 2019: Biden participated in a televised town hall on CNN. He also released his plan for veterans services, which included updating compensation, increasing the amount of time between permanent change of station moves, and developing programs for military spouses.

  • November 8-9, 2019: Biden campaigned in New Hampshire, including filing for the state primary.

  • November 7, 2019: Texas Rep. Marc Veasey endorsed Biden, marking his ninth endorsement from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

  • November 6, 2019: Former National Economic Council director Jeff Zients and his wife, Mary, hosted more than 30 high-ranking Obama White House officials at a fundraiser for Biden.

  • November 5, 2019: In a Medium post, Biden wrote about healthcare and responded to Warren’s criticism that he was running in the “wrong presidential primary.” He said that the comments are “representative of an elitism that working and middle class people do not share.”

  • November 1-3, 2019: Biden endorsed a slate of 23 candidates ahead of Tuesday’s Virginia General Assembly elections. He also campaigned in Virginia with Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

  • November 1, 2019: Biden released new ads in Iowa focused on his Scranton upbringing, which will air on broadcast and digital media channels as part of a $4 million campaign.

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  October

  • October 30, 2019: Booker discussed gun buyback programs and civility in politics on The View.

  • October 29, 2019: Cosmopolitan released a video interview with Booker on abortion, education, healthcare, student loan debt, and climate change.

  • October 28, 2019: Biden announced that Molly Ritner, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s former political director, will serve as his director of Super Tuesday states. Jessica Meijía and John Laadt will work as state directors for California and Massachusetts, respectively.

  • October 27, 2019: In an interview on 60 Minutes, Biden discussed impeachment, children in politics, and age. He also held a campaign rally in North Carolina.

  • October 24, 2019: In a statement, the Biden campaign indicated it was open to super PAC spending. "It is not surprising that those who are dedicated to defeating Donald Trump are organizing in every way permitted by current law to bring an end to his disastrous presidency,” deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said.

  • October 23, 2019: Biden focused on the economy in a hometown rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

  • October 23, 2019: Biden held a community event and town hall in Iowa.

  • October 22, 2019: Biden attended a fundraiser in Exeter, Pennsylvania.

  • October 20, 2019: Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont hosted a fundraiser for Biden. Former Sen. Chris Dodd introduced Biden at the event.

  • October 17, 2019: Biden spoke about the Violence Against Women Act and Trump administration at the Democratic National Committee’s 2019 Women’s Leadership Forum Conference in Washington, D.C.

  • October 16, 2019: Biden discussed the Turkish conflict in Syria and criticized Trump’s foreign policy during a speech in Iowa.

  • October 16, 2019: Biden is holding a community event in Davenport, Iowa.

  • October 14, 2019: In an ethics plan, Biden proposed establishing a constitutional amendment to eliminate private dollar funding of federal campaigns, strengthening whistleblower laws, and establishing a commission on federal ethics.

  • October 10, 2019: Biden issued a statement criticizing the removal of U.S. troops from northern Syria, accusing President Donald Trump of having “betrayed our word as a nation”.

  • October 9, 2019: Biden called for President Donald Trump's impeachment at a town hall event in New Hampshire, saying, "To preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be impeached." Before then, Biden had stated conditional support for impeachment proceedings.

  • October 8, 2019: Biden released a higher education proposal that would guarantee two years of free community college or technical training.

  • October 8, 2019: Biden was endorsed by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

  • October 5, 2019: Biden wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post criticizing what he called Trump's abuses of power.

  • October 3, 2019: Biden announced he raised $15.2 million in the third quarter of 2019, down from $22 million in the second quarter.

  • October 3, 2019: Biden announced a $6 million ad campaign on YouTube, Hulu, and other streaming services, and on broadcast television in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.

  • October 2, 2019: Biden issued his gun violence prevention plan, calling for universal background checks, banning what he calls assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, repealing liability protections for gun manufacturers, and incentivizing the implementation of red flag flaws.

  • October 2, 2019: Biden held a community event in Reno, Nevada.

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  September

  • September 28, 2019: Biden attended a fundraiser in Denver. Politico reported on the pro-Biden coalition in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

  • September 27, 2019: Biden held a community event in Las Vegas.

  • September 25, 2019: Great America PAC started airing a six-figure ad calling for an investigation into Joe Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukranian prosecutor. It began airing on Fox News and online.

  • September 25, 2019: In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Biden discussed the impeachment inquiry.

  • September 23, 2019: Biden held a fundraiser in Philadelphia.

  • September 20, 2019: Biden campaigned in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • September 19, 2019: Biden attended two fundraisers in Chicago. The Associated Press also reported on Biden’s Catholicism and position on abortion on September 17.

  • September 15, 2019: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, who previously endorsed Julián Castro, switched his support to Biden.

  • September 15, 2019: Biden spoke at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Alabama on the anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.

  • September 13, 2019: Biden agreed to release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses.

  • September 12, 2019: Biden participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Biden, click here. Also on September 12, Biden tweeted a video highlighting Barack Obama’s presidency and the Affordable Care Act.

  • September 10, 2019: Biden hired Maju Varghese, an Obama White House adviser, as his chief operating officer.

  • September 9, 2019: Biden and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy. Also that day, McClatchy DC reported on Biden's campaign organization in Iowa, including a comparison to Elizabeth Warren's more hyperlocal style.

  • September 6-8, 2019: Biden made his first visit to Alabama as a presidential candidate. Politico profiled his southern state strategy and the importance of South Carolina to his campaign.

  • September 7, 2019: Biden spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 4-5, 2019: Biden appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 4 and remained in New York for two fundraisers September 5.

  • September 2, 2019: Biden said he "wasn't trying to mislead anybody" in response to a Washington Post piece that said the details of a story he told on the campaign trail about a Navy captain who refused a Silver Star medal were not accurate. Biden said, "[T]he story was that he refused the medal because the fella he tried to save — and risked his life saving — died. That’s the beginning, middle and end. The rest of you guys can take it and do what you want with it.”

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  August

  • August 29, 2019: Shirley Shawe, whose son’s business was hurt following a dispute in the Delaware Chancery Court system, spent $500,000 on an ad criticizing Biden for defending the bankruptcy court system.

  • August 29, 2019: Biden finished his two-day tour of South Carolina.

  • August 27, 2019: Biden met with a group of black journalists to provide on- and off-the-record insight to his campaign. He discussed his ideal running mate, the primary debates, black voter support, and the Trump administration.

  • August 27, 2019: Biden released a new campaign ad in Iowa defending the Affordable Care Act. It is part of a six-figure ad campaign in the state.

  • August 25, 2019: While Biden campaigned in New Hampshire, his wife, Jill, campaigned on his behalf in South Carolina.

  • August 22, 2019: Biden hired pastor Michael McClain to be his campaign’s faith outreach director. Rep. Lou Carrea (Calif.) also endorsed Biden.

  • August 20, 2019: Biden made his first television ad buy, spending six figures on airtime in three Iowa markets and a digital ad campaign.

  • August 18, 2019: Biden raised more than 60 percent of his $13.2 million fundraising take since April in the first week of his campaign, according to an analysis by Politico.

  • August 11, 2019: Biden discussed biometric weapons and individualizing weapons to authorized owners. He wrote an op-ed in The New York Times titled “Banning Assault Weapons Works.”

  • August 9, 2019: Biden spoke at the Wing Ding in Iowa.

  • August 7, 2019: Biden opened several campaign offices in Iowa and appeared at the launch of the Iowa City office.

  • August 5, 2019: Biden spoke about grief and the mass shootings in an interview on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360.

  • August 5, 2019: Biden, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Bernie Sanders spoke on Latino issues at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in San Diego.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Biden participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 2, 2019: CNBC reported that Biden’s affiliated PAC, American Possibilities, was set to be shut down in upcoming months.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Biden participated. At the debate, Biden advocated expanding the Affordable Care Act and questioned Medicare for All proposals that had lengthy phase-ins or would significantly increase taxes. He defended his record on immigration and deportations during the Obama administration, pointing to a $750 million aid package for Central America and efforts to help Dreamers. He said he would not rejoin the TPP unless it was renegotiated to include greater accountability for China.

  • July 30, 2019: The Washington Post profiled the relationship between Biden and former President Barack Obama.

  • July 29, 2019: Biden released lists of new endorsements in Florida and Tennessee. The Des Moines Register reported that Biden will have 75 staffers in Iowa at the start of August, surpassing the operations of nearly all other candidates in the state.

  • July 25, 2019: Biden spoke at a presidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana. Also on July 25, Biden discussed his debate performance, civil rights, and mass incarceration in a radio interview.

  • July 24, 2019: Biden, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan.

  • July 23, 2019: Biden issued his criminal justice platform, proposing treating rather than incarcerating people with addictions, increasing funding for drug courts, eliminating sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine cases, and ending the use of private prisons at the federal level. His plan also called for decriminalizing marijuana, expunging marijuana-related offenses, and categorizing marijuana as a schedule II drug. Also on July 23, Biden campaigned in New Orleans, Louisiana, with stops at the Youth Empowerment Project and a fundraiser.

  • July 22, 2019: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) endorsed Biden, becoming the sixth member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so. Also on July 22, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan endorsed Biden.

  • July 21, 2019: Nicholas Burns, who served on the National Security Council staff under the Bush and Clinton administrations, joined the Biden campaign as an adviser.

  • July 20, 2019: Biden visited Las Vegas, marking his second trip to the Nevada city since launching his 2020 presidential campaign. During the trip, he said that young Democrats were “not a generation of socialists.”

  • July 18, 2019: Biden, Buttigieg, and Harris received more contributions from Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s top bundlers than any other Democratic candidates, according to a Politico analysis.

  • July 16, 2019: Biden unveiled his policy proposal focusing on rural communities. Biden called for expanding a microloan program for new farmers, investing in broadband infrastructure, doubling funding for community health centers, and recruiting more doctors to residencies in rural areas.

  • July 15, 2019: Biden participated in a forum hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP. Also that day, Biden unveiled his $750 billion healthcare plan. It would build on the Affordable Care Act by adding a public option that resembles Medicare. Biden's plan would also increase healthcare tax credits to limit healthcare spending to no more than 8.5 percent of a household's income.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Biden campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • July 11, 2019: Biden delivered a foreign policy speech in New York Thursday focused on three pillars: strengthening democracy in the U.S. and abroad, helping the middle class succeed in a global economy, and coordinating global action to combat world issues like climate change. Biden also posted a video called “The Trump Doctrine” criticizing Trump’s foreign policy approach.

  • July 9, 2019: According to financial disclosure forms, Biden and his wife, Jill, made more than $15 million in the two years following his departure from the vice presidency through book deals and speaking engagements. They paid $5.2 million in taxes over those two years and donated $1.3 million. Also on July 9, Biden and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: Biden said he opposed Medicare for All because the program could not coexist with the Affordable Care Act. He called for expanding government-run coverage under the ACA.

  • July 5, 2019: Biden was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas, where he proposed spending $100 billion to improve school infrastructure. Also that day, Biden sat for an interview with CNN where he discussed the first Democratic presidential debate, his comments on desegregation and busing, and Donald Trump.

  • July 2, 2019: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) endorsed Biden.

  • July 1, 2019: Biden's senior advisor Symone Sanders spoke with BET about Biden’s position on reparations, the Hyde Amendment, and healthcare.

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  June

  • June 28, 2019: Biden spoke at the Rainbow PUSH Convention in Chicago. Other participating candidates included Elizabeth Warren, Bill de Blasio, and Pete Buttigieg. Attorney and top Obama bundler Tom McInerney announced that he had withdrawn support from Biden.

  • June 27, 2019: At the first Democratic debate, Biden defended his record on civil rights and school integration after Kamala Harris (D) said he had worked with segregationists to oppose busing. He also said he could work with Republicans, pointing to a 2012 deal with Mitch McConnell on taxes.

  • June 26, 2019: The Atlantic surveyed 23 Democratic candidates on whether they supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Biden, who advocated for the agreement during the Obama administration, declined to say he would.

  • June 25, 2019: The Washington Post reported on Biden's assets, including money earned from speaking engagements worth up to $200,000 each, a $2.7 million vacation home, and an $8 million book deal.
  • June 24, 2019: Biden wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald criticizing Trump's policies on immigration and relations with Latin America.

  • June 23, 2019: Biden was endorsed by the Iowa Professional Fire Fighters union for the 2020 Iowa caucuses.

  • June 22, 2019: Biden and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Biden and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Biden and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Biden unveiled endorsements from eight current and three former South Carolina mayors, including former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley (D).

  • June 19, 2019: Several Democratic candidates criticized Biden for remarks he made about civility in the Senate during his time in the chamber. Biden said he worked with former Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), with whom he often disagreed, to get things done. Bill de Blasio, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren criticized Biden for mentioning his work with the former senators, who opposed desegregation efforts. Biden responded, "There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period."

  • June 18, 2019: Biden visited Stonewall Inn in New York City to celebrate Pride Month.

  • June 17, 2019: Biden was one of 10 candidates that spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C. He predicted that if he were the Democratic nominee, he would win Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and that he believed he could win in Texas and Florida.

  • June 13, 2019: Biden criticized Amazon’s tax rate on Twitter, writing, “I have nothing against Amazon, but no company pulling in billions of dollars of profits should pay a lower tax rate than firefighters and teachers.”

  • June 12, 2019: Biden attended a fundraiser in Chicago hosted by CBRE Chicago chairman Bob Wislow.

  • June 11, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Biden said that if he were elected president, the country would find a cure for cancer. He criticized Trump, who was also in the state, for his tariff policy.

  • June 9, 2019: The Biden campaign announced stops across Iowa on June 11 and 12 with stops in Ottumwa, Mount Pleasant, Davenport, and Clinton.

  • June 6, 2019: Biden was scheduled to attend a party fundraiser in Georgia. At the event, Biden said he no longer supported the Hyde Amendment, reversing course from earlier in the week. He cited women's decreased access to abortion as a reason for his decision.

  • June 5, 2019: The Biden campaign said the former vice president supports the Hyde Amendment, which restricts federal funding of abortions.

  • June 4, 2019: Biden released his $5 trillion climate change platform that set a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. His plan also called for an investment of $400 billion in clean energy research and innovation. His national finance committee released four tiers for bundlers raising $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, or a monthly target of $100 from 10 unique contributors each month.

  • June 1, 2019: Biden campaigned in Ohio, attending an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. He said passing the Equality Act would be his first legislative priority.

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  May

  • May 30, 2019: Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings (D) endorsed Biden. Dallas is the ninth largest city in the country. Biden attended a Memorial Day service for Gold Star families in Delaware and spoke of his son Navy veteran Beau Biden, who died four years ago from brain cancer. Greenpeace USA released its scores for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates’ records on climate change and fossil fuels. Biden received a D- grade.

  • May 29, 2019: While speaking at a forum with the American Federation of Teachers in Houston, Biden released his first policy proposal on education and schools. He called for boosting funding for Title I, simplifying the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and doubling the number of mental health professionals in schools, among other proposals.

  • May 28, 2019: Biden held no public events over Memorial Day weekend—a reflection of what The Washington Post called his “limited exposure” campaign. “Advisers say Biden's public schedule reflects a thought-out strategic choice. The candidate's time is better spent on vital but less public activities, they say, such as fundraising, one-on-one calls, policy development and the building of a campaign infrastructure,” The Washington Post reported.

  • May 23, 2019: Biden tweeted support for McDonald’s workers striking for a $15 minimum wage.

  • May 23, 2019: Politico reviewed Biden’s drug policies and the current opioid crisis.

  • May 21, 2019: Biden said that the abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade should be codified by Congress.

  • May 20, 2019: Biden campaigned in Nashville, Tennessee, where he framed his campaign as an effort to restore the soul of America.

  • May 18, 2019: Biden formally launched his campaign at a rally in Philadelphia, where he emphasized a call for unity and bipartisanship.

  • May 13, 2019: Biden made his first campaign visit to New Hampshire, where he discussed climate change and his environmental record.

  • May 9, 2019: In a New York Times op-ed, Anita Hill said that the conversations in the #MeToo movement could have started earlier if Biden and the Senate Judiciary Committee had shown they "understood the seriousness of sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence" during Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991.

  • May 8, 2019: Joe Biden attended a fundraiser in Los Angeles hosted by a Kaiser Permanente board member. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which has been been in active bargaining with Kaiser Permanente for months, protested the fundraiser.

  • May 7, 2019: Biden campaigned in Nevada and attended a fundraiser in Las Vegas.

  • May 6, 2019: Biden spent $1.4 million on digital ads in the first two weeks of his campaign, outpacing nearly all other Democratic candidates in spending on Google, Facebook, and Twitter in 14 days.

  • May 4-6, 2019: Biden campaigned in South Carolina, saying Jim Crow laws had re-emerged during a stop on May 4 and attending a worship service at a black church on May 5.

  • May 1, 2019: Biden campaigned in Iowa City and Des Moines.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: CNN reported that Biden spent $800,000 on digital ads in the first week of his campaign, including more than the next five candidates combined on Facebook.

  • April 30, 2019: Biden has hired data science software and consulting company Civis Analytics to try to improve his performance with younger voters and small donors. Several other presidential candidates have worked with the company, which is backed by former Google chairman Eric Schmidt.

  • April 29, 2019: Biden raised $6.3 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign, beating the previous $6.1 million record held by Beto O’Rourke. He spoke at an organized labor event in Pittsburgh.

  • April 26, 2019: Biden gave his first interview as a presidential candidate on The View.

  • April 26, 2019: FiveThirtyEight reported that Biden qualified for the first Democratic presidential debate, bringing the total number of qualified candidates up to 16.

  • April 25, 2019: Biden announced that he was running for president of the United States, marking the third presidential bid by the former vice president. He was the 21st notable Democrat to enter the race. Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) endorsed Biden following his announcement.

  • April 23, 2019: The New York Times reported that Biden intended to enter the 2020 presidential race on April 25.

  • April 22, 2019: The New York Times reported that Biden would suspend the activities of his personal charity, the Biden Foundation, when he entered the 2020 presidential race.

  • April 10, 2019: Biden is expected to announce his presidential run after April 21.

  • April 5, 2019: Biden said that he intended to be the last candidate to announce his candidacy. “Even if I knew for certain that I was going to run for president back at Thanksgiving, my intention from the beginning was to be the last person to announce. Give everybody else their day, then I get a shot, and then off to the races,” Biden said.

  • April 3, 2019: Biden released a video discussing allegations that he had inappropriately touched several women. “Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying. Politics to me has always been about making connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That’s my responsibility and I will meet it,” Biden tweeted along with the video.

• March 2019 (click to expand)

  March

  • March 19, 2019: Biden told a group of supporters that he intends to run for president and that he needs their help raising money from major donors, according to The Wall Street Journal. Biden expressed concern that he would not be able to raise large amounts of money online immediately the way other candidates, such as O’Rourke and Sanders, had.

  • March 16, 2019: During a speech, Biden said, “I'm told I get criticized by the New Left. I have the most progressive record of anybody running for the ... anybody who would run [for president].”

  • March 14, 2019: Biden met with Stacey Abrams in Washington, D.C. The meeting was reportedly at Biden’s request.

  • March 8, 2019: Biden was reportedly considering placing his headquarters in Philadelphia. He was also scheduled to speak at the annual conference of the International Association of Fire Fighters on Mar. 12th in Washington, D.C.

  • March 7, 2019: Biden’s preparations for his presidential campaign were reportedly in their final stages and he was expected to announce his candidacy by mid-April, CBS News reported.

  • March 6, 2019: Biden reportedly hired Cristóbal Alex, the president of the Latino Victory Fund, to join his presidential campaign in an undisclosed role. Alex did not confirm the story, saying instead, “Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to our nation. I am committed to doing everything in my power to defeat him, and my next steps will reflect that.”

• February 2019 (click to expand)

  February

  • February 27, 2019: While speaking at the University of Delaware, Biden said, “There is consensus. The most important people in my life want me to run." Biden has reportedly also made job offers in New Hampshire.

  • February 20, 2019: The Associated Press reported that advisers to Biden reached out to former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) in December about the possibility of him joining a ticket with Biden.

  • February 13, 2019: Biden continued reaching out to donors as he considered a presidential bid, CNBC reported.

  • February 7, 2019: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D), who spoke with Biden over the weekend, said she expected him to make a presidential decision within a month. Feinstein said she would endorse Biden if he entered the race.

  • February 4, 2019: The Atlantic reported that Biden is nearing a decision on whether to run for president as he weighs his place in the race, both in policy positions and age. “Top positions for a campaign have been sketched out. Donor outreach has accelerated, with Biden himself telling staff at some events to write down the names of people who say they’re eager to help,” according to The Atlantic.

Donald Trump

Top five

• November 3, 2020: Trump participated in a phone interview on Fox & Friends. He then went to Arlington, Virginia, for an event with campaign staffers. His campaign planned to hold a gathering at the White House in the evening.
• November 2, 2020: Trump held campaign rallies across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan (twice), and Wisconsin.
• November 1, 2020:
  • The Trump campaign took over the YouTube masthead for the three days leading up to Election Day. The advertising space was secured in 2019.
  • Trump held rallies in five states: Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
• October 31, 2020: Trump was scheduled to campaign across Pennsylvania with events in Bucks County, Reading, and Butler.
• October 30, 2020: Trump campaigned in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

2020

• November 2020 (click to collapse)

  November 2020

  • November 3, 2020: Trump participated in a phone interview on Fox & Friends. He then went to Arlington, Virginia, for an event with campaign staffers. His campaign planned to hold a gathering at the White House in the evening.
  • November 2, 2020: Trump held campaign rallies across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan (twice), and Wisconsin.
  • November 1, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign took over the YouTube masthead for the three days leading up to Election Day. The advertising space was secured in 2019.
    • Trump held rallies in five states: Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

• October 2020 (click to collapse)

  October

  • October 31, 2020: Trump was scheduled to campaign across Pennsylvania with events in Bucks County, Reading, and Butler.
  • October 30, 2020: Trump campaigned in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
  • October 29, 2020: Trump held a rally in Tampa, Florida.
  • October 28, 2020: Trump held two rallies in Arizona.
  • October 27, 2020:
    • Trump released an ad highlighting support from law enforcement officials. A second ad featured a fracking technician from Pennsylvania.
    • Trump held rallies in three states: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
  • October 26, 2020: Trump held three rallies across Pennsylvania in Lehigh Valley, Lancaster, and Martinsburg.
  • October 25, 2020:
    • CBS aired an interview with Trump on 60 Minutes.
    • Trump was scheduled to campaign in New Hampshire.
  • October 24, 2020:
    • Trump was scheduled to hold rallies in North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
    • Trump cast his ballot in-person in Florida. “I voted for a guy named Trump,” he said.
  • October 23, 2020: Trump held two Florida rallies in The Villages and Pensacola.
  • October 22, 2020: Trump participated in the final presidential debate in Nashville with Biden. The candidates discussed the coronavirus pandemic, election interference, foreign conflicts of interest, China, North Korea, healthcare, economic stimulus, immigration, race, and climate change.
  • October 21, 2020: Trump held a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina.
  • October 20, 2020:
    • Trump held a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.
    • Trump ended an interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes early. He tweeted that he was considering posting the interview early “so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about.”
  • October 19, 2020:
    • Trump and the Republican National Committee announced they were spending $55 million on ads in the final two weeks of the election. They targeted Arizona, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan.
    • Trump held two rallies in Arizona on Monday: one in Prescott, the other in Tucson.
    • The pro-Trump Preserve America launched a $10 million ad campaign in seven battleground states that criticized Biden on his economic policy. The ads were set to air in Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, and Iowa.
  • October 16, 2020: Trump was scheduled to hold rallies in Florida and Georgia.
  • October 15, 2020:
    • Trump participated in a town hall on NBC News in Miami moderated by Savannah Guthrie. He denounced white supremacy and antifa. He said he would always protect people with pre-existing conditions. Trump said his reported personal debt of $421 million was tiny compared to his assets. He said his position on Supreme Court nominations in election years changed after how Brett Kavanaugh was treated during his confirmation hearing.
    • Trump, the Republican National Committee, and joint fundraising committees raised $248 million in September.
  • October 14, 2020:
    • Trump held a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
    • Trump began airing an ad questioning Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. The narrator said in the clip, “The question is not why Hunter Biden used his name to get these gigs. It’s why Joe Biden let him do it.”
  • October 13, 2020: Trump held a rally in Johnston, Pennsylvania.
  • October 12, 2020:
    • Trump was scheduled to hold his first rally since his COVID-19 diagnosis at an airport in Sanford, Florida.
    • Trump’s physician, Sean Conley, said Trump had tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days. “Repeatedly negative antigen tests, taken in context with additional clinical and laboratory data, including viral load, subgenomic RNA, and PCR cycle threshold measurements, as well as ongoing assessment of viral culture data, all indicate a lack of detectable viral replication,” Conley said in a statement.
  • October 10, 2020:
    • Trump’s physician, Sean Conley, said in a statement, “This evening I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning’s Covid PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others.”
    • Trump began airing two new national ads focused on reopening the country and Biden’s tax plan.
  • October 9, 2020: Trump appeared on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show for two hours in what the campaign described as the “largest radio rally in history."
  • October 8, 2020: Trump said he would not participate in the second presidential debate virtually after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the format change.
  • October 7, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign said Trump was considering returning to the campaign trail with an event in Pennsylvania as early as October 12. Trump’s physician said that Trump’s physical exam and vital signs were stable and in the normal range. He said Trump was symptom-free for over 24 hours and had detectable levels of antibodies in his lab work.
    • The Trump campaign canceled planned ad buys in Ohio ($2.5 million), Iowa ($820,000), Michigan ($2 million), and Wisconsin ($5 million). They redirected the ad spending to Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona.
  • October 6, 2020:
    • Trump’s physician said in a statement that Trump’s vitals were stable and Trump reported no coronavirus symptoms.
    • Facebook removed and Twitter flagged a post from Trump that said the seasonal flu was deadlier than COVID-19 in most populations.
    • Trump told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday to halt bipartisan negotiations over an economic relief package until after the election. In the evening, he tweeted that he supported the immediate passage of $25 billion in aid for the airline industry and direct payments of $1,200 to Americans.
  • October 5, 2020:
    • Trump was discharged from the Walter Reed Medical Center and returned to the White House after receiving treatment for COVID-19. In a video posted to Twitter, Trump said of the coronavirus, “Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it. You’re going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines, all developed recently.” He also said vaccines were coming momentarily.
    • Trump began airing a new ad on network cable focused on the opportunity zone investment program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
  • October 3-4, 2020:
    • Trump received several treatments for COVID-19, including dexamethasone, Regeneron’s experimental antibody treatment, and remdesivir. Doctors said that Trump had experienced two drops in his oxygen levels but continued to improve. Dr. Brian Garibaldi said that “if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow [October 5] to the White House where he can continue his treatment course.”
    • Trump posted two videos to Twitter discussing his condition and thanking his supporters. He also greeted supporters outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in a presidential motorcade.
  • October 2, 2020:
    • Trump was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center in the evening.
    • Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, along with First Lady Melania Trump. He earlier confirmed reports that White House adviser Hope Hicks, who traveled with him to the debate and a rally in Minnesota this week, had tested positive. Trump’s rally in Florida was canceled. Trump said he would quarantine at home in the White House.
  • October 2, 2020: Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, along with First Lady Melania Trump. He earlier confirmed reports that White House adviser Hope Hicks, who traveled with him to the debate and a rally in Minnesota this week, had tested positive. Trump’s rally in Florida was canceled. Trump said he would quarantine at home in the White House.
  • October 1, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign said that it would not support format changes to the remaining debates. Campaign officials also said the Commission on Presidential Debates was biased against Trump.
    • The Republican Jewish Coalition spent $3.5 million on a pair of pro-Trump ads in South Florida.

• September 2020 (click to collapse)

  September

  • September 30, 2020:
    • Trump campaigned in Minneapolis and Duluth. This was his second visit to Minnesota in the past two weeks.
    • Trump began airing an ad featuring Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and calling on supporters to stand up for conservative values. The clip was part of an ad buy worth more than $10 million.
  • September 29, 2020: Trump and Biden debated in Cleveland, Ohio. The candidates discussed the Supreme Court vacancy, coronavirus pandemic, economy, race and violence, climate change, election integrity, and their political records.
  • September 27, 2020: The New York Times reported on Trump’s federal tax returns from 2000 to 2017. The report said that Trump “paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.” Trump lawyer Alan Garter disputed the report, saying that “most, if not all, of the facts appear to be inaccurate.”
  • September 26, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee sued North Carolina election officials to block new guidance that allows for mail-in ballots with deficiencies to be corrected without a new blank ballot being submitted.
    • Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy on Saturday. He said, “Rulings that the Supreme Court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of our Second Amendment, our religious liberty, our public safety and so much more. To maintain security, liberty and prosperity, we must preserve our priceless heritage of a nation of laws. And there's no one better to do that than Amy Coney Barrett.”
  • September 25, 2020:
    • Trump attended a Latinos for Trump event in South Florida in the morning.
    • Trump then delivered remarks about Black economic empowerment in Atlanta.
    • Trump was scheduled to hold a rally at a private airport in Virginia. Natasha Dwamena, a Virginia Department of Public Health district director, sent a letter to the company leasing the hangar warning the event could pose a severe public health threat.
  • September 24, 2020: Trump held a Great American Comeback rally in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • September 23, 2020:
    • When asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election, Trump responded, “We’re going to have to see what happens. You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster. Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful—there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control.”
    • Trump spoke at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The event took place virtually.
  • September 23, 2020: Trump spoke at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The event took place virtually.
  • September 21, 2020:
    • Trump said he had spoken with several potential Supreme Court nominees and planned to meet a few candidates in person. He said he had narrowed his list to five women.
    • Trump gave a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly.
    • Trump made two campaign stops in Ohio on Monday: a stop in Vandalia focused on the American worker and a Great American Comeback event in Toledo.
  • September 18-19, 2020: Trump was scheduled to hold “Great American Comeback” rallies in Minnesota and North Carolina.
  • September 17, 2020:
    • Trump began airing a new ad nationwide and in Florida and Philadelphia highlighting the Israel-United Arab Emirates normalization agreement.
    • Trump held a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin.
  • September 16, 2020:
    • CNBC reported that casino executive Sheldon Adelson was expected to contribute $20 million to $50 million to Preserve America, the Republican National Committee, and other Republican groups to support Trump’s campaign.
    • The Trump campaign requested a federal judge prevent mail-in ballots in New Jersey from being counted 10 days prior to the election while a lawsuit was pending. It also requested that mail-in ballots without a postmark not be accepted up to two days prior to the election.
    • Trump was scheduled to hold a call with Jewish leaders and deliver remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee Battleground Dinner.
  • September 15, 2020:
    • Trump launched an eight-figure ad campaign focused on the economy. The ad campaign, which Fox News reported cost more than $10 million, was set to run nationwide and in Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
    • Trump traveled to Philadelphia to participate in an ABC News town hall at the National Constitution Center.
  • September 14, 2020:
    • Trump traveled to McClellan Park, California, to speak with local and federal officials about wildfires across the state.
    • Trump spoke at a Latinos for Trump Coalition roundtable in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • September 13, 2020: Trump held his first indoor rally in three months in Henderson, Nevada. With thousands of attendees, the city said the gathering was in violation of the state’s emergency directives. Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh responded, “If you can join tens of thousands of people protesting in the streets, gamble in a casino, or burn down small businesses in riots, you can gather peacefully under the 1st Amendment to hear from the President of the United States.”
  • September 10, 2020: Trump was scheduled to speak at the MBS International Airport in Saginaw County, Michigan.
  • September 9, 2020:
    • In a recorded interview with journalist Bob Woodward from February 2020, Trump discussed the dangers of the coronavirus. He said it was deadlier than the flu and a delicate issue because it was airborne. In another interview about the coronavirus from March 2020, Trump said, “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic.”
    • Trump defended his comments in a Fox News interview. He said, “I'm the leader of the country, I can't be jumping up and down and scaring people. I don't want to scare people. I want people not to panic, and that's exactly what I did.”
    • Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August, setting a record for the campaign. They trailed Biden and the Democratic National Committee’s fundraising total for the month by $154 million.
    • Trump released a list of 20 potential Supreme Court nominees. The list includes Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Josh Hawley (Mo.), and five current or former members of his administration.
  • September 8, 2020:
    • Trump was scheduled to campaign in Jupiter, Florida, to discuss conservation and environmental protection in the Everglades. He was also scheduled to hold a rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, later in the day.
    • Trump began airing radio ads in urban markets in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida featuring former professional football player Herschel Walker and Georgia Democrat Vernon Jones. The spots focused on criminal justice and economic empowerment for Black Americans.
  • September 7, 2020: Trump discussed a coronavirus vaccine, economic stimulus, and the Democratic presidential ticket during a press conference at the White House.
  • September 4, 2020: Trump began airing a new ad in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan focused on coronavirus recovery and economic policy. The ad, “Great American Comeback,” said Biden would kill American jobs.
  • September 3, 2020:
    • Trump held a campaign rally in southwestern Pennsylvania. During the rally, Trump reiterated his call for supporters to vote by mail and then try to vote in person to make sure their vote was counted. He said, “Sign your mail-in ballot, OK? You sign it and send it in and then you have to follow it. And if on Election Day or early voting, that is not tabulated and counted, you go vote. And if for some reason after that — it shouldn’t take that long — they’re not going to be able to tabulate it because you would have voted.”
    • The Trump campaign launched a bus tour of Texas in San Antonio. It had stops scheduled in Granger and Bedford.
  • September 2, 2020:
    • Trump traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina, for an official White House event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
    • Trump began airing two ads in Wisconsin and Minnesota focused on rioting in Minneapolis and Kenosha. A campaign press release said, “The ads are part of a multi-state buy aimed at early-voting states. Voters in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina will see other messaging defining Biden as a tool of the radical left.”
  • September 1, 2020:
    • Trump traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where demonstrations against police brutality were taking place following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He was scheduled to survey property damaged during the protests and host a roundtable discussion on community safety.
    • Republican Voters Against Trump announced it was targeting 450,000 independent and Republican voters in Florida as part of an $8 million campaign called Project Orange Crush.

• August 2020 (click to collapse)

  August

  • August 31, 2020: Preserve America, a new pro-Trump super PAC led by Chris LaCivita, was expected to begin a $30 million ad campaign in battleground states.
  • August 29, 2020: Trump traveled to Louisiana and Texas to meet with officials and relief workers following Hurricane Laura.
  • August 28, 2020: Trump held a campaign event at an airport hangar near Londonderry, New Hampshire.
  • August 27, 2020: Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination from the White House grounds. He highlighted his first-term accomplishments and discussed the economy, coronavirus pandemic, protests, and public safety. Trump also called Biden “a Trojan horse for socialism.”
  • August 26, 2020: In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Trump said he would request drug tests before the presidential debates.
  • August 25, 2020: During the Republican National Convention, Trump pardoned Jon Ponder, a convicted bank robber who started a nonprofit in 2010 to help ex-prisoners reenter society.
  • August 24, 2020: Delegates to the Republican National Convention formally nominated Trump for president. Speaking in Charlotte, Trump said Democrats were using COVID-19 to steal the election. He also briefly discussed his second-term agenda, including filling future Supreme Court vacancies.
  • August 20, 2020:
    • Trump discussed the coronavirus pandemic, Democratic National Convention, and using law enforcement as poll watchers during an interview on Fox News’ Hannity.
    • Trump held a campaign event in Scranton, Pennsylvania—Joe Biden’s birthplace—in the afternoon. The campaign said the speech’s theme would be “a half-century of Joe Biden failing America.”
    • The Trump campaign released a two-minute digital ad focused on Hunter Biden’s business associations with China.
  • August 18, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign sued New Jersey seeking to invalidate an executive order allowing ballots to be mailed to every voter in the state.
    • Trump spoke in Yuma, Arizona, after accepting the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council.
  • August 17, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign launched a seven-figure digital ad campaign on YouTube and other digital platforms, like Hulu, during the Democratic National Convention. The spending, which could reach $10 million, included an ad on the main banner of YouTube for four days beginning on August 18 and ad space on The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and FoxNews.com.
    • Trump released a digital ad that questioned Biden’s mental acuity by comparing clips of his speeches from 2015 and 2016 to 2020. The ad ends with the phrase, “What happened to Joe Biden?”
    • Speaking during a campaign event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Trump said, “The only way we're going to lose this election is if this election is rigged.” He also discussed the coronavirus pandemic and said Biden wanted to “replace American freedom with left-wing fascism."
  • August 15, 2020: Trump announced that his younger brother, Robert Trump, had died.
  • August 14, 2020: The Police Benevolent Association, which represented 24,000 officers in the New York Police Department, endorsed Trump. The union’s president, Pat Lynch, said he could not recall the organization ever endorsing a president before.
  • August 13, 2020: Trump said universal mail-in voting would not be possible without additional funding for the USPS, which he said he opposed. “They need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,” Trump said. “If they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting because they’re not equipped to have it.”
  • August 12, 2020: The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee sued two county auditors in Iowa for filling in information—the voter’s name, address, date of birth, and voter ID—on absentee ballot applications before mailing them to voters.
  • August 11, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign responded to Harris’ selection as Biden's vice presidential running mate in a statement, saying, “Joe Biden is no moderate, and with Harris as his ‘political living will,’ he is surrendering control of our nation to the radical mob with promises to raise taxes, cut police funding, kill energy jobs, open our borders, and appease socialist dictators.”
    • In interviews, Trump said he would love to hold rallies but could not because of COVID-19 and the visual effect of empty seats in a stadium.
  • August 10, 2020:
    • Trump said that he would accept the Republican nomination from the White House or the battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
    • The Trump campaign launched two national bus tours—one in Pennsylvania and one in Florida—set to travel across the country until the general election.
  • August 8, 2020:
    • Trump attended two fundraisers in the Hamptons that raised $15 million for the Trump Victory Fund.
    • Trump signed four executive actions for coronavirus economic relief: allow payment of $400 weekly of additional jobless benefits, funded from the Disaster Relief Fund and state governments; identify temporary financial assistance to renters and homeowners; defer the 6.2% Social Security tax on wages from September 1 through December 31; extend the moratorium on monthly student loan payments with zero interest.
  • August 6, 2020:
    • Trump spoke to a crowd of 100 supporters in Cleveland at the Burke Lakefront Airport. He also visited the Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant, where he made the following six promises: defeat the coronavirus, create job prosperity and economic resiliency, turn America into the top medical manufacturer, onshore millions of manufacturing jobs, bring back American jobs, and put American workers first.
    • The Commission on Presidential Debates rejected the Trump campaign’s request to add a fourth debate or alter the schedule. “While more people will likely vote by mail in 2020, the debate schedule has been and will be highly publicized. Any voter who wishes to watch one or more debates before voting will be well aware of that opportunity,” the commission’s co-chairs said.
  • August 5, 2020:
    • Representing the Trump campaign, Rudy Giuliani sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates requesting a fourth debate be held in early September before states bean sending out absentee ballots. If not, Giuliani said the third debate should be moved from October 22 to the first week in September.
    • Trump and Republican National Committee raised $165 million in July 2020.
    • Facebook removed a video from Trump’s personal page where he said in an interview that children were almost immune from COVID-19. Twitter removed a similar tweet from Trump’s election campaign account. Both companies said the posts violated their rules regarding coronavirus misinformation.
    • Vote Common Good and the Lincoln Project launched an initiative to mobilize faith voters against Trump. The partnership was focused on white evangelicals and Catholics.
  • August 4, 2020:
    • Trump said that he supported mail-in voting in Florida. “Over a long period of time, they've been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally. Florida is different from other states," he said. His campaign filed a lawsuit against Nevada for its plan to expand mail-in voting.
    • Illustrating the difference in canvassing approach, the Trump campaign said it knocked on over 1 million doors in the previous week, while the Biden campaign reported zero.
  • August 3, 2020:
    • Trump resumed airing ads with a focus on early voting states. The campaign did not specify which states, but likely targets based on the election calendar were Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Trump also tweeted, “We are doing a new ad campaign on Sleepy Joe Biden that will be out on Monday. He has been brought even further LEFT than Crazy Bernie Sanders ever thought possible.”
    • In an interview with Axios, Trump discussed U.S. coronavirus deaths, Black Lives Matter, and the Russian bounty file, among other issues.
    • The Trump campaign released a Spanish-language ad that connected Biden and progressive policies to socialism in Latin America.
    • Trump said he planned to file a lawsuit against Nevada after the governor signed a bill that would automatically send mail-in ballots to active voters. He tweeted, "In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state. Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court!”
    • Trump encouraged supporters to wear masks in a campaign email. He wrote, “I don't love wearing them either. Masks may be good, they may be just okay, or they may be great. They can possibly help us get back to our American way of life that so many of us rightfully cherished before we were so terribly impacted by the China Virus.”

• July 2020 (click to collapse)

  July

  • July 31, 2020: Trump was scheduled to travel to Tampa for a fundraiser. He postponed an event at his golf resort in Doral due to Hurricane Isaias.
  • July 30, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign paused its ad spending to review its campaign messaging under the leadership of new campaign manager Bill Stepien. The campaign spent no money on July 29 and July 30 and had minimal bookings in August.
    • Trump questioned if the presidential election should be delayed in a tweet. He wrote, “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
  • July 29, 2020: Trump attended two fundraisers in Odessa, Texas, for the Republican National Committee and his campaign. He also spoke at Double Eagle Energy Holdings in Odessa and toured an oil rig. Trump raised $7 million during his visit to Texas, which was his 16th trip to the state since becoming president.
  • July 28, 2020: According to an analysis by Bloomberg, 92% of Trump’s state-based spending in July went to states he won in the 2016 presidential election, including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
  • July 27, 2020:
    • Trump made his first public appearance in North Carolina since early March. He visited a biotech facility in Morrisville working on developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
    • Trump announced that he would accept the Republican presidential nomination in North Carolina in August. Plans to hold most of the convention in Jacksonville, Florida, were canceled the previous week.
  • July 25, 2020: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute requested that Trump and the Republican National Committee stop using Reagan’s likeness in fundraising efforts.
  • July 23, 2020: MeidasTouch, a Democratic super PAC, expanded its ad campaign in Texas with a six-figure ad buy in the Houston and Dallas markets. The campaign focused on Donald Trump’s responses to the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, a 2017 white supremacist rally, and John McCain.
  • July 22, 2020: The Trump campaign made 3 million voter contacts in North Carolina, according to a spokeswoman from the Republican National Committee. The campaign had more than 120 staffers in the state.
  • July 21, 2020:
    • Trump raised $20 million from 300,000 donors during the campaign’s first virtual fundraiser. Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, the national chair of the Trump Victory Finance Committee, hosted the event.
    • The Trump campaign released a Spanish-language ad in the Miami media market focused on criticizing the Goya Foods boycott and comparing Biden to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
  • July 20, 2020: The Trump campaign announced three new senior hires: Justin Clark as deputy campaign manager, Nick Trainer as director of battleground strategy, and Matt Morgan as campaign counsel.
  • July 19, 2020: In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Trump said he was prohibited from holding rallies in Michigan, Minnesota, and Nevada. He said, “We're not allowed to have rallies in these Democrat-run states. … I guarantee you, if everything was gone 100%, they still wouldn't allow it.”
  • July 18, 2020: The Trump campaign began running ads on Facebook calling for TikTok to be banned and saying the app was spying on its users.
  • July 17, 2020:
    • Trump held his first tele-rally, speaking to supporters through a telephone conference about the coronavirus pandemic, housing regulations, and Biden.
    • The Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump launched a joint campaign, called “Operation Grant,” to target conservative-leaning voters in Ohio. The groups made six-figure ad buys for network and cable television spots across the Columbus, Akron, and Cincinnati markets.
  • July 15, 2020:
    • Trump traveled to Atlanta to discuss transportation initiatives at a UPS facility. He last visited the city in March.
    • The National Association of Police Organizations, which backed Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, endorsed Trump. The group did not make an endorsement in the 2016 presidential election.
    • Trump replaced former campaign manager Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien, who previously served as deputy campaign manager. Stepien was also national director for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
  • July 14, 2020: During a news conference in the Rose Garden, Trump criticized Biden’s energy plan and positions on the U.S. military, immigration, and China.
  • July 13, 2020:
    • Trump Victory, the joint effort between Trump and the Republican National Committee, hired 300 additional staffers for field operations in 20 target states, bringing the total number of field staffers to 1,500.
    • Trump held a conference call with Alabama voters to promote Tommy Tuberville over Jeff Sessions in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
    • Trump retweeted a tweet that said the CDC, media, Democrats, and doctors were lying about COVID-19 to affect the election.
  • July 11, 2020:
    • Donald Trump Jr. announced that he was self-publishing a book, Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats’ Defense of the Indefensible, the week of the Republican National Convention in August.
  • July 10, 2020:
    • Trump traveled to Florida for both official and campaign business. He met with the U.S. Southern Command to discuss its counternarcotics operations and attending a fundraiser in Hillsboro Beach.
    • The Trump campaign postponed a rally scheduled for July 11 in New Hampshire due to a tropical storm.
  • July 8, 2020: Trump tweeted that schools should open for the 2020-2021 school year. He wrote, “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!”
  • July 7, 2020: Trump won the Republican presidential primaries in Delaware and New Jersey.
  • July 4, 2020: Trump hosted a Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C. His statement on the White House’s South Lawn reprised the themes of his Mount Rushmore speech.
  • July 3, 2020: Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore where he condemned what he called a “left-wing cultural revolution.” He said, “And yet, as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing. Our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled, they bled, and the nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out the history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children.”
  • July 1, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign replaced Michael Glassner with Jeff DeWit as chief operating officer. Glassner will instead work on the campaign’s legal team going forward.
    • The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $131 million in June.

• June 2020 (click to collapse)

  June

  • June 29, 2020:
    • The Trump campaign made a $95 million ad buy across several battleground states—Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—starting in September for the two months leading up to the general election.
    • The Trump campaign sued Pennsylvania and its election board in federal court over the state’s implementation of mail-in voting. Campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis said, “Shifting from an absentee voting system to one that pushes unmonitored vote-by-mail creates opportunities for fraud, and encourages ballot harvesting where paid political operatives try to collect and deliver loose ballots.”
  • June 28, 2020: In a tweet, Trump praised a video clip of Trump supporters in Florida, which included a man chanting “white power.” Trump later deleted the tweet. White House spokesman Judd Deere said, “He did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters.”
  • June 27, 2020: The Trump campaign released diversity data showing 25% of its senior staff were people of color and 56% were women.
  • June 25, 2020: Trump visited Wisconsin to tour the shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine. He also traveled to Green Bay to record a town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
  • June 24, 2020: The Trump campaign sued Priorities USA for airing an ad criticizing Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it misrepresented his use of the word “hoax.”
  • June 23, 2020:
    • Trump toured the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to mark the construction of more than 200 miles of the border wall.
    • Pence attended two events in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to discuss school choice, religion, and protests.
    • Biden and Trump won the presidential primaries in Kentucky. Biden also won the Democratic primary in New York; the Republican primary had been canceled when Trump was the only candidate to qualify for the ballot.
    • Trump spoke in Phoenix at an event organized by Students for Trump. It was Trump’s third visit to Arizona in five months.
  • June 22, 2020: Retweeting a Breitbart article on election fraud, Trump wrote, “This will be the Election disaster of our time. Mail-In Ballots will lead to a RIGGED ELECTION!”
  • June 20, 2020:
    • Trump discussed the coronavirus pandemic, policing, race relations, and Biden at his first campaign rally in months in Tulsa. An estimated 6,200 people attended the event, according to Tulsa’s fire department. The venue had capacity for 19,000. Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schlapp said 5.3 million people watched the event online.
    • Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $74 million in May, marking the first time they underperformed Biden and the Democratic National Committee—who raised $81 million in May—in monthly fundraising. Trump and the RNC have $265 million in cash on hand.
    • More than 50 Trump campaign surrogates attended the Tulsa rally, including Sens. Jim Inhofe, James Lankford, and Tom Cotton. Multiple camera crews were also at the event, which Axios described as “a giant commercial for Trump's re-election campaign, an answer to protests outside the White House and a trial run for Republican National Convention events in Jacksonville this August.”
  • June 18, 2020: Former national security adviser John Bolton said Trump prioritized his re-election over the national interest in The Room Where It Happened. Trump called Bolton a liar and said that “everybody in the White House hated John Bolton.” The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Bolton for breach of contract and sought to establish a constructive trust from Bolton’s book advance and royalties.
  • June 17, 2020:
    • The Trump Victory Finance Committee launched the Senate Captains program to encourage Republican senators to act as volunteer fundraisers for Donald Trump’s campaign.
    • Trump Victory, the joint committee of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, was offering donors various packages for the Republican National Convention, including a $1.2 million tier for premier access at the event.
  • June 16, 2020:
    • CNN reported the Trump campaign was considering using an additional venue for overflow during its rally in Tulsa on June 20. An Oklahoma judge denied an emergency motion to block the rally unless the Trump campaign used social distancing guidelines at the event. Plaintiffs said they would pursue the case in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
    • Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to establish a database of police officers with excessive use-of-force complaints.
  • June 15, 2020:
    • Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said guests at the campaign’s Tulsa rally on June 20 would receive a temperature check, hand sanitizer, and masks before entering the venue. He also said 1 million tickets had been requested for the event; the venue’s capacity is 19,000 people.
    • CNN reported that Trump would hold a rally in Mobile, Alabama, to support Tommy Tuberville for U.S. Senate in July. Tuberville is running against Jeff Sessions, who previously served in the Trump administration as U.S. attorney general.
  • June 14, 2020:
    • Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $14 million, marking the groups’ top online fundraising day.
    • Local rallies were held in cities across the country to celebrate Trump’s 74th birthday.
  • June 12, 2020: Pence kicked off “The Great American Comeback Tour,” a series of events highlighting the reopening of the country, in Pittsburgh. America First Policies is hosting the tour.
  • June 11, 2020:
    • ABC News reported attendees of an upcoming Trump rally in Oklahoma would be required to sign a waiver that said they could not hold the Trump campaign or venue liable if they contracted COVID-19.
    • The Republican National Committee announced that Trump would accept the party’s nomination in Jacksonville, splitting the national convention between Florida and its original location in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trump’s acceptance speech was scheduled to take place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, which has a 15,000-person capacity.
    • Trump met with faith leaders, law enforcement officials, and small business owners in Dallas to discuss race relations and policing. Later, he resumed his in-person fundraisers with a small event at a private home in Dallas.
  • June 10, 2020:
    • Trump announced that he would hold his first rally since the coronavirus pandemic began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jun. 19. He said additional events were planned in Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
    • The Trump campaign questioned the methodology of a CNN national poll that showed Biden leading by 14 percentage points and demanded the network retract it. A spokesman for CNN said, “We stand by our poll.”
  • June 8, 2020:
    • Politico reported that Trump’s campaign would resume holding rallies in coming weeks. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said, “Americans are ready to get back to action and so is President Trump. The great American comeback is real and the rallies will be tremendous. … You’ll again see the kind of crowds and enthusiasm that sleepy Joe Biden can only dream of.”
    • Trump tweeted, “I have retained highly respected pollster, McLaughlin & Associates, to analyze todays CNN Poll (and others), which I felt were FAKE based on the incredible enthusiasm we are receiving. Read analysis for yourself. This is the same thing they and others did when we defeated. … Crooked Hillary Clinton in 2016. They are called SUPPRESSION POLLS, and are put out to dampen enthusiasm. Despite 3 ½ years of phony Witch Hunts, we are winning, and will close it out on November 3rd!”
    • Trump met with law enforcement representatives for a roundtable discussion at which he said, “There won't be defunding, there won't be dismantling of our police and there is not going to be any disbanding of our police. … There's a reason for less crime, it's because we have great law enforcement. I'm very proud of them.”
    • Trump tweeted, “CNN Polls are as Fake as their Reporting. Same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary. The Dems would destroy America!”
  • June 7, 2020: Trump responded to Powell, “Somebody please tell highly overrated Colin Powell that I will have gotten almost 300 Federal Judges approved (a record), Two Great Supreme Court Justices, rebuilt our once depleted Military, Choice for Vets, Biggest Ever Tax & Regulation Cuts, Saved Healthcare & 2A, & much more!”
  • June 5, 2020:
    • Trump visited Maine. He toured Puritan Medical Products, a medical swab manufacturing facility, and held a roundtable discussion on commercial fishing.
    • Trump’s campaign hired Jason Miller as a senior adviser. Miller was also an adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign.
  • June 4, 2020:
    • Trump tweeted, “Sleepy Joe Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill was a total disaster. It was mass incarceration for Black people, many of them innocent. I did Criminal Justice Reform, something Obama & Biden didn’t even try to do - & couldn’t do even if they did try. Biden can never escape his Crime Bill!”
    • Trump met with campaign manager Brad Parscale, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and other staff to discuss campaign strategy and messaging.
  • June 3, 2020:
    • Trump responded to the above statement from Mattis: “Probably the only thing Barack Obama & I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General. I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about it. His nickname was ‘Chaos’, which I didn’t like, & changed to ‘Mad Dog’ … His primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations. I gave him a new life, things to do, and battles to win, but he seldom ‘brought home the bacon’. I didn’t like his ‘leadership’ style or much else about him, and many others agree. Glad he is gone!”
    • Trump said in a phone call to the Brian Kilmeade Show, “I have other polls where I'm winning, and you've seen them too, I guess. But, I have polls. Just like last time, I was losing to Hillary in every state, and I won every state, OK. I won Michigan, I won Wisconsin, I won places that they didn't even think were pollable, they didn't even want to go bother. … I saw another poll where I'm winning every swing state, substantially. And why wouldn't I?”
  • June 2, 2020: Trump tweeted, “Had long planned to have the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place I love. Now, @NC_Governor Roy Cooper and his representatives refuse to guarantee that we can have use of the Spectrum Arena - Spend millions of dollars, have everybody arrive, and … then tell them they will not be able to gain entry. Governor Cooper is still in Shelter-In-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated and promised. Would have showcased beautiful North Carolina to the World, and brought in hundreds of … millions of dollars, and jobs, for the State. Because of @NC_Governor, we are now forced to seek another State to host the 2020 Republican National Convention.”
  • June 1, 2020:
    • Trump spoke about protests following the death of George Floyd before law enforcement cleared an area outside the White House and Trump walked to St. John's Episcopal Church. Trump said, “... we cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters to be drowned out by an angry mob. The biggest victims of the rioting are peace-loving citizens in our poorest communities, and as their President, I will fight to keep them safe. I will fight to protect you. I am your President of law and order, and an ally of all peaceful protesters.” ** Trump held a teleconference with U.S. governors.

• May 2020 (click to expand)

  May

  • May 31, 2020: Trump tweeted, “Get tough Democrat Mayors and Governors. These people are ANARCHISTS. Call in our National Guard NOW. The World is watching and laughing at you and Sleepy Joe. Is this what America wants? NO!!!”

  • May 30, 2020:
    • Trump returned to the Kennedy Space Center to view the SpaceX rocket launch. The launch, which was originally scheduled for, had been postponed due to weather.

  • • In his remarks at the Kennedy Space Center, Trump said, “The death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis was a grave tragedy. It should never have happened. It has filled Americans all over the country with horror, anger, and grief. … I understand the pain that people are feeling. We support the right of peaceful protesters, and we hear their pleas. But what we are now seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or with peace.”

  • May 28, 2020:
    • Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, issued a statement on Trump’s “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship.” Parscale said, “We have known for a long time that social media companies have it in for conservatives in general and President Trump specifically. ... Since social media companies have not appropriately self-regulated to stop the bias on their own, President Trump has stepped in to make sure Silicon Valley is held accountable for trying to manipulate the American people.”
    • The Trump Make America Great Again Committee started running digital ads on Facebook picturing Joe Biden wearing a mask in front of a Chinese flag and Trump not wearing a mask in front of an American flag.

  • May 27, 2020: Trump visited the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to view the SpaceX rocket launch. A press secretary said, “‘Launch America’ not only restores American dominance and unlocks our entrepreneurial spirit in space, but it also symbolizes America’s ‘transition to greatness’ after an unprecedented disruption.”

  • May 26, 2020: Trump said North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) should decide within a week whether a full-scale Republican National Convention can be held in the state. Trump said, “It’s a massive expenditure, and we have to know. Yeah, I would say within a week, certainly, we’d have to know. Now if he can’t do it, if he feels he’s not going to do it, all he has to do is tell us, and then we’ll have to pick another location.”

  • May 25, 2020: Following a series of tweets from Trump regarding the possibility of moving the Republican National Convention away from Charlotte, North Carolina, Vice President Mike Pence stated, “We all want to be in Charlotte, we love North Carolina, but having a sense now is absolutely essential because of the immense preparations that are involved and we look forward to working with Gov. Cooper, getting a swift response, and if need be moving the national convention to a state that is farther along on reopening and can say with confidence that we can gather there.”

  • May 23, 2020: Trump tweeted, “The United States cannot have all Mail In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history. People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and ‘force’ people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!”

  • May 22, 2020: Politico reported that Trump’s campaign was spending $1 million on digital ads opposing Biden over his statement on The Breakfast Club.

  • May 21, 2020:
    • Trump visited Ypsilanti, Michigan, and toured a Ford plant that had been manufacturing ventilators. He said, “This country is poised for an epic comeback. Within the next year, we're going to be exceeding any expectation. And I've had a good gut feeling about a lot of things – including running for president. … By the way, I think we're going to do better the second time, and it's very important that we win the second time.”
    • Trump told reporters, “We got to get back to the rallies … I think it's going to be sooner rather than later.” He said, “We might do some outdoor big ones and we also may just wait until some of the stadiums can open up. … The demand has been incredible to get going with the rallies.”

  • May 20, 2020: Trump tweeted, “China is on a massive disinformation campaign because they are desperate to have Sleepy Joe Biden win the presidential race so they can continue to rip-off the United States, as they have done for decades, until I came along!”

  • May 19, 2020:
    • Trump held a closed-door lunch event with Senate Republicans. Afterward, Trump said, “We had a great meeting. All of the Republican senators were there. I think we made tremendous progress on a lot of different issues. ... We have a lot of very positive things happening, both in terms of the country, in terms of the election that’s coming up. We’re doing very well in every way.”
    • The Trump Victory Finance Committee announced a new nine-team volunteer fundraising effort called the House Congressional Captains program. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, “This new volunteer fundraiser program … will help provide President Trump and the Republican Party the resources needed to defeat the Democrats' radical socialist agenda and win on Election Day.”

  • May 18, 2020: Trump’s campaign launched a website called “Truth Over Facts,” which it described as “an investigative website aimed at uncovering the truth behind Joe Biden’s never-ending, seemingly incomprehensible statements during his third, plodding campaign for president.” The title of the website references an earlier quote from Biden.

  • May 16, 2020: Trump tweeted, “I’m not running against Sleepy Joe Biden. He is not even a factor. Never was, remember 1% Joe? I’m running against the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats & their partner, the real opposition party, the Lamestream Fake News Media! They are vicious & crazy, but we will WIN!”

  • May 14, 2020:
    • Trump tweeted, “Thank you to all of my great Keyboard Warriors. You are better, and far more brilliant, than anyone on Madison Avenue (Ad Agencies). There is nobody like you!”
    • While visiting Allentown, Pa., Trump said, “We have to get your governor of Pennsylvania to start opening up a little bit. … You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and they want to keep them closed, you can’t do that.”

  • May 13, 2020: Trump’s administration began working on potential transition plans, which are required by law to be prepared six months before the presidential election.

  • May 12, 2020: Trump tweeted, “So interesting to see all of these people I beat so badly, pundits & consultants that never had a chance, telling me how to run for office. Many are Republicans who should LOVE our 280 new Judges, rebuilt Military, 2A, great V.A. Low Taxes, etc. Just don’t like that I beat them!”

  • May 11, 2020:
    • Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $61.7 million in April.
    • Trump tweeted regarding opposition to coronavirus restrictions in Pennsylvania, where he plans to visit this week, “The great people of Pennsylvania want their freedom now, and they are fully aware of what that entails. The Democrats are moving slowly, all over the USA, for political purposes. They would wait until November 3rd if it were up to them. Don’t play politics. Be safe, move quickly!”

  • May 9, 2020: Trump’s re-election campaign announced “Moms for Trump,” a coalition that says it will “mobilize and empower mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and nanas across the nation to re-elect President Donald J. Trump by sharing their stories and experiences of the President’s Pro-Family and Pro-America agenda.”

  • May 8, 2020: Trump commented on the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. He said, “So I saw the tape, and it’s very, very disturbing, the tape. ... And I will say that that looks like a really good, young guy.” He also said, “You know, it could be something that we didn’t see on tape. There could be a lot of — you know, if you saw things went off tape and then back on tape.”

  • May 7, 2020: Trump approved a $10 million ad campaign opposing Biden. Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, tweeted, “For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star). It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time.”

  • May 6, 2020: Trump signed a Proclamation on National Nurses Day and met with healthcare professionals in the Oval Office. He said, “This is really the worst attack we’ve ever had. This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center. There’s never been an attack like this. And it should have never happened. It could have been stopped at the source. It could have been stopped in China. It should have been stopped right at the source, and it wasn’t.”

  • May 5, 2020:
    • Trump said his administration’s coronavirus task force would continue indefinitely. He tweeted, “... the Task Force will continue on indefinitely with its focus on SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN. We may add or subtract people … to it, as appropriate. The Task Force will also be very focused on Vaccines & Therapeutics.”
    • Trump visited Phoenix, Arizona, where he toured a Honeywell factory that is making N95 respirator masks. He said in a speech at the factory, "Thanks to the profound commitment of our citizens we’ve flattened the curve. … We’re reopening our country, and it's going to be something special."

  • May 4, 2020: Trump participated in an interview with the New York Post in the Oval Office. Regarding his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, he said, “We did the right thing and now we’re bringing the country back. And I think there’s a great optimism. I don’t know if you see it, but I think there’s a great optimism now.”

  • May 3, 2020:
    • Trump began a seven-figure nationwide ad campaign focused on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
    • Trump participated in a town hall event at the Lincoln Memorial with Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. At the event, Trump discussed a potential timeframe for developing a coronavirus vaccine and moving antibiotics production out of China.

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  April

  • April 29, 2020:
    • USA Today reported that Trump would travel to Phoenix on May 5 to visit a Honeywell aerospace facility manufacturing medical equipment. It will be his first trip away from Washington, D.C., in more than a month.
    • The Trump campaign released a digital ad in 17 states featuring Democratic governors praising Trump’s response to the pandemic.

  • April 28, 2020:
    • Trump discussed testing capacity, the possibility of community spread in states that are reopening, and the Payroll Protection Program during a press briefing.
    • The Hill reported that Yang and seven of his New York delegates filed a lawsuit against New York after the board of elections removed Yang’s name from the ballot and canceled the Democratic primary.

  • April 27, 2020: Trump held a news conference where he and the White House coronavirus task force discussed expanding testing through retailers like Walmart and CVS. He also said the estimated death toll from the pandemic could rise to 70,000 in the United States.

  • April 25, 2020: Trump did not participate in the daily coronavirus briefings the weekend of April 25-26. He tweeted, “What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!”

  • April 24, 2020: Trump signed a $484 billion stimulus bill seeking to aid employers and hospitals. The bill extended the Paycheck Protection Program with $250 billion, provide $100 billion for hospitals and a nationwide testing program, and offer additional assistance for community development banks and small businesses.

  • April 23, 2020:
    • The Associated Press reported on the evolution of the Trump campaign’s strategy to define Biden in the election. Initially, the campaign wanted to define him as a corrupt, veteran Beltway insider. It shifted its focus to Biden’s relations with and comments about China and his ability to perform as president.
    • The Trump campaign launched an app to gamify support and drive voter outreach. The app was originally intended to build off of Trump’s rallies and has been reworked to feature videos and virtual events.
    • During his daily press briefing, Trump said that his administration was considering extending national social distancing guidelines to the start of the summer or later.

  • April 22, 2020: NBC News reported that Trump is considering taking day trips outside of Washington, D.C., beginning the week of May 4.

  • April 21, 2020:
    • The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans and conservatives, released an ad praising Biden as a bipartisan leader ready to become president. The clip is airing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
    • Trump announced his new executive order on immigration will halt most green cards for 60 days. The order will not affect visas for temporary workers in agricultural and related industries. The order is also expected to include exemptions for essential employees and immigrants coming into the country through immediate family members.
    • Trump spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about U.S.-U.K. coordination on the coronavirus response.
    • Biden and the Democratic National Committee together had $57.2 million in cash on hand, after accounting for unpaid debts, according to The New York Times. That was approximately $187 million less than Trump and the Republican National Committee had.
  • April 20, 2020:
    • Trump said that he planned to suspend immigration in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He tweeted, “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!.”
    • Biden raised $46.7 million in March, outraising Trump’s $13.6 million and marking his best fundraising month so far. Trump led in cash on hand with $98.5 million to Biden’s $26.4 million.

  • April 16-19, 2020:
    • Trump said that he would use the Defense Production Act to order the production of 20 million more coronavirus testing swabs.
    • Trump encouraged protesters demonstrating against lockdowns in certain states in a series of tweets and his press conference. He wrote, “LIBERATE MINNESOTA,” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN,” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!” Trump said the protesters were “people expressing their views" and "they seem to be very responsible people to me, you know, they’ve been treated a little bit rough.”
    • America First Action released three ads in a series titled #BeijingBiden as part of its $10 million ad campaign in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The narrator in one clip says, “Now more than ever America must stop China and to stop China you have to stop Joe Biden.”

  • April 16, 2020:
    • Trump issued his guidelines for reopening the economy. The plan had three phases beginning with restaurants, places of worship, movie theaters, and select other businesses opening if they observe social distancing practices. In the second phase, schools can open and nonessential travel can resume. In the third phase, large public venues can operate as normal with limited social distancing rules and senior care facilities and hospitals can allow visitors.
    • America First Action PAC announced that it was launching a $10 million ad campaign in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania presenting Biden and his son, Hunter, as financially connected to China.

  • April 15, 2020:
    • Trump Victory, the joint fundraising committee formed by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, is establishing finance chairs in all 50 states. In 2016, the group launched with finance chairs in 33 states.
    • Trump said he was considering adjourning Congress, in order to make recess appointments, since his administrative and judicial nominees were not able to go through the confirmation process. “If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress,” Trump said. “The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro-forma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford during this crisis. It is a scam that they do.”

  • April 14, 2020:
    • Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones (D) endorsed Trump. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported he was the first state-elected Democrat in Georgia to back Trump.
    • Trump said that he was halting funding to the World Health Organization until a review could be conducted into the organization’s management of the coronavirus pandemic.
    • Trump also said he would soon issue guidelines for reopening the economy but would leave it to governors to determine the individualized plan for their state. He said he believed some states could open before May 1.

  • April 13, 2020:
    • During his daily press briefing, Trump said he had total authority over reopening the economy. “When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total. The governors know that,” he said. Trump also said the number of daily new infections had flattened nationwide and that the U.S. was signing contracts with four new companies to produce more ventilators.
    • Trump won the Wisconsin Republican primary with approximately 98% of the vote to receive all 52 of the state’s delegates.

  • April 12, 2020: Trump and the Republican National Committee together raised $212 million in the first quarter of 2020. Their fundraising total for March alone was $63 million, down from a record high for the campaign of $86 million in February.

  • April 9-10, 2020:
    • Politico reported that the Republican National Committee would air a seven-figure ad campaign from April 13 through May 4 praising Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. One clip released April 9 featured two Democratic governors—Gavin Newsom (Calif.) and Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.)—saying Trump was responsive.
    • The Daily Beast reported that the Trump campaign was renting its email list through the vendor Excelsior Strategies. Pro-Trump super PAC, America First Action, was one of the groups paying for the list. The campaign said it was paying fair market value.
    • Trump communications manager Tim Murtaugh spoke with Daily Caller about the four ways the campaign has changed its strategy in response to coronavirus.
    • The Trump campaign opposed Biden on his position on China and released a digital ad that presented Biden as friendly towards the country.

  • April 8, 2020: Trump tweeted that Sanders supporters should join the Republican Party. He also said Sen. Elizabeth Warren was the reason Sanders lost several Super Tuesday states.

  • April 7, 2020: Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany replaced Stephanie Grisham as White House press secretary.

  • April 6, 2020: CNN profiled Trump’s campaign strategy, including rapid response teams, streaming content targeting different demographic groups, and the use of White House press briefings.

  • April 6, 2020: During the briefing, Trump discussed the Paycheck Protection Program and said 3M would produce 166,000 face masks for frontline healthcare workers.

  • April 4, 2020: Trump said the NFL season should begin in September as usual during a conference call with officials from major sports leagues.

  • April 3, 2020: During the coronavirus briefing, Trump recommended that Americans wear face masks in public where social distancing is not possible to maintain. The White House also said that anyone coming into contact with the president would be tested for coronavirus first.

  • April 2, 2020: During the daily coronavirus task force daily briefing, Trump and his team discussed supply chain issues for masks, ventilators, and other medical supplies. Trump also tested negative for the coronavirus for a second time.

  • April 1, 2020: Trump campaign director of communications Tim Murtaugh discussed campaign strategy with surrogates. According to NBC News, Murtaugh said, “This is the bottom line: President Trump is leading the nation in this war against the coronavirus, and Joe Biden, the Democrats and the media have decided to be the opposition in that war.”

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  March

  • March 31, 2020: Trump and the White House’s coronavirus task force discussed medical supplies and the projected mortality rate during a daily press conference. The task force said an estimated 100,000 to 240,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus compared to 2.2 million without any countermeasures.

  • March 31, 2020: The Trump administration said that it would not reopen HealthCare.gov for a special enrollment period. Politico reported that the administration was reviewing other options. The Trump administration also announced that it was lowering annual increases for fuel economy and emission standards from 5% to 1.5%.

  • March 30, 2020: During his daily press briefing, Trump said more than 1 million Americans had been tested for the coronavirus. Social distancing guidelines were extended until April 30.

  • March 27-28, 2020: Trump signed a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package and invoked the Defense Production Act in ordering General Motors to increase its production of ventilators. Trump also requested that the Centers for Disease Control issue a travel advisory urging residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut not to travel domestically for 14 days unless necessary due to the spread of coronavirus in these states.

  • March 26, 2020: Trump wrote a letter to the nations' governors on classifying counties by their risk of coronavirus. “This is what we envision: Our expanded testing capacities will quickly enable us to publish criteria, developed in close coordination with the Nation's public health officials and scientists, to help classify counties with respect to continued risks posed by the virus.” He also gave a telephone interview on Fox News' Hannity.

  • March 25, 2020: The Trump campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to television stations regarding a Priorities USA ad criticizing Trump's statements about the coronavirus.

  • March 25, 2020: Trump tweeted, "The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success." He also said of the coronavirus relief bill, "The Democrats have treated us fairly, and I really believe we‘ve had a very good back-and-forth and I say that with respect to [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer."

  • March 24, 2020: Trump and the White House Coronavirus Task Force participated in a Fox News virtual town hall, where Trump said he hoped to have people back to work by Easter. Also, Priorities USA Action began running an ad in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin criticizing Trump's statements about the coronavirus.

  • March 23, 2020: In his daily press briefing, Trump said that the coronavirus pandemic looked as if it would get worse before getting better. Trump said that the country was not built to sustain a prolonged shutdown and that he would soon consider whether it was time to lift restrictions on business.

  • March 22, 2020: Trump announced he would activate the U.S. National Guard for New York, Washington, and California—the states with the most coronavirus outbreaks.

  • March 20, 2020: The pro-Trump super PAC, America First Action, said it is focusing on earned media during the coronavirus pandemic rather than spending any of its $300 million on negative ads against Biden.

  • March 19, 2020: The Wall Street Journal reported on Trump's changing re-election strategy following the coronavirus pandemic.

  • March 18, 2020: The Lincoln Project, a group formed by Republicans who oppose Trump, released an ad that compares Trump to a virus.

  • March 17, 2020: Trump discussed economic stimulus initiatives during a briefing, including deferring IRS payments and possibly sending checks to every American.

  • March 16, 2020: Trump held a press conference to provide updates and new recommendations regarding the coronavirus pandemic.

  • March 15, 2020: Trump and his administration’s task force on the coronavirus discussed preventive health and travel measures and the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates to zero.

  • March 14, 2020: The White House announced that Trump had tested negative for the coronavirus.

  • March 10, 2020: Trump announced he would travel to Milwaukee on Mar. 19 to launch the “Catholics for Trump” coalition.

  • March 9, 2020: Trump held a fundraiser in Longwood, Florida, that raised $4 million. His campaign postponed a “Women for Trump” bus tour through Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

  • March 8, 2020: Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, told reporters that the campaign would target Biden on trade and healthcare if he became the Democratic nominee.

  • March 6-8, 2020: Trump attended two fundraisers in Florida over the weekend that included more than 1,000 donors.

  • March 5, 2020: Trump spoke at his first televised town hall of the 2020 election cycle in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The event was hosted by Fox News.

  • March 5, 2020: Facebook removed Trump ads that called for viewers to complete a U.S. census survey and directed them to a form on Trump’s campaign website.

  • March 4, 2020: Trump spoke at the Latino Coalition Legislative Summit, where he discussed the border wall, tax policy, and trade.

  • March 3, 2020: The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against The Washington Post for defamation, citing two articles on alleged Russian assistance to Trump’s campaign.

  • March 2, 2020: Trump held a campaign rally in North Carolina. Trump and the Republican National Committee jointly raised $86 million in February.

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  February

  • February 29, 2020: Trump discussed the Democratic primary, at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

  • February 27-28, 2020:Trump held a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina. His campaign made a five-figure digital ad buy targeting Indian Americans.

  • February 26, 2020: The Trump campaign announced that it was launching 15 community centers targeting black voters in battleground states, including Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

  • February 25, 2020: Mike Pence campaigned for Trump in Michigan, visiting the Michigan Farm Bureau and holding a rally in Troy.

  • February 25, 2020: Trump continued his state visit to India.

  • February 24, 2020: Trump spoke at a joint rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. More than 100,000 people attended the event in Ahmedabad, India.

  • February 20-21, 2020: Trump held a rally in Las Vegas. The Trump campaign purchased YouTube masthead ads in the days leading up to the general election in November. Bloomberg described the ad location as “more akin to a Super Bowl TV ad.”​​​

  • February 20, 2020: Politico reported that Trump and the Republican National Committee would spend more than $10 million to challenge Democratic voting-related lawsuits.

  • February 18-19, 2020: Trump granted seven pardons and four commutations, including former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik. He held a rally in Arizona.

  • February 16, 2020: Trump ran a television ad during the broadcast of the Daytona 500 called “New Heights.” He met with 2028 Olympic Games organizers and attended a fundraising event in Beverly Hills Feb. 18.

  • February 16, 2020: The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee raised $60.1 million in January. Trump attended the Daytona 500 in Florida.

  • February 12, 2020: Trump made endorsements in three Republican congressional primaries in Texas.

  • February 11, 2020: Trump advisers discussed the state of the Democratic primary with NBC News.

  • February 10, 2020: Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. He called on independents to vote in the Democratic primary for the weakest candidate.

  • February 10, 2020: Trump released his 2021 budget proposal, which included initiatives in battleground states like Florida and Nevada.

  • February 6, 2020: Trump discussed his acquittal at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

  • February 5, 2020: Trump was acquitted in the U.S. Senate of abuse of power by a vote of 52-48 and obstruction of Congress by a vote of 53-47.

  • February 4, 2020: In his State of the Union address, Trump discussed the USMCA trade agreement, economy, Democratic Party, and assasination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.

  • February 4, 2020: Trump delivered his State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.

  • February 2, 2020: In addition to his two Super Bowl commercials, Trump flew aerial banners in Miami before the Super Bowl. Fox News’ Sean Hannity also interviewed Trump in a pregame event.

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  January

  • January 30, 2020: Trump released one of two ads that aired during the Super Bowl. The first, “Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous,” focused on the economy and unemployment rates.

  • January 30, 2020: Mike Pence campaigned in Iowa on behalf of Trump, hosting events with evangelicals and veterans.

  • January 28, 2020: Trump held a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey. He discussed impeachment, the economy, and immigration.

  • January 27, 2020: KETV reported that more than 80 Trump surrogates would campaign in Iowa on Feb. 3.

  • January 27, 2020: Trump met with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and opposition leader Benny Gantz to discuss policy in the Middle East.

  • January 23, 2020: NBC News profiled Trump’s campaign operations in Iowa.

  • January 24, 2020: Trump attended the annual, anti-abortion March for Life in Washington, D.C.. The organization’s president, Jeanne Mancini, said it will be the first time a president attends the event.

  • January 21, 2020: Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

  • January 19, 2020: Trump spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation conference in Austin.

  • January 16, 2020: Trump’s impeachment trial began as Chief Justice John Roberts and the U.S. senators were sworn in as the presiding officer and jurors, respectively. Mike Pence held a Latinos for Trump event in Kissimmee, Florida.

  • January 15, 2020: It was announced that former Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle would serve as the national finance chairwoman of the Trump Victory Finance Committee for Trump.

  • January 15, 2020: The U.S. House delivered two articles of impeachment against Trump to the U.S. Senate.

  • January 14, 2020: Trump held a rally in Milwaukee. There, he discussed trade, impeachment, and the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Also that day, Trump flew an aerial banner and ran a newspaper ad in The Des Moines Register during the Democratic presidential primary debate.

  • January 13, 2020: Trump attended the playoff championship game between LSU and Clemson in New Orleans.

  • January 10, 2020: Trump discussed the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and impeachment in an interview on Fox News.

  • January 9, 2020: Trump focused on the economy, the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and Democratic primary candidates at his rally in Ohio. More than 8,000 people attended the event. Mike Pence joined Trump at the rally. Also that day, McClatchy DC profiled the Trump campaign's microtargeting of undecided women voters.

  • January 7, 2020: Politico reported that Trump would spend $10 million on 60 seconds of airtime during the Super Bowl on Feb. 2.

  • January 3, 2020: Trump said that he authorized the strike that killed Iran’s security and intelligence services commander Qasem Soleimani.

2019

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  December

  • December 24, 2019: The Trump campaign launched a website providing supporters with arguments defending Trump against liberal relatives during the holiday season.

  • December 21, 2019: Trump spoke at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida. He will remain in the state for the holidays.

  • December 19, 2019: Cheddar interviewed Trump director of strategic communications Michael Shure about Trump’s re-election strategy.

  • December 18, 2019: The U.S. House impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The first article was approved by a vote of 230-197 and the second 229-198. All Republicans and two Democrats voted against both articles. One Democrat, Jared Golden (Maine), voted for abuse of power and against obstruction of Congress. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) voted present on both articles. Trump spoke at a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan.

  • December 17, 2019: Trump sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) calling for an end to the impeachment process. The House is expected to vote on impeachment.

  • December 17, 2019: Republicans critical of Trump—Steve Schmidt, John Weaver, Jennifer Horn, Rick Wilson, and George Conway—launched a super PAC called the Lincoln Project to convince conservative voters to reject Trump.

  • December 16, 2019: The Hawaii Republican Party canceled its presidential primary and committed its 19 convention delegates to Trump.

  • December 15, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted the campaign raised more than $10 million in the previous week.

  • December 14, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale and other senior advisers gave a presentation in Arlington on the Trump campaign’s re-election strategy, including remaking state parties and targeting smaller counties in swing states.

  • December 10, 2019: House Democrats introduced two articles of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

  • December 8, 2019: Trump held a rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, marking his 14th visit to the state as a sitting president.

  • December 7, 2019: Trump attended a private fundraiser in Florida that raised $3.5 million for the state Republican Party. He featured Clint Lorance and Mathew Golsteyn, two former soldiers who received presidential pardons related to war crimes.

  • December 3, 2019: The Georgia Republican Party voted to include only Trump on the ballot. Four other candidates had submitted their names for consideration, including De La Fuente, Walsh, and Weld.

  • December 3, 2019: Pence met with faith and community leaders in Michigan.

  • December 2, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that it would no longer permit Bloomberg reporters to cover its campaign events. Trump and Republican leadership also released a joint statement criticizing Google’s policy on microtargeted political ads.

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  November

  • November 28, 2019: Trump traveled to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day to meet with troops.

  • November 26, 2019: Trump held a rally in Sunrise, Florida, at the BB&T Center.

  • November 25, 2019: Trump is expected to spend more than $200 million in Florida, his new permanent residence.

  • November 21, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale and senior adviser Lara Trump held a campaign event in Tucson, Arizona.

  • November 20, 2019: Trump bought a full-page ad in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution criticizing the Democratic candidates and used aerial advertising over Atlanta.

  • November 19, 2019: Trump toured an Apple manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, meeting with company CEO Tim Cook.

  • November 18, 2019: Trump launched a six-figure ad campaign in black community newspapers and on urban-format radio stations in 11 markets across the country.

  • November 16, 2019: Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland as part of his annual physical exam.

  • November 15, 2019: Trump held a rally in Bossier City, Louisiana, ahead of the state's gubernatorial election.

  • November 13, 2019: Public hearings began regarding the impeachment inquiry into Trump. That day, Trump raised $3.1 million in small-dollar donations.

  • November 12, 2019: Trump spoke at the Economic Club of New York, where he said that economic growth would be the focus of his re-election campaign.

  • November 11, 2019: Trump commemorated Veterans Day with full-page newspaper ads in five local newspapers in Orlando, Detroit, Arizona, Las Vegas, and Virginia. He also attended the LSU-Alabama football game on November 9.

  • November 8, 2019: Trump launched a black voter outreach initiative in Atlanta called "Black Voices for Trump.”

  • November 7, 2019: Mike Pence traveled to New Hampshire to file in the New Hampshire primary for the Trump campaign.

  • November 6, 2019: Trump held a rally in Monroe, Louisiana. The state held a gubernatorial runoff election on Nov. 16.

  • November 4, 2019: Trump held a rally in Lexington, Kentucky, where he called on voters to support incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.

  • November 1, 2019: Trump held a rally in Tupelo, Mississippi, to campaign for Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves in his run for governor of Mississippi. Trump discussed the impeachment inquiry, the Democratic primary, and the media. An estimated 10,000 people attended the event.

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  October

  • October 31, 2019: The Minnesota Republican Party sent a letter to the secretary of state listing its “determination of candidates” for the presidential primary ballot next March; only Trump was listed.

  • October 31, 2019: The House passed a resolution establishing procedures for the impeachment inquiry into Trump, marking the first impeachment-related congressional vote. The 232-196 vote ran along party lines with no Republicans supporting the measure and two Democrats opposing it.

  • October 30, 2019: Trump ran a campaign ad during the final night of the World Series. "He's no Mr. Nice Guy, but sometimes it takes a Donald Trump to change Washington,” the narrator says in the clip.

  • October 29, 2019: Trump headlined a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., that raised $13 million for Take Back the House 2020, a joint fundraising committee benefiting House Republicans.

  • October 28, 2019: Trump spoke at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Chicago.

  • October 27, 2019: Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed during a military raid in northwest Syria.

  • October 25, 2019: Trump spoke at a criminal justice forum at Benedict College in South Carolina.

  • October 23, 2019: Trump spoke at an energy conference in Pittsburgh.

  • October 23, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Donald Trump’s efforts to appeal to Latino voters in nontraditional places.

  • October 23, 2019: Trump was in Pittsburgh at a natural gas industry conference.

  • October 18, 2019: Trump announced he would hold rallies in Mississippi and Kentucky in the first week of November. Both states held gubernatorial elections on November 5.

  • October 17, 2019: Roughly 20,000 people attended Trump’s rally in Dallas, where he criticized the Democratic presidential candidates and spoke about the ceasefire in Turkey.

  • October 17, 2019: Trump is expected to discuss job growth during a campaign rally in Dallas.

  • October 15, 2019: Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, and campaign manager Brad Parscale hosted a “Keep America Great” panel in San Antonio, preceding Trump’s rally in Dallas on October 17.

  • October 15, 2019: The Trump campaign, authorized joint fundraising committees, and Republican National Committee had a cumulative $158 million in cash on hand after the third quarter of 2019.

  • October 10, 2019: Trump held a rally in Minneapolis. He criticized Biden and Rep. Ilhan Omar. At the rally, Trump predicted that he would carry the state in the general election.

  • October 9, 2019: In response to Joe Biden calling for his impeachment, Trump tweeted, "So pathetic to see Sleepy Joe Biden, who with his son, Hunter, and to the detriment of the American Taxpayer, has ripped off at least two countries for millions of dollars, calling for my impeachment — and I did nothing wrong."

  • October 8, 2019: Trump said of his decision to remove U.S. troops from the border of Syria, "We may be in the process of leaving Syria, but in no way have we Abandoned the Kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters." He said he had campaigned on ending wars.

  • October 4, 2019: Trump’s campaign announced that it would spend $1 million to air ads critical of Biden in early primary states.

  • October 3, 2019: CNN rejected two of three ads submitted by the Trump campaign, citing fact issues and disparagement of CNN employees. CNN accepted one ad titled, “Changing Things.”

  • October 2, 2019: As part of a previously announced $8 million ad buy, Trump started airing a new ad that calls the impeachment inquiry a coup.

  • October 1, 2019: Trump and the Republican National Committee together raised $125 million in the third quarter of 2019.

  • October 1, 2019: ABC reported that Trump spent more than $1 million on anti-impeachment Facebook ads last week.

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  September

  • September 27, 2019: The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee spent $10 million total on an ad campaign targeting Biden for alleged corruption in Ukraine and saying the Democrats want to steal the 2020 presidential election.

  • September 24-26, 2019: Trump raised $13 million through fundraising emails following the impeachment inquiry announcement and two fundraisers.

  • September 25, 2019: Trump dismissed the impeachment inquiry during a press conference in New York City.

  • September 24, 2019: Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $1 million after sending fundraising emails Tuesday calling for supporters to donate and join the “Official Impeachment Defense Task Force.”

  • September 24, 2019: Trump delivered his third address to the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the military, unemployment, USMCA, immigration, and foreign policy.

  • September 23, 2019: Trump attended the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

  • September 22, 2019: Trump appeared with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Houston with 50,000 people registered to attend.

  • September 22, 2019: Trump said that he had discussed corruption allegations against Biden and his son, Hunter, in a July phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said media reports that he pressured the Ukranian government to investigate Biden were false. Following initial reports about the phone call, Biden called it an abuse of power and called on Congress to investigate Trump's communications with Zelensky.

  • September 20, 2019: Trump is hosting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the first state dinner of the year.

  • September 18, 2019: Trump visited a portion of fencing at the California-Mexico border.

  • September 17, 2019: The Trump campaign posted a digital video featuring Biden's alleged gaffes and television commentary critical of his campaign and debate performances. The video ends with the statement, "You just wonder.”

  • September 16, 2019: Fortune reported that Trump was expected to raise more than $15 million for the joint fundraising committee Trump Victory during a California fundraising trip on September 17 and 18.

  • September 16, 2019: Trump held a campaign rally in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

  • September 12, 2019: Trump launched a media campaign in Texas that included two full-page newspaper ads targeting Biden, Castro, and Warren, and a flyover ad criticizing socialism. He also spoke at the House Republican Conference member retreat in Baltimore.

  • September 10, 2019: Trump endorsed Ben Sasse—a Trump critic who opposed his 2016 presidential run—in his Senate re-election campaign.

  • September 9, 2019: Trump held a rally at the Crown Expo Center in North Carolina, where two congressional special elections took place on September 10.

  • September 7, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale headlined the California Republican Convention. In his speech, Parscale said the Trump family was a dynasty and they would move the GOP “into a new party – one that will adapt to changing cultures.”

  • September 5, 2019: Trump campaign officials said Trump could hold rallies in Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada by the end of 2019.

  • September 2, 2019: Trump's campaign flew planes with campaign banners over beaches and riverfronts in Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Erie, and Virginia Beach.

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  August

  • August 29, 2019: Trump canceled a scheduled trip to Poland to remain in the United States as Hurricane Dorian approaches landfall on the East Coast.

  • August 28, 2019: Trump announced that he would make his first re-election campaign trip to the Bay Area on Sept. 17. Mike Pence also spoke at the American Legion’s national convention in Indianapolis.

  • August 27, 2019: Trump returned to the White House following the final day of the G7 summit.

  • August 24-26, 2019: Trump was in Biarritz, France attending the G7 summit.

  • August 22, 2019: The Trump campaign announced its Iowa leadership team with Gov. Kim Reynolds and Chuck Grassley as honorary state chairs, Carly Miller as state director, and Stephanie Alexander as regional political director.

  • August 21, 2019: Trump headlined a fundraiser for Matt Bevin’s gubernatorial re-election campaign in Kentucky.

  • August 20, 2019: Mike Pence spoke at the Detroit Economic Club, reiterating Trump’s messaging that the economy will decline if Trump is not reelected.

  • August 18, 2019: Trump confirmed that he would keep Mike Pence as his running mate in 2020.

  • August 15, 2019: Trump discussed the economy, tariffs, the Democratic field, and mental health policy during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. He said the stock market will crash if he is not reelected in 2020.

  • August 15, 2019: Trump brought his campaign to New Hampshire for the first time in 2019, holding a rally in Manchester.

  • August 13, 2019: Trump said he was delaying a portion of the tariffs on Chinese imports until Dec. 15 to prevent any negative effect on holiday sales.

  • August 12, 2019: The Trump administration issued a new rule expanding the factors an official can consider when evaluating whether an immigrant applying for admission or adjustment of status could become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence. The rule goes into effect Oct. 15.

  • August 9, 2019: Trump raised $12 million at two fundraisers in the Hamptons.

  • August 9, 2019: Trump departed for his New Jersey golf club as part of his annual August holiday.

  • August 9, 2019: Real estate developer Stephen Ross hosted Trump at a fundraiser. Tickets for a private roundtable discussion with Trump were $250,000.

  • August 7, 2019: Trump visited El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, to meet with the communities affected by the weekend’s mass shootings.

  • August 6, 2019: Trump sued California, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income tax returns in order to appear on the ballot.

  • August 5, 2019: Washington Examiner profiled Mike Pence’s efforts to engage conservative and evangelical support for Trump.

  • August 4-5, 2019: Trump called the weekend’s mass shootings part of a "mental illness problem." Trump also tweeted, "Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform."

  • August 3, 2019: Politico reported that Katrina Pierson would lead the African Americans for Donald Trump coalition, which was set to launch after Labor Day.

  • August 1, 2019: During a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump spoke about poverty and crime in urban areas, Democratic leadership, and immigration.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The pro-Trump super PACs America First Action and America First Policies reported raising $17.8 million in the first half of 2019.

  • July 30, 2019: Trump began airing an ad criticizing the Democratic field on healthcare for individuals residing in the U.S. without legal permission. The ad was set to air both nights of the second set of Democratic debates on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.

  • July 29, 2019: The Detroit News profiled Trump's campaign strategy and organization in Michigan.

  • July 26, 2019: The Washington Post reported on Jared Kushner's role in Trump's re-election campaign, describing him as a "de facto campaign manager".

  • July 25, 2019: Trump held a meeting in the White House to discuss the Democratic primary, small donor platform WinRed, and field operations. Party and campaign officials identified Biden, Harris, and Warren as top challengers.

  • July 24, 2019: Trump traveled to Wheeling, West Virginia, for a private campaign fundraiser. Trump vetoed three joint resolutions that would have prohibited certain arms sales in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Italy.

  • July 23, 2019: Trump spoke at the Turning Point Teen Student Action Summit for conservative high school students.

  • July 22, 2019: Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., announced he was writing a book titled Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, scheduled to be released on November 5, 2019—roughly one year before the 2020 presidential election.

  • July 19, 2019: Trump hosted a fundraiser at his Bedminster golf course.

  • July 18, 2019: The Trump campaign recruited at least 400 experienced bundlers to work on fundraising, according to a CNBC report.

  • July 16, 2019: Politico reported that top donors to the Trump Victory Committee, a joint fundraising venture by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, included Nebraska donor Marlene Ricketts and former Small Business Administration head Linda McMahon. They each gave the maximum contribution of $360,000. Trump launched the Women for Trump coalition at an event near Philadelphia. Leading the effort were Lara Trump, Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, and others.

  • July 12, 2019: Trump attended a private fundraiser in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by nursing home executive Brian Colleran. Trump promoted the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement during campaign stops in Wisconsin and Ohio.

  • July 11, 2019: Politico examined Trump's 2020 campaign messaging on immigration and the economy.

  • July 9, 2019: Trump invited Republican lawmakers, political strategists, and conservative social media personalities to the White House to discuss the “opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment.”

  • July 8, 2019: Trump delivered a speech on his administration’s environmental policies at the White House.

  • July 3, 2019: The Washington Times reported that the Trump campaign was expected to focus on Joe Biden's (D) record in the Senate, rather than his tenure as vice president, if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination.

  • July 2, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that it and joint fundraising committees raised $54 million in the second quarter of 2019.

  • July 1, 2019: Politico reported that White House director of strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp was moving to Trump's campaign to work on strategy and Latino outreach.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to enter North Korea. He then met with Kim Jong-un for an hour in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.

  • June 27, 2019: Trump arrived in Japan for the G20 summit where tariffs, the global economy, climate change, oil markets, and marine plastic waste were expected to be discussed.

  • June 26, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that more than four dozen surrogates for Trump would make media appearances in battleground state markets during and after the Democratic presidential primary debate. Also, Trump raised $36 million in the first week since launching his re-election bid, including more than $24 million in the first 24 hours.

  • June 24, 2019: Trump unveiled WinRed, a fundraising site positioned as a counterpart to the Democratic Party's ActBlue.

  • June 22, 2019: Trump announced he would delay Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in 10 major cities for two weeks to give Congress more time to develop a solution.

  • June 21, 2019: Trump said that he called off a military strike on Iran that he had approved the previous night in response to a U.S. drone having been shot down in Iranian airspace. He cited concerns over casualties as the reason for calling off the strike.

  • June 20, 2019: TIME published a profile of Trump's re-election campaign. In an interview for the piece, Trump suggested that he might not need to focus on winning over swing voters and might instead focus on driving turnout among his supporters.

  • June 19, 2019: Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel stated that Trump raised $24.8 million toward his re-election in less than 24 hours amid his official campaign kickoff Tuesday. Trump raised $30.3 million during the first quarter of the year, from January 1 through the end of March.

  • June 18, 2019: Trump announced his re-election bid in Orlando, Florida. His 2020 campaign slogan will be Keep America Great. The Bridge Project released an ad in opposition to Trump that highlights audio from last year related to family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border. The ad played on the radio in Orlando prior to Trump’s re-election announcement. According to the group’s website, The Bridge Project “is dedicated to opposing the conservative movement’s extreme ideology and exposing its dishonest tactics.”

  • June 14, 2019: Trump called into Fox and Friends to celebrate his 73rd birthday and spoke with the hosts for 50 minutes.

  • June 13, 2019: Trump and pro-Trump groups had spent more than $10 million on digital advertising in battleground states like Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

  • June 12, 2019: Trump discussed whether he would accept information from a foreign government on a political opponent without informing the FBI in an interview. “It’s not an interference, they have information — I think I’d take it,” Trump said. “If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI.”

  • June 11, 2019: Trump spoke at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs and a fundraiser in Des Moines. He promoted his trade policy and criticized the Green New Deal and Biden.

  • June 10, 2019: In an interview with CNBC, Trump discussed his Mexico and China tariff strategy.

  • June 7, 2019: Trump announced that the U.S. would not impose tariffs on Mexican goods following an agreement with Mexico on border security.

  • June 6, 2019: Reuters reported on Republican efforts to boost Trump's re-election campaign in Ohio, including developing a central database for voter information collected by volunteers.

  • June 5, 2019: The pro-Trump Great America PAC and the Committee to Defend the President PAC announced that they would work together to register one million new voters. “The first phase of the project will target an initial spend of more than $1 million, both nationally and in the key battleground states of Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. The second phase of the project will expand to Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, and New Hampshire, including national bus tours,” they said in a statement.

  • June 4, 2019: Politico published an article detailing Trump's strategy of targeting New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Nevada—none of which had been won by a Republican presidential nominee since 2004—with campaign staff sent to each state. The Trump administration ended cruise travel to Cuba, banning both cruise ships and educational travel programs.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: Trump announced that he would formally launch his re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando, Florida on June 18, 2019.

  • May 30, 2019: Trump announced that the U.S. would begin imposing a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico beginning June 10. The tariff will increase up to a rate of 25 percent “until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP,” Trump tweeted.

  • May 30, 2019: Trump responded to Mueller’s press conference, tweeting, “Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed! Thank you.” Axios reported that the Trump campaign was developing digital micro-targeting operations for three demographic groups: black, Hispanic, and suburban women voters. The potential messaging would be criminal justice policy, school choice, and funding childhood cancer research for each respective group.

  • May 29, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said he was considering creating an account for Trump on the new social media platform Parler, which has a large conservative user base. “Having Trump’s imprimatur would give the platform overnight cachet and satisfy calls from his social media-savvy supporters for the president to stick it to the Silicon Valley companies with which he maintains a strained, symbiotic relationship,” Politico reported.

  • May 28, 2019: Trump traveled to Japan over Memorial Day weekend to meet with Japanese business leaders and recognize the country’s new emperor.

  • May 23, 2019: Vanity Fair reported on how the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign are conducting and planning to use opposition research against Biden.

  • May 21, 2019: The Mercury News reported that Trump spent nearly $5 million on Facebook advertising since the beginning of 2019 with a focus on immigration and ads targeting older Americans and women.

  • May 21, 2019: Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania to support Fred Keller (R) against Marc Friedenberg (D) in the special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. While discussing the 2020 election, Trump focused on Pennsylvania-born Joe Biden, saying he deserted the state by representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate.

  • May 20, 2019: Fox News interviewed Trump about immigration policy, China, trade agreements, Iran, terrorism, and tax policy. Trump also traveled to Pennsylvania.

  • May 16, 2019: The Trump campaign announced its plans to target five states Hillary Clinton won in 2016: Minnesota, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico.

  • May 16, 2019: Trump was scheduled to appear on The Next Revolution on May 20 on Fox News Channel.

  • May 16, 2019: Trump released a new immigration plan focused on a merit-based system. The plan will include increased border security and a modified green card system that favors highly skilled workers over relatives of individuals already in the U.S.

  • May 14, 2019: The pro-Trump super PAC America First Policies designated Ohio as a priority. The group announced its plan to spend $300 million there and in five other states: Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

  • May 13, 2019: The Morning Call reported the Trump campaign’s intention to hold a campaign rally in Lycoming County in Pennsylvania on May 20. It was scheduled to coincide with a special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District the following day.

  • May 12, 2019: Tampa Bay Times interviewed Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale about microtargeting strategy and Florida politics.

  • May 8, 2019: Trump held his fourth Make America Great Again rally this year in Panama City Beach, Florida, where he criticized Democrats for not doing enough to provide disaster relief funding.

  • May 8, 2019: The New York Times reported that Trump showed over $1 billion in losses on his businesses from 1985 to 1994 and as a result did not pay income taxes for eight of the 10 years. Trump’s personal lawyer Charles Harder said that drawing conclusions from a tax transcript was speculative and the report was false.

  • May 7, 2019: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, Vice President Mike Pence, and other top Republican officials pitched a bundler program to donors who declined to contribute to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign during a gathering at Trump International Hotel.

  • May 3, 2019: Trump said that tariffs for $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase from 10 to 25 percent.

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  April

  • April 27, 2019: Trump held his third MAGA rally of the year in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he discussed the Mueller report, sending apprehended migrants to sanctuary cities, and the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord.

  • April 27, 2019: Former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle announced that she would join Trump’s campaign as a senior adviser.

  • April 25, 2019: Trump gave an extended telephone interview on Hannity where he discussed Biden’s entry into the race and the other 2020 Democratic contenders. Trump spoke at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Indiana on April 26.

  • April 24, 2019: Senior advisers to Trump traveled to Pennsylvania to meet with state party officials on field deployment, voter data, and coordination between state and national officials. Trump won Pennsylvania by less than 1 percentage point in 2016.

  • April 18, 2019: Trump tweeted frequently about the Mueller report, saying that it showed no collusion or obstruction.

  • April 16, 2019: Axios posted an analysis piece noting that Trump had been targeting a plurality of his digital Facebook ads—44 percent—to users who are 65 years old and up.

  • April 16, 2019: Trump was scheduled to headline the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit on April 24 in Atlanta and hold a rally in Wisconsin on April 27, rather than attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

  • April 14, 2019: The Trump campaign announced that he had raised $30 million in the first quarter of 2019. The Republican National Committee also raised $46 million, setting a record for its best non-election year total.

  • April 14, 2019: Trump began targeting states that he lost by 100,000 votes or less in 2016: Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, and New Hampshire. He visited Minnesota for the third time since taking office, where he highlighted the 2017 tax overhaul bill.

  • April 11, 2019: TIME reported on Trump making immigration the centerpiece of his 2020 presidential campaign.

  • April 10, 2019: Trump traveled to San Antonio, Texas, as part of a fundraising trip. He added that he would send troops to the border to combat an increase in Central America migrants.

  • April 9, 2019: Trump tweeted a campaign video that juxtaposed images of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, among others, with the following text: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they call you racist. Donald J. Trump. Your vote proved them all wrong."

  • April 8, 2019: Bloomberg reported that Trump was developing an environmental campaign strategy with talking points on green success stories from Trump administration policies.

  • April 6, 2019: Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.

  • April 5, 2019: As part of an effort to raise $1 billion for his re-election, Trump is fundraising in Los Angeles for his campaign and the Republican National Committee.

  • April 2, 2019: Trump spoke at the National Republican Congressional Committee. He said of the Democratic field and Joe Biden, “We’re going into the war with some socialists. It looks like the only non-, sort of, heavy socialist is being taken care of pretty well by the socialists.”

  • April 1, 2019: Trump said that Republicans were working on a new healthcare proposal but it would not be introduced until after the 2020 election.

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  March

  • March 28, 2019: NBC News reported that Trump had spent $3.6 million on Facebook ads featuring Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the border wall, and the Mueller investigation.

  • March 28, 2019: Trump campaigned in Michigan, holding a rally in Grand Rapids, where he focused on the release of the Mueller report.

  • March 26, 2019: Trump’s campaign announced it would hold a fundraising dinner in Los Angeles on April 5. NBC Los Angeles reported that tickets would cost $15,000 for dinner, $50,000 for a photo opportunity, and $150,000 to participate in a roundtable discussion.

  • March 24, 2019: Trump released a campaign video following the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The ad, titled “Collusion Hoax!”, is composed of clips of Congressional Democrats talking about collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, followed by buzzing sounds and the word “Wrong” appearing on screen.

  • March 20, 2019: Trump held a campaign rally at the Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio. During his speech, Trump said General Motors should reconsider its decision to lay off 1,500 workers in Lordstown, Ohio.

  • March 19, 2019: Trump told reporters he did not agree with Democratic proposals to change the makeup or selection of justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. “I wouldn’t entertain that. The only reason that they’re doing that is they want to try to catch up. It’ll never happen,” Trump said during a press conference with Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro.

  • March 12, 2019: Trump's campaign was reportedly focusing early on organizing in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Campaign officials also identified Florida as another state Trump won that the campaign would target.

  • March 8, 2019: White House communications director Bill Shine resigned from his post to join Trump's re-election campaign as a senior adviser.

  • March 3, 2019: Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday, where he spent two hours discussing the 2020 presidential election, North Korea, the Mueller investigation, and socialism. Watch his speech here.

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  February

  • February 25, 2019: Trump is focusing his early campaign on digital outlets. “Trump's campaign has already spent more than $3.5 million in small, targeted ads on Facebook, while an allied group has spent over $6 million, making him the biggest U.S. political spender since Facebook began tracking ad spending in May 2018,” The Hill reported.

  • February 19, 2019: The Associated Press profiled Trump’s approach to commenting on the unfolding Democratic primary: “Presidents traditionally ignore their potential opponents as long as possible to maintain their status as an incumbent floating above the contenders who are auditioning for a job they already inhabit. Not Trump. He’s eager to shape the debate, sow discord and help position himself for the general election."

  • February 19, 2019: Trump added five new members to his 2020 re-election campaign, including Republican campaign veteran Tim Murtaugh as communications director, Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany as national press secretary, and former Mike Pence aide Mark Lotter as director of strategic communications. Former White House staffer Cole Blocker and former NASA press secretary Megan Powers were also scheduled to join the team as the director of finance and director of administrative operations, respectively.

  • February 18, 2019: The Center for Public Integrity profiled Trump’s campaign strategy and fundraising, calling it the first permanent presidential campaign. Read more here.

  • February 11, 2019: Conservative radio host and former #NeverTrump supporter Erick Erickson endorsed Trump in an op-ed for The Resurgent.

  • February 11, 2019: Trump held his first campaign rally of the year in El Paso, Texas, where he advocated building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He also criticized Democrats on abortion, socialist policies, and the Green New Deal.

  • February 6, 2019: Trump was scheduled to hold his first campaign rally of the year in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 11. Campaign executive director Michael Glassner said, “As the President continues his fight to secure our border, there’s no better place to demonstrate that walls work than in El Paso.”

  • February 6, 2019: Trump was reportedly looking to expand his 2020 communications team, interviewing candidates for positions ranging from communications director to press secretary according to CNBC.

  • February 5, 2019: Washington Examiner reported on the different Republican factions interested in seeing a 2020 challenge to Trump: “First is those convinced fielding a primary challenger is the most viable game plan. Second is those inclined to back an independent candidate. A third group advocates for a unifying center-left Democrat — similar to the sort of centrist who captured suburban Republican voters in the midterm elections.” Read more here.

  • February 4, 2019: The Associated Press reported on Trump’s local campaign efforts to prevent a primary challenge in 2020. “One early success for Trump's campaign was in Massachusetts, where Trump backer and former state Rep. Jim Lyons last month defeated the candidate backed by Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, a Trump critic, to serve as the state party chairman,” the article noted.

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  January

  • January 31, 2019: According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission, Trump began the year with $19.3 million in his campaign account.

  • January 30, 2019: Sen. Cory Gardner, who opposed Trump in 2016, endorsed his re-election bid. “I know what Kamala Harris and I know what Bernie Sanders will do to Colorado, and that’s why I’ll be supporting the president,” he said. Another 2016 Trump critic, Sen. Rob Portman, also endorsed Trump.

  • January 28, 2019: Donald Trump responded to Howard Schultz’s announcement that he might run for president as an independent candidate. He tweeted, “Howard Schultz doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run for President! Watched him on @60Minutes last night and I agree with him that he is not the ‘smartest person.’ Besides, America already has that! I only hope that Starbucks is still paying me their rent in Trump Tower!”

  • January 25, 2019: The Republican National Committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution giving its “undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency.”

Howie Hawkins

Top five

• October 31, 2020: Hawkins appeared on The Proud Socialist with his running mate, Angela Nicole Walker.
• October 26, 2020: Hawkins held a Green New Deal rally at the Illinois State Capitol.
• October 22, 2020:
  • Hawkins responded to the presidential debate in a video streamed from Nashville.
  • Hawkins campaigned in Nashville.
• October 19, 2020: Syracuse.com profiled Hawkins’ upbringing, career, and presidential campaign.
• October 7, 2020: Hawkins’ running mate, Angela Walker, responded to the vice presidential debate.

2020

• October 2020 (click to collapse)

  October

  • October 31, 2020: Hawkins appeared on The Proud Socialist with his running mate, Angela Nicole Walker.
  • October 26, 2020: Hawkins held a Green New Deal rally at the Illinois State Capitol.
  • October 22, 2020:
    • Hawkins responded to the presidential debate in a video streamed from Nashville.
    • Hawkins campaigned in Nashville.
  • October 19, 2020: Syracuse.com profiled Hawkins’ upbringing, career, and presidential campaign.
  • October 7, 2020: Hawkins’ running mate, Angela Walker, responded to the vice presidential debate.
  • October 6, 2020: Hawkins discussed his economic and Green New Deal policies in an interview on KUTV.

• September 2020 (click to collapse)

  September

  • September 29, 2020:
    • Hawkins protested the debate and the qualifying rules set by the Commission on Presidential Debates in Cleveland.
    • Hawkins completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Click here to read his responses.
  • September 23, 2020: Hawkins appeared on the KDKA Radio Morning Show in Pittsburgh.
  • September 22, 2020: Hawkins held a weekly livestream with Madelyn Hoffman, a Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.
  • September 14, 2020: The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Hawkins would remain off the state ballot.
  • September 1, 2020: Hawkins said he planned to challenge the Wisconsin Election Commission’s decision to reject his petition for ballot access.

• August 2020 (click to collapse)

  August

  • August 31, 2020: The Free and Equal Elections Foundation interviewed Hawkins about his campaign and third parties.
  • August 25, 2020: Hawkins held a livestream with Jake Tonkel, a San Jose City Council candidate.
  • August 14, 2020: In an interview with The Guardian, Hawkins said he would consider receiving 5% of the vote a big victory. “That qualifies us for a public campaign financing grant for the general election in 2024 for president. If we got to 5% there’d be about $20m at least waiting for our presidential ticket in 2024, which would be a jump up.”
  • August 11, 2020: Hawkins held a livestream event with Ralph Nader, a former Green and independent presidential candidate.
  • August 3, 2020: The Sixth Circuit ruled that ballot access laws in Ohio were not unconstitutionally burdensome given the coronavirus pandemic. Hawkins and another candidate, Dario Hunter, had filed the suit for ballot access relief.

  • July 2020 (click to collapse)

  July

  • July 30, 2020: In an interview with The Frontier, Hawkins discussed his lawsuit against the Oklahoma State Election Board for ballot access.
  • July 29, 2020: The campaign tweeted that Hawkins was in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the previous weekend seeking petition signatures for ballot access.
  • July 25, 2020: Walker traveled to Milwaukee to help gather petition signatures for the Wisconsin ballot.
  • July 21, 2020:
    • Newsweek interviewed Hawkins and Jo Jorgensen in an article about Green and Libertarian inclusion in general election polls.
    • Hawkins and his running mate Angela Nicole Walker held a livestream on multiple digital platforms.
  • July 18, 2020: Hawkins spoke on public radio with WRVO about his campaign’s appeal to progressives.

Jo Jorgensen

Top five

• November 1, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in North Carolina.
• October 31, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in Iowa.
• October 26, 2020: The American Conservative published an op-ed by Jorgensen about foreign policy.
• October 24, 2020: Jorgensen discussed limited government, healthcare, and foreign policy in an interview on Iran International TV.
• October 22, 2020: Jorgensen participated in a town hall interview.

2020

• November 2020 (click to collapse)

  November

  • November 1, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in North Carolina.

• October 2020 (click to collapse)

  October

  • October 31, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in Iowa.
  • October 26, 2020: The American Conservative published an op-ed by Jorgensen about foreign policy.
  • October 24, 2020: Jorgensen discussed limited government, healthcare, and foreign policy in an interview on Iran International TV.
  • October 22, 2020: Jorgensen participated in a town hall interview.
  • October 21, 2020: Jorgensen participated in the Unity Campfire series.
  • October 19, 2020: Jorgensen concluded her bus tour in Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • October 16-18, 2020: Jorgensen was scheduled to campaign in Florida and Tennessee.
  • October 7, 2020: Jorgensen’s running mate, Spike Cohen, responded to the vice presidential debate in a livestream.
  • October 6, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in New York.
  • October 3-4, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in Maine and Vermont.

• September 2020 (click to collapse)

  September

  • September 29, 2020: Jorgensen hosted a live-streamed event from Cleveland.
  • September 25, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in Minneapolis as part of her Bus Tour 2.0.
  • September 23, 2020: Jorgensen issued a list of 18 attorneys and judges she would consider for the U.S. Supreme Court. “We need justices who, unlike the majority of those appointed to our highest court over the past 100 years, will strictly uphold our Constitution,” Jorgensen said. “We must restore the limits that our Founders imposed on federal authority and rigorously defend both individual liberty and property rights.”
  • September 22, 2020: Jorgensen completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Click here to read her responses.
  • September 18-20, 2020:
    • Jorgensen was scheduled to campaign in Montana and South Dakota.
    • Jorgensen tweeted that she would not comment on the Supreme Court vacancy until after Ginsburg’s family had the opportunity to mourn.
  • September 14, 2020: The Jorgensen campaign announced that it had met ballot access requirements in all 50 states. Jorgensen was the fifth Libertarian candidate to reach this milestone following candidates in 1980, 1992, 1996, and 2016.

• August 2020 (click to collapse)

  August

  • August 28-29, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in Arkansas and Colorado.
  • August 22-23, 2020: Jorgensen held campaign events in Alabama and Georgia.
  • August 21, 2020: Jorgensen appeared on the Blaze Radio Network with Glenn Beck.
  • August 15-16, 2020: Jorgensen was scheduled to campaign in North Carolina and South Carolina.
  • August 8-9, 2020:
    • Jorgensen was scheduled to make campaign stops in Mississippi and New Orleans as part of her #BrakeTheBus tour.
    • Jorgensen canceled a campaign rally in Louisiana to receive a rabies shot after being bitten by a bat.
  • August 6, 2020: Jorgensen was scheduled to make a campaign stop in Nashville as part of her #BrakeTheBus tour.
  • August 1-2, 2020: Jorgensen launched her “Brake the Bus Tour” across Pennsylvania with stops in Pittsburgh, Erie, and other cities.

• July 2020 (click to collapse)

  July

  • July 28, 2020: Jorgensen praised the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire for its successful lawsuit against the state, which reduced the number of petitions for ballot access by 35 percent.
  • July 25, 2020: Jorgensen held a rally in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Spike Cohen, her running mate, held a march for police accountability in Columbus, Ohio.
  • July 21, 2020:
    • Jorgensen released a digital campaign ad, “War Is Over,” focused on foreign policy and national security. “We need to have a strong military defending our shores, but there’s no reason for us to be defending the rest of the world. It only makes things worse. We’ve got to come home,” Jorgensen said in the clip.
    • Newsweek interviewed Jorgensen and Howie Hawkins in an article about Green and Libertarian inclusion in general election polls.
  • July 18-19, 2020: Jorgensen campaigned in Washington, including stops in Spokane and Seattle.

Kanye West

Top five

• October 12, 2020: West released his first presidential campaign ad and called for supporters to write him in on the ballot.
• September 16, 2020: An Idaho court ruled that West could remain on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate despite being registered to vote in Wyoming as a Republican.
• September 11, 2020: A Wisconsin judge upheld a decision by the state elections commission to block West from the ballot after an aide submitted his paperwork after the 5 p.m. filing deadline.
• September 8, 2020: The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that West’s electors were invalid because they did not submit a document stating their names and political parties.
• September 4, 2020: West spent nearly $7 million on his presidential campaign, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

2020

• October 2020 (click to collapse)

  October

  • October 12, 2020: West released his first presidential campaign ad and called for supporters to write him in on the ballot.

• September 2020 (click to collapse)

  September

  • September 16, 2020: An Idaho court ruled that West could remain on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate despite being registered to vote in Wyoming as a Republican.
  • September 11, 2020: A Wisconsin judge upheld a decision by the state elections commission to block West from the ballot after an aide submitted his paperwork after the 5 p.m. filing deadline.
  • September 8, 2020: The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that West’s electors were invalid because they did not submit a document stating their names and political parties.
  • September 4, 2020: West spent nearly $7 million on his presidential campaign, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
  • September 3, 2020: Judges in Arizona and Virginia blocked West from appearing on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate after finding issues with his Republican affiliation and the validity of his electors, respectively.
  • September 1, 2020: Arizona resident Rasean Clayton sued to block West from appearing on the Arizona ballot as an independent. The lawsuit said West did not submit paperwork stating he was not a member of a recognized political party. West is registered as a Republican.

• August 2020 (click to collapse)

  August

  • August 26, 2020: West filed a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) seeking to be placed on Ohio’s ballot after LaRose’s office disqualified his petition, saying there were mismatched signatures in his paperwork.
  • August 21, 2020: West’s signature petitions in Montana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin were deemed invalid.
  • August 20, 2020: West submitted a signature petition and list of electors to the Tennessee secretary of state. Rick Williams, a 2016 delegate for Trump and former director of Middle Tennessee for Trump, was one of West’s electors.
  • August 18, 2020: West filed to appear on the Minnesota ballot as an independent presidential candidate.
  • August 17, 2020: West filed to appear on the Utah ballot as an unaffiliated presidential candidate.
  • August 6, 2020: West discussed his campaign in an interview with Forbes on Thursday. When asked if his campaign was a spoiler since he would not be on enough ballots to win 270 electoral votes, West responded, “I’m not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.” On potentially hurting Biden’s chances in the race, West said, “I’m not denying it; I just told you.”
  • August 3, 2020: New York Magazine reported that one of West’s electors in Vermont, Chuck Wilton, was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Gregg Keller, the former executive director of the American Conservative Union, was listed as West’s point of contact in Arkansas. West filed to appear on the ballot in seven states.

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  July

  • July 29, 2020: West’s signature petitions in Illinois and New Jersey were challenged for missing required information and allegedly being written by the same hand.
  • July 27, 2020: West filed paperwork to appear on the ballot in Missouri and New Jersey.
  • July 25, 2020: West tweeted, “I CAN BEAT BIDEN OFF OF WRITE INS #2020VISION.”
  • July 20, 2020: West filed to appear on the Illinois ballot as an independent presidential candidate. He did not submit petition signatures for the ballot in South Carolina.
  • July 19, 2020: During his first campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, West said expectant parents should receive up to $1 million in financial support. He also criticized Harriet Tubman, saying she “never actually freed the slaves. She just had the slaves go work for other white people."
  • July 15, 2020: West qualified to appear on the ballot in Oklahoma as an independent candidate after a representative filed with the state and paid the $35,000 fee.

Michael Bennet

Top five

• February 11, 2020: Bennet ended his presidential campaign. He said, “I love our country. I love the idea of democracy. And I want to pass it on to the next generation. I feel nothing but joy tonight as we conclude this campaign and this chapter. Tonight wasn’t our night. But New Hampshire, you may see me once again.”

• February 11, 2020: Bennet campaigned across New Hampshire and held his election night watch party in Concord. “It’s very important, very important to do well in New Hampshire. It’s vital for me,” Bennet said.

• February 10, 2020: Bennet held town halls in New London and Manchester, New Hampshire.

• February 6, 2020: Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) endorsed Bennet, giving Bennet his first congressional endorsement.

• February 3, 2020: Bennet held his 47th town hall in New Hampshire, where he discussed prescription drug prices and other policy issues.

2020

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  February

  • February 11, 2020: Bennet ended his presidential campaign. He said, “I love our country. I love the idea of democracy. And I want to pass it on to the next generation. I feel nothing but joy tonight as we conclude this campaign and this chapter. Tonight wasn’t our night. But New Hampshire, you may see me once again.”

  • February 11, 2020: Bennet campaigned across New Hampshire and held his election night watch party in Concord. “It’s very important, very important to do well in New Hampshire. It’s vital for me,” Bennet said.

  • February 10, 2020: Bennet held town halls in New London and Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • February 6, 2020: Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) endorsed Bennet, giving Bennet his first congressional endorsement.

  • February 3, 2020: Bennet held his 47th town hall in New Hampshire, where he discussed prescription drug prices and other policy issues.

  • February 2, 2020: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire as part of his pledge to hold 50 town halls in the state.

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  January

  • January 31, 2020: Bennet released his final campaign ad in New Hampshire. The clip focused on his electability against Trump.

  • January 29, 2020: Bennet discussed the impeachment process in an interview on MSNBC.

  • January 29, 2020: Bennet planned to submit two questions in the impeachment trial about foreign policy and precedents related to personal benefit and political gain.

  • January 26, 2020: Bennet said he would spend any available time away from the impeachment trial in New Hampshire, including Feb. 3, the day of the Iowa caucuses.

  • January 26, 2020: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Concord, Nashua, Chester, and Manchester.

  • January 22, 2020: The Boston Globe profiled Bennet and his New Hampshire state campaign. He also launched a new ad in the state contrasting himself with Trump called “Two Weeks at a Time.”

  • January 19, 2020: Bennet said his campaign had reached its goal of raising $700,000 in a month by Jan. 16. The funds will be used to launch a TV and digital ad campaign in New Hampshire.

  • January 18, 2020: Bennet spoke at an immigration event in Concord, New Hampshire.

  • January 16, 2020: Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren were sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

  • January 14, 2020: Bennet wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register about creating a broad coalition of support and appealing to Pivot County voters—individuals who backed Barack Obama twice before voting for Donald Trump.

  • January 13, 2020: The Gazette profiled Bennet's presidential campaign and strategy.

  • January 12, 2020: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire, stopping in Manchester and Bedford.

  • January 11, 2020: Bennet campaigned in South Carolina.

  • January 10, 2020: Bennet spoke at the College of Charleston’s “Bully Pulpit Series” in South Carolina.

  • January 8, 2020: Bennet proposed creating a new income tax bracket of 44 percent and requiring investors to choose an annual tax on investment holdings or a tax at the time of sale plus interest.

  • January 6, 2020: Bennet released his first digital ad in a new series called “Just the Truth” about his family history and immigration.

  • January 2, 2020: Bennet introduced his “Real Deal” platform, a $6 trillion plan providing universal pre-K, expanding the Child Tax Credit, establishing a public healthcare option called Medicare X, and a public-private partnership to address climate change.

2019

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  December

  • December 30, 2019: Bennet began a weeklong tour of New Hampshire.

  • December 22-23, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa, holding meet-and-greet events in Indianola, Boone, and Johnston.

  • December 21, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Enfield, Sunapee, Franklin, and Bedford. He announced on Dec. 19 that he would begin allowing the press to attend his private fundraisers.

  • December 20, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Jaffrey, Peterborough, Keane, and Grantham.

  • December 17, 2019: The Bennet campaign said that it needed to raise $700,000 by Jan. 16 to remain in the race and compete in the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 11.

  • December 15, 2019: Bennet and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) proposed creating a new child tax credit of $2,500 that would be fully refundable, regardless of income, up to the first $1,500.

  • December 16, 2019: WBUR is airing an episode of On Point featuring Bennet.

  • December 10, 2019: Bennet appeared on Boston 25 News’ “Coffee with Candidates” series.

  • December 8, 2019: Bennet issued his anti-poverty agenda at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • December 6-8, 2019: Bennet continued to campaign in New Hampshire, attending town halls and meet-and-greets.

  • December 6, 2019: Bennet said he would hold 50 town halls in New Hampshire before the state’s primary on Feb. 11.

  • December 2, 2019: The Bennet campaign filed for the South Carolina primary.

  • December 1-2, 2019: Bennet campaigned in eastern Iowa. He appeared on the Intelligence Matters podcast to discuss foreign policy and election security on Nov. 27.

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  November

  • November 29, 2019: Bennet held a town hall meeting in Denver.

  • November 25, 2019: Bennet attended an education discussion at the University of New Hampshire Law School.

  • November 23-24, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • November 20, 2019: Bennet spoke about foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.

  • November 16, 2019: Bennet continued to campaign in New Hampshire, with events in Concord, Henniker, and Claremont.

  • November 15, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire, with events in Manchester and Nashua.

  • November 11, 2019: The Bennet campaign announced that it planned to expand its presence in New Hampshire, opening three new offices and hiring additional staffers.

  • November 9, 2019: Bennet toured flood-damaged communities and attended a climate change discussion in Iowa. Bennet also joined the Climate Solutions Caucus November 6.

  • November 8, 2019: Bennet participated in an education discussion with the Iowa State Education Association in Sioux City.

  • November 6, 2019: Bennet filed for the New Hampshire primary and held campaign events in the state.

  • November 4, 2019: Bennet discussed the impeachment process in an interview on CNN’s The Situation Room.

  • November 1-3, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa, including a stop at the Turn Iowa Blues Fest.

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  October

  *October 31, 2019: Gary Hart, who won the 1984 New Hampshire Democratic primary, wrote an op-ed in USA Today comparing Bennet’s campaign to his own experience in the early primary states.

  • October 30, 2019: Bennet spoke about healthcare at the HLTH conference on in Las Vegas.

  • October 25, 2019: Bennet spoke at a presidential forum on climate and agriculture in New Hampshire. Bennet also spoke at the New Hampshire Institute “Politics and Eggs” event.

  • October 23, 2019: In a PBS NewsHour interview, Bennet discussed the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in Syria, healthcare, and the impeachment inquiry.

  • October 22, 2019: Quad-City Times reported that Bennet would start airing three previously released ads on healthcare on television, radio, and digital media channels in the Quad City market in Iowa.

  • October 21, 2019: Bennet discussed his plan for Medicare X with The Gazette editorial board.

  • October 20, 2019: Bennet toured pivot counties—counties that voted for Barack Obama twice and Donald Trump—in northeast Iowa.

  • October 16, 2019: Bennet criticized the cost of the Medicare for All plans proposed by Sanders and Warren. “Democrats need to win back the nine million Obama-Trump voters to take the White House and Senate and keep the House. Nominating a candidate who supports Medicare for All is not a recipe to do that,” Bennet tweeted.

  • October 16, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire, marking his ninth visit to the state.

  • October 10, 2019: Bennet unveiled his housing platform, calling for the construction of nearly 3 million new housing units over the next decade and funding programs to assist low-income renters.

  • October 9, 2019: Bennet said that he thinks he will "attract back some of the 9 million people who voted twice for Barack Obama and once for Donald Trump."

  • October 8, 2019: Bennet's campaign wrote in a press release that "candidates running on Medicare for All, like Elizabeth Warren, open themselves up to attack from Donald Trump in the general election if they are not clear about the $31 trillion middle-class tax increase that comes with their healthcare plan."

  • October 7, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire, canvassing neighborhoods with a local school board candidate.

  • October 3, 2019: Bennet released his third ad in Iowa promoting Medicare X. It is part of a $1 million ad campaign.

  • October 2, 2019: Bennet raised $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2019, down from the $2.8 million he raised in the second quarter. "I'm in this race to win the nomination and defeat Trump, so there's no doubt I'll be at the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary,” he said about his future in the race.

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  September

  • September 26, 2019: In an interview with Politico, Bennet said presidents’ and vice presidents’ children should not have foreign business dealings or give corporate speeches.

  • September 20, 2019: Bennet is holding an event with former Gov. Tom Vilsack in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • September 17, 2019: Bennet released two ads in Iowa focused on his political experience and his healthcare proposal. He spent $190,000 on television and $250,000 on digital ads.

  • September 16, 2019: The Atlantic profiled Bennet‘s campaign in an article titled, “The Michael Bennet Problem.”

  • September 12-14, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa, with stops in Keokuk and Grinnell.

  • September 11, 2019: Bennet discussed Russian interference in U.S. elections on Pod Save the World.

  • September 10, 2019: The Bennet campaign held a national headquarters opening celebration Tuesday in Lakewood, Colorado. Bennet spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Russian interference in U.S. elections on Tuesday.

  • September 8, 2019: Bennet and John Delaney spoke at the Merrimack County Democrats annual picnic in New Hampshire.

  • September 7, 2019: Bennet spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 6-7, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

  • September 5, 2019: Bennet issued an education policy proposal focused on primary and secondary education that would expand home visits, child nutrition programs, exposure to vocabulary, the Child Tax Credit, and universal preschool.

  • September 5, 2019: Bennet spoke at an education town hall in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • September 1, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa with stops at Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.

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  August

  • August 30, 2019: Michael Bennet told a crowd in Aspen, Colorado, that he would remain in the race after not qualifying for the third primary debate.

  • August 28, 2019: Bennet campaign adviser Craig Hughes sent a letter to the Democratic National Committee asking a series of questions about the debate criteria, including why some polling organizations were excluded as qualifiers and why information about future debate requirements had not yet been released.

  • August 20, 2019: In an interview with The Verge, Bennet discussed election interference, social media, and content moderation.

  • August 20, 2019: Bennet held a meet and greet in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

  • August 19, 2019: Mother Jones interviewed Bennet about his new book, Dividing America: How Russia Hacked Social Media and Democracy.

  • August 15, 2019: In an interview on WBUR’s On Point, Bennet discussed his legislative vision and new book on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Bennet also said in an interview with BuzzFeed that he supported expanding the Equality Amendment to include marginalized communities.

  • August 14, 2019: In an interview on CNN, Bennet said that pushing for a mandatory gun buyback program would be “a recipe for getting nothing done.”

  • August 14, 2019: Bennet released a new book called Dividing America that details Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 election.

  • August 12, 2019: Bennet met with The Des Moines Register editorial board for a video interview.

  • August 10, 2019: Bennet discussed income inequality and education while campaigning in Ames.

  • August 8, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Ohio, speaking at the City Club of Cleveland and attending a fundraiser.

  • August 7, 2019: Bennet appeared on The Daily Show, discussing his legislative record and policy proposals.

  • August 6, 2019: Bennet campaigned in South Carolina, making four stops in rural school districts to discuss segregation and education.

  • August 4, 2019: Bennet campaigned across northern Nevada in Carson City, Reno, and Sparks.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bennet participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Bennet participated. At the debate, Bennet said the Affordable Care Act should have a public option and criticized Medicare for All plans that “would make illegal employer-based health insurance in this country and massively raise taxes on the middle class to the tune of $30 trillion.” Bennet said Congress needed to be smart in how it approached impeachment since the U.S. Senate could acquit Trump if it reached that chamber.

  • July 29, 2019: Bennet discussed how his tax proposals would benefit communities of color in an interview with Essence.

  • July 28, 2019: Bennet discussed the death penalty in an interview on The Insiders with Dave Price.

  • July 27, 2019: Bennet spoke about healthcare and his rural policy while campaigning in Iowa.

  • July 27-28, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 25, 2019: Bennet participated in the NowThisNews “20 Questions for 2020” series, discussing education, social mobility, and discrimination.

  • July 23, 2019: Bennet appeared on an episode of Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy to discuss the state of the Democratic Party.

  • July 19, 2019: Bennet campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • July 18, 2019: In an interview on Slate’s The Gist, Bennet discussed the American Family Act, the filibuster, and how centrism is represented in politics.

  • July 17, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa. Bennet participated in an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • July 16, 2019: Bennet attended a climate change event.

  • July 15, 2019: Bennet held a meet and greet in Iowa City. Also that day, Bennet discussed agricultural runoff during a campaign stop at the Iowa Flood Center.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 11, 2019: Bennet discussed his polling performance, prostate cancer diagnosis, and work with the Gang of Eight on a 2013 bipartisan immigration bill on The View.

  • July 10, 2019: Elizabeth Warren reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose information about climate risks like greenhouse gas emissions. Bennet cosponsored the bill.

  • July 9, 2019: Bennet spoke about prescription drug costs and the advise and consent responsibility of the U.S. Senate during an event at the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. Also on July 9, Bennet and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 6, 2019: Bennet spoke at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • July 3, 2019: Politico reported that Bennet had raised $2.8 million in the second quarter of 2019. He transferred $700,000 from his Senate committee to bring his total to $3.5 million.

  • July 2, 2019: Bennet discussed climate change, Citizens United, immigration, healthcare, and partisan judiciaries on Pod Save America.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: Bennet appeared on MSNBC’s Kasie DC along with three other candidates.

  • June 27, 2019: At the first Democratic debate, Bennet condemned Citizens United and gerrymandering. He also shared the story of his mother's separation from her family in Poland during World War II while discussing his involvement in the bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration legislation and family separations.

  • June 26, 2019: Bennet posted a clip on social media of his decade-long support for lifetime bans on members of Congress becoming lobbyists.

  • June 25, 2019: Bennet hired former DCCC executive director Dan Sena and ad producer Scott Kozar as media consultants, also hiring pollster Pete Brodnitz.

  • June 24, 2019: Bennet discussed U.S.-China relations and his experience as a city school district superintendent and a member of the Gang of Eight bipartisan immigration group in an interview on WBUR’s Here & Now.

  • June 22, 2019: Bennet and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Bennet and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Bennet and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Also on June 21, Bennet and a group of other senators introduced a bill called the Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act of 2019 that would allow the USDA's Summer Food Service Program to provide meals that can be eaten off-site and create an option to give parents $30 per child per summer month to buy eligible food items.

  • June 21, 2019: Bennet and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Politico published an article detailing Bennet's proposals to reform lobbying, campaign finance, and redistricting and his support for ranked choice voting.

  • June 17, 2019: Bennet was one of 10 candidates that spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C.

  • June 14, 2019: Yahoo! Finance profiled Bennet, highlighting his healthcare policy.

  • June 13, 2019: Bennet discussed foreign influence on U.S. elections on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.

  • June 9, 2019: Bennet and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 7, 2019: During an interview on Cheddar’s Need2Know podcast, Bennet discussed student loans, climate change, and why he prefers the term “pragmatic idealist” to “centrist.”

  • June 6, 2019: Bennet hired Brian Peters to run his Iowa state campaign. Peters has worked on campaigns in Indiana, Michigan, and Arkansas.

  • June 5, 2019: In an interview on PBS NewsHour, Michael Bennet said that Joe Biden did not represent the future of the party and that Americans in the middle of the country did not understand the party’s principles. “I don’t think the base of the Democratic Party is anywhere near where the Twitter base of the Democratic Party is,” he said.

  • June 4, 2019: Atlantic Monthly Press released Bennet's The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics. Bennet tweeted, “This isn’t a memoir. I couldn’t bear to read such a thing, much less expect you to. It’s my diagnosis of what's broken in Washington and how we can come together to fix it.”

  • June 3, 2019: Bennet qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary by receiving 1 percent in a third qualifying poll. He was the 21st candidate to qualify for the 20 spots on stage.

  • June 2, 2019: Bennet discussed gun violence and advocated passing national background checks in an interview on ABC’s This Week.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: Bennet made his first presidential campaign visit to South Carolina with stops in Columbia and Fort Mill.

  • May 30, 2019: Bennet joined four other presidential candidates in supporting the call for a Democratic primary debate dedicated to the issue of climate change.

  • May 29, 2019: Bennet hired Avery Martin as his state director and John Kraljevich state operations director in South Carolina.

  • May 28, 2019: In an interview with The Washington Post, Bennet discussed gerrymandering, economic mobility, and the Freedom Caucus.

  • May 23, 2019: Bennet introduced the Opioid Crisis Accountability Act to fund programs to address the opioid crisis through a general fine on opioid manufacturers and distributors covered by federal health programs beginning in 1993.

  • May 21, 2019: Bennet introduced legislation with several other senators to repeal the national debt ceiling.

  • May 20, 2019: Bennet released his $1 trillion climate change platform focused on land management and agriculture. He called for investing in biofuels, reaching 100% net zero emissions by 2050, and conserving roughly one-third of U.S. lands and ocean territory.

  • May 18, 2019: Bennet discussed his prostate cancer diagnosis and plan for creating a public option through what he calls Medicare-X in an op-ed in Fortune. He also campaigned in Iowa.

  • May 16, 2019: Bennet introduced the bipartisan STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act. The bill would require patients to pay in-network costs for emergency services whether or not they are treated at an in-network facility or provider, among other balance billing changes.

  • May 16, 2019: Bennet appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

  • May 14, 2019: Bennet reintroduced the Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2019. The bill would lift restrictions on private financing for U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba.

  • May 13, 2019: Bennet tweeted several calls for fundraising using quotes from Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign strategist James Carville.

  • May 12, 2019: In an interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation, Bennet discussed the Mueller report and tariffs on Chinese goods.

  • May 11, 2019: Bennet campaigned in Iowa.

  • May 7, 2019: Progressive group Demand Justice released television and digital ads in New Hampshire and national markets targeting Bennet. “Bennet’s backed many of Trump’s extreme judges. He votes for them almost 70 percent of the time. … Hey, Michael Bennet — what gives? Helping Trump is not a good look,” the narrator says.

  • May 6, 2019: Bennet discussed his presidential campaign on the Colorado Matters Podcast.

  • May 5, 2019: Bennet held three events in Iowa and discussed the Mueller report on NBC’s Meet the Press.

  • May 2, 2019: New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet said he will recuse himself from 2020 presidential coverage following the announcement that his brother, Michael Bennet, will run for president.

  • May 2, 2019: Bennet announced that he was running for president morning. He is the seventh sitting U.S. senator to enter the race and the second official from Colorado.

Bill de Blasio

Top five

• September 20, 2019: De Blasio announced he was ending his presidential campaign. “I feel like I've contributed all I can to this primary election and it's clearly not my time,” he said in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

• September 17, 2019: De Blasio was in New York City to honor a 9/11 first responder.

• September 16, 2019: In an interview on Recode Decode, De Blasio discussed antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google and his critique of universal basic income.

• September 14, 2019: De Blasio began a three-day campaign visit to South Carolina.

• September 11, 2019: De Blasio attended ceremonies at the National September 11 Memorial.

2019

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  September

  • September 20, 2019: De Blasio announced he was ending his presidential campaign. “I feel like I've contributed all I can to this primary election and it's clearly not my time,” he said in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

  • September 17, 2019: De Blasio was in New York City to honor a 9/11 first responder.

  • September 16, 2019: In an interview on Recode Decode, De Blasio discussed antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google and his critique of universal basic income.

  • September 14, 2019: De Blasio began a three-day campaign visit to South Carolina.

  • September 11, 2019: De Blasio attended ceremonies at the National September 11 Memorial.

  • September 10, 2019: De Blasio spoke about how he handled the Daniel Pantaleo case and police brutality issues in an interview with The Root.

  • September 9, 2019: De Blasio visited Puerto Rico to discuss disaster relief efforts.

  • September 7, 2019: De Blasio spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 5, 2019: In an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight, De Blasio discussed his mayoral experience, automation, and gun buyback programs.

  • September 4, 2019: De Blasio said he could drop out of the presidential race if he did not qualify for the fourth primary debate by Oct. 1.

  • September 3, 2019: De Blasio launched the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes in New York City, naming Deborah Lauter its executive director.

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  August

  • August 30, 2019: De Blasio appeared on WMUR’s “Conversation with the Candidate” series in New Hampshire.

  • August 29, 2019: De Blasio spoke at the Nevada AFL-CIO annual convention.

  • August 28, 2019: The Police Benevolent Association, which represents the New York City Police Department, voted no confidence in De Blasio and called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to remove him.

  • August 27, 2019: In an interview on WBUR’s Here & Now, De Blasio spoke about inequality in New York City, the Eric Garner case, and mental healthcare among veterans.

  • August 25, 2019: De Blasio expressed support for Medicare for All and mandatory gun buybacks during a town hall on CNN.

  • August 15, 2019: De Blasio discussed allegations against him of donor conflicts of interest, allegations against Trump of sexual assault, policy, and his personal life in the “20 Questions for 2020” series hosted by NowThisNews.

  • August 15, 2019: De Blasio held his first open press conference in three weeks in New York City.

  • August 13, 2019: De Blasio appeared on Fox Business’ Bulls & Bears to promote his plan to make the top tax rate on the richest one percent approximately 70 percent.

  • August 13, 2019: De Blasio said he would remain in the presidential race even if he did not qualify for the third primary debate. “I’m going to look at all the pieces and look, again, six months until anyone votes,” de Blasio said.

  • August 10, 2019: De Blasio called for a boycott of Walmart, saying there should be consequences for gun retailers.

  • August 7, 2019: De Blasio became the first 2020 Democratic candidate to appear on Fox News’ “Hannity.”

  • August 5, 2019: Politico interviewed De Blasio about Medicare for All, gun violence, and gun legislation.

  • August 4, 2019: While de Blasio was campaigning in Los Angeles, Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks interviewed him about campaign finance and the mass shootings.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. De Blasio participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. De Blasio participated. At the debate, de Blasio said he would “tax the hell out of the wealthy to make this a fairer country and to make sure it’s a country that puts working people first.” He also cautioned that impeachment proceedings could be distracting and take focus away from economic issues. De Blasio questioned whether Joe Biden pushed back on deportations during the Obama administration.

  • July 29, 2019: In an interview with Essence, de Blasio said the U.S. needed redistribution of wealth. He highlighted the Green New Deal, $15 minimum wage, and free early childhood education as polices he’d want to take from New York City and bring to the country.

  • July 25, 2019: Following a rise in cycling fatalities in New York City in 2019, de Blasio announced a $58 million bike safety plan that would create a citywide network of protected bike lanes.

  • July 24, 2019: De Blasio said he supported forming a commission to examine reparations for black Americans affected by slavery.

  • July 23, 2019: In an op-ed in BuzzFeed News, de Blasio introduced the first major policy proposal of his campaign on workforce issues. He called for two weeks of paid time off for all workers, a national minimum wage of $15, and replacing at-will employment with a just cause termination policy.

  • July 22, 2019: De Blasio criticized Con Edison’s handling of the heatwave in New York City following outages. He said its response “would be absolutely unacceptable if it were a public entity.”

  • July 21, 2019: NBC News reported that de Blasio added gender pronouns to his Twitter campaign bio, which is a common practice among the transgender community and its supporters.

  • July 18, 2019: De Blasio said he would remain in New York City over the weekend due to an expected heatwave.

  • July 14, 2019: De Blasio discussed the Trump administration’s planned ICE raids in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union.

  • July 12, 2019: The New York Times reported that de Blasio's son, Dante, was joining his presidential campaign as a policy analyst.

  • July 12-15, 2019: De Blasio campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 12, 2019: De Blasio wrote an op-ed on CNN.com criticizing the Trump administration's proposal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement. De Blasio called for rewriting the trade agreement to include wage standards and the right to organize and form multinational bargaining units.

  • July 10, 2019: De Blasio said he would either push Congress to amend the Amateur Sports Act to require gender pay equity in national sports or use an executive order to achieve the same end.

  • July 6, 2019: De Blasio spoke at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • July 5, 2019: De Blasio was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas.

  • July 4, 2019: De Blasio campaigned across Iowa, including stops in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Iowa City.

  • July 1, 2019: De Blasio spoke at the Rainbow PUSH Convention in Chicago. Other participating candidates included Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg. Also on July 1, Dante de Blasio, Bill de Blasio's son, wrote an op-ed in USA Today about the conversation he had with his father about race and law enforcement.

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  June

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. De Blasio participated.

  • June 28, 2019: De Blasio announced Friday that New York City will no longer participate in a federal Title X program granting $1.3 million because it prohibited funded clinics from making abortion referrals.

  • June 27, 2019: After touring a facility housing migrant children in Homestead, Fla., de Blasio said it looked like a prison camp and called for an end to family separations.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, featuring 10 candidates, de Blasio and Elizabeth Warren were the only candidates on stage to support abolishing private health insurance. De Blasio also shared his personal experiences as the son of a World War II veteran who took his own life and the father of a black son.

  • June 25, 2019: De Blasio shared how he was preparing for the debate—mock sessions and question drills—along with several other 2020 presidential candidates in an NBC News article.

  • June 22, 2019: De Blasio and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. De Blasio and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: De Blasio and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 19, 2019: De Blasio was among Democratic candidates who criticized Joe Biden for remarks he made about civility in the Senate during his time in the chamber. Biden said he worked with former Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), who opposed desegregation efforts and with whom he often disagreed, to get things done. Biden responded, "There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period." Also that day, Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, said the union planned to launch ad campaigns in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina supporting de Blasio.

  • June 18, 2019: De Blasio expressed support for New York’s new law allowing immigrants residing in the country without legal permission to obtain driver’s licenses.

  • June 14, 2019: De Blasio and Amy Klobuchar called for Donald Trump's impeachment, both citing Trump's ABC interview response to a question about accepting campaign information from foreign governments.

  • June 13, 2019: De Blasio announced that the “Subway Diversion Project” would go into effect in New York City beginning July 1, allowing homeless subway riders who violate transit rules to accept social services in place of a summons.

  • June 12, 2019: De Blasio announced a cap on for-hire vehicle licenses and the length of time companies like Uber and Lyft can allow drivers to be in the Manhattan core without passengers.

  • June 10, 2019: De Blasio released a video supporting driver’s licenses for all, regardless of immigration status, for safety.

  • June 9, 2019: De Blasio held a breakfast event in Waterloo, Iowa. At the event, he said he was making mental health policy one of the centerpieces of his campaign. Later, de Blasio and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: De Blasio held a meet-and-greet in Hiawatha, Iowa, and a fundraiser in Ames, Iowa.

  • June 5, 2019: The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council endorsed de Blasio and said it would send members to campaign for him in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada.

  • June 3, 2019: De Blasio traveled to Albany, New York, to lay out his legislative priorities for New York City, including updating rent protection laws, marijuana legalization, and changing specialized high school admissions to address racial disparities.

  • June 1, 2019: De Blasio received his first endorsement from Michael Butler, the mayor of Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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  May

  • May 29, 2019: The New York Times reached out to donors who gave a maximum of $5,000 to de Blasio's federal political action committee Fairness PAC. The interviews “provided a snapshot of his lukewarm support for president — even from a self-selected group of people willing to spend thousands of dollars to help the New York City mayor in his federal efforts,” The New York Times reported.

  • May 28, 2019: De Blasio campaigned in southern Nevada, including a stop at Veterans Village II to discuss healthcare and housing for veterans. He also called the 1994 crime bill authored by Biden “one of the foundations of mass incarceration.”

  • May 23, 2019: De Blasio attended a rally of McDonald’s workers in Iowa striking for a $15 minimum wage and to form a union.

  • May 21, 2019: De Blasio https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1130806090508263425 discussed] his presidential campaign and Trump on CNN’s New Day.

  • May 18-19, 2019: De Blasio campaigned in South Carolina over the weekend.

  • May 16, 2019: De Blasio announced he was running for president. The New York City mayor mentioned establishing a $15 minimum wage, paid sick leave, mental health services, and universal pre-K. He is the third sitting mayor to enter the race.

  • May 13, 2019: De Blasio said he would announce whether he is running for president or not by May 18.

  • May 3, 2019: The New York Daily News reported that De Blasio was expected to announce a presidential bid—possibly on May 8.

Michael Bloomberg

Top five

• March 4, 2020: Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Biden. He said in a statement, “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote, it is clear that candidate is my friend and a great American, Joe Biden.”

• March 3, 2020: Bloomberg said that he expected his only path to the Democratic nomination would be through a contested convention.

• March 3, 2020: Bloomberg held a rally in South Florida.

• March 2, 2020: The editorial boards of several newspapers in Massachusetts, including The Boston Herald, endorsed Bloomberg. Bloomberg spoke at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee convention in Washington, D.C., where he said he opposed the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

• March 1-2, 2020: Bloomberg aired “Leadership in Crisis,” a three-minute recorded address on the coronavirus, on CBS and NBC. Fox News is hosting a town hall with Bloomberg in Manassas, Virginia.

2020

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  March

  • March 4, 2020: Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Biden. He said in a statement, “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote, it is clear that candidate is my friend and a great American, Joe Biden.”

  • March 3, 2020: Bloomberg said that he expected his only path to the Democratic nomination would be through a contested convention.

  • March 3, 2020: Bloomberg held a rally in South Florida.

  • March 2, 2020: The editorial boards of several newspapers in Massachusetts, including The Boston Herald, endorsed Bloomberg. Bloomberg spoke at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee convention in Washington, D.C., where he said he opposed the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

  • March 1-2, 2020: Bloomberg aired “Leadership in Crisis,” a three-minute recorded address on the coronavirus, on CBS and NBC. Fox News is hosting a town hall with Bloomberg in Manassas, Virginia.

  • February 27 - March 1, 2020: The Bloomberg campaign released a medical report on Bloomberg’s cardiac health. Bloomberg held a GOTV campaign rally in Texas on Mar. 1.

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  February

  • February 26, 2020: Bloomberg began airing a new ad criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus. He spent $3.5 million on media targeting black voters.

  • February 25, 2020: NBC reported that Bloomberg was planning to spend at least $30 million on a direct mail campaign to Latino voters in Texas, California, and North Carolina.

  • February 24, 2020: North Carolina Senate and House minority leaders, Dan Blue and Darren Jackson, endorsed Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s spending in the race crossed $500 million, averaging $5.5 million a day since he entered the Democratic primary.

  • February 20, 2020: Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was named national political co-chair of Bloomberg’s campaign.

  • February 19-20, 2020: Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin and South Carolina House Minority Leader J. Tood Rutherford endorsed Bloomberg. Reps. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), and Nita Lowey (N.Y.) endorsed Bloomberg. He held a rally in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • February 18, 2020: Bloomberg said that he would sell his financial data and media company, Bloomberg LP, if elected president.

  • February 17-18, 2020: Bloomberg released two new ads nationwide and in 28 states focused on economic investments in black communities, “Greenwood” and “Justice.” Bloomberg qualified for the Las Vegas primary debate, receiving 19 percent support in a national poll from NPR, PBS NewsHour, and Marist.

  • February 13, 2020: Bloomberg aired “Cheryl,” a new ad focused on black-owned businesses, in network, cable, and local markets in 26 states. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles endorsed Bloomberg.

  • February 12, 2020: Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) endorsed Bloomberg. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Rep. Ted Deutch (Fla.) endorsed Bloomberg on Feb. 13. The Bloomberg campaign started paying social media influencers to promote memes about his campaign.

  • February 11, 2020: Rep. Lucy McBath (Ga.) endorsed Bloomberg. Bloomberg advisers met with members of the Blue Dog Coalition, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Black Caucus on Feb. 7.

  • February 10, 2020: The Bloomberg campaign held a conference call with hundreds of tech leaders seeking referrals for individuals with expertise in data science, online marketing, and analytics.

  • February 8-10, 2020: Rep. Haley Stevens (Mich.) endorsed Bloomberg. He started airing two new anti-Trump ads, “Bring Presidential Back” and “Nice Try.” The Bloomberg campaign also opened five field offices in Minnesota.

  • February 6-7, 2020: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (N.J.) endorsed Bloomberg. Richard Spencer, who served as acting defense secretary under the Trump administration in 2019, endorsed Bloomberg on Feb. 7. Bloomberg also wrote an op-ed in The New York Times titled “Fixing Inequality Is My Priority.”

  • February 5, 2020: Rep. Juan Vargas (Calif.) endorsed Bloomberg.

  • February 4, 2020: Bloomberg began airing a new ad called “The Real State of the Union” ahead of the president’s address, running nationally on MSNBC, FOX, CNN, and other platforms. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo endorsed Bloomberg.

  • February 4, 2020: Bloomberg campaigned in Philadelphia with former city Mayor Michael Nutter. He also campaigned in Detroit, making his second visit to Michigan as a presidential candidate.

  • January 31 - February 1, 2020: Rep. Ben McAdams (Utah) endorsed Bloomberg. Bloomberg opened his Colorado campaign headquarters in Denver. He also released his tax plan, which would increase the corporate tax rate to 28 percent and add a surtax of 5 percent to incomes over $5 million.

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  January

  • January 30, 2020: Bloomberg launched an ad campaign in 27 states—including California, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania—featuring two new ads focused on healthcare. He also issued a policy plan on housing affordability and homelessness.

  • January 30, 2020: Bloomberg released his Super Bowl ad, focusing on gun violence. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser also endorsed Bloomberg.

  • January 28, 2020: Bloomberg issued his LGBT policy platform, which included passing the Equality Act and appointing a Special Envoy on LGBT issues at the State Department.

  • January 27, 2020: After campaigning in Vermont and Maine, Bloomberg became the first 2020 presidential candidate to visit all 14 Super Tuesday states.

  • January 26-27, 2020: Bloomberg campaigned in Tampa and Miami, where he launched his national Jewish voter outreach program. He also said he supported statehood for Puerto Rico. Rep. Scott Peters (Calif.) also endorsed Bloomberg, becoming his fifth congressional endorsement.

  • January 23, 2020: Bloomberg started airing “Pentagon,” an ad focused on Trump’s critical comments about U.S. military leaders. He opened his Minnesota state headquarters in Minneapolis.

  • January 23, 2020: San Francisco Mayor London Breed endorsed Bloomberg. Axios profiled the campaign and data operations of Bloomberg’s staff at his New York City headquarters.

  • January 21, 2020: Bloomberg began airing a new ad on impeachment in 27 states on MSNBC, CNN, and ESPN. Rep. Bobby Rush also endorsed Bloomberg.

  • January 19, 2020: Bloomberg spoke about racial inequities during a speech at the Vernon AME Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

  • January 18, 2020: Bloomberg campaigned in Salt Lake City.

  • January 17, 2020: Bloomberg held Climate Week events in California.

  • January 16, 2020: Bloomberg met with members of the Congressional Hispanic, Asian Pacific American, and Black caucuses. He also spoke with representatives in the New Democrats and Blue Dog Coalition. Rep. Stephanie Murphy (Fla.), the co-chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition, and Rep. Harley Rouda (Calif.) endorsed Bloomberg.

  • January 15, 2020: In a new climate proposal, Bloomberg called for requiring all new buildings to have zero-carbon emissions by 2025. Also that day, Bloomberg launched his “Women for Mike” outreach program and appeared on The View.

  • January 13, 2020: Bloomberg wrote an op-ed for CNN on the primary calendar, critiquing Iowa and New Hampshire's status as the first states to vote. Also that day, The Washington Post profiled the reach of Bloomberg's campaign and Bloomberg began airing ads focused on healthcare. Bloomberg also received his first congressional endorsement from Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.).

  • January 11-12, 2020: Bloomberg began a bus tour of Texas with events in San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas.

  • January 8, 2020: Bloomberg delivered a speech about his jobs plan in Chicago.

  • January 7, 2020: Bloomberg aired a new ad in Virginia that focuses on gun safety and features Virginia Tech shooting survivor Colin Goddard. NBC also report that Biden would spend $10 million on an ad to air during the Super Bowl. Bloomberg makes his first campaign stop in Minnesota on Jan. 8.

  • January 6, 2020: NBC reported Bloomberg had hired 500 organizers and staff members in more than 30 states across the country, with another 300 staffers work at his national headquarters in New York City. He also released a new ad, “Judge Him,” featuring judge Judy Sheindlin.

  • January 2-3, 2020: Bloomberg did not file to participate in the Nevada caucuses, reflecting his previously announced plan to skip the early primary states. He also campaigned in North Carolina.

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  December

  • December 28, 2019: Bloomberg announced he would open a Texas headquarters in Houston and 16 field offices across the state. He also will relocate his national headquarters to Times Square. On Dec. 24, Bloomberg said his campaign had ended its relationship with a company that used prison labor to make calls for the campaign. Chris Myers, executive director of the California Democratic Party, will step down from that role to lead Bloomberg’s campaign in California.

  • December 21 2019: Bloomberg campaigned in Detroit, where he opened an office. He also opened offices in Philadelphia and Milwaukee.

  • December 19, 2019: Bloomberg issued his healthcare proposal, which included a Medicare-like public option, tax credits for households with high insurance premiums, and a permanent federal reinsurance program for the market.

  • December 19, 2019: Bloomberg campaigned in Tennessee, including a stop in Nashville to open his state headquarters.

  • December 17, 2019: The Federal Election Commission granted Bloomberg’s request for an extension to file financial disclosure forms, giving him until Feb. 4—one day after the Iowa caucus—to file his report.

  • December 16, 2019: Buzzfeed News reported that Bloomberg planned to keep campaign staff on the ground in battleground states for the general election, regardless of whether he won the Democratic nomination.

  • December 15, 2019: Bloomberg opened his first state headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • December 13, 2019: Politico reported that Bloomberg had hired 200 employees at his campaign headquarters in Manhattan and nearly 100 staffers across 15 states.

  • December 11, 2019: Bloomberg announced he would donate $10 million to House Majority PAC to support House Democrats being targeted for supporting the impeachment inquiry.

  • December 10, 2019: Bloomberg appeared at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Madrid.

  • December 9, 2019: San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo endorsed Bloomberg. Liccardo previously backed Kamala Harris.

  • December 7, 2019: Bloomberg spoke at the quarterly state Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Texas.

  • December 5, 2019: Bloomberg announced his gun violence platform while campaigning in Aurora, Colorado. He called for establishing mandatory background checks for private sales, requiring a buyer to have a permit before making a gun purchase, and passing federal red flag laws.

  • December 4, 2019: Bloomberg campaigned on Staten Island. He is also launching a new ad focused on his career. It will air nationally in approximately 100 local markets.

  • December 3, 2019: Bloomberg released several criminal justice proposals, including funding alternative-to-incarceration programs and reducing or eliminating cash bail for non-violent offenders.

  • December 3, 2019: Bloomberg attended a roundtable on criminal justice in Jackson, Mississippi.

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  November

  • December 3, 2019: Bloomberg released several criminal justice proposals, including funding alternative-to-incarceration programs and reducing or eliminating cash bail for non-violent offenders.

  • December 3, 2019: Bloomberg attended a roundtable on criminal justice in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • November 27, 2019: Bloomberg spent $9.5 million on television ads scheduled to run from Dec. 4-9 in several markets, including Los Angeles, Houston, Tampa, and Dallas.

  • November 25, 2019: Bloomberg made his first presidential campaign stop in Norfolk, Virginia.

  • November 24, 2019: Bloomberg formally announced he was running for president. He launched a $34 million ad campaign that ran in markets in the Super Tuesday states until Dec. 3, breaking the top weekly broadcast expenditure record previously set by President Barack Obama. Bloomberg said he would not accept any donations for his campaign or a salary if elected president.

  • November 21, 2019: Bloomberg filed with the Federal Election Commission as a presidential candidate, but his campaign said that he had not made a final decision to run and the federal filing was done to comply with election law.

  • November 20, 2019: Bloomberg announced he would spend an estimated $15 million to $20 million on voter registration drives in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.

  • November 17, 2019: While speaking at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, Bloomberg said he was wrong to support the stop-and-frisk program in New York City and apologized for its disproportionate effect on black and Latino communities.

  • November 15, 2019: Bloomberg launched a $100 million digital ad campaign critical of President Trump (R). The ads launched in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

  • November 12, 2019: Bloomberg filed for the Arkansas Democratic primary.

  • November 8, 2019: Bloomberg filed for the Alabama Democratic presidential primary before the state’s filing deadline without making a final decision on whether to run for president.

Cory Booker

Top five

• January 13, 2020: Booker ended his presidential campaign. "Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win—money we don't have, and money that is harder to raise because I won't be on the next debate stage and because the urgent business of impeachment will rightly be keeping me in Washington," he said in a statement.

• January 9, 2020: Booker discussed the impeachment trial and his presidential campaign in an interview on the Associated Press’ Ground Game podcast.

• January 8, 2020: Booker discussed Christianity and Judaism in an episode of Journeys of Faith.

• January 6, 2020: Booker started airing an ad in Iowa called “Rise” as part of a six-figure ad buy. He canceled events in Iowa on Jan. 8 to attend a congressional briefing on Iran.

• December 30, 2019 - January 4, 2020: Booker made a six-figure ad buy in Iowa for a clip called “He Will Win.” He also campaigned in South Carolina.

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  January

  • January 13, 2020: Booker ended his presidential campaign. "Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win—money we don't have, and money that is harder to raise because I won't be on the next debate stage and because the urgent business of impeachment will rightly be keeping me in Washington," he said in a statement.

  • January 9, 2020: Booker discussed the impeachment trial and his presidential campaign in an interview on the Associated Press’ Ground Game podcast.

  • January 8, 2020: Booker discussed Christianity and Judaism in an episode of Journeys of Faith.

  • January 6, 2020: Booker started airing an ad in Iowa called “Rise” as part of a six-figure ad buy. He canceled events in Iowa on Jan. 8 to attend a congressional briefing on Iran.

  • December 30, 2019 - January 4, 2020: Booker made a six-figure ad buy in Iowa for a clip called “He Will Win.” He also campaigned in South Carolina.

  • December 31, 2019 - January 1, 2020: Booker spent the New Year holidays in Iowa. He also campaigned in New Hampshire Jan. 2-3.

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  December

  • December 23, 2019: Booker finished his five-day tour of Iowa with stops in Henry, Warren, and Polk counties.

  • December 19, 2019: Booker aired an ad during the debate in 22 markets nationwide as part of a $500,000 ad buy.

  • December 19, 2019: Booker is participating in a community service event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • December 18, 2019: Booker campaigned in Las Vegas, attending a roundtable discussion hosted by Mi Familia Vota.

  • December 16, 2019: Booker introduced the Farm System Reform Act of 2019, which would place a moratorium on new and expanding large concentrated animal feeding operations.

  • December 14, 2019: The New York Times profiled Booker while he was campaigning in Iowa. Booker launched a bilingual training program for Latino voters in Nevada.

  • December 13, 2019: Booker attended a campaign event in New Hampshire. Booker said he was remaining in the race despite not qualifying for the debate: ”Thanks to the outpouring of support over the past few weeks, we know there’s a path to victory, and we no longer need the debate stage to get there.”

  • December 13, 2019: Booker issued his education plan, calling for a $200 billion investment in school infrastructure, pay increases for teachers in high-poverty districts, and support for high-quality public charter schools.

  • December 10, 2019: In an interview on KUNR, Booker discussed gun violence legislation and the rural-urban divide.

  • December 6, 2019: Booker released a new radio ad in South Carolina about his family history on stations with large black audiences.

  • December 5, 2019: Booker will campaign in Iowa on Thursday, kicking off his “Lead with Love” tour of the state.

  • December 2-3, 2019: Booker held a roundtable with black voters in South Carolina. He also released a plan to invest $100 billion in historically black colleges and universities.

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  November

  • November 27, 2019: The pro-Booker super PAC, Dream United, announced it would shut down. United We Win, another pro-Booker super PAC, began airing an ad on December 3 in Iowa as part of a $200,000 advertising and call campaign. The Booker campaign also announced a six-figure radio and digital ad campaign on Nov. 26.

  • November 27, 2019: Booker attended community events in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • November 22-23, 2019: Booker campaigned in New Hampshire. His campaign also announced on November 21 that he had crossed the fundraising threshold for the December debate.

  • November 18, 2019: Booker discussed gun violence, marijuana, and his personal life in an interview on The Wendy Williams Show.

  • November 18, 2019: Booker wrote an op-ed in The New York Times supporting high-performing public charter schools.

  • November 16, 2019: Eight candidates, including Booker, participated in the Real América Presidential Forum hosted by the Democratic Party of California and Univision. The event took place as part of the state party's endorsing convention that weekend.

  • November 14, 2019: The super PAC United We Win was formed in support of Booker. The group was expected to spend $1 million on social media advertising in the next month.

  • November 13, 2019: Ten candidates, including Booker, qualified for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • November 12, 2019: In an episode of the Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart podcast, Booker discussed gun violence, healthcare, and his campaign.

  • November 9-10, 2019: Booker campaigned in Iowa, touring local small businesses.

  • November 8-9, 2019: Booker campaigned in South Carolina.

  • November 5, 2019: Booker appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

  • November 5, 2019: Booker wrote in an op-ed in Essence that the Democratic nominee must be able to build a diverse coalition.

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  October

  • October 29, 2019: The Booker campaign is opened an office in Reno, Nevada.

  • October 23, 2019: Booker introduced the Study, Treat, Observe, and Prevent (STOP) Neglected Diseases of Poverty Act. The bill would establish an interagency task force to address diseases—for example, Chagas disease and hookworm—linked to poverty.

  • October 23, 2019: Booker spoke about the Democratic coalition at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

  • October 20-21, 2019: Booker campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • October 20, 2019: Booker campaigned at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

  • October 19, 2019: Booker campaigned at the Bethel AME Church in South Carolina.

  • October 17, 2019: Booker will endorse Marie Newman over incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinksi in Chicago.

  • October 16, 2019: Booker introduced the Break the Cycle of Violence Act, which would spend $90 million over 10 years in urban areas on focused deterrence and other intervention programs.

  • October 10, 2019: Booker released a package of policy proposals related to college and professional athletes. Included was a requirement that college athletes be allowed to profit off of their name and image.

  • October 9, 2019: Booker talked about the upcoming debate and the impeachment inquiry with NJTV News.

  • October 8, 2019: Booker met with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register.

  • October 7, 2019: Booker campaigned in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, part of a four-day swing through the state. He spoke at a climate change forum in Cedar Rapids and a town hall in Iowa City.

  • October 6, 2019: Booker campaigned in Decorah, Iowa. He met with Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand.

  • October 6, 2019: Booker started a three-day campaign visit in Iowa.

  • October 3, 2019: Booker released a plan to reduce childhood poverty through a child tax credit that would provide $250 or $300—depending on the age of the children—to families. His plan would also increase the maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit by 30 percent.

  • October 1, 2019: Booker raised $6 million in the third quarter of 2019, improving upon his 2Q take of $4.5 million.

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  September

  • September 28, 2019: Booker joined striking auto workers on the picket line in Maryland. Booker announced September 29 that he had crossed the donor threshold for the November debate.

  • September 28, 2019: Booker said he would remain in the race after reaching his self-defined fundraising goal of $1.7 million in 10 days.

  • September 25, 2019: Booker discussed the impeachment inquiry on Fox News.

  • September 24, 2019: Booker appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word.

  • September 24, 2019: The Booker campaign reached half of its goal of raising $1.7 million before the end of this month, three days after the campaign announced its fundraising threshold to stay viable.

  • September 23, 2019: Booker held a fundraiser in Philadelphia.

  • September 21, 2019: Booker campaign manager Addisu Demissie posted an internal memo to Medium on the state of Booker’s campaign. He wrote, “Here’s the bottom line: Cory 2020 needs to raise an additional $1.7 million by September 30 to be in a position to build the organization necessary to continue competing for the nomination. Without a fundraising surge to close out this quarter, we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward.”
  • September 23, 2019: Booker held a fundraiser in Philadelphia.

  • September 21, 2019: Booker campaign manager Addisu Demissie posted an internal memo to Medium on the state of Booker’s campaign. He wrote, “Here’s the bottom line: Cory 2020 needs to raise an additional $1.7 million by September 30 to be in a position to build the organization necessary to continue competing for the nomination. Without a fundraising surge to close out this quarter, we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward.”

  • September 18, 2019: Booker issued his labor policy plan. It calls for strengthening collective bargaining, addressing worker misclassification issues, and using new models for organizing like sectoral bargaining.

  • September 16-17, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in South Carolina. More than 50 mayors signed an op-ed in USA Today endorsing Buttigieg.

  • September 17, 2019: In an interview on the RJ Politics podcast, Booker discussed gun violence, affordable housing, and labor issues. He also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

  • September 15, 2019: Booker spoke about the state of the Democratic primary in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press.

  • September 12, 2019: Booker participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Booker, click here. Also on September 12, Essence News featured Booker campaigning in South Carolina in its new series, 24 Hours With.

  • September 10, 2019: Booker spoke at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s presidential forum.

  • September 9, 2019: Booker and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy.

  • September 7, 2019: Booker spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates. Also that day, Booker discussed nuclear energy, gun licensing, and other campaign issues during his first visit to Maine.

  • September 6, 2019: Booker campaigned in Portland, Maine.

  • September 5, 2019: BuzzFeed News profiled Booker in an article titled, “Will Cory Booker’s America Rise?”

  • September 3, 2019: Booker issued his $3 trillion climate change platform, which would include investments to advance environmental justice, a transition to a carbon-neutral economy by no later than 2045, the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, and a $400 billion investment to create a clean energy workforce.

  • September 2, 2019: Booker published a piece in Time magazine titled, "A Waitress I Knew Made $2.13 an Hour. I Wish She Lived to Get a Fair Shake in This Economy," in which he called for making it easier to join a union, reinvigorating antitrust agencies, and prioritizing long-term investments in workers over short-term returns to investors.

  • September 2, 2019: Booker campaigned in Nevada and speak at Rep. Steven Horsford's Labor Day Cookout.

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  August

  • August 29, 2019: Booker campaigned in Oklahoma.

  • August 25, 2019: Booker campaigned in Portland, Oregon.

  • August 21, 2019: Booker hosted a happy hour campaign event in Los Angeles, California.

  • August 16, 2019: In an interview with Vox, Booker discussed his gun policy platform and its gun licensing requirement.

  • August 15, 2019: In his plan to address hate crimes, Booker called for the creation of a White House Office on Hate Crimes and White Supremacist Violence. He would also have the Department of Justice and the FBI prioritize domestic terrorism as they do international terrorism.

  • August 14, 2019: Booker and Klobuchar addressed union members at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades annual convention in Las Vegas.

  • August 12, 2019: Booker held a low-dollar fundraiser at a bar in New York City, calling it a grassroots happy hour.

  • August 10-11, 2019: Booker focused his speech at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding on gun violence and regulation. He also campaigned in Milwaukee.

  • August 8, 2019: Booker issued draft legislation of the Climate Stewardship Act. The bill would call for planting 4 billion trees by 2030 and 15 billion by 2050 to off-set domestic greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Agriculture and other agencies would receive up to $25 billion annually to develop more voluntary programs for climate-friendly agricultural practices.

  • August 7, 2019: Booker held his first campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • August 6, 2019: Roughly 60 Booker campaign staffers unionized with representation from Teamsters Local 238.

  • August 6, 2019: Booker campaigned in South Carolina, stopping at the Mother Emanuel AME Church—where a mass shooting took place in 2015—to speak about gun violence.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Booker participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: Khary Penebaker, a Democratic National Committee member from Wisconsin, endorsed Booker. This was Booker's fifth endorsement by a DNC member.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Booker participated. At the debate, Booker said he worked to reduce racial disparities in criminal justice and criticized Joe Biden’s record and 1994 crime bill. He also said Democrats lost Michigan in 2016 “because everybody from Republicans to Russians were targeting the suppression of African American voters.” Booker said impeachment proceedings needed to begin regardless of the politics. Also that day, Booker introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty with fellow Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

  • July 29, 2019: Booker passed the 130,000-donor threshold for the third presidential debate, reaching both the grassroots funding and polling requirements to qualify. Booker spoke about his Iowa campaign in an interview in West Des Moines.

  • July 26, 2019: Booker spoke at a forum hosted by the New Leaders Council Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • July 25, 2019: Booker spoke at a presidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana. Also, Booker wrote an op-ed on CNN.com about antitrust, agribusiness, and food mergers.

  • July 24, 2019: Booker, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. Booker held a campaign event in Flint, Michigan, following the forum.

  • July 22, 2019: In an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Booker spoke about the political climate and the U.S. Senate.

  • July 21, 2019: Booker criticized Donald Trump’s rhetoric against four minority congresswoman, comparing him to segregationist George Wallace.

  • July 19, 2019: Booker visited the San Diego Comic-Con.

  • July 18, 2019: In a Washington Post Live interview, Booker discussed impeachment proceedings, his campaigning style, and Biden's statements on busing.

  • July 17, 2019: Booker introduced the Matthew Charles and William Underwood Second Look Act, which would establish several early release protocols. Booker proposed allowing people who have served more than a decade in prison to petition a court for early release. Inmates older than 50 would get the presumption of release following a petition.

  • July 15, 2019: Booker participated in a forum hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP. Also that day, Booker released his long-term care policy. He proposed increasing Medicaid asset and income limits to cover more people. He also called for expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for family caregivers and paying long-term care workers a minimum of $15 per hour.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Booker campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • July 12, 2019: Booker spoke at an event hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens at their annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • July 10, 2019: Elizabeth Warren reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose information about climate risks like greenhouse gas emissions. Booker cosponsored the bill. Booker introduced a bill that would prohibit the U.S. Census Bureau from including citizenship information when supplying redistricting data.

  • July 9, 2019: Teen Vogue interviewed Booker about his gun violence prevention policy and experience living in a neighborhood with gun violence. Also on July 9, Booker and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: The pro-Booker super PAC Dream United launched a black voter outreach and mobilization campaign in South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Maryland. The cost of the program was not disclosed, but the group’s founder, Steve Philips, previously pledged $10 million to support Booker.

  • July 6, 2019: Booker spoke at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • July 5, 2019: Booker spoke with the Reno Gazette-Journal about his Nevada ties, affordable housing, charter schools, and a transition to Medicare for All during his swing through Nevada.

  • July 2, 2019: Booker released an immigration plan in which he said he would phase out the use of private detention centers and contracts with state and county jails. Immigrants would be monitored through detention alternatives.

  • July 1, 2019: In an op-ed for The Advocate, Booker discussed violence against trans people.

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 30, 2019: Booker joined Chuck Todd on NBC’s Meet the Press.

  • June 28, 2019: Booker attended a fundraiser hosted by New Jersey power brokers Joseph DiVincenzo and George Norcross.

  • June 27, 2019: Booker introduced the Remove Marijuana from Deportable Offences Act, which would remove marijuana use and activities from the list of offenses making an immigrant deportable or ineligible for citizenship.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, Booker said economic policy and gun regulations were not working in his community, which he described as low-income, black, and brown. He also discussed violence against transgender Americans. The New York Times also interviewed Booker about his campaign.

  • June 24, 2019: TIME Magazine published an article exploring Booker's Iowa operations.

  • June 23, 2019: On ABC's This Week Sunday, Booker said Trump has no strategy on Iran. Booker said that, if elected president, he would strengthen relationships with U.S. allies to denuclearize Iran.

  • June 22, 2019: Booker and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Booker and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Booker and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Booker released a criminal justice plan in which he promised clemency for 17,000 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug-related crimes on his first day in office.

  • June 19, 2019: Booker testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties at a hearing on paying reparations to descendants of slaves. The same day, Booker was among Democratic candidates who criticized Joe Biden for remarks he made about civility in the Senate during his time in the chamber. Biden said he worked with former Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), who opposed desegregation efforts and with whom he often disagreed, to get things done. Biden responded, "There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period." Booker also added four new members to his South Carolina campaign staff.

  • June 15, 2019: Booker joined protesting fast food workers in Charleston, South Carolina. He called the strike for a $15/hour wage "an American fight."

  • June 14, 2019: Booker spoke at 10 New Hampshire virtual house parties through Google Hangouts.

  • June 13, 2019: The State reported that Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, and Elizabeth Warren would attend the June 15 Black Economic Alliance’s presidential forum in Charleston, South Carolina.

  • June 11, 2019: Gov. Phil Murphy (D) campaigned for Booker in Polk County, Iowa. The event followed Booker's fifth trip to the state.

  • June 9, 2019: Booker and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Booker and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: Booker and Pete Buttigieg spoke at the African-American Leadership Council Summit in Atlanta.

  • June 5, 2019: Booker released his housing platform, which would include a tax credit for renters filling the gap between 30 percent of the renter’s income and fair-market rent in their neighborhood.

  • June 4, 2019: New York Magazine published a profile of Booker and Warren's early campaign operations in Iowa.

  • June 3, 2019: Booker announced his Iowa steering committee, including party leader Jerry Crawford and state Reps. Amy Nielsen and Jennifer Konfrst.

• May 2019 (click to expand)

  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Booker would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: Following special counsel Robert Mueller’s statement about his investigation into potential foreign intervention in the 2016 presidential campaign and obstruction of justice, Booker said for the first time that impeachment proceedings should begin against Donald Trump.

  • May 29, 2019: Booker made his third trip to Nevada, discussing his proposals on gun violence, climate change, and youth engagement.

  • May 28, 2019: Booker spent Memorial Day weekend campaigning across Iowa. He emphasized unification, his tenure as mayor of Newark, and his questioning of Brett Kavanaugh.

  • May 23, 2019: Booker announced more than a dozen new national campaign staff, including Amanda Perez as national policy director, Emily Norman as chief innovation officer, and Jen Kim as states chief of staff.

  • May 22, 2019: Booker said that he would create a White House Office of Reproductive Freedom focused on “coordinating and affirmatively advancing abortion rights and access to reproductive health care” at the federal level.

  • May 17, 2019: Booker wrote an open letter to men in GQ Magazine calling on men to be allies in supporting women’s access to abortions.

  • May 15, 2019: Campaign spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said that Booker would only appoint Supreme Court justices who would uphold Roe v. Wade and sign legislation making it federal law if it were overturned.

  • May 15, 2019: Booker discussed balancing due process with stricter gun laws and regulating Facebook in an interview on NPR.

  • May 14, 2019: Booker introduced the PROTECT Immigration Act, which would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement from partnering with state and local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.

  • May 14, 2019: Booker released a plan to reduce gun suicides. It includes his previously announced national gun licensing proposal, incentivizing intervention, safe storage requirements, expansion of suicide prevention education, and the appointment of a senior White House official working on gun violence.

  • May 11, 2019: Booker discussed his gun violence prevention plan and criticized political inaction after mass shootings on CNN’s The Axe Files.

  • May 8, 2019: Booker launched the eight-week volunteer training program “Justice Academy” in New Jersey and the four early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.

  • May 8, 2019: Booker introduced a bill to address maternal mortality rates with Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.). The Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES) Act would extend the timeframe for Medicaid coverage for postpartum women.

  • May 6, 2019: Booker released a gun regulation platform, calling for a national licensing program and removing legal immunity for gun manufacturers. Booker’s plan would also ban firearms he called assault weapons, institute microstamping technology on semi-automatic handguns, and bar individuals convicted of abuse from purchasing a firearm.

  • May 5, 2019: In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Booker discussed the unemployment rate and his support for Medicare for All.

  • May 2, 2019: With 22 Democrats in the race and more likely to come, candidates are looking to secure their spot in the first debates by meeting both the polling and fundraising thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee. Booker announced he needed 1,592 additional donors in a fundraising email.

• April 2019 (click to expand)

  April

  • April 30, 2019: Booker reintroduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would require a bond hearing for all detained immigrants.

  • April 29, 2019: Booker discussed criminal justice as a central issue of his campaign during an interview on PBS NewsHour.

  • April 28, 2019: Booker campaigned near Miami, giving a speech on voting rights.

  • April 24, 2019: Booker released 10 years of his tax returns. He earned $152,715 and paid $22,781 in taxes, for an effective tax rate of 14.9 percent in 2018.

  • April 23, 2019: Booker held a roundtable on gun violence in Milwaukee.

  • April 23, 2019: Booker was scheduled to campaign in Wisconsin with an event focused on gun violence.

  • April 22, 2019: Booker visited Los Angeles’ Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant with Mayor Eric Garcetti. Garcetti said that “America would be lucky to have Cory Booker as president,” but did not offer an official endorsement.

  • April 22, 2019: Booker wa scheduled to campaign in Wisconsin with an event focused on gun violence.

  • April 21, 2019: The State published a Q&A with Booker, who spoke about his relationship with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), standing out in a crowded primary field, and rural infrastructure.

  • April 18, 2019: Booker campaigned in Nevada, marking his second visit to the state since declaring his candidacy.

  • April 16, 2019: Booker discussed healthcare, infrastructure, and climate change while campaigning in Iowa.

  • April 15, 2019: Booker proposed expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit by increasing the maximum income for benefits for married couples from $54,000 to $90,000 and raising the maximum benefits. Childless workers will also receive an increased benefit, moving from a cap of about $500 to $4,000. Booker called the policy the Rise Credit.

  • April 13, 2019: Booker formally kicked off his campaign in Newark, New Jersey. He planned to continue his national tour in Iowa, Georgia, and Nevada.

  • April 11, 2019: Booker discussed education, racial bias in the criminal justice system, and how other candidates discuss race and racism on the campaign trail in an interview with The Root.

  • April 10, 2019: Booker introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019 with Sen. Ron Wyden (D) and Rep. Yvette Clark (D), which would allow the Federal Trade Commission to evaluate algorithm-based systems for bias, privacy, and security issues.

  • April 8, 2019: Booker introduced a bill to form a commission to study reparations proposals. He said in a statement that the bill would address “the persistence of racism, white supremacy and implicit racial bias in our country. It will bring together the best minds to study the issue and propose solutions that will finally begin to right the economic scales of past harms and make sure we are a country where all dignity and humanity is affirmed.”

  • April 7, 2019: Booker raised $5.1 million in the first quarter of 2019. More than 80 percent of the contributors were first-time donors to Booker, his campaign said.

  • April 6-7, 2019: Booker campaigned in New Hampshire, stopping in Amherst, Bedford, Londonderry, and Dover. He also attended an event hosted by state Sen. Shannon Chandley.

• March 2019 (click to expand)

  March

  • March 30, 2019: Booker spoke at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual gala in Los Angeles and highlighted pro-LGBT actions in his career. Booker said that during his mayoral terms, he declined to perform any marriages until same-sex marriage was legal.

  • March 28, 2019: CNBC reported that financial industry donors like investment executive Marc Spilker and developer George Tsunis were backing Booker’s presidential campaign. Tsunis said that he would also back Joe Biden if he entered the race.

  • March 27, 2019: Booker appeared at a CNN town hall in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He said he would consider mass commutations and pardons for people who have been convicted of federal marijuana offenses and discussed his baby bonds program, among other topics.

  • March 26, 2019: The Human Rights Campaign announced that Booker would speak at a fundraising dinner in Los Angeles on March 30.

  • March 25, 2019: South Carolina State University announced that Booker would deliver the university's commencement address on May 10.

  • March 24, 2019: Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) and singer Bon Jovi held a fundraiser for Booker in Red Bank, New Jersey. The Asbury Park Press reported that the requested donation for the dinner was $28,000 a person.

  • March 23, 2019: Booker made an appearance in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He spoke at Freedom Temple and was joined by state Rep. John King.

  • March 22, 2019: Booker received his first endorsement from a lawmaker in South Carolina, State Rep. John King (D-49).

  • March 20, 2019: Booker, who previously said he opposed ending the filibuster, has not closed the door on that issue. He said that without a filibuster, however, a Republican-controlled Congress could have passed harmful legislation.

  • March 19, 2019: CNN announced that Booker would appear at a televised town hall event on March 27 in South Carolina. The event will be moderated by Don Lemon.

  • March 19, 2019: Booker qualified for the first Democratic primary debate via the polling method—receiving at least 1 percent support or more in certain public opinion polls. Booker has not yet released any fundraising figures.

  • March 15, 2019: During a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Booker suggested he would select a woman to join his ticket if he became the Democratic presidential nominee. He said, “I am very confident that this election, we will make history, because no matter what—I’m looking you in the eye when I say this—there will be a woman on the ticket.”

  • March 14, 2019: Booker hired three more staffers in New Hampshire: Shwetika Baijal as state operations director, Ethan Lopez as state data director, and Teddy Smyth as state organizing director.

  • March 13, 2019: Vox profiled the overhaul of Newark public schools by Booker, Chris Christie, and Mark Zuckerberg during Booker’s tenure as mayor.

  • March 11, 2019: Booker announced he had hired more national and early state staffers: Julie McClain Downey as director of state communications, Chris Moyer as New Hampshire communications director, Sabrina Singh as national press secretary, and Vanessa Valdivia as Nevada communications director.

  • March 7, 2019: Booker appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

  • March 3, 2019: Booker spoke at an event commemorating the “Bloody Sunday” civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday. He said it was a moral failing that clean water and affordable healthcare were not available to all communities.

  • March 1, 2019: Booker was scheduled to visit South Carolina and Alabama over the weekend.

• February 2019 (click to expand)

  February

  • February 28, 2019: Booker was expected to introduce a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level. “The War on Drugs has not been a war on drugs, it's been a war on people, and disproportionately people of color and low-income individuals," Booker said in a statement. "The Marijuana Justice Act seeks to reverse decades of this unfair, unjust, and failed policy by removing marijuana from the list of controlled substances and making it legal at the federal level."

  • February 26, 2019: Booker received his first Iowa endorsement from state Rep. Amy Nielsen.

  • February 22, 2019: Booker was scheduled to give the keynote speech in Selma, Alabama, marking the commemoration of Bloody Sunday on March 3, when hundreds of civil rights activists were assaulted during a march.

  • February 22, 2019: Booker was scheduled to travel to Nevada as a presidential candidate for the first time over the weekend.

  • February 21, 2019: Booker announced home state support with endorsements from every Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation. He was also backed by Gov. Phil Murphy, Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the state Senate president, and the state Assembly speaker.

  • February 19, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker shared a video clip of him discussing research for neurological diseases and how his mother cared for his father when he was ill with Parkinson’s onset dementia.

  • February 17, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker campaigned throughout New Hampshire over the weekend, marking his first visit to the state as a presidential candidate.

  • February 14, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker, who is vegan, discussed agriculture and food policy in an interview with VegNews. He said, “The tragic reality is this planet simply can’t sustain billions of people consuming industrially produced animal agriculture because of environmental impact.”

  • February 12, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker will fundraise in Los Angeles Feb. 21 at an event hosted by Gersh agency co-president Bob Gersh and his wife, Linda. Tickets go from $500 to $2,700.

  • February 11, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker will be interviewed by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC Tuesday night.

  • February 8, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker is visiting Iowa for the first time as a presidential candidate Friday, including a stop in Waterloo, which has the largest black population per capita in the state.

  • February 8, 2019: U.S. News & World Report profiled Sen. Cory Booker’s position on education, including his early support for school choice and association with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

  • February 7, 2019: The Booker campaign has said that it would not accept contributions from “corporate PACs, lobbyists or individuals who work in the pharmaceutical industry.” Attorney Victor Herlinsky clarified Thursday that the prohibition would apply to executives and not other employees.

  • February 4, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker hired Christale Spain, who worked on the 2016 Sanders presidential campaign, to be his state director in South Carolina. Clay Middleton is also joining Booker's team as a senior political adviser.

  • February 4, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker has announced his state directors in three early voting states: Mike Frosolone in Iowa, Erin Turmelle in New Hampshire, and Christale Spain in South Carolina.

  • February 2, 2019: Vox published an analysis of Booker’s and Harris’ affordable housing plans. Read more here.

  • February 1, 2019: Sen. Cory Booker announced that he was running for president of the United States Friday morning. His campaign headquarters will be in Newark, where he served as mayor for seven years. His campaign manager is Addisu Demissie, who worked on Booker’s 2013 Senate race and successfully ran Gavin Newsom's election for governor of California last year.

• January 2019 (click to expand)

  January

  • January 28, 2019: Cory Booker (D) has reportedly identified his Iowa campaign staffers if he were to launch a presidential bid: Mike Frosolone, Haley Hager, Joe O'Hern, and Tess Seger. Addisu Demissie, who worked as a deputy field director for Hillary Clinton in 2008, would be Booker’s campaign manager.

Steve Bullock

Top five

• December 2, 2019: Bullock ended his presidential campaign. “While there were many obstacles we could not have anticipated when entering into this race, it has become clear that in this moment, I won’t be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates,” he said in a statement. Bullock said he would not run for the U.S. Senate in Montana.

• November 21-24, 2019: The Senate Leadership Fund launched a five-figure ad campaign against Bullock in Montana, criticizing him for his campaign travel and gun policy. Bullock also visited southwest and central Iowa.

• November 20, 2019: Bullock aired an ad on prosecutorial authority in Iowa markets during the fifth Democratic primary debate.

• November 19, 2019: Bullock spoke about his campaign during a local interview in Boston.

• November 19, 2019: Bullock aired an ad in Iowa on prosecutorial authority “to follow the evidence all the way to the top,” including cases involving sitting presidents.

2019

• December 2019 (click to collapse)

  December

  • December 2, 2019: Bullock ended his presidential campaign. “While there were many obstacles we could not have anticipated when entering into this race, it has become clear that in this moment, I won’t be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates,” he said in a statement. Bullock said he would not run for the U.S. Senate in Montana.

• November 2019 (click to expand)

  November

  • November 21-24, 2019: The Senate Leadership Fund launched a five-figure ad campaign against Bullock in Montana, criticizing him for his campaign travel and gun policy. Bullock also visited southwest and central Iowa.

  • November 20, 2019: Bullock aired an ad on prosecutorial authority in Iowa markets during the fifth Democratic primary debate.

  • November 19, 2019: Bullock spoke about his campaign during a local interview in Boston.

  • November 19, 2019: Bullock aired an ad in Iowa on prosecutorial authority “to follow the evidence all the way to the top,” including cases involving sitting presidents.

  • November 18, 2019: Bullock visited pivot counties in Iowa, finishing his 16th trip to the state.

  • November 17, 2019: Bullock campaigned in Iowa, stopping in Polk County and Poweshiek County.

  • November 12, 2019: Bullock discussed bipartisanship and his presidential campaign in an interview on Boston Public Radio.

  • November 11-12, 2019: Bullock campaigned in New Hampshire and filed for the state primary.

  • November 9, 2019: In an interview on Slate’s Gist podcast, Steve Bullock discussed climate change and energy.

  • November 6, 2019: Bullock released his first two television ads in Iowa. One highlighted his statewide victory in a red state and the other features state Attorney General Tom Miller.

  • November 5, 2019: Bullock spoke about winning in red states during an interview on MSNBC’s Meet the Press Daily.

• October 2019 (click to expand)

  October

  • October 31, 2019: In an interview on ABC News’ The Briefing Room, Bullock discussed the impeachment inquiry and why he shifted on the issue.

  • October 28, 2019: Bullock issued his LGBT policy plan, which includes passing the Equality Act, banning conversion therapy, and providing gender-neutral passports.

  • October 25, 2019: Bullock spoke at the “Politics & Eggs” event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

  • October 25, 2019: Politico Magazine published a profile of Bullock called “The Red-State Savior Democrats Don’t Want.”

  • October 23, 2019: Bullock discussed his Montana upbringing as part of WMUR’s “Candidate Café” series.

  • October 22, 2019: Bullock tweeted a series of statements criticizing other candidates’ campaigning tactics and the focus on impeachment.
  • October 21, 2019: Bullock campaigned in Iowa with stops in Harlan and Council Bluffs.

  • October 17, 2019: In a CNN interview, Bullock said he supported an impeachment inquiry that goes to the Senate.

  • October 15, 2019: The Bullock campaign organized a telephone news conference with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, former Story County Democrats Chairwoman Jan Bauer, and former Rep. Dave Nagle on Bullock’s campaign in Iowa.

  • October 15, 2019: Bullock said in a statement about the debate, “Six debates in and the Democratic Party is still failing to speak to the challenges middle class families face every day. When 40% of Americans wouldn’t have $400 to spare in the event of an emergency, we need to be talking about serious solutions that will make people’s lives better in the here and now — not a decade down the line, and not after a hypothetical political revolution.”

  • October 10, 2019: Bullock participated in a Democracy Town Hall event in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • October 8, 2019: Bullock announced $2.3 million in third-quarter fundraising. He has raised a total of $4.3 million in the five months he's been campaigning. According to the campaign, it doubled its number of individual contributions, and the average online contribution was $24. The campaign said it hopes to be approved for public matching funds.

  • October 3, 2019: In an op-ed published by CNN.com, Bullock called for restricting the start of campaign activity until halfway through an elected official’s term and requiring leftover funds to be donated so that all candidates start at zero in the next campaign.

  • October 2, 2019: Bullock delivered a presentation on opioid abuse reduction in Montana.

  • October 1, 2019: Bullock toured Montana State University’s Romney Hall.

• September 2019 (click to expand)

  September

  • September 30, 2019: Bullock campaign manager Jennifer Ridder released a memo explaining Bullock’s decision to apply for public financing. With the FEC short one member to reach a quorum, any application Bullock submits will not yet be able to be processed.

  • September 29, 2019: Montana Standard reported that Bullock would apply for tor public financing for his campaign after the end of the third quarter.

  • September 25, 2019: Bullock spoke at the Indian Country Today headquarters night at Arizona State University. He joined striking GM workers in Texas on September 26.

  • September 20, 2019: Bullock began a three-day tour of Iowa.

  • September 15, 2019: In an interview on Iowa Press, Bullock said the Democratic Party was becoming disconnected from voters in non-urban areas.

  • September 13, 2019: Bullock participated in the Caucus for Kids Facebook Live event in Iowa.

  • September 12, 2019: Bullock campaigned with former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack in Clive, Iowa. Bullock watched the primary debate while campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • September 11, 2019: The American Association of People with Disabilities released a questionnaire answered by Bullock on his disability policies.

  • September 10, 2019: Bullock's campaign manager Jennifer Ridder sent donors a memo outlining Bullock's path to victory, which included a focus on Iowa.

  • September 7, 2019: Bullock spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 5, 2019: Bullock appeared on The Daily Show.

  • September 4, 2019: Bullock called for the creation of an Office of Rural Affairs in his rural policy proposal. Bullock also said he would end the trade war, launch rural opportunity zones, address infrastructure issues, and expand the Conservation Reserve Program.

  • August 30-September 1, 2019: Bullock campaigned in Iowa.

• August 2019 (click to collapse)

  August

  • August 26, 2019: Bullock announced 13 new policy advisers, including several Obama administration alumni. He also attended a fundraiser in Seattle.

  • August 25, 2019: In his town hall on CNN, Bullock said he would not run for the U.S. Senate and discussed his opposition to Medicare for All.

  • August 18, 2019: Bullock criticized the Democratic National Committee's debate criteria in an interview on Fox News Sunday.

  • August 16-17, 2019: Bullock campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • August 13, 2019: Bullock criticized the fundraising threshold for the third and fourth debate after Steyer met the threshold following large online ad campaigns. “We’re kidding ourselves if we’re calling a $10 million purchase of 130,000 donors a demonstration of grassroots support,” he said.

  • August 10, 2019: While campaigning in Nevada Bullock spoke about healthcare, campaign finance, and the federal debt ceiling.

  • August 9, 2019: Bullock continued to campaign in Iowa.

  • August 7, 2019: Bullock spoke at the National Press Club about gun violence, racism, and electability.

  • August 6, 2019: In an interview with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota, Bullock spoke about the 1994 school shooting death of his nephew, Jeremy, and gun violence.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bullock participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Bullock participated. He emphasized his 2016 gubernatorial win in a red state and criticized what he called wishlist economics. He said he opposed eliminating private insurance and supported the government negotiating cheaper drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. Bullock also tied combating gun violence to fighting what he called dark money in politics.

  • July 27, 2019: In an interview on Up with David Gura, Bullock discussed Democratic Party leadership and said he did not support impeachment at the time.

  • July 25, 2019: Bullock spoke about emerging technology jobs at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Salt Lake City.

  • July 24, 2019: Bullock wrote an op-ed in Sioux City Journal on Social Security, Medicare, and pharmaceutical costs.

  • July 22, 2019: Bullock launched his official campaign merchandise shop.

  • July 19-20, 2019: Bullock campaigned across Iowa. The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa last week. Bullock participated in an event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

  • July 16, 2019: Shondaland and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews interviewed Bullock.

  • July 14, 2019: The Washington Post examined Bullock’s campaign messaging and record on campaign finance issues.

  • July 11, 2019: In a video for NowThisNews, Bullock criticized undisclosed satellite spending in politics.

  • July 10, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa City, Bullock said he opposed eliminating all student debt and compared the debt to the billions held in car loans. He said employer-assisted debt repayment should not be taxed.

  • July 9, 2019: Bullock campaigned in Iowa, marking his sixth campaign trip to the state. Also on July 9, VICE News released a video profile of Bullock on the campaign trail while other candidates were participating in the first Democratic debates.

  • July 5, 2019: Bullock, who entered the presidential race halfway through the second quarter, announced that he had raised $2 million.

  • July 2, 2019: In an interview on Bloomberg's Balance of Power, Bullock spoke about economic opportunity in states like Michigan and Wisconsin.

  • July 1, 2019: Bullock hosted a Facebook Live town hall on climate change with the Forward Montana Foundation. He said Native American tribes should be consulted on the Keystone XL project and that he would be open to the pipeline “if it’s done right.”

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 27, 2019: Bullock appeared on WMUR's "Conversation with the Candidate" series in New Hampshire.

  • June 26, 2019: Bullock participated in a locally televised town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, and took questions from online viewers. Also, The New York Times profiled Bullock’s campaign, describing his retail politics and messaging focus on electability and results in Montana.

  • June 24, 2019: Bullock sat down for an interview with NBC's Harry Smith on his top priority if elected, which would be to limit large donors' political influence.

  • June 23, 2019: Bullock participated in an interview on New Hampshire TV station WMUR9's CloseUp.

  • June 21-22, 2019: Bullock campaigned in New Hampshire, holding a meet-and-greet in Concord and a house party in Nashua.

  • June 18, 2019: Bullock met the polling threshold to qualify for the second Democratic debate in July.

  • June 14, 2019: New York Magazine released an interview with Bullock where they discussed his exclusion from the first round of Democratic debates.

  • June 13, 2019: The Democratic National Committee announced who qualified for the first set of Democratic primary debates on June 26-27. Bullock, Mike Gravel, Wayne Messam, and Seth Moulton were unable to reach either the polling or fundraising threshold to qualify.

  • June 12, 2019: Bullock wrote an op-ed in Fortune criticizing the debate criteria and defending his late entrance into the race.

  • June 11, 2019: Bullock campaigned and fundraised in Chicago, Illinois. He also visited southwest Iowa communites affected by flooding along the Missouri river.

  • June 9, 2019: Bullock and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sen. Jon Tester endorsed fellow Montanan Bullock for president. Tester was the tenth Democratic U.S. senator to make an endorsement in the 2020 presidential election.

  • June 7, 2019: The Democratic National Committee announced that a pair of Washington Post/ABC News polls with open-ended questions could not be used by candidates to qualify for the first Democratic debate. Without that poll, Bullock had only two of the three required to qualify.

  • June 5, 2019: In an interview on MSNBC, Bullock said that he would require political nonprofits and super PACs to certify that no foreign contributions will be used in U.S. elections.

  • June 4, 2019: Bullock was in San Francisco, California, for a fundraiser. Bullock wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register about his opposition to Citizens United.

  • June 2, 2019: Bullock discussed his presidential campaign on This Week in Iowa.

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  May

  • May 30, 2019: The Senate Leadership Fund released a negative ad targeting Bullock. "Steve Bullock's running for president while Montana is still paying for his salary and for Montana Highway Patrol to travel on his out-of-state political trips," the ad’s narrator says. "Would your boss pay for your next job search?"

  • May 29, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Bullock spoke about student loan debt, abortion, and his family connections to the state.

  • May 24, 2019: Bullock hired 10 new staffers in Iowa with Nick Marroletti as state organizing director and Jack Segal and Alexandra Cleverly as Iowa political coordinators.

  • May 21, 2019: Bullock spoke at the National Governors Association’s annual summit about workforce-related issues.

  • May 20, 2019: Bullock said he could win in red states and that Citizens United was preventing Washington, D.C., from working properly.

  • May 18, 2019: Bullock discussed the importance of Iowa to his campaign in an interview with CNN.

  • May 16, 2019: Bullock made his first visit to Iowa as a presidential candidate and received the endorsement of state Attorney General Tom Miller (D).

  • May 14, 2019: Bullock also wrote an op-ed on CNN about his presidential campaign.

  • May 14, 2019: Bullock held a campaign event at a high school he attended in Helena. He said he delayed announcing his campaign to finish his gubernatorial duties.

  • May 14, 2019: Bullock announced that he was running for president. In a video posted to social media, Bullock focused on his Montana roots, campaign finance, and working with both Democrats and Republicans as governor.

  • May 13, 2019: Bullock teased an upcoming announcement with a video on Twitter that highlighted his 2018 gubernatorial win in Montana, a state which Trump won by 20 points in 2016.

Pete Buttigieg

Top five

• March 1-2, 2020: Buttigieg ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Biden. He said, “We have a responsibility to concede the effect of remaining in this race any further. Our goal has always been to help unify Americans to defeat Donald Trump and to win the era for our values.”

• March 1, 2020: Buttigieg campaigned in Texas. VoteVets made a seven-figure ad buy to support Buttigieg in Super Tuesday states.

• February 26-27, 2020: Buttigieg started airing two television and digital ads in South Carolina featuring his plan to support black communities. Politico reported on Buttigieg’s Super Tuesday delegate strategy of focusing on smaller media markets like the Austin suburbs, San Diego, and northern Maine. Politico also reported Equality California Votes would spend $100,000 to support Buttigieg.

• February 25, 2020: Buttigieg canceled scheduled fundraisers and community events in South Florida due to illness.

• February 24, 2020: One of South Carolina’s largest daily newspapers, The State, endorsed Buttigieg. Buttigieg made a seven-figure ad buy in 12 of the 14 Super Tuesday states that will began airing on Feb. 25 and 26.

2020

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  March

  • March 1-2, 2020: Buttigieg ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Biden. He said, “We have a responsibility to concede the effect of remaining in this race any further. Our goal has always been to help unify Americans to defeat Donald Trump and to win the era for our values.”

  • March 1, 2020: Buttigieg campaigned in Texas. VoteVets made a seven-figure ad buy to support Buttigieg in Super Tuesday states.

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  February

  • February 26-27, 2020: Buttigieg started airing two television and digital ads in South Carolina featuring his plan to support black communities. Politico reported on Buttigieg’s Super Tuesday delegate strategy of focusing on smaller media markets like the Austin suburbs, San Diego, and northern Maine. Politico also reported Equality California Votes would spend $100,000 to support Buttigieg.

  • February 25, 2020: Buttigieg canceled scheduled fundraisers and community events in South Florida due to illness.

  • February 24, 2020: One of South Carolina’s largest daily newspapers, The State, endorsed Buttigieg. Buttigieg made a seven-figure ad buy in 12 of the 14 Super Tuesday states that will began airing on Feb. 25 and 26.

  • February 20-23, 2020: The San Diego Union-Tribune endorsed Buttigieg. Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib endorsed Buttigieg. He held town halls in Colorado and Virginia.

  • February 21, 2020: Toni Atkins, the California Senate president pro tem, endorsed Buttigieg. The Buttigieg campaign requested the Nevada Democratic Party release additional caucus data and recalculate results in select precincts.

  • February 19-20, 2020: Buttigieg requested recounts in 54 precincts in Iowa. Buttigieg held a town hall at the USC Political Student Assembly in Los Angeles.

  • February 17, 2020: Buttigieg held Nevada town halls in Reno, Carson City, and Elko, and a rally in Utah. He also began airing a statewide ad in Nevada titled “Our Chance.”

  • February 17, 2020: Buttigieg expanded his ground campaign to every Super Tuesday state. He released “Primer Día,” a new Spanish-language ad, in Nevada on Feb. 12.

  • February 12, 2020: Buttigieg doubled his staff in Nevada to 100 employees. He also launched a new healthcare-focused ad in the state called “Your Choice.” California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis endorsed Buttigieg on Feb. 13.

  • February 11, 2020: Buttigieg hosted a primary night rally at Nashua Community College in New Hampshire.

  • February 10, 2020: Buttigieg campaigned at Plymouth State University and held GOTV rallies in Milford and Exeter, New Hampshire.

  • February 6, 2020: Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Rep. Andy Kim (N.J.) endorsed Buttigieg.

  • February 4, 2020: Buttigieg held four town halls in New Hampshire.

  • February 3, 2020: The Buttigieg campaign hosted a watch party in Des Moines, Iowa. He appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, where he discussed his electability and race.

  • February 1-2, 2020: Buttigieg held GOTC town halls and rallies across Iowa. He also announced more than 70 surrogate events throughout the state.

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  January

  • January 30, 2020: Buttigieg continued his tour of Iowa with town halls in Decorah, Independence, Marshalltown, and Ankeny.

  • January 29, 2020: Buttigieg hosted town halls across Iowa, including in Jefferson, Ames, Webster City, Mason City, and New Hampton.

  • January 27, 2020: Buttigieg launched his final ad in Iowa. He said in the clip it was time to turn “to a bold vision for the next generation.”

  • January 26, 2020: Buttigieg discussed abortion, impeachment, race, and his political experience during a televised town hall on Fox News.

  • January 25-26, 2020: Buttigieg held town halls across Iowa with stops planned in Fort Dodge, Storm Lake, and Carroll. A town hall in Des Moines was broadcast by Fox News. VoteVets PAC began airing television ads to support Buttigieg in New Hampshire.

  • January 23, 2020: Buttigieg campaigned in South Carolina with stops in Orangeburg and Moncks Corner.

  • January 21, 2020: Buttigieg spoke with the editorial board of The Los Angeles Times on race, polarization, electability, Iran, and other topics.

  • January 20, 2020: Buttigieg campaigned in South Carolina, including marching in the King Day at the Dome.

  • January 17, 2020: Buttigieg held a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire.

  • January 16, 2020: The Buttigieg campaign reached an agreement with field organizers and regional organizing directors represented by IBEW Local 2321.

  • January 15, 2020: Rep. Annie Kuster (N.H.) endorsed Buttigieg.

  • January 14, 2020: Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, and Elizabeth Warren participated in the seventh Democratic presidential primary debate. The event took place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, at 9 p.m. ET. Also that day, the progressive group Organize for Justice announced that it would spend more than $500,000 on digital ads against Buttigieg and Joe Biden.

  • January 12, 2020: Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) endorsed Buttigieg.

  • January 11, 2020: The Post and Courier reported that Buttigieg had 50 paid staffers in South Carolina, the third-most of any candidate. Tom Steyer (D) led with 82 paid staffers, while Bernie Sanders (I) had 72.

  • January 10-12, 2020: Buttigieg released a $1 trillion infrastructure plan focused on transportation, clean water supplies, and broadband internet. He also campaigned in Des Moines on Jan. 12.

  • January 8-9, 2020: Rep. Anthony Brown (Md.) endorsed Buttigieg. Brown, the first member of the Congressional Black Caucus to back Buttigieg, began serving as his campaign’s first national co-chair. Buttigieg also held a rally in Denver.

  • January 7, 2020: Buttigieg held a closed forum with local officials in Dallas.

  • January 6, 2020: Buttigieg attended a private fundraiser in Houston. He also released four different ads in each early voting state focused on Buttigieg’s military service (New Hampshire), mayoral tenure (South Carolina), healthcare (Nevada), and economic inequality (Iowa).

  • January 4, 2020: Buttigieg completed his four-day tour of New Hampshire with stops in Manchester and Franklin.

2019

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  December

  • December 28-30, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in Iowa with stops in Marshalltown, West Des Moines, Knoxville, and other cities. He released his immigration platform on Sunday, which would reverse Trump administration policies, create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission, and establish a National Office of New Americans.

  • December 17, 2019: Buttigieg is attending fundraisers in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Along with Klobuchar, Buttigieg is also attending a Democratic National Committee gala.

  • December 16, 2019: Buttigieg launched his first statewide ad campaign in Nevada, including Spanish-language radio and digital ads.

  • December 14-15, 2019: Buttigieg attended several fundraisers in Seattle.

  • December 12, 2019: Buttigieg attended a fundraiser in Baltimore co-hosted by state Dels. Maggie McIntosh and Luke Clippinger.

  • December 10, 2019: Buttigieg released the names of clients he worked with during his time at McKinsey, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Best Buy, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He also attended a fundraiser in New York City on Dec. 11.

  • December 9, 2019: Buttigieg announced that he would open fundraisers to the press and release the names of his bundlers this week. McKinsey & Company also said it was releasing Buttigieg from a nondisclosure agreement that had prevented him from discussing consulting clients from his time with the firm from 2007 to 2010.

  • December 7, 2019: Buttigieg released a $700 billion childcare and education platform that would provide universal childcare and pre-kindergarten programs.

  • December 5-6, 2019: Buttigieg will campaign in New Hampshire, holding town halls and participating in a candidate forum on New Hampshire Public Radio.

  • December 3, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in Montgomery, Alabama. He continued his tour of the state with a stop in Birmingham on Dec. 4. VoteVets also endorsed Buttigieg, marking the group’s first-ever presidential endorsement.

  • December 3, 2019: Buttigieg’s $2 million statewide ad buy began airing in South Carolina.

  • December 1, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at a roundtable on the minimum wage in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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  November

  • November 25, 2019: Reps. Pete Visclosky (Ind.) and Kathleen Rice (N.Y.) endorsed Buttigieg.

  • November 25, 2019: Buttigieg held several community events across Iowa. He released his policy plan for long-term care and retirement.

  • November 21, 2019: Field organizers on the Buttigieg campaign unionized with representation from IBEW Local 2321.

  • November 18, 2019: Buttigieg issued a college affordability plan that would make public college tuition-free for households with an annual income of less than $100,000. It would also invest $120 billion into the Pell Grant program.

  • November 16, 2019: Eight candidates, including Buttigieg, participated in the Real América Presidential Forum hosted by the Democratic Party of California and Univision. The event took place as part of the state party's endorsing convention that weekend.

  • November 14, 2019: Buttigieg released his first radio ad in South Carolina as part of a $2 million ad buy in the state.

  • November 13, 2019: Ten candidates, including Buttigieg, qualified for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Also that day, Buttigieg released a statewide television and digital ad in Iowa focusing on his Medicare for All Who Want It proposal.

  • November 9, 2019: Buttigieg discussed racial inequity in policing in an interview on NPR’s “Off Script” series. He also attended a fundraiser in Rhode Island on Sunday and released his veterans services plan, which includes increasing coordination between the VA and the Department of Defense to streamline medical care and improving care for aging veterans.

  • November 8, 2019: Buttigieg launched a four-day bus tour of New Hampshire. He also issued a series of plans on childcare, affordable housing, and college costs. Among Buttigieg’s proposals were investing $1 trillion in childcare and affordable housing and eliminating public college tuition for families earning less than $100,000.

  • November 6, 2019: Buttigieg expanded his South Carolina team, bringing on a political director, deputy political director, and communications director.

  • November 5, 2019: Buttigieg released his sixth television ad in Iowa, which highlighted his speech at the Liberty and Justice Dinner in Iowa.

  • November 4, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned across Iowa with stops in Spencer and Algona.

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  October

  • October 30-31, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in New Hampshire with town halls in Petersborough and Derry. He also filed for the New Hampshire primary.

  • October 28, 2019: Buttigieg said that the U.S. should verify aid to Israel is not used for settlements or annexation.

  • October 26, 2019: Buttigieg released his criminal justice plan, which includes eliminating incarceration for drug possession, ending mandatory sentencing minimums, establishing pay parity for public defenders, and giving $100 million in federal grants to close youth prisons and replace them with community-based programs.

  • October 24-25, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in New Hampshire, marking his eleventh trip to the state. Buttigieg also released his plan focused on gender equity. It calls for making women at least half of his Cabinet and judicial nominees, spending $10 billion to end workplace sexual harassment and discrimination, and preventing domestic abusers from purchasing firearms.

  • October 22, 2019: Benenson Strategy Group conducted internal focus groups for the Buttigieg campaign that examined how black Democratic voters in South Carolina perceived Buttigieg’s sexuality. The study called his sexuality a “barrier” but not a “disqualifier” for these voters.

  • October 21, 2019: Buttigieg released a new ad in Iowa’s Quad Cities market focused on the Rust Belt. Buttigieg also campaigned in Nevada.

  • October 20, 2019: Buttigieg held his first Pennsylvania campaign appearance at Reading Terminal Market. One thousand people attended the event.

  • October 18, 2019: Buttigieg will speak at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

  • October 16, 2019: Buttigieg raised more than $1 million in the 24 hours after the debate and passed 600,000 individual donors.

  • October 16, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at Iowa State University’s campus in Ames.

  • October 15, 2019: Buttigieg released a digital ad in Iowa critical of Medicare for All. It featured political analysts discussing the healthcare proposals of Sanders and Warren.

  • October 10, 2019: Buttigieg unveiled a policy related to LGBT issues ahead of a CNN town hall. The platform calls for Senate passage of H.R. 5, called the Equality Act, as well as granting veterans’ benefits to former service members discharged on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.

  • October 9, 2019: In an interview with Pride Source, Buttigieg discussed his campaign, who he looks up to in the LGBTQ community, and where he and other candidates stand on LGBTQ issues.

  • October 8, 2019: Buttigieg released a digital ad titled "Light the Way” in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. The ad features video from a Buttigieg rally in Nevada where attendees used cellphones to light the stage amid a power outage.

  • October 7, 2019: Buttigieg called for an end to the war in Afghanistan, on the 18th anniversary of the beginning of the war.

  • October 7, 2019: Buttigieg released his prescription drug plan in a Boston Globe opinion piece.

  • October 3, 2019: Buttigieg opened a campaign office in South Bend, Indiana.

  • October 1, 2019: Buttigieg announced he had raised $19.1 million in the third quarter of 2019, down from $24.8 million in the second quarter.

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  September

  • September 28-29, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in Nevada and Sacramento.

  • September 26, 2019: AP reported that Buttigieg would expand his presence in Nevada with 10 open offices by mid-October, more than any other candidate. He hired Travis Brock as the campaign’s national director for caucuses and Juan Carlos Perez as national Latino engagement director.

  • September 25, 2019: Buttigieg started airing a television ad in Iowa focused on his “Medicare for All Who Want It” proposal.

  • September 24, 2019: Buttigieg ended his four-day bus tour of Iowa, which included inviting reporters to travel on his campaign bus the entire time. Buttigieg also began airing his second statewide ad in Iowa.

  • September 20, 2019: Angela M. Angel joined Buttigieg’s campaign as black outreach director.

  • September 19, 2019: Buttigieg wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post presenting his proposal for “Medicare for All Who Want It.”

  • September 17, 2019: Buttigieg presented his disaster relief platform while campaigning in a South Carolina community affected by Hurricane Florence. His plan included public-private partnerships for disaster response and increasing the number of qualified disaster workers.

  • September 16-17, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in South Carolina.

  • September 12, 2019: Buttigieg participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Buttigieg, click here.

  • September 11, 2019: The American Association of People with Disabilities released a questionnaire answered by Buttigieg on his disability policies.

  • September 10, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s presidential forum.

  • September 9, 2019: Buttigieg and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy. Also that day, the Buttigieg campaign announced that it had hired Jarvis Houston as state director for South Carolina, where the campaign had placed 33 staffers.

  • September 7, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 6, 2019: Buttigieg attended a fundraiser in Greenwich, Connecticut.

  • September 5, 2019: Buttigieg spoke about Afghanistan, his Episcopalian faith, and climate change on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert night. Buttigieg also made his first television ad buy of the campaign, spending $87,000 in Iowa markets.

  • September 4, 2019: Buttigieg proposed three pillars in his $1.1 trillion climate change proposal morning: building a clean economy, investing in disaster relief and prevention, and promoting America’s international role in combating climate change.

  • September 2, 2019: Buttigieg's campaign manager Mike Schmuhl said, "Labor Day for us is really going to be a turning point. … It’s when we’ll flip the switch." Schmuhl said the campaign would have 100 staffers in Iowa by the end of September.

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  August

  • August 29, 2019: Buttigieg senior adviser Lis Smith described the three phases of Buttigieg’s campaign in an interview with BuzzFeed News. The third and current phase, according to Smith, is building up campaign organization in the early primary states.

  • August 27, 2019: Buttigieg spoke in front of the Uber headquarters in San Francisco about protections for gig workers and attended a fundraiser in Los Angeles.

  • August 26, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, California.

  • August 25, 2019: Buttigieg discussed electability and national security issues in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press.

  • August 23-25, 2019: Buttigieg spent three days in New Hampshire with stops in Merrimack and Nashua. He also unveiled a $300 billion plan to address mental health policy and the opioid crisis.

  • August 20, 2019: Buttigieg started airing two radio ads in rural Iowa focused on the economy, farming, and veterans.

  • August 20, 2019: Buttigieg held a fundraising event in Chicago, Illinois.

  • August 17-18, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in South Carolina.

  • August 13, 2019: Buttigieg addressed union members at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades annual convention in Las Vegas.

  • August 12-13, 2019: Buttigieg hired Brandon Neal, a former Democratic National Committee political director, as a senior adviser. Buttigieg also released a rural economy plan focused on entrepreneurship, technology, and education, ahead of his seventh visit to Iowa as a presidential candidate.

  • August 10, 2019: Buttigieg attended the forum on gun violence in Iowa before campaigning in Austin, Texas.

  • August 9, 2019: Buttigieg unveiled his plan for improving healthcare through a “Medicare for All Who Want It” system. His plan would also expand loan forgiveness programs for healthcare professionals and the Conrad 30 waiver program, which waives a reentry requirement for some foreign doctors committing to work in underserved or rural areas.

  • August 8, 2019: Weld, along with Booker, Buttigieg, and Sanders, participated in a presidential candidate’s forum at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Miami.

  • August 7, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in Orlando, Florida, attending a private event with members of the Puerto Rican community and a grassroots rally.

  • August 7, 2019: Buttigieg hired Mick Baccio as his in-house chief information security officer, which Politico called a first for a major 2020 presidential candidate. He also expanded his campaign in New Hampshire, bringing the total number of staffers to 40.

  • August 6, 2019: Buttigieg unveiled a $1 billion plan to combat domestic terrorism and radicalization, which would expand the FBI’s domestic counterterrorism field staff, target online hate speech with software tools, and include new gun legislation on background checks and magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition, among other policy proposals.

  • August 5, 2019: The Buttigieg campaign courted superdelegates, holding a conference call with some to ask for their support and discuss policy.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Buttigieg participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 2, 2019: Buttigieg's New Hampshire state director, Michael Ceraso, departed from the campaign.

  • August 1, 2019: Buttigieg held a press conference to discuss efforts to create more diversity in the South Bend Police Department.

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  July

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Buttigieg participated. He called for debt-free college for low and middle-income students and expanding the public service loan forgiveness program and opposed student loan debt cancellation proposals. Buttigieg also said he would withdraw troops from Afghanistan and require any authorization for the use of military force to have a three-year sunset provision. He said age did not matter in the race as much as vision did.

  • July 28, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in Michigan, speaking in Detroit about racial justice, climate change, and education.

  • July 27, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at a forum hosted by the New Leaders Council Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • July 26, 2019: Buttigieg released a workers policy plan that would allow all workers, including gig economy workers, to form a union; seek to establish gender pay equity; and set the minimum wage at $15.

  • July 24, 2019: Buttigieg, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. Buttigieg discussed his military service in the final episode of the Reclaiming Patriotism podcast. He also attended at least two fundraisers in the Bay Area in California.

  • July 23, 2019: Buttigieg participated in a 2020 forum series hosted by women’s coworking space company The Riveter in Seattle, Washington.

  • July 22, 2019: Buttigieg proposed raising the maximum annual earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax from $132,900 to $250,000 to keep the program solvent.

  • July 20, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa. Buttigieg participated in an event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

  • July 18, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at the Young Democrats of America convention in Indiana. Biden, Buttigieg, and Harris received more contributions from Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s top bundlers than any other Democratic candidates, according to a Politico analysis.

  • July 14, 2019: ABC’s Nightline profiled Buttigieg, including his handling of a police-involved fatal shooting in South Bend, Indiana. Also, CNN reported that Buttigieg had more than 250 staff members and planned to expand his operations in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and California.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in New Hampshire and Iowa.

  • July 11, 2019: Buttigieg officially unveiled the "Douglass Plan", his platform focused on economic opportunity for black Americans. The plan calls for investing $25 billion in HBCUs and minority-serving institutions, revitalizing abandoned properties, and increasing access to credit. He also advocated redrawing the boundaries of Washington, D.C., to create a new state called New Columbia. Also that day, Buttigieg discussed systemic racism, tech regulation, and the state of the Democratic Party in an interview on Recode Decode with Kara Swisher.

  • July 10, 2019: In an interview on NPR’s Morning Edition, Buttigieg discussed his black voter outreach efforts and “Douglass Plan,” which he says will address systemic racial inequality.

  • July 8, 2019: LGBTQ Victory Fund made its first presidential endorsement in the organization’s history, announcing its support for Buttigieg. Buttigieg returned to South Bend, Indiana, to address the city’s Common Council following a police-involved shooting last month. He said he would ask the Board of Public Safety for a community-oriented review of policing, including the use of deadly force, body cameras, and suspect pursuit policies.

  • July 7, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he announced a minority-focused small business plan that would allow indviduals who qualify for Pell Grants to defer their student loan payments and potentially forgive their loans if they start a business. His plan would also establish a $10 billion fund for minority-owned businesses.

  • July 3, 2019: Buttigieg released a national service plan that would increase the number of available service positions and establish a chief service officer serving on the Domestic Policy Council and the National Security Council.

  • July 2, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at the Rainbow PUSH Convention in Chicago. Other participating candidates included Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Bill de Blasio. Also that day, Axios reported that Story Syndicate was filming a documentary following Buttigieg's presidential campaign.

  • July 1, 2019: Buttigieg said he raised $24.8 million during the second quarter of 2019, tripling what he received in the first quarter.

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  June

  • June 29, 2019: Buttigieg walked with South Bend city and faith leaders in a peace march Saturday following an increase in gun violence and the fatal police shooting of Eric Logan.

  • June 27, 2019: At the first Democratic debate, Buttigieg said he had been unable to diversify South Bend's police force and that systemic racism in policing needed to be addressed. He also said there was a tension between Christian values and family separations at the border.

  • June 26, 2019: ABC News reported on Buttigieg's trips to Afghanistan and Iraq as a McKinsey consultant prior to his military deployment.

  • June 24, 2019: The Atlantic published an article exploring Buttigieg's response to an officer-involved shooting in South Bend, Indiana.

  • June 23, 2019: Buttigieg held a town hall in South Bend, Indiana, with police chief Scott Ruszkowski, where they responded to residents' questions related to an officer-involved shooting that occurred June 16.

  • June 22, 2019: Buttigieg and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Buttigieg and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Buttigieg resumed his campaign following an officer-involved shooting in South Bend, Indiana. He and Eric Swalwell spoke at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference.

  • June 20, 2019: The Buttigieg campaign announced it had hired 30 new staffers in Iowa.

  • June 19, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on local station WNDU to discuss an officer-involved shooting in South Bend, Indiana, that took place Sunday. Buttigieg canceled campaign events that week to remain in South Bend following the shooting.

  • June 17, 2019: Buttigieg canceled several fundraising events across California scheduled for the week. He announced that he was staying in South Bend, Indiana, following an officer-involved shooting on June 16.

  • June 16, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on Meet the Press, where he discussed U.S.-Iranian relations, Joe Biden's age, and foreign interference in elections.

  • June 15, 2019: Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke joined striking fast food restaurant workers in a Charleston, South Carolina, march organized by the group Fight for $15.

  • June 13, 2019: The State reported that Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Beto O'Rourke, and Elizabeth Warren would attend the June 15 Black Economic Alliance’s presidential forum in Charleston, South Carolina.

  • June 12, 2019: Buttigieg wrote an op-ed in The Charleston Chronicle detailing his Douglass Plan focused on economic opportunity for black Americans. The plan aims to increase access to credit and the number of small businesses in black communities. It would also seek to increase the rate of federal contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses from 5 percent to 25 percent.

  • June 11, 2019: Buttigieg delivered a national security and foreign policy address at Indiana University.

  • June 10, 2019: On June 10, CNBC reported that Nicole Avant, who helped bundle at least $800,000 for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, was backing Buttigieg's campaign.

  • June 9, 2019: Buttigieg and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Buttigieg and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: Buttigieg and Cory Booker spoke at the African-American Leadership Council Summit in Atlanta. Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke were scheduled to meet with Stacey Abrams.

  • June 4, 2019: During a panel discussion in South Bend, Indiana, about access to capital, Buttigieg said the local use of community development financial institutions could be one example of reparations.

  • June 3, 2019: In an interview with NBC News, Buttigieg described his plan to depoliticize the Supreme Court by expanding the court to 15 members: five Democrats, five Republicans, and five others who are chosen by the 10 partisan justices. He also participated in an MSNBC town hall.

  • June 1, 2019: Speaking at the California Democratic Party Convention, Buttigieg said Trump would win again if Democrats played it safe in 2020. "He wins if we look like defenders of the system. He wins if we look like more of the same," Buttigieg said. "He wins if we look like Washington. And so the riskiest thing we could do is try too hard to play it safe."

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Buttigieg would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: Following special counsel Robert Mueller’s statement about his investigation into potential foreign intervention in the 2016 presidential campaign and obstruction of justice, Buttigieg said for the first time that impeachment proceedings should begin against Donald Trump.

  • May 29, 2019: In an interview on MSNBC’s Hardball, Buttigieg discussed Trump’s foreign policy and relationship with Kim Jong Un.

  • May 28, 2019: Buttigieg created a new bundler program with levels between $25,000 and $250,000 to encourage supporters to give half of their total fundraising commitment before the end of June, the end of the next FEC fundraising reporting period.

  • May 23, 2019: Buttigieg said he supported athletes who kneel during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. “I felt that I was watching Americans exercise a right that I had put my life on the line to defend,” he said.

  • May 23, 2019: Buttigieg discussed the state of the Republican Party and democracy in The New York Times podcast The Argument.

  • May 21, 2019: In a Newsweek interview, Buttigieg discussed how his military service in Afghanistan has informed his presidential campaign

  • May 20, 2019: Buttigieg held a fundraiser at Wynwood Walls in Miami, Florida.

  • May 19, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on a Fox News town hall where he discussed tax policy, abortion, moving to a popular vote system, and Trump’s tweets.

  • May 16, 2019: Buttigieg released his first list of policy priorities, including creating "Medicare for All Who Want It” as a precursor to Medicare for All, implementing a Green New Deal, and establishing independent redistricting commissions to end gerrymandering.

  • May 15, 2019: Advertising strategist and Obama alum Larry Grisolano joined Buttigieg’s campaign. Buttigieg also hired other AKPD Message and Media staff members and pollster Katie Connolly of Benenson Strategy Group.

  • May 14, 2019: Buttigieg shut down his Hitting Home PAC, the group he initially launched in 2017 to support his unsuccessful effort to become chair of the Democratic National Committee.

  • May 13, 2019: Buttigieg discussed his presidential campaign on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

  • May 11, 2019: Buttigieg made his first appearance in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a presidential candidate, delivering the keynote speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual gala.

  • May 9, 2019: Katzenberg hosted a Los Angeles fundraiser for Buttigieg.

  • May 8, 2019: Buttigieg arrived in California, where he headlined more than 10 fundraisers in three days.

  • May 7, 2019: Buttigieg discussed the 2020 presidential race, his marriage, and his faith in an interview on The TODAY Show.

  • May 6, 2019: Buttigieg hired four new staffers in Iowa and three in New Hampshire. Brendan McPhillips, who ran Andrew Gillum’s gubernatorial campaign in Florida, will serve as Buttigieg’s Iowa state director. A 2016 Sanders campaign alum, Michael Ceraso, will run Buttigieg’s New Hampshire campaign.

  • May 5, 2019: Buttigieg attended and spoke at Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class in Plains, Georgia.

  • May 2, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine with a feature called “First Family: The Unlikely, Untested, and Unprecedented Campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.”

  • May 1, 2019: The Buttigieg campaign released a second statement on Buttigieg’s vaccination stance after initially saying he supported medical and religious exemptions under certain circumstances. The campaign said: "Pete believes vaccines are safe and effective and are necessary to maintaining public health. … He is aware that in most states the law provides for some kinds of exemptions. He believes only medical exemptions should be allowed."

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: Buttigieg released his tax returns showing he and his husband earned $152,643 in 2018 and paid an effective tax rate of 13 percent.

  • April 29, 2019: Vogue profiled Buttigieg with a focus on his campaigning style, personal history, and marriage. Buttigieg also met with Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss black voter outreach.

  • April 26, 2019: Buttigieg said his campaign will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists and that he is returning $30,250 in donations from federal lobbyists. His campaign will also not allow lobbyists to be bundlers, accept money from corporate PACs, or accept contributions from fossil fuel firms.

  • April 25, 2019: Variety reported that Buttigieg was planning fundraisers in the Bay Area, Boston, Dallas, Houston, San Diego, Chicago, and Washington.

  • April 24, 2019: Buttigieg received his first congressional endorsement from Virginia Rep. Don Beyer.

  • April 23, 2019: Fox News announced that Buttigieg would participate in a town hall moderated by Chris Wallace on May 19 in Claremont, New Hampshire.

  • April 20, 2019: Buttigieg spoke at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, addressing student debt and veterans.

  • April 18, 2019: Buttigieg attended a fundraiser in New York City and appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

  • April 17, 2019: More than 20 top Democratic bundlers are supporting Buttigieg, including 2004 John Kerry campaign official Steve Elmendorf, who raised $100,000 for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and former U.S. ambassador to Italy John Phillips, who raised $500,000 for Barack Obama in 2012.

  • April 16, 2019: The Hill reported that Buttigieg was in discussions to participate in a televised Fox News town hall. Several other candidates had discussed a willingness to appear on the network.

  • April 14, 2019: Buttigieg formally launched his presidential campaign in South Bend, Indiana. If elected, Buttigieg—who is 37 years old now—would be the youngest president ever to take office. The current record-holder is Teddy Roosevelt, who was 42 years old when he first took office.

  • April 11, 2019: Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Steve Grossman, called a “funding powerhouse” by NBC News’ Jonathan Allen, endorsed Buttigieg.

  • April 9, 2019: BuzzFeed published a report on Buttigieg’s South Bend redevelopment program to bulldoze or repair 1,000 vacant and abandoned houses and the effect it had on black and Hispanic communities.

  • April 8, 2019: Victory Fund President Annise Parker said the group would endorse Buttigieg as soon as he announces he is moving from an exploratory committee to an official run. The group spent $2 million on LGBT candidates in 2018.

  • April 7, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” before giving a speech at an LGBTQ Victory Fund event. He said his marriage strengthened his faith and questioned evangelical support for Donald Trump.

  • April 4, 2019: While speaking at the National Action Network’s annual conference, Buttigieg called for abolishing the death penalty and said he would support a bill to establish a study on reparations. He campaigned in New Hampshire from April 6-7.

  • April 2, 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed by Roman Catholic priest Edward Beck, where he discussed his personal faith, marriage, and Vice President Mike Pence.

  • April 1, 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed on The Ezra Klein Show, where he discussed his theory for political change and his experiences as mayor.

  • April 1, 2019: Buttigieg announced that his campaign has raised more than $7 million in the first quarter of 2019.

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  March

  • March 28, 2019: Susie Tompkins Buell, a Democratic donor who brought in $6 million for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, scheduled a fundraiser for Buttigieg. Buell had previously expressed support for Kamala Harris and was also scheduled to hold a fundraiser for her.

  • March 28, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in San Francisco, California, where he said that he was running “not to be a candidate for the LGBTQ community alone, or for any one group,” but for all Americans.

  • March 26, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on the podcast The Breakfast Club, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God. Buttigieg discussed his black agenda and being an openly gay politician.

  • March 23, 2019: Buttigieg made an appearance in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He spoke at Clinton College.

  • March 20, 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed by Esquire, where he discussed socialism, the Green New Deal, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, and reparations.

  • March 13, 2019: Buttigieg tweeted that he was 85 percent of the way to the $65,000 threshold for participation in the first Democratic primary debate.

  • March 12, 2019: Buttigieg delivered his final State of the City address in South Bend, Indiana.

  • March 11, 2019: Buttigieg had his best fundraising day of the cycle, following his televised town hall on CNN. His campaign said he received $600,000 and more than 22,200 donations in 24 hours.

  • March 10, 2019: Buttigieg participated in a town hall televised by CNN, where he discussed the Supreme Court, military experience, and potential impeachment proceedings against Trump.

  • March 7, 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed on CNN by Christiane Amanpour and on former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara’s podcast. Buttigieg said the 2020 election could not solely focus on Trump. Otherwise, he said that "once again a lot of people, especially in the industrial regions where I live, will say that nobody is talking about me.”

  • March 4, 2019: CityLab published a profile of Buttigieg covering his focus on job automation and the future of work.

  • March 3, 2019: Buttigieg said his first legislative initiative would be what he called “democratic reform.” He pointed to reversing Citizens United, abolishing the Electoral College, and creating a "more depoliticized Supreme Court.”

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  February

  • February 27, 2019: Buttigieg made his first presidential campaign visit to California.

  • February 24, 2019: Buttigieg campaigned in Indianapolis, Indiana, as part of his 10-city book tour.

  • February 19: 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed on radio program 1A, where he discussed spending billions to address climate change.

  • February 15, 2019: Buttigieg appeared on PBS NewsHour where he discussed his youth in the race, climate change as a national emergency, and healthcare. Watch the interview here.

  • February 14, 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed by Gabriel Debenedetti for New York Magazine.

  • February 10, 2019: Buttigieg said he supported the Green New Deal resolution proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, which includes a complete transition to renewable energy. Newsweek published a round-up of where all the Democratic candidates stand on the proposal.

  • February 10, 2019: Buttigieg was scheduled to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Feb. 14. Buttigieg’s civic memoir, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future, was also released.

  • February 7, 2019: After traveling to Iowa over the weekend, Buttigieg was scheduled to make his first visit to New Hampshire on Feb. 16.

  • February 5, 2019: In an interview with The Washington Blade, discussed the possibility of him becoming the first openly gay presidential nominee of a major party and his position on LGBT issues.

  • February 4, 2019: Buttigieg was scheduled to visit Iowa on February 8th and 9th to attend meet and greets in Ames, Grinnell, and Ankeny.

  • February 3, 2019: Buttigieg said he did not think a single-payer healthcare system necessitated ending private insurance. “If the framework we're using is Medicare, a lot of people who have Medicare also have Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, something like that," he said.

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  January

  • January 31, 2019: Buttigieg was interviewed by NPR about his platform on what he calls intergenerational justice. Learn more here.

  • January 31, 2019: In an appearance on The View, Buttigieg questioned whether a congressman or a mayor was better prepared to lead the country. Watch the full interview here.

  • January 28, 2019: Buttigieg, who heads the U.S. Conference of Mayors Automation Task Force, appeared in a NowThis News clip on the future of jobs. “A lot of Americans right now are worried about how we're going to compete with China. I'm more worried about how we're going to compete with robots,” he says in the clip.

Julian Castro

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• January 2, 2020: Castro ended his presidential campaign. “I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve run together,” Castro said in a video statement. “We’ve shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people and given a voice to those who are often forgotten.”

• December 24, 2019: Castro spent the holidays with his family in Texas.

• December 20, 2019: Castro made five campaign stops in Seattle, including speaking with immigration advocates at the headquarters of OneAmerica.

• December 19, 2019: Castro aired an ad during the debate criticizing Iowa and New Hampshire’s early primary placement.

• December 19, 2019: Castro tweeted about the debate topics.

2020

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  January

  • January 2, 2020: Castro ended his presidential campaign. “I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve run together,” Castro said in a video statement. “We’ve shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people and given a voice to those who are often forgotten.”

2019

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  December

  • December 20, 2019: Castro made five campaign stops in Seattle, including speaking with immigration advocates at the headquarters of OneAmerica.

  • December 19, 2019: Castro aired an ad during the debate criticizing Iowa and New Hampshire’s early primary placement.

  • December 19, 2019: Castro tweeted about the debate topics.

  • December 16, 2019: Castro visited Skid Row in Los Angeles to discuss homelessness.

  • December 14, 2019: The Daily Progress reported that Castro, who had reportedly missed the deadline to appear on Virginia’s state primary ballot, would appear on the ballot in Virginia.

  • December 11, 2019: Castro spoke at the Latino-Native American Cultural Center in Iowa.
  • December 11, 2019: Castro held a town hall at Grinnell College in Iowa.

  • December 10, 2019: Castro hosted a town hall in Iowa on the role of Iowa and New Hampshire as the first caucus and primary states.

  • December 9, 2019: Castro kicked off a three-day tour of Iowa with meet-and-greets across the state.

  • December 5, 2019: Castro crossed the fundraising threshold for the December debate, tweeting that he received contributions from 200,000 donors. He needs to reach the polling threshold in four eligible polls to qualify.

  • December 5, 2019: Castro gave a speech on foreign policy at Stanford University.

  • December 3, 2019: Castro continued to campaign in Los Angeles, joining Black Lives Matter activists at a press conference regarding the shooting of Grechario Mack.

  • December 2, 2019: Castro campaigned in Los Angeles. Castro also released his policy plan on hunger and food insecurity on Nov. 27.

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  November

  • November 25, 2019: Castro participated in a virtual town hall hosted by Indivisible. He also tweeted that he was 10,000 donors away from the December fundraising threshold.

  • November 24, 2019: Castro campaigned at the Siouxland Pride Alliance in Iowa.

  • November 23-24, 2019: Castro campaigned in Iowa with events in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Storm Lake, and Sioux City.

  • November 20, 2019: Castro wrote an op-ed in Shondaland about why he chose to continue his campaign after not qualifying for the November debate.

  • November 19, 2019: Castro discussed housing, poverty, and education during a campaign event in Atlanta.

  • November 16, 2019: Eight candidates, including Castro, participated in the Real América Presidential Forum hosted by the Democratic Party of California and Univision. The event took place as part of the state party's endorsing convention that weekend.

  • November 13, 2019: Castro released his policy plan for people with disabilities. He called for funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and repealing the subminimum wage program in Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  • November 12, 2019: Castro attended an immigration roundtable in Iowa with refugees from Honduras and El Salvador.

  • November 10, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Castro called for the primary calendar to be restructured so that states representative of the country’s demographic diversity vote earlier than Iowa and New Hampshire.

  • November 7, 2019: Castro spoke at the Annie’s List dinner in San Antonio.

  • November 6, 2019: In an interview on The Soul of Nation with Jim Wallis, Castro discussed his Catholic faith and morality.

  • November 5, 2019: Castro aired a new ad in Iowa comparing his policies to Trump’s as part of a $50,000 ad buy.

  • November 4, 2019: Castro is firing staff in New Hampshire and South Carolina and will focus his campaign on Iowa and Nevada.

  • November 1, 2019: Castro reached his goal of raising $800,000 before the end of October and will remain in the race.

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  October

  • October 28, 2019: During the J Street conference, Castro said he would push for a U.S. consulate in east Jerusalem and restore United Nations funding to Palestine.

  • October 24, 2019: Castro attended a televised town hall on Latino issues hosted by LULAC and Newsmax.

  • October 23-24, 2019: Castro is campaigned in Iowa, including a stop at the University of Northern Iowa.

  • October 23, 2019: Castro released his criminal justice platform, “The First Chance Plan.” His proposals focus on housing, education, job training, and foster care policy, in addition to ending cash bail, solitary confinement for punitive purposes, and for-profit prisons.

  • October 21, 2019: Castro said he would end his campaign for president if he did not raise $800,000 by Oct. 31.

  • October 19-20, 2019: Castro will make his tenth campaign trip to Nevada over the weekend, including an event with the Las Vegas chapter of the National Organization for Women.

  • October 18, 2019: Castro is attending a roundtable discussion on racial profiling in Des Moines and a forum in Davenport.

  • October 17, 2019: Castro will attend a community block party hosted by Urban Dreams, Creative visions, and NAACP Des Moines in Iowa.

  • October 10, 2019: Castro released a foster care platform, calling for increased funding for foster care programs and allowing foster children the option to remain in foster care until they turn 21.

  • October 9, 2019: Castro talked with TMZ about China's decision not to air NBA games after Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey expressed support for protesters in Hong Kong. Castro said, "It's important for the NBA to stand up for the things that it says it believes in. …[F]ree speech is one of those things."

  • October 7, 2019: Castro visited a refugee camp across the border from Brownsville, Texas, where he criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

  • October 6, 2019: Castro appeared on NPR’s Off Script series, speaking about impeachment, Castro’s early-state polling performance, and whether Castro would consider running as a vice presidential candidate.

  • October 2, 2019: Castro released his labor policy plan, focusing on promoting the right to organize and protecting domestic and farm workers.

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  September

  • September 30, 2019: Castro discussed impeachment on Off Script: 2020 Candidate Conversations.

  • September 30, 2019: Castro said he would not run for U.S. Senate in Texas if he were to leave the 2020 presidential race.

  • September 27, 2019: The Castro campaign opened a new headquarters in Reno, Nevada.

  • September 25, 2019: Castro campaigned in San Francisco.

  • September 18, 2019: Castro issued his housing plan with a focus on addressing rental affordability, aligning housing policy with climate policy, and increasing homeownership.

  • September 17, 2019: Castro discussed healthcare and activism in an interview with Ady Barkan on NowThisNews.

  • September 16, 2019: Castro hosted a birthday celebration with his twin brother, Joaquin, in San Antonio.

  • September 12, 2019: Castro participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Castro, click here. Also on September 12, Castro spoke about decriminalizing migration, creating a climate refugee class, homelessness, and animal protection in an interview on The Ezra Klein Show.

  • September 10, 2019: Castro spoke at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s presidential forum.

  • September 9, 2019: Castro held a rally in Houston, Texas.

  • September 7, 2019: Castro spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 3, 2019: Castro released his “People and Planet First” environmental plan. “Together, we will direct $10 trillion in federal, state, local, and private investments over the next decade to create ten million good paying jobs, transition away from fossil fuels, build a 100 percent clean-energy economy, and lead the world in the 21st century,” he wrote in a Medium post introducing the plan.

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  August

  • August 30, 2019: Castro continued campaigning in South Carolina, with stops in Charleston and Beaufort.

  • August 29, 2019: Castro will be in Columbia, South Carolina, attending a roundtable on gun violence.

  • August 26-28, 2019: Castro campaigned in Nevada with stops at afterschool and homeless programs and the Nevada AFL-CIO convention.

  • August 20, 2019: Castro tweeted that he had reached with the polling requirement for the third and fourth Democratic presidential debates. Having already reached the fundraising threshold, he is the 10th candidate to qualify. Castro also issued a policy proposal on animal and wildlife protection.

  • August 16, 2019: Castro unveiled a series of tax and economic proposals. He said he would replace the estate tax with an inherited wealth tax and change how investments are valued for inheritances to prevent lowered tax rates. He also called for raising the capital gains tax rate from 20 percent to 40 percent for people who earn $400,000 or more. For lower-income households, no family would pay more than 7 percent of its income for childcare.

  • August 13, 2019: Castro purchased airtime during Fox & Friends to air a new ad directed at Trump, criticizing his rhetoric about immigrants.

  • August 12, 2019: Castro returned to Iowa, campaigning in Des Moines and Marshalltown.

  • August 10, 2019: Castro discussed tariffs and how trade policy was affecting farmers.

  • August 5, 2019: Castro appeared on MSNBC and CNN to discuss the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Castro participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: The Latino Victory Fund endorsed Castro.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Castro participated. At the debate, Castro presented his proposal on new policing standards. He also advocated decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings and criticized Joe Biden on immigration policy during their shared time in the Obama administration, saying “one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't.” He also said Donald Trump should be impeached immediately regardless of the political outcome. Also on July 31, The Texas Tribune published an interview with Castro campaign manager Maya Rupert about campaign strategy and policy.

  • July 26, 2019: Castro spoke at a forum hosted by the New Leaders Council Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • July 25, 2019: Castro expanded his campaign staff, bringing on former Arizona Democratic Party finance director Joseph Czajkowski and two other finance team members. He also hired a digital director, creative director, and two deputy communications directors. Castro also issued an indigenous communities policy proposal that would create tribal advisory committees within top government agencies and increase spending on healthcare, economic, and other programs for indigenous communities.

  • July 24, 2019: Castro, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. Castro spoke about decertifying police officers involved in shootings of unarmed civilians and Ben Carson’s performance as secretary of housing and urban development in an interview on The Clay Cane Show.

  • July 21, 2019: NBC News reported that Castro added gender pronouns to his Twitter campaign bio, which is a common practice among the transgender community and its supporters.

  • July 19-21, 2019: Castro campaigned in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Iowa. He said he planned to hire more staff in New Hampshire.

  • July 16, 2019: Castro participated in a candidate forum in Davenport, Iowa, hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP. Democracy Now! interviewed Castro about immigration, labor issues, and foreign policy.

  • July 13, 2019: Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, and Elizabeth Warren attended Netroots Nation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Castro discussed income inequality and advocated housing vouchers and the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Castro campaigned in New Hampshire and Iowa.

  • July 11, 2019: Castro participated in a town hall hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens at their annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • July 9, 2019: Castro said that in addition to decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings, he advocates repealing the law that makes it a felony to reenter the U.S. after deportation. Also on July 9, Castro and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: Castro announced he had reached the 130,000-donor threshold to qualify for the third and fourth Democratic primary debates. Castro also campaigned in Omaha, Nebraska.

  • July 6-8, 2019: Castro campaigned in Nevada and Iowa.

  • July 5, 2019: Castro was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas.

  • July 2, 2019: Castro discussed campaign fundraising and immigration on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show.

  • July 1, 2019: Castro joined the Workers Defense Action Fund in Texas to discuss labor and immigration issues.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: Castro appeared on MSNBC’s Kasie DC along with three other candidates. Castro campaigned across Texas.

  • June 27, 2019: Castro discussed his plan to decriminalize border crossings in an interview on The View.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, Castro advocated establishing a Marshall Plan for Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. He also condemned the metering policy on migrants seeking asylum and said he would decriminalize illegal border crossings.

  • June 25, 2019: In an interview with Religion News, Castro spoke of his Catholic upbringing, the relationship between religion and policy, and hate crimes.

  • June 24, 2019: Castro signed a pledge to revoke the 2001 Authorization of Military Force which has covered U.S. deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, among other areas.

  • June 22, 2019: Castro and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Castro and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood. Castro also referred to a Trump tweet saying he called off a military strike against Iran 10 minutes before it was set to happen, and to Trump delaying raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend, as "bull**** politics." Castro said Trump is "a political conman."

  • June 21, 2019: Castro and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Castro delivered the keynote speech at the national conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

  • June 19, 2019: Castro released the final part of his three-part housing plan, saying the plan—called "People First Housing"—would "help more families realize the dream of homeownership and...boost oversight of Wall Street's housing practices to ensure more families can stay in their homes."

  • June 17, 2019: Castro was one of 10 candidates that spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C. Castro called for a federal guarantee of housing for the poor and said that housing was a human right. “Especially in the wealthiest nation on Earth, I don’t think there’s anybody who should go without a safe, decent place to live,” he said.

  • June 13, 2019: During a town hall on Fox News, Castro discussed immigration, abortion, the Trump administration’s foreign policy, and the Hatch Act.

  • June 12, 2019: Castro spoke at Living United for Change in Arizona about his policing standards platform.

  • June 11, 2019: Responding to the jury deadlock in the trial of border activist Scott Warren, Castro tweeted that his administration "will not criminalize humanitarian aid and will treat asylum seekers with compassion."

  • June 10, 2019: Castro proposed launching a presidential task force on lead poisoning and allocating $5 billion per year for a decade to replace lead pipes and address contamination.

  • June 8, 2019: Castro visited Flint, Michigan. He previously visited the city in 2016 while serving as secretary of housing and urban development. He spoke with local officials about water filtration systems and food insecurity.

  • June 3, 2019: Castro released his policing platform. He called for establishing national standards for law enforcement conduct, increasing federal oversight of excessive force, and demilitarizing the police to improve community relations.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Castro would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2. Castro announced he would participate in a Fox News town hall moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum and filmed live in Phoenix, Arizona, June 13. Castro also attended the Immigrant Unity and Freedom Presidential Forum in Pasadena, California, along with Kamala Harris, Jay Inslee, and Bernie Sanders.

  • May 30, 2019: During an interview on The Gaggle podcast, Castro discussed how his economic and immigration policies would affect Arizona.

  • May 28, 2019: Castro discussed his Latino voter outreach strategy in an Associated Press article.

  • May 24, 2019: In an appearance on NPR’s Morning Edition, Castro discussed immigration and border crossings.

  • May 21, 2019: Castro discussed abortion, immigration, and the Housing and Urban Development budget in an interview on MSNBC’s The Last Word.

  • May 20, 2019: KUT News profiled Castro and his “People First” immigration platform.

  • May 19, 2019: While speaking at the Tennessee Democratic Party's 2019 Elevate Summit, Castro discussed integrity in office and why he chose to leave a job at a San Antonio law firm when it conflicted with his duties on the city council.

  • May 16, 2019: Castro joined a rally at the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, where 15,000 workers were striking for one day.

  • May 15, 2019: In an interview with Mother Jones, Castro discussed his immigration policy, Medicare, and impeaching Trump.

  • May 13, 2019: Castro released his education platform, calling it a “People First Education” policy. His plan would provide universal pre-K education funded through grants to state and local governments, eliminate tuition at public universities and technical schools, and change interest rate rules for student loan debt.

  • May 12, 2019: Castro campaigned in Fresno, California, and appeared in an interview on local network KSEE.

  • May 9, 2019: Castro’s campaign staff unionized with representation from the Campaign Workers Guild.

  • May 8, 2019: In an interview with The New York Times, Maya Rupert discussed outreach to Latino voters and being Castro’s campaign manager.

  • May 6, 2019: Castro campaigned in New Hampshire, marking his fourth visit to the state.

  • May 3, 2019: Castro announced that he had met the 65,000-donor threshold for the first Democratic presidential primary debates. In an interview with Vice, Castro said he believed his path to the White House ran through Texas and Nevada.

  • May 1, 2019: Castro discussed reproductive healthcare at the South Texas Planned Parenthood Luncheon.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: Castro tweeted that Attorney General William Barr should be impeached following his handling of the Mueller report.

  • April 29, 2019: During a segment on WMUR’s “Conversations with the Candidate” series, Castro his personal history and gun legislation. “I support universal background checks, limiting the capacity of magazines and also an updated assault weapons ban," Castro said.

  • April 26-28, 2019: Castro campaigned in Nevada and New Hampshire.

  • April 23, 2019: Castro was in San Antonio during the city’s Fiesta San Antonio event.

  • April 22, 2019: Castro announced that he would create an office within the Department of Justice specifically to address what he called racially discriminatory policing.

  • April 17, 2019: The New York Times profiled Castro and the challenges his campaign is facing to gain momentum.

  • April 15, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Castro discussed the state’s caucuses and immigration in an interview with Radio Iowa.

  • April 14, 2019: Castro raised $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2019. His campaign reported that he had raised another $550,000 in the first two weeks of April following increased digital fundraising efforts. Julia Ager, the former chief digital officer at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, joined his campaign in mid-March.

  • April 11, 2019: CNN featured Castro in a town hall Thursday night, where he discussed the Trump administration’s immigration policies, expunging criminal records for people imprisoned for marijuana use, reparations, and being the only Latino candidate in the field.

  • April 10, 2019: Castro held an event in San Antonio, Texas, focused on immigration and intended to be a counter-rally to a visit from Trump.

  • April 9, 2019: Castro appeared on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, where he discussed the Mueller report, Trump administration, and immigration.

  • April 8, 2019: Castro criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he would annex the West Bank if re-elected. “In abandoning our position as a good faith partner in the Middle East peace process, the Trump admin has enabled reckless actions like this from Netanyahu. US support for a two-state solution is on the line in November 2020,” Castro tweeted.

  • April 6, 2019: Castro held his first California rally, discussing his immigration platform and Central America foreign policy.

  • April 1, 2019: Castro released his immigration policy proposal, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million individuals residing in the U.S. without legal permission and repeal Section 1325, a law which makes it a federal crime to illegally cross the border.

  • April 1, 2019: The Guardian profiled Castro, tracking his path from the mayor of San Antonio to U.S. secretary of housing and urban development to presidential candidate.

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  March

  • March 30, 2019: Castro campaigned in Iowa and Nevada from Mar. 30-31. He was interviewed by NBC 5 Dallas Fort-Worth on Mar. 28.

  • March 19, 2019: Castro held a campaign event in Dallas, Texas. He told attendees that he supports universal, national pre-K, and Medicare for All and that he would recommit to the Paris Climate Accord on his first day in office.

  • March 18, 2019: Castro campaigned in New Hampshire, where he discussed not being the frontrunner in the race.

  • March 17, 2019: Castro campaigned in South Carolina, including a visit to the site of the future International African American Museum.

  • March 15, 2019: Castro received endorsements from 30 Texas politicians, including San Antonio city council members and 17 state legislators. He was also endorsed by former San Antonio mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros.

  • March 14, 2019: Castro called for the equivalent of a modern-day Marshall Plan in Central America, with a focus on El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

  • March 11, 2019: Vicente Gonzalez became the third member of the Texas congressional delegation to endorse Castro.

  • March 10, 2019: Speaking at SXSW, Castro said he would create a commission to investigate reparations for slavery. He also discussed his decision to go on the national stage instead of remaining in Texas.

  • March 6, 2019: KLAS TV posted an interview with Castro about immigration and border security.

  • March 5, 2019: Castro campaigned in Los Angeles as part of a strategy focused on securing delegates from states with large Latino populations, including California, Nevada, and Texas.

  • March 1, 2019: Castro spoke at the California Latino Legislative Caucus Conference in Anaheim, California, Friday. His policy focus on education was also profiled by NBC News.

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  February

  • February 28, 2019: With Julian Castro visiting Idaho and Utah during the week, Houston Chronicle published an overview of his campaign’s decision to use a 50-state strategy rather than focus on the early voting states.

  • February 27, 2019: Castro campaigned in Utah, becoming the first 2020 presidential candidate to visit the state.

  • February 26, 2019: Castro campaigned in Idaho, saying, “What I want people in Idaho to know is that I believe everybody counts in America. I came here even though Democrats don’t often come here because I know that you count, too.”

  • February 25, 2019: Castro hired new staffers for his national and New Hampshire operations: Shereen Zaid as director of scheduling and advance, Manny Espitia as New Hampshire state director and Lauren Reyes as New Hampshire organizing director.

  • February 24, 2019: Gillibrand and former U.S. Secretary of Housing Julian Castro appeared on Insiders with David Price, where they discussed Medicare for All.

  • February 21, 2019: In an interview with The Root, Castro said he would consider a plan for reparations for black Americans.

  • February 20, 2019: Castro appeared on a segment of WBUR’s Here and Now, where he discussed immigration, Medicare for All, low-income housing, and his Catholicism.

  • February 20, 2019: Castro was scheduled to travel to Iowa on Feb. 21, marking his first visit to the state as a presidential candidate.

  • February 17, 2019: Castro pledged to visit all 50 states as part of his campaign. Castro, who had already traveled to New Hampshire, California, Arizona, Florida, and Texas, announced his plans to visit Iowa for the first time as a candidate.

  • February 6, 2019: Castro appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Watch the interview here.

  • February 2, 2019: Castro discussed the Trump administration, bilingualism in Latino communities, and trade with New York Magazine. Read the interview here.

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  January

  • January 27, 2019: Castro said an independent presidential run by Howard Schultz would siphon votes away from Democrats in 2020. “I have a concern that if he did run that, essentially, it would provide Donald Trump with his best hope of getting re-elected,” Castro said.

John Delaney

Top five

• January 31, 2020: Delaney announced that he was ending his presidential campaign. His campaign said in a press release, “John does not want the good work of his campaign to make it harder for those like-minded candidates on the bubble of viability in many Iowa precincts to advance in the Iowa caucuses and garner delegates.”

• January 30, 2020: Delaney began his final campaign in Iowa with stops in Muscatine and Cedar Rapids.

• January 27, 2020: Delaney campaigned in Iowa with stops in Cedar Falls and Tripoli.

• January 24, 2020: Delaney spoke at an economic forum in New Hampshire.

• January 22, 2020: Delaney campaigned in Iowa with stops in Elkader, West Union, and Decorah.

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  January

  • January 31, 2020: Delaney announced that he was ending his presidential campaign. His campaign said in a press release, “John does not want the good work of his campaign to make it harder for those like-minded candidates on the bubble of viability in many Iowa precincts to advance in the Iowa caucuses and garner delegates.”

  • January 30, 2020: Delaney began his final campaign in Iowa with stops in Muscatine and Cedar Rapids.

  • January 27, 2020: Delaney campaigned in Iowa with stops in Cedar Falls and Tripoli.

  • January 24, 2020: Delaney spoke at an economic forum in New Hampshire.

  • January 22, 2020: Delaney campaigned in Iowa with stops in Elkader, West Union, and Decorah.

  • January 18-19, 2020: Delaney campaigned in Iowa with stops in Tamaand Washington.

  • January 17, 2020: Delaney hosted an event with voters in Carroll, Iowa.

  • January 14, 2020: Delaney campaigned in Iowa with stops in Humeston and Osceola. Also that day, Delaney launched a new ad in Iowa during the Democratic primary debate highlighting his campaign travel in the state.

  • January 13, 2020: Delaney continued to campaign in Iowa with stops in Griswold and Cumberland.

  • January 12, 2020: Delaney attended a presidential forum on immigration, education, environmental issues, and justice in Des Moines.

  • January 6, 2020: Delaney discussed Iran in an interview on Iowa local television.

  • January 6, 2020: Delaney continued his monthlong tour of Iowa with stops in Arnolds Park and Mason City.

  • January 3, 2020: Delaney began a monthlong tour of Iowa.

2019

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  December

  • December 19, 2019: GEN interviewed Delaney about running as a moderate candidate, impeachment, and the debates.

  • December 17, 2019: Delaney posted his LGBT policy plan, which includes passing the Equality Act and prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations.

  • December 14, 2019: Delaney attended campaign events in Clinton and Muscatine counties in Iowa.

  • December 12, 2019: Delaney failed to file petition signatures to appear on Virginia’s primary ballot by the deadline.

  • December 10, 2019: Delaney spoke at a candidate forum series on the economy co-sponsored by The New Hampshire Union Leader and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses.

  • December 9, 2019: Delaney campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • December 6, 2019: Delaney campaigned in Iowa.

  • December 2, 2019: The Delaney campaign released a statement saying Delaney would remain in the race following the departures of Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak.

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  November

  • November 23, 2019: The Burlington Hawk Eye interviewed Delaney about infrastructure and economic opportunity zones.

  • November 21, 2019: Delaney continued to campaign in Iowa with stops in Des Moines and Estherville.

  • November 20, 2019: Delaney made his 40th trip to Iowa with an event in Burlington.

  • November 16-17, 2019: Twelve candidates, including Delaney, attended the Democratic Party of California's endorsing convention in Long Beach.

  • November 14, 2019: Delaney announced Kandie Stroud would join his campaign as communications director.

  • November 13, 2019: Delaney purchased 30-minute program blocks for a television special in Iowa covering his positions on healthcare, climate change, jobs, and other issues. The special aired first on November 17 with additional broadcasts until the caucuses.

  • November 12, 2019: In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Delaney discussed globalization, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and U.S.-China trade relations.

  • November 8, 2019: Delaney criticized Medicare for All in an interview on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom.

  • November 4, 2019: Delaney filed for the New Hampshire primary.

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  October

  • October 28, 2019: In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Delaney criticized the state of the Democratic Party primary, which he said generates extreme partisan positions over bipartisan solutions.

  • October 22, 2019: Delaney launched a fundraising contest for any donor to be entered to win World Series tickets.

  • October 20, 2019: Delaney opposed universal basic income and said the United States had more of a pay problem than jobs problem in an interview on Channel 13’s Insiders in New Hampshire.

  • October 16, 2019: Delaney began his three-day RV campaign across Iowa.

  • October 10, 2019: Delaney participated in a Democracy Town Hall event in Rochester, New Hampshire.

  • October 4, 2019: Delaney appeared on Newsy Tonight. He discussed healthcare, student loan debt, and climate change.

  • October 2, 2019: Delaney spoke at The Chicago Council about foreign policy.

  • October 1, 2019: In an interview on Fox Business, Delaney advocated the U.S. rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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  September

  • September 27, 2019: Delaney’s Iowa state director departed his presidential campaign. Brent Roske was named the new Iowa state director.

  • September 28-29, 2019:Delaney attended six events in Iowa, including the Harry Hopkins Dinner in Sioux City.

  • September 25, 2019: Washington Examiner interviewed Delaney about his fitness routine.

  • September 23, 2019: Delaney appeared on Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom.

  • September 21, 2019: Delaney was unable to appear at the Polk County Steak Fry because he was attending his daughter’s wedding.

  • September 14, 2019: Delaney spoke about gun legislation and Democratic messaging around guns in an interview on CNN’s Smerconish.

  • September 12, 2019: Delaney was in New York, making appearances on cable TV. He spoke about his appeal to centrist voters on Cheddar.

  • September 11, 2019: Delaney delivered his literal elevator pitch in a segment on Yahoo! News.

  • September 10, 2019: 'Fox News interviewed Delaney’s wife, April, as part of their “Power Partners” series.

  • September 9, 2019: Delaney discussed the vulnerabilities of higher-polling candidates in an interview on CNN.

  • September 8, 2019: Delaney and Michael Bennet spoke at the Merrimack County Democrats annual picnic in New Hampshire.

  • September 7, 2019: Delaney spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 5, 2019: Delaney issued his digital privacy and technology platform, which includes federal legislation modeled after the California Consumer Privacy Act, protections for consumers who opt out of data collection, and a requirement that companies obtain informed consent before recording and storing private conversations through communication devices.

  • September 4, 2019: Delaney tweeted a video explaining his plan to reach net-zero carbon emissions.

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  August

  • August 30, 2019: Delaney appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, where he discussed his campaign strategy and said Iowa's economy is being destroyed by the trade war.

  • August 29, 2019: Delaney released a statement about his decision to remain in the race after not qualifying for the third debate. It included 10 principles he said would be absent from that debate.

  • August 28, 2019: Delaney appeared on Bloomberg TV.

  • August 26, 2019: Delaney spoke to The Hill about the economy, climate change, and his presidential campaign.

  • August 24, 2019: Delaney campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • August 22, 2019: Delaney did not rule out a possible gubernatorial run in Maryland. “I’ve always believed in the Lincoln expression, which is, 'You can only paddle to the next bend in the river.' And so, I’m just paddling towards this bend,” Delaney said.

  • August 20, 2019: Delaney brought on his previous chief of staff, Xan Fishman, as his campaign manager. John David, who previously served in that role, was moved to leadership in Delaney’s Iowa campaign.

  • August 16-18, 2019: Delaney campaigned in New Hampshire. He announced his plan to remain in the race until at least the Iowa caucuses, regardless of his qualification status in future debates.

  • August 14, 2019: Delaney discussed why he opposed wealth tax proposals on Fox Business Network.

  • August 13, 2019: In an interview on Fox News, Delaney said Democrats needed “someone who can actually capture the center” to be able to defeat Trump.

  • August 9, 2019: Appearing at the Soapbox, Delaney spoke about racism, his healthcare plan, climate change, and infrastructure.

  • August 7, 2019: Delaney continued his six-day swing through Iowa.

  • August 4, 2019: Delaney began a six-day swing through Iowa.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Delaney participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The Delaney campaign said it had its best online fundraising day following the debate, increasing its donor rate twenty-fold.

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Delaney participated. He criticized Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, calling them impossible promises that would lead to Trump’s re-election. He said he was the only candidate on stage with experience in the industry and pitched his own healthcare proposal, BetterCare. Delaney also said that a wealth tax was arguably unconstitutional.

  • July 28, 2019: Delaney announced a plan to establish a mandatory national service program for Americans turning 18 years old or graduating from high school. They would receive at least two years of free tuition at a public college or university or tuition for vocational or technical training. The plan would apply to those born after 2006 and would be phased in.

  • July 25, 2019: Delaney spoke at a presidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana.

  • July 24, 2019: Delaney, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan.

  • July 22, 2019: Delaney participated in the “20 Questions for 2020” series on NowThisNews, discussing climate change, unions, and Trump’s businesses.

  • July 19, 2019: Politico interviewed Delaney about the upcoming debate, social media, government experience, climate change, healthcare, the 2016 presidential election, and other topics.

  • July 17, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa. Delaney participated in an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • July 14, 2019: In an interview on the PBS show Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, Delaney discussed his plan to only push forward bipartisan bills during his first 100 days in office.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Delaney campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 12, 2019: Delaney wrote an op-ed about the opioid crisis in the Concord Monitor.

  • July 10, 2019: Delaney spoke at the opening banquet of the annual conference for the League of United Latin American Citizens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • July 9, 2019: In an interview with the USA Today editorial board, Delaney discussed his BetterCare healthcare system, the Green New Deal, criminal justice, and foreign policy. “This election is going to be fought in the center,” Delaney said. Also on July 9, Delaney and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 7, 2019: In an interview on CBS' Face the Nation, Delaney said he opposed decriminalizing border crossings.

  • July 2, 2019: Delaney released a plan to combat the opioid crisis through corporate accountability. He would require patients to sign a consent form when prescribed opioids and increase spending on pain management research and mental health providers. He also said that liable companies “should go out of business.” Also that day, Delaney held his 100th event in New Hampshire, the most of any presidential candidate.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: Delaney campaigned throughout Iowa. He held a forum on healthcare with the Scott County Democrats.

  • June 27, 2019: During an interview on Fox News, Delaney criticized Medicare for All and said Democrats would lose the election if they nominated a candidate pushing the policy.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, Delaney said he opposed Medicare for All and that Democrats should focus on lowering pharmaceutical prices, infrastructure, and job creation rather than the Mueller report or impeachment proceedings. Also, PredictIt hosted a “shareholder call” with Delaney about his presidential campaign. And The Atlantic surveyed 23 Democratic candidates on whether they supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Delaney was the only candidate to explicitly support the deal.

  • June 24, 2019: Delaney issued a press release on healthcare identifying cutting costs as his priority over Medicare for All and similar policies.

  • June 22, 2019: Delaney and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Delaney and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Delaney and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Delaney also spoke about his candidacy on CBSN's Red & Blue.

  • June 20, 2019: Delaney sat down with Vox for a discussion on his foreign policy platform.

  • June 19, 2019: In a CNN interview, Delaney criticized Trump, saying that he was invoking executive privilege to stonewall an investigation by Congress.

  • June 13, 2019: Delaney appeared on The View.

  • June 11, 2019: Delaney discussed his presidential campaign on Bloomberg's Sound On podcast.

  • June 9, 2019: Delaney and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Delaney and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: In a Washington Post op-ed, Delaney called Medicare for All "political suicide for Democrats".

  • June 5, 2019: In a Fox News interview, Delaney discussed his conflict with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Medicare for All. “Intolerance to different ideas is part of the problem. And that is something I think that is getting very dangerous and concerning in the Democratic Party right now,” he said.

  • June 4, 2019: In an interview on The Michael Smerconish Program, Delaney discussed the negative reception he received at the California Democratic Party Convention when he said universal healthcare should include an option for private health insurance.

  • June 2, 2019: Delaney said there should be universal healthcare but criticized Medicare for All at the California Democratic Party Convention. “Medicare for All may sound good, but it's actually not good policy, nor is it good politics,” he said.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Delaney would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: The Center for Responsive Politics examined personal finance information from the 12 Democratic presidential candidates who have filed financial disclosures with the Office of Government Ethics. Delaney had the highest net worth with an estimated $56 million to $280 million.

  • May 29, 2019: Delaney released a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that would invest $200 billion into the Highway Trust Fund and establish a $50 billion national bank and $60 billion climate change program.

  • May 28, 2019: Delaney campaigned in New Hampshire over the weekend.

  • May 23, 2019: Delaney released a $4 trillion climate action proposal that would introduce a carbon tax and set out to reduce carbon emissions by 90 percent by 2050.

  • May 21-23, 2019: Delaney campaigned across Iowa with stops in Shenandoah, Council Bluffs, and Sioux City.

  • May 21, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Delaney said he believed he could defeat Trump in the general election because the election would “be fought in the center.”

  • May 20, 2019: The Independent Journal Review launched its new “The 2020 Twenty” series by asking Delaney 20 questions about his policy priorities, North Korea, marijuana, artificial intelligence, and other issues.

  • May 15, 2019: During an interview with Cheddar, Delaney discussed the U.S. trade dispute with China and intellectual property theft.

  • May 10, 2019: Delaney campaigned in New Hampshire, where he said Democrats needed a moderate candidate to win centrist voters and defeat Trump.

  • May 7, 2019: Delaney discussed Venezuela, Iran, and American military spending in an interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show.

  • May 6, 2019: In a Bloomberg interview, Delaney said he differed from other candidates because he was moderate and focused on solutions that would work.

  • May 5, 2019: In an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, Delaney said he would push for bipartisan bills in his first 100 days in office.

  • May 1, 2019: Delaney hosted a roundtable on mental health policy in Iowa and unveiled his mental health platform.

  • May 1, 2019: Delaney campaigned in Davenport and Ottumwa, Iowa.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: Delaney spoke at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on U.S. leadership in the world and defending the country.

  • April 29, 2019: The Quad-City Times reported that Delaney would participate in a candidate forum in Iowa organized by St. Ambrose, the Quad-City Times, and the Quad-Cities Chamber of Commerce on May 1.

  • April 16, 2019: Delaney announced he wanted to create a new independent agency, the Department of Cybersecurity, led by a cabinet-level secretary. “Securing our cyber-infrastructure is not only a national security priority, it is an economic one as well,” Delaney said.

  • April 16, 2019: Politico briefly interviewed Delaney on his birthday about a recent book he’s read, cybersecurity, and the Trump administration.

  • April 14, 2019: Delaney announced a new national service program for young Americans with four paths: military service, community service, infrastructure apprenticeships, or a new Climate Corps.

  • April 14, 2019: Delaney made his 17th trip to New Hampshire, with stops in Bedford, Nashua, Laconia, Meredith, Conway, Lancaster, and Deerfield.

  • April 9, 2019: Delaney campaigned in Pennsylvania. His speech focused on the economy and the challenges of globalization and automation.

  • April 6, 2019: During an interview with MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton, Delaney spoke about his policy proposals for black communities and his support for a study on reparations.

  • April 4, 2019: In his “Commitment to Black America” policy proposal, Delaney said he would create a federal grant program for incubators at historically black colleges and universities, end or limit cash bail at the federal level, remove marijuana as a Schedule I drug, and increasing funding for body cameras for police officers.

  • April 2, 2019: Delaney aired his first television ad in New Hampshire, making a 60-second ad buy for two weeks.

  • April 1, 2019: Delaney was interviewed on “Pro Rata” by Axios, where he discussed education, universal healthcare, and tech monopolies.

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  March

  • March 29, 2019: Delaney released the “Heartland Fair Deal,” a 23-point plan on how to revitalize rural America. The plan included doubling the Earned Income Tax Credits in opportunity zones, student loan forgiveness for people who live and work in small towns for 10 years, and prioritizing government contracts to companies that primarily employees in rural areas.

  • March 23, 2019: Delaney campaigned in Twin Falls, Idaho. Delaney told the press that the visit was part of his 50 state strategy and that his wife grew up in the state.

  • March 21, 2019: Delaney criticized the DNC’s decision not to allow Fox News to host a Democratic primary debate. He told radio host Hugh Hewitt, “I think we have to talk to everyone. And in many ways, we have a much bigger obligation to talk to those who we don't agree with on things, right?"

  • March 20, 2019: In an interview on Fox Business Network, Delaney called it a mistake that Democrats did not support President Barack Obama on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He said, “It was good economic policy. It was very good geopolitical policy.”

  • March 14, 2019: In an effort to qualify for the first Democratic primary debate, Delaney announced that he would donate $2 to charity for every new donor that contributed to his campaign.

  • March 10, 2019: Delaney participated in a televised town hall on CNN, discussing the Trump administration and his opposition to embracing socialism.

  • March 6, 2019: Delaney called for a “new optional national service program to bring the country together.” He said, “This is about restoring a sense of common purpose, connecting people from different backgrounds & boosting useful initiatives.”

  • March 4, 2019: Delaney participated in WMUR's "Conversation With the Candidate" series Tuesday in New Hampshire, where he discussed capitalism, socialism, and education.

  • March 4, 2019: Delaney was profiled in The Washington Post in an article called “The Smartest Presidential Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of.”

  • March 1, 2019: Delaney was interviewed on the POTUS Press Pool radio show Friday.

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  February

  • February 27, 2019: Delaney campaigned in South Carolina, where he hosted a Facebook Live session.

  • February 25, 2019: Delaney was interviewed on CNN about climate change and the Trump administration.

  • February 24, 2019: Delaney commented on a New York Times article proposing that forms of automation that replace a worker be taxed. He tweeted, “It actually makes sense to tax the robots. If a robot takes a person's job that person still needs Medicare and Social Security, which is funded by taxes on pay. The robot tax would support the safety net.”

  • February 19, 2019: Delaney released the following statement shortly after Sanders announced his candidacy: “This primary is going to be a choice between socialism and a more just form of capitalism. I believe in capitalism, the free markets, and the private economy. I don’t believe socialism is the answer and I don’t believe it’s what the American people want.”

  • February 16, 2019: Delaney criticized resistance to Amazon establishing a second headquarters in Queens. He tweeted Friday, “The HQ2 bidding process was a bit unseemly, but rejecting 25,000 jobs, the tax revenues and entrepreneurial opportunities that flow from it, is not a good idea.”

  • February 14, 2019: Delaney criticized the Green New Deal, tweeting it had “unrealistic goals” that made fighting climate change more difficult. “The Green New Deal as it has been proposed is about as realistic as Trump saying that Mexico is going to pay for the wall. Let's focus on what's possible, not what's impossible,” he added.

  • February 12, 2019: Delaney spoke at the “Politics and Eggs” series in New Hampshire after opening a campaign office in Manchester.

  • February 11, 2019: Delaney discussed his healthcare proposal in an interview with Vox. “I measure success by everyone in this country having access to quality health care. Does that mean every single person in the country has to have access to quality health care from always the same provider in always the same ways? No. But they have to have access to quality health care as a basic right,” Delaney said.

  • February 8, 2019: Delaney was interviewed on NPR’s Here & Now, where he discussed healthcare, the border wall, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, among other issues.

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  January

  • January 31, 2019: During a trip to Fort Dodge, Iowa, Delaney said on healthcare that he wanted to “create a government plan that everyone gets as a right” after fixing the Affordable Care Act. He said that his system would not be Medicare for All, however, since Medicare would remain a separate system.

  • January 30, 2019: Delaney opened a campaign office in Sioux City, Iowa, marking his sixth in the state.

  • January 29, 2019: Delaney, who has traveled to all 99 counties in Iowa, earned endorsements from the chairmen of three Democratic committees in counties that supported Donald Trump with 65 percent of the vote or more.

Tulsi Gabbard

Top Five

• March 19, 2020: Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Biden. “Today, I’m suspending my presidential campaign, and offering my full support to Vice President Joe Biden in his quest to bring our country together,” she said in a statement.

• March 18, 2020: Gabbard hosted a telephone town hall for her constituents in Hawaii.

• March 17, 2020: Gabbard tweeted that primaries should not be held at this time because of the coronavirus pandemic. She said it would lead to senior voter suppression.

• March 15, 2020: Gabbard tweeted that “the political elite/corporate media are trying to erase [her] candidacy.”

• March 10, 2020: Gabbard attended the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C.

2020

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  March

  • March 19, 2020: Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Biden. “Today, I’m suspending my presidential campaign, and offering my full support to Vice President Joe Biden in his quest to bring our country together,” she said in a statement.

  • March 18, 2020: Gabbard hosted a telephone town hall for her constituents in Hawaii.

  • March 17, 2020: Gabbard tweeted that primaries should not be held at this time because of the coronavirus pandemic. She said it would lead to senior voter suppression.

  • March 15, 2020: Gabbard tweeted that “the political elite/corporate media are trying to erase [her] candidacy.”

  • March 10, 2020: Gabbard attended the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C.

  • March 9, 2020: Gabbard criticized the Democratic National Committee’s debate criteria in an interview on Fox News.

  • March 7, 2020: Gabbard hosted a town hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, moderated by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

  • March 6, 2020: Gabbard tweeted about new debate requirements and said, “To keep me off the stage, the DNC again arbitrarily changed the debate qualifications. Previously they changed the qualifications in the OPPOSITE direction so Bloomberg could debate. I ask that you stand w/ me against the DNC’s transparent effort to exclude me from the debates.”

  • March 4, 2020: A federal judge dismissed Gabbard’s free speech infringement lawsuit against Google

  • March 3, 2020: Gabbard criticized media coverage on Fox News that did not name her as a candidate still in the race.

  • March 3, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Detroit, Michigan.

  • March 2, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Austin, Texas.

  • February 29 - March 1, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in South Carolina and campaigned in California.

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  February

  • February 27, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Sterling, Virginia.

  • February 25, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Virginia Beach.

  • February 21-23, 2020: Gabbard campaigned across Utah with events in Salt Lake City, Provo, and Snowbird.

  • February 20, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Boulder, Colorado.

  • February 19, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Colorado Springs.

  • February 17-18, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Fairfax, Virginia. She continued to campaign in the state with another town hall in Richmond.

  • February 15-16, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in Maine, holding two town halls in Portland and Hallowell.

  • February 13, 2020: Gabbard continued to campaign in South Carolina with a town hall and roundtable scheduled.

  • February 12, 2020: Gabbard held two town halls in South Carolina in Hilton Head and Beaufort.

  • February 11, 2020: Gabbard held an election night party in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • February 10, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in Manchester, New Hampshire. She launched a petition on Feb. 9 calling for the resignation of Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez following the Iowa caucus reporting issues.

  • February 7-9, 2020: Gabbard held town halls in New Hampshire this week with stops in Somersworth, Rochester, Portsmouth, and Concord.

  • February 4, 2020: Gabbard held a protest in New Hampshire outside of the venue where a series of eight CNN town halls were recorded. Gabbard said she did not receive an explanation for why she was not invited to the event.

  • February 4, 2020: The Nashua Telegraph hosted a town hall with Gabbard in New Hampshire.

  • February 3, 2020: Gabbard held a virtual roundtable with attorney Sean Callagy.

  • January 31 - February 2, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in New Hampshire, holding a discussion about marijuana in Concord and a town hall in Manchester.

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  January

  • January 30, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

  • January 29, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Rochester, New Hampshire.

  • January 28, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in North Conway, New Hampshire. She crossed the donor threshold for the Feb. 7 debate but had not met the polling requirement.

  • January 27, 2020: Gabbard continued to campaign in New Hampshire with a town hall in Meredith.

  • January 24-26, 2020: Gabbard held town halls in New Hampshire with stops in Andover, Moultonborough, and Plymouth.

  • January 23, 2020: Gabbard continued to campaign in New Hampshire with a town hall in Claremont. She also filed suit against 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, alleging Clinton lied about Gabbard's connection to Russia and caused $50 million in personal and professional damages.

  • January 22, 2020: Gabbard continued her six-day “Stand with Tulsi” tour across New Hampshire with a town hall in Charlestown.

  • January 20, 2020: Gabbard marched in the King Day at the Dome in South Carolina.

  • January 17-18, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in New Hampshire with town halls in Merrimack and Milford.

  • January 16, 2020: Gabbard held a town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • January 15, 2020: Gabbard continued to campaign in New Hampshire with a stop in Derry.

  • January 14, 2020: Gabbard began five days of town halls in New Hampshire, starting with a Concord event featuring Dennis Kucinich (D).

  • January 13, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in South Carolina with a stop in Lexington.

  • January 9, 2020: Gabbard discussed her vote to pass the War Powers Resolution—which states that the president cannot take further military action in Iran without congressional approval—in a livestream.

  • January 8, 2020: Gabbard continued her “New Year Tour” of New Hampshire with a town hall in Concord. She spoke about her Hindu faith in an episode of Journeys of Faith.

  • January 8, 2020: Gabbard discussed the killing of Qasem Soleimani and Iranian missile strikes on CNN and Fox News. She opened a new campaign office in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • January 6, 2020: Gabbard continued her “New Year Tour” of New Hampshire with a town hall in Tilton.

  • January 2, 2020: Gabbard began a “New Year Tour” of New Hampshire scheduled to run through Jan. 9.

  • December 26, 2019 - January 1, 2020: Gabbard campaigned in New Hampshire, holding town halls in Hollis, Hudson, Salem, Portsmouth, and Barrington.

2019

• December 2019 (click to expand)

  December

  • December 19, 2019: The Gabbard campaign held a debate night event in New Hampshire, which Gabbard attended by livestream.

  • December 18, 2019: Gabbard cast the only present votes on both articles of impeachment against Trump.

  • December 16, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she needed $1 million by the end of December to remain competitive in the race.

  • December 14, 2019: Gabbard spoke at the Spratt Issues Conference in Greenville, New Hampshire.

  • December 13, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in South Carolina.

  • December 12-13, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in South Carolina.

  • December 9, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Nashua, New Hampshire.

  • December 9, 2019: Gabbard said that she would not attend the December presidential primary debate if she qualified. “I instead choose to spend that precious time directly meeting with and hearing from the people of New Hampshire and South Carolina,” she tweeted. Gabbard needs one more poll to qualify.

  • December 6, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Nashua, New Hampshire.

  • December 3-6, 2019: Gabbard attended town halls and house parties across New Hampshire.

  • December 4, 2019: Gabbard said she rented a home in New Hampshire and announced that remain in the state to campaign during the holidays.

  • December 1, 2019: Gabbard announced she had crossed the donor threshold for the December debate and campaigned in New Hampshire. Gabbard also introduced a resolution on Nov. 27 to withdraw troops from Syrian oil fields.

• November 2019 (click to expand)

  November

  • November 27-30, 2019: Gabbard held town halls in New Hampshire.

  • November 22-24, 2019: Gabbard held town halls and house parties across New Hampshire.

  • November 23, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she was 3,000 donors away from meeting the fundraising threshold for the December presidential primary debate.

  • November 16-17, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in New Hampshire, with house parties across the state.

  • November 13, 2019: Ten candidates, including Gabbard, qualified for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • November 10-11, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Los Angeles. Her campaign also released a letter calling for Hillary Clinton to retract statements she made about Gabbard in an October interview.

  • November 7, 2019: In an interview on Breitbart News Daily, Gabbard discussed China, Syria, the Democratic Party, and the Trump administration.

  • November 6, 2019: Gabbard qualified for the fifth Democratic presidential debate on Nov. 20 in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • November 5, 2019: Gabbard filed for the New Hampshire primary in Concord.

  • November 4-5, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • November 3, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in New Hampshire, including a stop at the No Labels Problem Solvers Convention. She also voted in favor of a House resolution to establish impeachment inquiry procedures on October 31.

• October 2019 (click to expand)

  October

  • October 29, 2019: Gabbard tweeted she was preparing for Army National Guard duty. She also called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “radical Islamist megalomaniac who wants to establish a caliphate.”

  • October 29, 2019: While speaking at the 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York, Gabbard called on Justice Department and FBI to declassify and release any documents related to any Saudi involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Gabbard also wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal contrasting her foreign policy approach with Hillary Clinton’s.

  • October 28, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Gabbard’s campaign in Iowa, including her use of billboards in the state.

  • October 24, 2019: Gabbard announced that she would not seek re-election to the U.S. House. “I believe that I can best serve the people of Hawaii and our country as your president and commander-in-chief,” she said in a video statement.

  • October 24, 2019: Gabbard attended a televised town hall on Latino issues hosted by LULAC and Newsmax.

  • October 22, 2019: Speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, Gabbard said that she would not run for president as a minor party candidate.

  • October 21, 2019: Gabbard tweeted a live stream of her town hall in Grinnell, Iowa.

  • October 18, 2019: Gabbard called Hillary Clinton the “the queen of warmongers” and said she was behind “a concerted campaign to destroy [her] reputation.” Gabbard’s comments followed media reports that Clinton implied Gabbard was being groomed by the Russians. In a podcast interview October 17, Clinton said, “I'm not making any predictions, but I think they've got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate.” A Clinton spokesperson said October 19 that Clinton was responding to a question about Republicans.

  • October 16, 2019: Gabbard discussed media coverage of her campaign in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson.

  • October 10, 2019: Gabbard criticized the Democratic primary debate process and said that she was considering not attending the October 15 debate.

  • October 8, 2019: Gabbard was interviewed by John Stossel. They discussed foreign policy, government spending, and drug legalization.

  • October 7, 2019: Gabbard held a town hall in Fairfield, Iowa.

  • October 6, 2019: Gabbard appeared at the "Pints & Politics" event hosted by the Palmetto Brewing Company in Charleston, South Carolina.

  • October 1-3, 2019: Gabbard hosted town halls throughout New Hampshire.

• September 2019 (click to expand)

  September

  • September 28-30, 2019: Gabbard hosted town halls throughout Iowa.

  • September 27, 2019: Gabbard said that she no longer opposed impeachment after reviewing the transcript summary of the call between Trump and the Ukranian president.

  • September 27, 2019: Gabbard spoke at the Mental Health for US rally in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • September 24, 2019: Gabbard reached 2 percent support in a New Hampshire poll, giving her the final poll necessary to qualify for the October Democratic presidential primary debate.

  • September 24, 2019: Gabbard appeared on Fox & Friends.

  • September 21, 2019: Gabbard received 2 percent support in a CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll, marking her third qualifying poll for the October debate. She needs one more to reach the polling threshold.

  • September 18, 2019: In an interview on Fox News’ Your World, Gabbard criticized the Trump administration’s relationship with Saudi Arabia.

  • September 17, 2019: Gabbard criticized the Trump administration’s response to attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil supply in an interview with The Hill.

  • September 16-17, 2019: Gabbard continued campaigning in Iowa with town halls.

  • September 13-15, 2019: Gabbard held town halls across Iowa for three days.

  • September 11, 2019: In an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Gabbard spoke about why she enlisted in the military following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

  • September 8, 2019: Gabbard was one of three candidates to attend the AAPI Democratic Presidential Forum in Costa Mesa, California. Also that day, Gabbard discussed the primary debates, suing Google, and the state of the Democratic Party in an interview on The Rubin Report.

  • September 7, 2019: Gabbard spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates. Also that day, Gabbard discussed her opposition to impeachment in an interview on Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren. She said, “I think it’s important for us to think about what is in the best interest of the country and the American people, and continuing to pursue impeachment is something that I think will only further to tear our country apart."

  • September 5-7, 2019: Gabbard spoke at the “Politics & Eggs” series in New Hampshire on September 5. She remained in the state through September 7.

  • September 5, 2019: The Atlantic profiled Gabbard in an article titled, “Tulsi Gabbard, the Mystery Candidate.”

  • September 3, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Dubuque and Waterloo. She said she would remain in the race through the Iowa caucuses.

  • August 29-September 1, 2019: Gabbard said she would not run as an independent candidate if her Democratic bid was unsuccessful. She held a town hall in Georgia and campaigned in Iowa.

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  August

  • August 28, 2019: Gabbard criticized the debate criteria in an interview on FOX News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight.

  • August 27, 2019: Gabbard returned from active duty after spending two weeks abroad with the Hawaiian Army National Guard.

  • August 22, 2019: Gabbard was the inaugural interviewee for Rolling Stone’s new podcast, Useful Idiots. She discussed the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert and Syria.

  • August 12, 2019: Gabbard reported for active duty with the Hawaiian Army National Guard in Indonesia, where she will be away for two weeks. She will return to the campaign trail Aug. 25.

  • August 9, 2019: Gabbard discussed national security, foreign policy, and criminal justice at the Soapbox.

  • August 5, 2019: The Washington Times reported that Gabbard would leave the campaign trail for two weeks to complete Army National Guard training in Indonesia.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gabbard participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 2, 2019: Gabbard crossed the donor threshold of 130,000 unique contributors for the third Democratic presidential primary debate in September. She had not yet passed the polling threshold.

  • August 1, 2019: USA Today reported that Gabbard was the most-searched candidate on Google in all 50 states during the July 31 Democratic debate.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Gabbard participated. At the debate, Gabbard criticized Kamala Harris’ record as a prosecutor and on the death penalty and healthcare. She said insurance and pharmaceutical companies should not be involved in the drafting process for new healthcare legislation. Gabbard also opposed TPP, saying the agreement gives away American sovereignty, and called for the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan.

  • July 29, 2019: Gabbard posted a digital video calling for an end to tech monopolies and censorship.

  • July 28, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Gabbard, including her candidacy, lawsuit against Google, and campaign messaging.

  • July 25, 2019: Gabbard filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the company violated her First Amendment rights by suspending her advertising account in the hours following the first Democratic presidential debate.

  • July 23, 2019: In an interview on Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis, Gabbard discussed sports, the military, and the foreign policy credentials of other candidates.

  • July 22, 2019: In an interview on The View, Gabbard discussed Puerto Rico and her concern with decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings.

  • July 20, 2019: Gabbard traveled to Puerto Rico to join protests calling for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló.

  • July 17, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa. Gabbard participated in an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • July 13-14, 2019: Gabbard was off the campaign trail to complete her monthly Army National Guard duty.

  • July 11, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Wisconsin, holding a town hall in Milwaukee and speaking at a youth awards banquet at the LULAC annual conference.

  • July 10, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she had more than 97,000 unique donors. The threshold for the third presidential debate is 130,000.

  • July 8, 2019: In an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio, Gabbard discussed her meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2017 and named World War II as an example of justifiable force. She also appeared on CBS News.

  • July 4-7, 2019: Gabbard campaigned across New Hampshire.

  • July 1, 2019: Vogue featured five of the six women running for president, including Gabbard, in a magazine story about the election

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 29, 2019: Gabbard discussed the first Democratic primary debate on Real Time with Bill Maher.

  • June 27, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she had more than 85,000 donors, roughly 45,000 donors away from the fundraising threshold for the third debate.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, Gabbard said that nuclear war was the greatest threat to national security and called for the U.S. to return to a nuclear agreement with Iran. She also discussed her shift on LGBT policy, coming from a socially conservative household to serving alongside LGBT servicemembers.

  • June 22, 2019: Gabbard and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Gabbard also discussed "ending wasteful regime change wars" as her priority on NBC's Nightly News.

  • June 21, 2019: Gabbard and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 13, 2019: In an interview with The Washington Post, Gabbard discussed foreign policy, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and veterans issues.

  • June 12, 2019: Gabbard called on Congress to support an amendment to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Program that would develop a pilot program for the prosecution of special victim offenses by military service academy attendees.

  • June 10, 2019: New York Magazine profiled Gabbard’s early years and their impact on her presidential campaign.

  • June 9, 2019: Gabbard and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in New York City.

  • June 1, 2019: Following her speech at the California Democratic Party Convention, Gabbard held a meet and greet in San Francisco.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Gabbard would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: Gabbard said that sex work should be decriminalized.

  • May 29, 2019: In an interview on Fox News’ Your World, Gabbard said that Trump’s relationship with Kim Jong Un would not lead to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

  • May 28, 2019: Gabbard criticized the indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act. She said it would have a chilling effect on freedom of the press.

  • May 24, 2019: During an interview on Fox News, Gabbard said a U.S. conflict with Iran would likely lead to a destabilized region and millions of refugees fleeing into Europe.

  • May 21, 2019: Public Radio International profiled Gabbard during a stop in New Hampshire.

  • May 20, 2019: Gabbard continued to criticize the Trump administration on its Iran policy and said she had not seen sufficient intelligence information on a potential threat.

  • May 19, 2019: Gabbard discussed foreign policy and military spending during an interview on ABC’s This Week.

  • May 16, 2019: Gabbard released a digital video condemning the Trump administration’s position on Iran and a possible war.

  • May 15, 2019: Gabbard launched with two other congresswomen the bipartisan Servicewomen and Women Veterans Congressional Caucus. She will serve as vice chair.

  • May 14, 2019: Gabbard criticized Facebook for banning certain individuals. She tweeted, “We must be willing to fight for the right of all Americans to express their views, even when we disagree with them. We must encourage unfettered discussion of public issues and stand united to stop Facebook and others from attempting to censor/stifle/influence public debate.”

  • May 13, 2019: Gabbard spoke at the Santa Monica Public Library in California and appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience.

  • May 12, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she planned to introduce legislation to break up big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon.

  • May 9, 2019: In an interview with The Intercept, Gabbard discussed Trump’s electoral appeal, the Mueller report, and foreign policy.

  • May 7, 2019: Gabbard sent a fundraising email that criticized media coverage of her campaign. The email said Gabbard was “taking on the chickenhawks in both parties, the corporate media and the military industrial complex who drive us into war for their own power and profit.”

  • May 6, 2019: Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Gabbard was the best Democratic candidate running. "If we had to pick one of them to be our president, I think she would be giving us the best chance as for bringing about peace,” Paul said.

  • May 2, 2019: Gabbard posted a Facebook video criticizing the media coverage of Trump’s military policy. “Trump never gets positive media unless he's threatening war/carrying out military action. Today, Venezuela. Tomorrow, Iran? Cuba? Who will be next? No wonder North Korea won't give up their nukes,” Gabbard wrote.

  • May 1, 2019: During an interview on Fox News, Gabbard discussed the crisis in Venezuela. She said the U.S. should work with Russia and other countries to find a diplomatic solution.

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  April

  • April 22, 2019: Gabbard said that she did not support impeaching Trump and that she would prefer to focus on defeating him at the ballot.

  • April 19, 2019: Gabbard will campaigned in New Hampshire, visiting Manchester, Merrimack, and Concord.

  • April 17, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Iowa, discussing healthcare and the War on Terror.

  • April 16-17, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in Iowa.

  • April 16, 2019: Gabbard discussed her military service and policy position on ending regime change wars and cutting military spending while campaigning in Iowa.

  • April 13, 2019: Gabbard appeared at a community center in Los Angeles with County Supervisor Janice Hahn to oppose renaming the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to include the name of a corporate sponsor.

  • April 11, 2019: Gabbard criticized the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, tweeting, “The arrest of #JulianAssange is meant to send a message to all Americans and journalists: be quiet, behave, toe the line. Or you will pay the price.”

  • April 10, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she had crossed the 65,000-donor threshold to qualify for the first Democratic primary debate.

  • April 9, 2019: Hawaii News Now interviewed Gabbard about her foreign policy and candidacy. Gabbard also tweeted, “I've always supported Israel's right to exist—especially after visiting Auschwitz in 2005. That's why I'm so concerned with Netanyahu's aggressive annexation policies which will simply stoke the flames of resentment and conflict. Bad for Israel, US, Palestinians, and region.”

  • April 3, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she needed 3,971 more new donors to qualify for the Democratic presidential debate stage.

  • April 2, 2019: Gabbard tweeted that she needed more than 5,500 new donors to contribute to her campaign to reach one of the thresholds necessary to qualify for the first Democratic primary debate.

  • April 1, 2019: Gabbard posted a video on Twitter criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to allow firms to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.

• March 2019 (click to expand)

  March

  • March 30, 2019: Gabbard made her first campaign visit to Los Angeles, where she spoke of bringing “the spirit of aloha” from Hawaii to the nation.

  • March 28, 2019: Gabbard introduced the Securing America’s Elections Act, which would require auditable paper ballots in federal elections.

  • March 25, 2019: Gabbard appeared on the podcast "The Trail: From New Hampshire to the White House,” on WMUR. Gabbard spoke about her strategy in the state’s primary and her foreign policy.

  • March 23, 2019: Gabbard held a campaign event in New Hampshire hosted by the New Hampshire Youth Movement.

  • March 21, 2019: Gabbard began her four-day tour of New Hampshire, included nine town halls and meet and greets.

  • March 19, 2019: Politico published an overview of Gabbard’s nontraditional campaign itinerary.

  • March 17, 2019: Gabbard campaigned in California and live-streamed the event.

  • March 12, 2019: Gabbard said she agreed with Elizabeth Warren’s call to break up large tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and that she would be introducing legislation to that end in the House.

  • March 11, 2019: Gabbard appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she discussed the difference between isolationism and her position on foreign policy.

  • March 10, 2019: Gabbard participated in a town hall televised by CNN, where she discussed foreign policy, her previous opposition to same-sex marriage, and her military experience.

  • March 7, 2019: Gabbard introduced two new bipartisan marijuana bills with Rep. Don Young (R). The first would deschedule marijuana and allow states to set their own laws and the second would require a federal study of state marijuana legalization policies.

  • March 5, 2019: Gabbard is holding a press conference with Don Young (R-Alaska) Thursday to introduce two bipartisan marijuana bills.

  • March 5, 2019: Gabbard tweeted a new anti-war campaign video Tuesday morning. “Wasteful wars bring more suffering and cost trillions that should be invested in our communities,” she wrote.

  • March 3, 2019: Gabbard criticized the Trump administration’s recent national security actions, tweeting Sunday, “Trump’s rejection of agreements such as the INF arms control treaty between the US and Russia will worsen the new Cold War and bring the world closer to nuclear war.”

• February 2019 (click to expand)

  February

  • February 27, 2019: Gabbard was interviewed on MSNBC about nuclear agreements and U.S.-North Korea relations.

  • February 26, 2019: Gabbard commented on U.S.-North Korea relations, tweeting, “North Korea will look at Trump's actions, not empty promises. We can't expect Kim to believe that we won't overthrow him if he gives up his nukes, when he sees us threaten to carry out regime-change war in Iran and Venezuela.”

  • February 24, 2019: Gabbard tweeted her support for a peace dividend, referring to a decrease in defense spending to support infrastructure, education, and other programs, instead.

  • February 21, 2019: Gabbard campaigned for the second time in Iowa City, Iowa.

  • February 20, 2019: Gabbard discussed her position on Syria and why she does not call Bashar Assad an enemy of the state during an appearance on The View. “An enemy of the United States is someone who threatens our safety and our security. There is no disputing the fact that Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a brutal dictator. … My point is that the reality we are facing here is that since the United States started waging a covert regime change war in Syria starting in 2011, the lives of the Syrian people have not been improved."

  • February 17, 2019: Gabbard campaigned across New Hampshire, hosting four town halls in the state over the weekend.

  • February 13, 2019: Gabbard was featured on an episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  • February 11, 2019: Gabbard made her first campaign trip to Iowa, where she discussed foreign policy and environmental issues.

  • February 6, 2019: Gabbard said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not an enemy of the United States “because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States.” She continued, “My point is that whether it is Syria or any of these other countries, we need to look at how their interests are counter to or aligned with ours.”

  • February 3, 2019: Gabbard accused NBC News of fraudulently smearing her campaign after it reported Russian propagandists were promoting her candidacy. Ben Popken, a senior news reporter from NBC News, defended the report in a series of tweets.

  • February 2, 2019: Gabbard formally kicked off her campaign in Hawaii. Watch the full speech here.

• January 2019 (click to expand)

  January

  • January 30, 2019: Campaign manager Rania Batrice and consulting firm Revolution Messaging were scheduled to depart from Gabbard’s campaign after her kickoff in Hawaii on Feb. 2. Gabbard was expected to rely on her sister, Vrindavan, in the interim.

  • January 26, 2019: Gabbard published an op-ed in Religion News Service entitled “Religious Bigotry is Un-American,” in response to allegations that she is a Hindu nationalist. “To question my commitment to my country, while not questioning non-Hindu leaders, creates a double standard that can be rooted in only one thing: religious bigotry. I am Hindu and they are not,” she wrote. Read the op-ed here.

Kirsten Gillibrand

Top five

• August 28, 2019: Gillibrand suspended her presidential campaign. She discussed her decision in an interview with The New York Times.

• August 27, 2019: Gillibrand pledged to pass a national public service plan in her first 100 days as president.

• August 22, 2019: Gillibrand tweeted that she had 115,000 donors, making her 15,000 donors away from the grassroots fundraising threshold for the September and October debates.

• August 20, 2019: Gillibrand spoke with NBC News about her mental health policy proposal and the opioid crisis.

• August 19-20, 2019: Gillibrand said she was open to running for vice president if her campaign did not succeed. “I will do public service in all its forms,” she said. Gillibrand also released a mental health services policy proposal calling for the expansion of community health centers and certified community behavioral clinics.

2019

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  August

  • August 28, 2019: Gillibrand suspended her presidential campaign. She discussed her decision in an interview with The New York Times.

  • August 27, 2019: Gillibrand pledged to pass a national public service plan in her first 100 days as president.

  • August 22, 2019: Gillibrand tweeted that she had 115,000 donors, making her 15,000 donors away from the grassroots fundraising threshold for the September and October debates.

  • August 20, 2019: Gillibrand spoke with NBC News about her mental health policy proposal and the opioid crisis.

  • August 19-20, 2019: Gillibrand said she was open to running for vice president if her campaign did not succeed. “I will do public service in all its forms,” she said. Gillibrand also released a mental health services policy proposal calling for the expansion of community health centers and certified community behavioral clinics.

  • August 18, 2019: Gillibrand attended a town hall in Missouri, where she discussed reproductive issues.

  • August 14, 2019: Gillibrand discussed the possibility of a mandatory federal buyback program. “I think we should ban assault weapons as well as large magazines, and as part of passing that ban, do a buyback program across the country so that those who own them can be ... compensated for their money that they spent,” she said.

  • August 13, 2019: Gillibrand signed on to an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case involving restrictions on gun transportation.

  • August 10, 2019: Gillibrand criticized Iowa political leadership for supporting a pro-gun amendment to the state constitution.

  • August 7, 2019: Gillibrand began her “Kitchen Table Tour” of Iowa, traveling across the state with her family in an RV.

  • August 4, 2019: Gillibrand held a meet and greet in Fire Island, New York.

  • August 3-4, 2019: The 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 2, 2019: Gillibrand introduced the Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act, which would guarantee legal counsel for children, victims of abuse or violence, and those at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Gillibrand participated. At the debate, Gillibrand emphasized that insurance companies are for-profit companies and said healthcare should be a right. She opposed the USMCA, particularly its provisions protecting intellectual property rights for pharmaceutical companies. She criticized Joe Biden for a 1981 op-ed where he said expanding the childcare tax credit for wealthy families would subsidize the deterioration of family.

  • July 26, 2019: Gillibrand and Kamala Harris spoke at a presidential forum Friday hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana.

  • July 25, 2019: Gillibrand introduced a $10 trillion climate change proposal. Gillibrand called for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, an excise tax on fossil fuel production, and a $52 per metric ton carbon tax, among other policies.

  • July 22, 2019: In response to a report in The New Yorker about Sen. Al Franken, Gillibrand said she did not regret calling for Franken’s resignation following sexual misconduct allegations.

  • July 20, 2019: The Associated Press profiled the state of Gillibrand's campaign and her “Trump Broken Promises Tour.”

  • July 16, 2019: Gillibrand participated in a candidate forum in Davenport, Iowa, hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP. Gillibrand published a Medium post outlining her senior policy plan. Gillibrand said she would increase Social Security benefits by $65/month, eliminate a cap on total benefits, and expand eligibility to include surviving spouses and other select family members. Gillibrand would also increase the Social Security payroll tax cap and establish a 3.8 percent investment income tax to keep the program solvent.

  • July 13, 2019: Gillibrand, Julian Castro, Jay Inslee, and Elizabeth Warren attended Netroots Nation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gillibrand discussed the loss of manufacturing jobs and the concept of white privilege.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Gillibrand campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 11, 2019: Gillibrand proposed a "Deadbeat Company Tax," which would penalize large companies for moving 25 jobs or more overseas. The penalties include a 15 percent abandonment tax on the total value of any capital assets moved out of the U.S.

  • July 10, 2019: Elizabeth Warren reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose information about climate risks like greenhouse gas emissions. Gillibrand cosponsored the bill. Gillibrand began her “Trump Broken Promises Tour” through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan. She campaigned in Pittsburgh.

  • July 9, 2019: Gillibrand spoke at the “Politics & Eggs” event in Manchester, New Hampshire, and discussed conservative positions she previously held on gun legislation and immigration. Also on July 9, Gillibrand and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Gillibrand’s campaign, retail politics, and polling performance. Gillibrand also released a television and digital ad her campaign called the “first anti-Trump television ad of the 2020 presidential cycle.” The ad was scheduled to air in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan markets.

  • July 3-9, 2019: Gillibrand visited all 10 of New Hampshire's counties in a weeklong tour of the state.

  • July 1, 2019: NBC News wrote about Gillibrand's push for Al Franken to resign in 2017 and its effects on her campaign. Also, Vogue featured five of the six women running for president, including Gillibrand, in a magazine story about the election.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: Gillibrand appeared on MSNBC’s Kasie DC along with three other candidates.

  • June 27, 2019: In the first Democratic debate, Gillibrand said that "women's reproductive rights are under assault" by the Republican Party and abortion policies created by compromise, like the Hyde Amendment, were unacceptable. She also said she supported a buy-in transition period before adopting a Medicare for All system.

  • June 26, 2019: In its podcast, The Washington Post reported on the evolution of Gillibrand’s position on gun policy.

  • June 24, 2019: The Washington Post published an article exploring Gillibrand's stance on firearms regulations.

  • June 22, 2019: Gillibrand and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Gillibrand and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Gillibrand and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Also on June 21, Gillibrand and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Ak.) introduced a bill called the Summer Meals Act of 2019 that would expand eligibility for the USDA's Summer Food Service Program and provide transportation for children to meal sites.

  • June 20, 2019: WMUR9 reported that Gillibrand would campaign in all 10 New Hampshire counties from July 3-9. This was the longest visit to the "first-in-the-nation" primary state by any candidate thus far, according to the network. Gillibrand also introduced a bill that would block a planned Department of Housing and Urban Development rule barring immigrants without legal permission to reside in the country from living in subsidized housing.

  • June 13, 2019: Gillibrand spoke on The Exchange in New Hampshire about paid family leave, gun safety, the Green New Deal, and abortion.

  • June 12, 2019: Gillibrand increased her paid staff in New Hampshire from two to eight people. Maggie Seppie joined the campaign as state organizing director.

  • June 11, 2019: In an interview with The Des Moines Register, Gillibrand said society had developed moral clarity on abortion. “There is no moral equivalency when you come to racism. And I do not believe that there is a moral equivalency when it comes to changing laws that deny women reproductive freedom,” she said.

  • June 10, 2019: Gillibrand announced she had crossed 65,000 unique donors, effectively guaranteeing her a spot in the first debate.

  • June 9, 2019: Gillibrand and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Gillibrand and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: Gillibrand tweeted that she was 5,000 donors away from crossing the fundraising threshold to secure her spot in the first round of Democratic primary debates. She had already met the polling requirements.

  • June 5, 2019: Gillibrand participated in a discussion at The Wing SoHo in New York City with Gloria Steinem. Gillibrand also called for the decriminalization of marijuana use and taxation of nonprescription marijuana products. These funds would be used to offer small business programs and job training in communities disproportionately affected by marijuana laws.

  • June 3, 2019: Gillibrand issued a statement defending her call for Sen. Al Franken's (D) resignation in 2018 after Buttigieg said at a town hall that he “would not have applied that pressure at that time before we knew more” about sexual misconduct allegations against him.

  • June 1, 2019: Marking the first day of Pride Month, Gillibrand released her LGBT policy platform. She said she would direct the Department of Justice to include gender identity and sexual orientation as protected classes under anti-discrimination laws, federally recognize a third gender on ID cards, codify Obergefell v. Hodges into law, and enact a ban on conversion therapy, among other policies.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Gabbard would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: Following special counsel Robert Mueller’s statement about his investigation into potential foreign intervention in the 2016 presidential campaign and obstruction of justice, Gillibrand said for the first time that impeachment proceedings should begin against Donald Trump.

  • May 29, 2019: Gillibrand discussed religion, including her own Catholic upbringing and current worship at Christian churches, in an interview on Iowa Public Radio. She said, “I don't think the Republican Party is a faith-driven party.”

  • May 28, 2019: Gillibrand spent Memorial Day weekend campaigning across Iowa. She discussed women’s healthcare and campaign finance.

  • May 23, 2019: In an interview on PBS NewsHour, Gillibrand discussed abortion and trade policy with China. “We can use the WTO, we can use multilateralism to effect a different outcome on how they deal with competitors and how they deal with the world economy. And I would hold them accountable. I would prosecute these cases of dumping of steel,” she said.

  • May 22, 2019: Gillibrand introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act which would tax the trade of stocks by 0.5 percent, bonds by 0.1 percent, and derivatives by 0.005 percent.

  • May 22, 2019: Gillibrand released her “Family Bill of Rights” proposal that would address several medical, educational, and tax policies, including requiring insurance companies to cover fertility treatments like IVF and providing refundable tax credits for adoption. She also said she would establish “Equal Adoption Rights” prohibiting taxpayer-funded adoption services from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

  • May 20, 2019: Gillibrand discussed abortion access during an interview on The DailyShow night.

  • May 19, 2019: During an interview on Face the Nation, Gillibrand said she would not use a detention system for immigrants waiting for their cases to be processed in the courts. "They don't need to be incarcerated," Gillibrand said. "They can — if they're given a lawyer and given a process, they will follow it. They can go into the community in the way we used to handle these cases under the Department of Justice."

  • May 16, 2019: Gillibrand spoke against anti-abortion laws in the state capitol of Georgia.

  • May 16, 2019: Gillibrand headlined an event in Atlanta protesting a new Georgia fetal heartbeat law that would make most abortions after six weeks illegal.

  • May 11, 2019: Gillibrand gave the commencement address at New England College in New Hampshire.

  • May 9, 2019: In an interview with Wussy Magazine, Gillibrand discussed the transgender military ban, gender identity, and adoption by LGBT individuals.

  • May 7, 2019: In a Medium post, Gillibrand said she would only nominate federal judges “who will commit to upholding Roe v. Wade as settled law and protect women’s reproductive rights.”

  • May 6, 2019: Gillibrand appeared on the Politics and More Podcast published by The New Yorker.

  • May 3-4, 2019: Gillibrand made her sixth visit to New Hampshire and delivered the commencement address at New England College.

  • May 2, 2019: Fox News announced it would host a town hall with Gillibrand moderated by Chris Wallace and broadcast from Iowa on June 2.

  • May 1, 2019: Gillibrand proposed a “Clean Elections Plan”—a voucher system giving each voter up to $600 to contribute to candidates he or she supports. A candidate would only be eligible to receive these “democracy dollars” if he or she agreed not to receive contributions larger than $200 per donor. The current maximum is $2,800 per donor per primary and general election cycle.

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  April

  • April 27, 2019: Gillibrand campaigned in New Hampshire and discussed her plan to close what she calls the wealth gap: establish postal banking, raise the minimum wage, pass national paid leave, and reach full employment through skills training.

  • April 25, 2019: Gillibrand was scheduled to campaign in New Hampshire on April 27.

  • April 24, 2019: Gillibrand discussed Biden’s entry into the race and the Mueller report during an interview on The View.

  • April 20, 2019: Gillibrand was in Des Moines.

  • April 19, 2019: Gillibrand campaigned in Iowa, including a stop in Ames hosted by the Iowa State College Democrats.

  • April 17, 2019: Gillibrand campaigned in Iowa with Kirsten Anderson, a former Republican Iowa Senate staffer who won a lawsuit against the state of Iowa and Iowa Senate Republicans for wrongful termination and harassment.

  • April 16, 2019: Marie Newman, who had announced her candidacy to challenge Rep. Dan Lipinski (D) for an Illinois congressional seat, and Gillibrand endorsed each other.

  • April 15, 2019: Gillibrand endorsed the policies in “Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide,” a report jointly produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

  • April 14, 2019: The Gillibrand campaign announced Gillibrand raised $3 million in the first quarter of 2019. Two-thirds of the donations came from women and 92 percent were under $200. The campaign partially attributed the modest fundraising total to backlash among donors against Gillibrand for calling on former Sen. Al Franken to resign.

  • April 10, 2019: Gillibrand differentiated her healthcare policy, tweeting, “Medicare For All is an ambitious goal. But we also need a plan for how to get there, and I have one: Under my transition plan, we'd create a public option and force insurance companies to compete. That's how we can lower costs and get to universal health care.”

  • April 9, 2019: Gillibrand participated in a televised town hall on CNN, where she discussed her shift on immigration and gun regulations, fundraising, and faith.

  • April 8, 2019: New Hampshire Public Radio published an interview with Gillibrand on political division in the country, national family leave programs, and gun regulation.

  • April 6, 2019: Gillibrand held a roundtable on paid family leave in New Hampshire with the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy.

  • April 5-6, 2019: Gillibrand campaigned in Dover and Concord, New Hampshire.

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  • March 27, 2019: Gillibrand told CNN she “didn’t do the right thing” when discussing her record on guns. She added that she should “have cared more about gun violence in other parts of my state or other parts of my country, I just didn't.”

  • March 27, 2019: Gillibrand disclosed her 2018 taxes and called on the other candidates to do the same. She reported $218,000 in total income last year between her Congressional salary and a book deal and paid $29,170 in federal taxes.

  • March 24, 2019: Gillibrand spoke outside Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City. She told the audience her priorities were enacting Medicare for All and universal pre-K, refinancing student loan debt to lower rates, ending cash bail, and legalizing marijuana.

  • March 21, 2019: Gillibrand made two campaign appearances in Las Vegas, attending a roundtable at UNLV’s Immigration Clinic and giving a speech in downtown. She talked about working with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the past and told attendees that she could work to unite a divided country.

  • March 19, 2019: Gillibrand stopped in Dubuque, Iowa, on Tuesday. She met with members of the public and delivered remarks at a cafe.

  • March 18, 2019: Gillibrand participated in a town hall in Michigan televised by MSNBC, where she discussed tariffs, terrorism, national paid leave, and sexual harassment.

  • March 17, 2019: After campaigning under a presidential exploratory committee, Gillibrand formally entered the race and introduced a new campaign slogan: “Brave wins.”

  • March 12, 2019: Gillibrand was scheduled to campaign in Michigan the following week, in addition to participating in a televised town hall on MSNBC.

  • March 11, 2019: Politico reported on how Gillibrand's office handled allegations of sexual misconduct that led to the accuser resigning in protest.

  • March 6, 2019: Gillibrand was interviewed by New York Magazine, where she discussed the NRA, Sen. Al Franken’s resignation, and capitalism.

  • March 4, 2019: Gillibrand was interviewed on CBS This Morning on Monday.

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  February

  • February 25, 2019: In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, Gillibrand called climate change and severe weather “the greatest threat to humanity we have." She also advocated for the extension of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund.

  • February 24, 2019: Gillibrand and former U.S. Secretary of Housing Julian Castro appeared on Insiders with David Price, where they discussed Medicare for All.

  • February 22, 2018: Sally Susman, a top bundler for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, was scheduled to host a fundraiser for Gillibrand on March 31.

  • February 20, 2019: Gillibrand added two new staffers to her Iowa operation: Casey Clemmons as her Iowa caucus director and Haley Barbour as political director.

  • February 19, 2019: In her second campaign trip to Iowa, Gillibrand met with state legislators. “Gillibrand said her main goal was to ensure the group knows who she is and that she’s won in a ‘very red’ part of New York,” Radio Iowa reported.

  • February 17, 2019: U.S. News & World Report published a profile of Gillibrand’s campaign messaging and its focus on motherhood.

  • February 15, 2019: Gillibrand said she supported the federal implementation of “X” as a third gender marker for individuals who identify as nonbinary.

  • February 14, 2019: Gillibrand hired Semedrian Smith, who previously worked as deputy campaign manager for Sen. Sherrod Brown in 2018, to serve as her national political director. Four more staffers were also scheduled to join her team: Danielle Duffy as chief operating officer, Gavrie Kullman as digital finance director, Pat Devney as New Hampshire state director, and Shannon McLeod as New Hampshire political director.

  • February 12, 2019: Gillibrand and Rep. Rose DeLauro reintroduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, which would allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for a pregnancy, the birth or adoption of a child, recuperation from a serious illness, or caregiving. In the 115th Congress, the bill was cosponsored by 34 senators.

  • February 11, 2019: Gillibrand toured South Carolina over the weekend, including attending an Urban League awards reception and two black church services in North Charleston.

  • February 11, 2019: Gillibrand was scheduled to return to New Hampshire for a three-day visit on Feb. 15, marking her second trip to the first primary state in two weeks.

  • February 7, 2019: Gillibrand introduced a bill with Sens. Jack Reed and Susan Collins to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military.

  • February 6, 2019: Gillibrand received a mixed statement of support from New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who questioned whether she could win in the Rust Belt states. Maloney released a second statement, saying, “Kirsten Gillibrand is an outstanding Senator and would be an exceptional President. I was simply commenting on the importance of winning back previously blue states and having a strategy for doing so.”

  • February 3, 2019: Gillibrand was scheduled to travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on President’s Day, making her second visit to the state as a presidential candidate.

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  January

  • January 29, 2019: Gillibrand was scheduled to travel to New Hampshire from Feb. 1-3, marking the second trip of her campaign after a tour of Iowa the previous weekend.

  • January 28, 2019: Gillibrand hired two new senior staffers to lead her campaign in Iowa: Lara Hender as state director and Rachel Irwin as state communications director.

Mike Gravel

Top five

• August 7, 2019: Gravel, who suspended his presidential campaign on August 6, clarified that he was endorsing both Sanders and Gabbard.

• August 6, 2019: Gravel suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Bernie Sanders.

• July 31, 2019: The Gravel campaign tweeted it was coming to an end. The campaign would donate its funds to charity and form the Gravel Institute, a self-described leftist think tank.

• July 20, 2019: The Gravel campaign called on John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, and Tim Ryan to withdraw from the presidential race since none of them qualified for the debates via grassroots fundraising while Gravel had met that threshold.

• July 18, 2019: In an interview with The National Interest, Gravel discussed his presidential campaign, foreign policy, and the debate qualifications. He said his campaign would “make an investigation whether or not the DNC turned my name into these various polls that were being taken.”

2019

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  August

  • August 7, 2019: Gravel, who suspended his presidential campaign on August 6, clarified that he was endorsing both Sanders and Gabbard.

  • August 6, 2019: Gravel suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Bernie Sanders.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The Gravel campaign tweeted it was coming to an end. The campaign would donate its funds to charity and form the Gravel Institute, a self-described leftist think tank.

  • July 20, 2019: The Gravel campaign called on John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, and Tim Ryan to withdraw from the presidential race since none of them qualified for the debates via grassroots fundraising while Gravel had met that threshold.

  • July 18, 2019: In an interview with The National Interest, Gravel discussed his presidential campaign, foreign policy, and the debate qualifications. He said his campaign would “make an investigation whether or not the DNC turned my name into these various polls that were being taken.”

  • July 12, 2019: Gravel reached the donor threshold to qualify for the second Democratic presidential debate. The campaign said it had contacted the Democratic National Committee over the polling qualification requirement since Gravel had been excluded from more than half of eligible polls.

  • July 11, 2019: The Gravel campaign released a negative ad against Joe Biden questioning his record as a progressive. It aired on MSNBC on July 12. Also that day, in an op-ed on democracy for Fortune, Gravel wrote, "We must return lawmaking power directly to the people through a legislature of the people, and give them the budgets they need through a land value tax."

  • July 9, 2019: The Gravel campaign shared its transportation policy, calling for nationalizing railways, redirecting funding from highways to public transportation, and creating an interstate bikeway system.

  • July 8, 2019: Marianne Williamson sent a fundraising email on Gravel's behalf, encouraging her supporters to help him reach the donor threshold for this month’s debate.

  • July 5, 2019: The Gravel campaign tweeted that it was "nearing its conclusion", although Gravel was still attempting to qualify for the second presidential debate.

  • July 2, 2019: The Gravel campaign tweeted that he was 10,000 donors away from crossing the threshold to qualify for the second presidential debate.

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  June

  • June 25, 2019: The Gravel campaign tweeted that Gravel needs two more polls to qualify for the second presidential debate.

  • June 24, 2019: Gravel sat for an interview with Jacobin Magazine on his political history and his proposal to create a Legislature of the People.

  • June 22, 2019: Related to an officer-involved shooting in South Bend, Indiana, Gravel tweeted, "The media has given Buttigieg a pass on a lackluster record in South Bend that shows him to be more concerned about public acclaim than the lives of average people. Why the pass? Because he's an articulate white kid with all the right credentials. His constituents know the truth."

  • June 20, 2019: Gravel started Amendit.us, a group aiming to amend the U.S. Constitution to legalize marijuana for recreational use at the federal level.

  • June 19, 2019: Gravel published a piece on Mondoweiss—a website featuring news and commentary on Palestine, Israel, and the U.S.—entitled, "The two-state solution is dead. Let us take the obvious and humane path forward."

  • June 13, 2019: The Democratic National Committee announced who qualified for the first set of Democratic primary debates on June 26-27. Gravel, Steve Bullock, Wayne Messam, and Seth Moulton were unable to reach either the polling or fundraising threshold to qualify.

  • June 10, 2019: In an interview on CBS News' Red & Blue, Gravel discussed the organization of his campaign and the state of progressive policies in the Democratic Party.

  • June 8, 2019: Gravel discussed Brexit, economic development in Africa, and regime change in the Middle East in an interview with Cherwell.

  • June 6, 2019: The New York Times profiled Gravel’s Twitter-driven presidential run. Campaign manager Henry Williams said, “Trump was the first postmodern politician. I like to think Gravel is the second.”

  • June 4, 2019: Gravel tweeted about Islamophobia and Israel: “We need a foreign policy that sees Jews and Muslims as equal citizens in Israel, and is willing to find a path to peace without condoning land grabs by Netanyahu. We need to stop funding the slaughter of Muslims in Yemen. And we need to end FBI domestic surveillance of Muslims.”

  • June 1, 2019: Gravel tweeted the campaign had passed 40,000 donors and needed 25,000 more to qualify for the July debates.

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  May

  • May 28, 2019: Gravel's campaign tweeted they had 38,000 donors and were on pace to participate in the July debate but not the June.

  • May 23, 2019: Gravel called for a federal investigation into the police shooting of a Lakota man named Clarence Leading Fighter.

  • May 22, 2019: The Gravel campaign tweeted that Gravel was in the process of writing a book.

  • May 20, 2019: Forward profiled David Oks, the high school senior managing Gravel’s campaign.

  • May 17, 2019: Gravel released a statement on North Korea, calling for the U.S. to lift sanctions, meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in, end the conflict, and recall troops.

  • May 16, 2019: The Washington Post interviewed Gravel about the goals of his presidential campaign and the other candidates.

  • May 15, 2019: Gravel discussed the 2016 presidential election and term limits during an appearance on The Tim Black Show.

  • May 14, 2019: Gravel tweeted that he had reached 35,000 donations and needed 30,000 more to reach the debate stage.

  • May 13, 2019: Gravel celebrated his 89th birthday.

  • May 11, 2019: Gravel commented on the Democratic field, Venezuela, Iran, and Julian Assange in an interview on RT’s Going Underground.

  • May 8, 2019: Gravel discussed foreign policy and imperialism on Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: Commenting on the crisis in Venezuela, the Gravel Twitter account posted, “At this crucial moment, Sen. Mike Gravel stands with the people of Venezuela against American imperialism. What is happening in that nation is an internal matter, and American provocations have no place. The U.S. must stay out of it.”

  • April 29, 2019: Gravel announced that he was no longer running just to reach the debate stage. “I am running to win. Just as much as Seth Moulton, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, Tim Ryan, or Eric Swalwell are,” he said.

  • April 25, 2019: Voices of Monterey Bay profiled the purpose and operations of Gravel’s campaign.

  • April 18, 2019: VICE released a video profile of Gravel and the teenagers running his campaign and Twitter account.

  • April 17, 2019: The Daily Caller reported the Gravel campaign had received donations from 20,000 donors with an average contribution of $3.

  • April 10, 2019: In a profile in The Atlantic, Gravel and his campaign manager, David Oks, reiterated that the Gravel did not want to win or have people vote for him. “We thought the way to push the field left would be to have our own candidate in the race,” Oks said. “We really need someone to go in there and criticize the other candidates for policy positions that are really bad.” Gravel said he was interested in supporting Sanders or Gabbard after his campaign.

  • April 8, 2019: High school seniors David Oks and Elijah Emery and Columbia University freshman Henry Williams were the driving force behind Gravel’s campaign, according to Rolling Stone.

  • April 2, 2019: Gravel announced that he was running for president. The former U.S. senator from Alaska said he would remain in the race to participate in the debates before withdrawing and endorsing the most progressive candidate. “Our only aim is pushing the field left by appearing in the Democratic debates,” he tweeted.

Kamala Harris

Top five

• December 3, 2019: Harris ended her presidential campaign. She said in a statement, “I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign. And as the campaign has gone on, it’s become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete.”

• November 29, 2019: The New York Times profiled the state of Harris’ campaign, including the resignation of state operations director Kelly Mehlenbacher. Harris also campaigned in Iowa on Thanksgiving Day.

• November 25, 2019: Harris issued her mental health policy proposal, which includes focusing federal funding on mental health research, authorizing an educational loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals, and increasing the number of treatment beds nationwide.

• November 22, 2019: Rep. Salud Carbajal (Calif.) endorsed Harris, marking her fourth Congressional Hispanic Caucus endorsement.

• November 21, 2019: Del. Stacey Plaskett (V.I.) endorsed Harris. Harris also campaigned in South Carolina November 23 and 24.

2019

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  December

  • December 3, 2019: Harris ended her presidential campaign. She said in a statement, “I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign. And as the campaign has gone on, it’s become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete.”

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  November

  • November 29, 2019: The New York Times profiled the state of Harris’s campaign, including the resignation of state operations director Kelly Mehlenbacher. Harris also campaigned in Iowa on Thanksgiving Day.

  • November 25, 2019: Harris issued her mental health policy proposal, which includes focusing federal funding on mental health research, authorizing an educational loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals, and increasing the number of treatment beds nationwide.

  • November 22, 2019: Rep. Salud Carbajal (Calif.) endorsed Harris, marking her fourth Congressional Hispanic Caucus endorsement.

  • November 21, 2019: Del. Stacey Plaskett (V.I.) endorsed Harris. Harris also campaigned in South Carolina November 23 and 24.

  • November 16, 2019: The United Farm Workers, which represents 10,000 agricultural workers on the West Coast, endorsed Harris.

  • November 16, 2019: Eight candidates, including Harris, participated in the Real América Presidential Forum hosted by the Democratic Party of California and Univision. The event took place as part of the state party's endorsing convention that weekend.

  • November 15-16, 2019: Harris attended events in Long Beach, California, including the Equality CA LGBTQ Reception.

  • November 13, 2019: Ten candidates, including Harris, qualified for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Also that day, CNBC reported that the Harris campaign planned to boost its digital outreach in Iowa.

  • November 11, 2019: Harris campaigned in South Carolina, holding an event with veterans.

  • November 8-9, 2019: Harris attended a town hall in Las Vegas and toured the Veterans Village in Nevada.

  • November 7, 2019: Harris filed for the New Hampshire primary in Concord.

  • November 6-7, 2019: Harris campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • November 3, 2019: Harris reached 4 percent support in a national poll, earning her fourth and final poll necessary to qualify for the December debate.

  • October 30 - November 2, 2019: Harris campaigned in Iowa.

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  October

  • October 30, 2019: Harris is restructuring her campaign, sending more staffers to Iowa and reducing staff at her Maryland headquarters. Her campaign manager, Juan Rodriguez, is also reducing his salary. Harris is planning to launch a seven-figure ad campaign before the Iowa caucuses.

  • October 27, 2019: In an interview on Axios on HBO, Harris discussed her electability, healthcare policy, and her prosecutorial record.

  • October 23, 2019: Harris filed a FOIA request for Trump administration documents related to Ukraine with Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse.

  • October 22, 2019: Harris hosted four campaign events in Iowa.

  • October 21, 2019: Harris issued her Native American platform, which included taking 500,000 acres of federal land into trust for federally recognized tribes.

  • October 21, 2019: Harris attended a house party and town hall in Iowa.

  • October 16, 2019: Harris arrived in Iowa for the third time in October, with scheduled stops in Dubuque, Tipton, Davenport, and Clinton through October 18.

  • October 10, 2019: Harris announced a set of policy proposals ahead of CNN's LGBT town hall, including establishing the office of Chief Advocate for LGBTQ+ Affairs.

  • October 10, 2019: Harris appeared at The Abbey, a gay bar in West Hollywood, the night before the LGBTQ forum in Los Angeles.

  • October 7, 2019: Harris released her Children's Agenda, which includes proposals for up to six months of paid family and medical leave, more nurses and social workers at schools, and criminal justice reforms.

  • October 7, 2019: Harris campaigned in Des Moines, Ames, and Ankeny, attending a story time event at an elementary school and a town hall.

  • October 6, 2019: Harris held a town hall at Iowa State University.

  • October 2, 2019: Reuters reported that Harris posted more than 420 Facebook ads on impeachment in the final week of September, representing roughly three-fourths of impeachment-related ads released by 2020 Democrats, according to a Reuters analysis.

  • October 1, 2019: Harris raised $11.6 million in the third quarter of 2019, nearly matching her $11.8 million total in the second quarter.

• September 2019 (click to expand)

  September

  • September 30, 2019: Politico reported that Harris was restructuring her campaign, promoting her Senate Chief of Staff Rohini Kosoglu and senior adviser Laphonza Butler to senior management positions. She is also expanding her Iowa team from 65 to 120 staff members.

  • September 29, 2019: Harris opened a campaign office in her hometown of Oakland, California.

  • September 27-28, 2019: Harris campaigned in Seattle and San Francisco.

  • September 24, 2019: Harris appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word.

  • September 23, 2019: Harris attended a grassroots fundraiser in Los Angeles.

  • September 21, 2019: Harris spoke at the Charleston NAACP’s 102nd annual Freedom Fund Banquet in South Carolina.

  • September 20-21, 2019: Harris campaigned in Iowa.

  • September 18, 2019: Politico reported that Harris planned to increase her presence in Iowa. The effort will include weekly visits to the state and doubling her ground operation, which currently has 65 staff members.

  • September 17, 2019: Harris sent a letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee requesting they launch an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh or form a task force to do so.

  • September 16, 2019: Harris appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

  • September 14, 2019: Harris attended a fundraiser in Connecticut.

  • September 12, 2019: Harris participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Harris, click here.

  • September 9, 2019: Harris and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy. Also that day, Harris released her criminal justice platform, which would end federal mandatory minimum sentences, the death penalty, and solitary confinement. It would also phase out for-profit prisons and cash bail. Harris discussed the plan in an interview on MSNBC.

  • September 7, 2019: Harris spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 6, 2019: Harris campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • September 4, 2019: Harris released her $10 trillion climate plan, which includes promoting environmental justice, ending subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, implementing a progressive fee on carbon pollution, and creating a clean energy economy by 2045.

• August 2019 (click to expand)

  August

  • August 30, 2019: Harris published a piece in The Denver Post titled, "Colorado teachers’ pay is unacceptably low. Here’s how I’ll fix it," in which she proposed increasing teacher pay with a mix of federal and state funding and recruiting diverse teachers.

  • August 29, 2019: Harris issued a disability policy plan, covering Medicare for All, long-term and in-home services, and senior-level White House positions for individuals with disabilities.

  • August 28, 2019: Harris posted a digital ad about her Iowa bus tour as part of a six-figure advertising campaign in the state.

  • August 24, 2019: Harris spoke at the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People banquet in North Carolina.

  • August 20, 2019: The Harris campaign said that Harris would appoint a Federal Communications Commission Chair who supports net neutrality.

  • August 16-18, 2019: Harris attended events and fundraisers in Martha’s Vineyard and the Hamptons.

  • August 16, 2019: Politico reported that Harris would launch a Spanish-language version of Camp Kamala, her volunteer training program that covers caucuses, watch parties, and voter outreach.

  • August 15, 2019: Marcia Fudge endorsed Harris, marking her tenth endorsement from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

  • August 14, 2019: Harris unveiled her plan to combat domestic terrorism, which included red flag measures called “Domestic Terrorism Prevention Orders” and background check requirements for websites that sell firearms.

  • August 12, 2019: Harris made the final stop of her five-day bus tour of Iowa.

  • August 10, 2019: Harris discussed the existence of racism in the United States, before and after the Trump administration.

  • August 7, 2019: Harris made her first 2020 ad buy, spending $145,000 on an ad introducing herself to voters.

  • August 7, 2019: Politico compared the size, location, and preparation of Harris’ and Warren’s field operations in Nevada and other campaigns.

  • August 6, 2019: WMUR9 reported that Harris’ campaign opened four New Hampshire offices in Manchester, Nashua, Keene, and Portsmouth to serve as organizing hubs for her run.

  • August 5, 2019: Harris, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, and Bernie Sanders spoke on Latino issues at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in San Diego.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harris participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: Rep. Brenda Lawrence endorsed Harris, becoming the ninth member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Harris participated. At the debate, Harris discussed her healthcare proposal, which would replace employer-based coverage but allow some people to keep Medicare Advantage. She criticized Joe Biden’s plan, saying it would not hold insurance and pharmaceutical companies responsible for cost issues. She also called Donald Trump’s trade policy a Trump trade tax on goods.

  • July 30, 2019: CNBC reported that California Gov. Gavin Newsom was encouraging past contributors to support Harris’ campaign. He raised $300,000 for Harris at a fundraiser in May and $50 million for his own gubernatorial campaign in 2018.

  • July 29, 2019: Harris released her Medicare for All plan. It would phase in over 10 years and offer a privately managed option like Medicare Advantage. Harris said the program would be funded through a new tax on stock trades.

  • July 26, 2019: Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand spoke at a presidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana. During her speech, Harris released a plan to spend $10 billion on laboratories and other infrastructure at historically black colleges and universities and $50 billion in scholarships, internships, and curriculum in STEM fields. Harris also called for spending $12 billion on entrepreneurship programs.

  • July 24, 2019: Harris, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. Michael Kempner, who helped raise more than $3 million for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign as a bundler, announced he would host a fundraiser for Harris in August.

  • July 23, 2019: Harris introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act to decriminalize marijuana, expunge past marijuana-related convictions, and bar the deportation of immigrants based on a marijuana charge.

  • July 22, 2019: Harris introduced the Water Justice Act, which would call for $250 billion to be spent on water infrastructure and clean and safe drinking water programs.

  • July 19, 2019: Harris campaigned in California, including attending an event hosted by Electing Women Bay Area.

  • July 18, 2019: Biden, Buttigieg, and Harris received more contributions from Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s top bundlers than any other Democratic candidates, according to a Politico analysis.

  • July 16, 2019: Harris participated in a candidate forum in Davenport, Iowa, hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP. Harris released her plan to lower the price of prescription drugs. Under Harris’ proposal, prices would be set by the Department of Health and Human Services. Companies that sell drugs at a higher rate would be taxed on the profits, which would then be turned into rebates for consumers.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Harris campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • July 12, 2019: Harris appeared on The Breakfast Club radio show, where she criticized other presidential candidates for releasing proposals that would be difficult to implement.

  • July 11, 2019: Harris proposed investing $1 billion into states to clear the rape kit backlog nationwide. States would have to meet new standards to receive funding, including providing an annual report on the number of untested kits and testing new kits more quickly.

  • July 10, 2019: Harris and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) introduced a bill that would make it easier for people with criminal records to obtain federal housing assistance. Elizabeth Warren reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose information about climate risks like greenhouse gas emissions. Harris cosponsored the bill.

  • July 9, 2019: Harris and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: Harris discussed race and electability in an interview with the Associated Press.

  • July 6-9, 2019: Harris campaigned in Louisiana and South Carolina.

  • July 6, 2019: Harris spoke at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • July 5, 2019: Harris was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas. Also that day, the Harris campaign announced that it had raised nearly $12 million in the second quarter of 2019, matching its first quarter fundraising. The campaign said it had raised $2 million the day after the first presidential debate in June.

  • July 1, 2019: Reps. Bobby Bush (D-Ill.) and Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), two members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), endorsed Harris. This brought her total of CBC endorsements to six, compared to Biden's five. Also, Vogue featured five of the six women running for president, including Harris, in a magazine story about the election.

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 30, 2019: Harris appeared on MSNBC’s Kasie DC along with three other candidates.

  • June 29, 2019: Several Democratic candidates defended Harris after tweets shared by bot accounts questioned whether she is a black American. Harris reported raising $2 million in the 24 hours following the first Democratic presidential debate.

  • June 27, 2019: At the first Democratic debate, Harris criticized Joe Biden's (D) record on busing and shared she was in the second class to integrate at her public school in California. She also opposed the Obama administration's deportation policy, saying it affected the immigrant community's ability to reach out to law enforcement.

  • June 26, 2019: Harris introduced a bicameral version of the Accountability for Wall Street Executives Act, which would allow state law enforcement oversight of national banks regarding compliance with state law.

  • June 25, 2019: Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) endorsed Harris.

  • June 22, 2019: Harris and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Harris and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood. Harris also appeared on CBS' Face the Nation, where she criticized Trump's approach to Iran and said the U.S. should re-enter the Iran nuclear deal. She also discussed tensions within the Democratic Party over whether to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump.

  • June 21, 2019: Harris and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Harris was endorsed by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), both members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

  • June 19, 2019: Harris was among Democratic candidates who criticized Joe Biden for remarks he made about civility in the Senate during his time in the chamber. Biden said he worked with former Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), who opposed desegregation efforts and with whom he often disagreed, to get things done. Biden responded, "There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period." Also that day, Harris introduced a bill in the Senate called the 21st Century SKILLS Act, which would fund workforce training for eligible Americans at amounts of $4,000 to $8,000 depending on employment status and income level.

  • June 17, 2019: Harris was one of 10 candidates that spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) endorsed Harris. In his endorsement, Costa highlighted Harris’ plan for Dreamers as a reason he was supporting her campaign.

  • June 15, 2019: Harris campaigned in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she discussed the criminal justice system.

  • June 14, 2019: Harris joined striking fast food restaurant workers in a Las Vegas, Nevada, march organized by the group Fight for $15.

  • June 13, 2019: The Reckoning Crew, a group of local activists in South Carolina who worked to help Hillary Clinton win the state primary in 2016, endorsed Harris.

  • June 12, 2019: Harris released an immigration plan that would launch an expanded version of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

  • June 11, 2019: Harris joined Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren in a letter to McDonald's criticizing the company for its handling of sexual harassment complaints.

  • June 10, 2019: Harris held a town hall in Dubuque, Iowa.

  • June 9, 2019: Harris and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: While speaking at an NAACP event in South Carolina, Harris said her career as a prosecutor would be her greatest asset in a general election against Donald Trump.

  • June 6, 2019: Harris' campaign announced that New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno and state Rep. Ted James (D) would serve as her Louisiana campaign co-chairs.

  • June 5, 2019: Harris' campaign said it would expand her Iowa campaign by increasing the staff count to 65 staffers. Her campaign was also developing a program called “Kamala Captains” for precinct-level leaders.

  • June 4, 2019: Harris announced campaign stops in Alabama and South Carolina from June 7 to June 9.

• May 2019 (click to expand)

  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Harris would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2. Harris also attended the Immigrant Unity and Freedom Presidential Forum in Pasadena, California, along with Julián Castro, Jay Inslee, and Bernie Sanders.

  • May 30, 2019: During a town hall in Greenville, South Carolina, Harris discussed increasing teacher pay, addressing gun violence, and the Mueller statement. Harris said that sex work should be decriminalized.

  • May 29, 2019: Harris proposed making states with anti-abortion legislation face a preclearance requirement, which she said would be similar to the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • May 23, 2019: Harris canceled a trip to Iowa to vote on a disaster aid bill.

  • May 22, 2019: During an interview on Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Harris discussed investigations into Trump and her equal pay policy proposal.

  • May 22, 2019: Harris reintroduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act. The bill would seek to invest $150 million in programs to address racial bias in maternal care and provide pregnant women and new mothers with integrated health services.

  • May 20, 2019: Harris announced a plan she says will address gender pay equity by requiring corporations to receive an Equal Pay Certification from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Companies that failed to meet this standard would be fined 1% of their profits for every 1% of the remaining wage gap. The corporate fines would then be used to fund paid family and medical leave.

  • May 20, 2019: Harris said she believed fatal police shootings and alleged police brutality incidents should have independent investigations, marking a shift from her previous opposition to taking investigatory discretion from district attorneys.

  • May 16, 2019: While speaking at an event for One APIA Nevada, Harris criticized Trump’s new merit-based immigration proposal and discussed her South Asian heritage.

  • May 15, 2019: Harris has declined to participate in a Fox News town hall. She also campaigned in New Hampshire, where she discussed future Supreme Court nominations. Harris said a factor to nominate a judge would be ”whether they are willing to agree with precedent and agree that this is an issue about a woman’s right to privacy.”

  • May 15, 2019: Harris announced that she would ban imports of AR-15 style assault weapons using executive action if elected president.

  • May 13, 2019: The Hill reported that MSNBC would host a town hall with Harris in Spartanburg, California, on May 28.

  • May 12, 2019: In an interview on CNN, Harris said that her version of Medicare for All would apply to any individual in the United States. She also said she would not have voted to support NAFTA and that she was prepared to use executive action if no gun safety bills crossed her desk within the first 100 days of her taking office.

  • May 10, 2019: Harris wrote about her experience as a stepmother in an op-ed for Elle.

  • May 8, 2019: Harris introduced the EQUAL Defense Act Wednesday to use $250 million to create pay parity for public defenders, establish workload limits, and train attorneys.

  • May 7, 2019: Harris launched Camp Kamala, an online program to train young volunteers to be future precinct captains and volunteer leaders. It was first piloted in Iowa.

  • May 6, 2019: Harris discussed electability and who can connect with Midwestern voters while campaigning in Detroit. “But when they say that, they usually put the Midwest in a simplistic box and a narrow narrative, and too often their definition of the Midwest leaves people out,” Harris said. “It leaves out people in this room who helped build cities like Detroit. It leaves out working women who are on their feet all day—many of them working without equal pay.”

  • May 5, 2019: Harris delivered the keynote address at the NAACP’s 64th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit. She discussed her tax policy, voting rights, gun safety, and criminal justice record.

• April 2019 (click to expand)

  April

  • April 29, 2019: Harris hired Jim Margolis, who worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, as her media adviser.

  • April 22, 2019: Harris held a Q&A in New Hampshire, where she discussed voting rights for felons who finished their sentences, as well as whether those currently incarcerated should be allowed to vote.

  • April 22, 2019: Harris said during a CNN town hall that she believed Congress should take steps to impeach President Trump, although she also said that she thinks the Senate would not act on any impeachment made by the House.

  • April 21, 2019: Harris spoke at South Carolina State University. The Associated Press noted that it was her fourth visit to a historically black college this year, the most of any presidential candidate.

  • April 19-20, 2019: Harris is hosting town halls in South Carolina.

  • April 17, 2019: Harris said she regretted supporting a truancy law as California attorney general that threatened guardians with prosecution if their children missed too much school. She said no parent went to jail as a result of the law.

  • April 16, 2019: McClatchy DC profiled Harris and her Israel policy and support for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Harris communications director Lily Adams said, “Her support for Israel is central to who she is. She is firm in her belief that Israel has a right to exist and defend itself, including against rocket attacks from Gaza.”

  • April 14, 2019: Harris released 15 years of tax returns, showing she and her husband paid $700,000 in taxes on an adjusted gross joint income of roughly $1.9 million last year.

  • April 12, 2019: Reuters reported that Harris was focusing on California and the South rather than the traditional early states like Iowa. Former South Carolina state Rep. Bakari Sellers endorsed Harris on April 15.

  • April 11, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Harris said that she was a gun owner for personal safety. “For too long and still today we are being offered a false choice which suggests you’re either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone’s guns away,” she said.

  • April 10, 2019: Harris held a town hall at the University of Iowa, where she spoke on gun violence and tax policy, among other issues.

  • April 9, 2019: Harris reintroduced the Rent Relief Act, intending to create refundable tax credits for households whose rent and utilities exceed 30 percent of their income.

  • April 6, 2019: Harris tweeted over the that she would “double the size of the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department because our government must have the resources to defend our voting and civil rights from discriminatory laws.”

  • April 4, 2019: Harris was interviewed on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she said the Mueller report should be made public.

  • April 3, 2019: While campaigning in Nevada, Harris said she would oppose efforts to renew the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

  • April 3, 2019: Harris introduced legislation with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.) to permit Dreamers to work as staffers or interns in Congress.

  • April 1, 2019: Harris raised $12 million in the first quarter of 2019. The average donation was $55.

• March 2019 (click to expand)

  March

  • March 28, 2019: Harris announced three endorsements from South Carolina legislators: state Reps. Pat Henegan and JA Moore and state Sen. Darrell Jackson. She named each as a co-chair for her state campaign and also named former gubernatorial candidate Marguerite Willis and Berkeley County Democratic Chairwoman Melissa Watson as co-chairs.

  • March 28, 2019: Susie Tompkins Buell, a Democratic donor who brought in $6 million for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, scheduled a fundraiser for Buttigieg. Buell had previously expressed support for Kamala Harris and was also scheduled to hold a fundraiser for her.

  • March 26, 2019: The Detroit NAACP announced that Harris would give the keynote address at its 64th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner on May 5.

  • March 24, 2019: Harris campaigned in Atlanta, speaking at Morehouse College.

  • March 23, 2019: Harris spoke in Houston about her plans to increase teacher pay. She said that teachers earn 10 percent less than other college graduates that her plan would use federal resources to reduce that gap.

  • March 21, 2019: Harris hired Shelby Cole as her digital fundraising director. Cole was Beto O’Rourke’s top digital aide during his 2018 Senate campaign.

  • March 21, 2019: Harris spoke at the Alpha Kappa Alpha 90th Far Western Regional Conference in Los Angeles. Harris joined the sorority while she was a student at Brown University.

  • March 20, 2019: Several Hollywood power players, including showrunner Shonda Rhimes and director J.J. Abrams, hosted a fundraiser for Harris.

  • March 20, 2019: Harris appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. She highlighted her legal experience, saying that voters will want “someone who has the proven ability to prosecute the case against this administration and this president.”

  • March 19, 2019: Harris campaigned in Tarrant County, Texas, on March 22. Trump won that county in 2016, but Beto O’Rourke carried it during his 2018 Senate campaign.

  • March 14, 2019: Harris introduced the Digital Service Act of 2019, which would allocate $15 million a year for grants to state and local governments to improve the technology they use to serve their constituents.

  • ’’’March 13, 2019’’’: Harris was scheduled to campaign in Texas on Mar. 23 for her first major event in the state since announcing her candidacy.

  • March 13, 2019: Harris brought on two new hires for her South Carolina team: Reggie Abraham as deputy state director and Anne Bailey as state organizing director. Abraham worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.

  • March 9, 2019: Harris made her third presidential visit to South Carolina, including speaking at the Charleston Black Expo.

  • March 6, 2019: The Washington Post reported on an investigation into evidence tampering by a crime lab technician that occurred while Kamala Harris was district attorney of San Francisco.

  • March 5, 2019: Harris is scheduled to campaign in Myrtle Beach as part of a two-day visit to South Carolina beginning Friday.

  • March 1, 2019: Harris campaigned in Nevada for the first time Friday, speaking at a town hall and the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit in Las Vegas.

• February 2019 (click to expand)

  February

  • February 28, 2019: Politico published a profile of Kamala Harris on the campaign trail with commentary on how she handles policy questions.

  • February 26, 2019: In an interview with The Root, Kamala Harris said she supported the Lift Act, which would provide a tax credit for all families making $100,000 or under. She also said she would be open to the decriminalization of sex work.

  • February 26, 2019: Harris announced a new set of California endorsements Tuesday morning, including Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Secretary of State Alex Padilla, and State Treasurer Fiona Ma.

  • February 24, 2019: Harris also defined her political identity in an interview Sunday, saying, “I'm a progressive Democrat. I am a Democrat, I'm a proud Democrat. I'm not a socialist."

  • February 23, 2019: Harris commented on the crisis in Venezuela, saying, “The U.S. must immediately condemn Maduro’s violence against his own people. There is no excuse for this. The Venezuelan military and security forces must demonstrate restraint. Venezuelans deserve a free and fair election and a peaceful transition of power.”

  • February 22, 2019: Harris hired Courtni Pugh, a strategist at Hilltop Public Solutions, to lead her California campaign. Pugh also worked on former state Sen. Kevin de León’s unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign last year.

  • February 20, 2019: Harris expanded her campaign staff, bringing on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 state director in Nevada and Colorado, Emmy Ruiz, as a senior adviser. Missayr Boker and Julie Chávez Rodriguez are also joining the campaign as co-national political directors.

  • February 19, 2019: Sen. Kamala Harris finished her first trip to New Hampshire Tuesday, including speaking at the Politics & Eggs breakfast at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

  • February 15, 2019: California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed Harris.

  • February 14, 2019: Harris was endorsed by Rep. Barbara Lee, a former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

  • February 13, 2019: Harris was scheduled to make her first visit to Nevada as a presidential candidate when she speaks at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas and the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit next month.

  • February 12, 2019: Harris hired Clinton campaign alum Nora Walsh-DeVries to be her Iowa political director. Harris also brought on Zack Davis, who worked on Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns in Iowa, to serve as Iowa senior adviser.

  • February 11, 2019: The New York Times published a profile of Harris examining her record as a prosecutor and how it could affect her presidential campaign.

  • February 8, 2019: Harris hired Jalisa Washington-Price, former chief of staff for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as a state director in South Carolina.

  • February 7, 2019: Harris was endorsed by 21 of the 28 Democrats in the California State Senate.

  • February 5, 2019: Harris was scheduled to spend two days each in early voting states South Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada. She also delivered a prebuttal to Trump’s State of the Union.

  • February 4, 2019: Susie Tompkins Buell, a Democratic donor who brought in $6 million for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, announced she is backing Harris.

  • February 2, 2019: Vox published an analysis of Booker’s and Harris’ affordable housing plans. Read more here.

  • February 1, 2019: Harris announced that she would bring Trisha Pesiri-Dybvik, an air traffic controller who was furloughed during the government shutdown, as her guest to the State of the Union.

• January 2019 (click to expand)

  January

  • January 30, 2019: Reps. Kate Hill and Nanette Barragán endorsed fellow California delegation member Harris. They joined Ted Lieu in being Harris’ first three congressional endorsements.

  • January 30, 2019: Harris was scheduled to attend two major Hollywood fundraisers over the weekend hosted by Universal’s Jeff Shell and The Abbey founder David Cooley.

  • January 29, 2019: CNN said its televised town hall with Harris Monday “was the most watched cable news single candidate election town hall ever.”

  • January 28, 2019: Harris received her first congressional endorsement from Ted Lieu, who represents California’s 33rd Congressional District. She also named Deirdre DeJear as her state campaign chairwoman and Will Dubbs as her state director in Iowa.

  • January 27, 2019: Harris formally kicked off her campaign with a rally in her hometown of Oakland, California. Her campaign announced that it would be headquartered in Baltimore with a second office in Oakland.

John Hickenlooper

Top five

• August 15, 2019: Hickenlooper suspended his presidential campaign, according to the Associated Press.

• August 13, 2019: The New York Times reported that Hickenlooper was considering dropping his presidential bid to run for U.S. Senate in Colorado.

• August 10, 2019: Hickenlooper described what he called his pragmatic progressive policies on the economy and the environment.

• August 7, 2019: Hickenlooper wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register criticizing the Trump administration’s tariffs.

• August 6, 2019: Hickenlooper did not rule out a potential bid for U.S. Senate in Colorado. CNN reported that he spoke with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about a possible run. "He is still in the race for president, but he hasn't closed the door to anything,” said Hickenlooper’s communications director.

2019

• August 2019 (click to collapse)

  August

  • August 15, 2019: Hickenlooper suspended his presidential campaign, according to the Associated Press.

  • August 13, 2019: The New York Times reported that Hickenlooper was considering dropping his presidential bid to run for U.S. Senate in Colorado.

  • August 10, 2019: Hickenlooper described what he called his pragmatic progressive policies on the economy and the environment.

  • August 7, 2019: Hickenlooper wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register criticizing the Trump administration’s tariffs.

  • August 6, 2019: Hickenlooper did not rule out a potential bid for U.S. Senate in Colorado. CNN reported that he spoke with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about a possible run. "He is still in the race for president, but he hasn't closed the door to anything,” said Hickenlooper’s communications director.

  • August 6, 2019: Hickenlooper began a five-day tour of Iowa, finishing off with an appearance at the Iowa State Fair.

  • August 3-4, 2019: The 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: Hickenlooper appeared on AM2DM by Buzzfeed News to discuss the second Democratic primary debate, skills-based training, and gun violence.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Hickenlooper participated. He opposed pulling troops completely out of Afghanistan, saying it would lead to a humanitarian disaster. He described himself as both progressive and pragmatic and said the country needed to focus on manufacturing and the economy rather than issues like a jobs guarantee in the Green New Deal.

  • July 29, 2019: Hickenlooper unveiled his rural development program, which called for expanding broadband access, establishing a lifetime tax credit of up to $50,000 for small businesses that show growth, and creating entrepreneurial opportunity zones that incentivize work in rural areas.

  • July 28, 2019: Hickenlooper wrote an op-ed about gun violence and mass shootings for CNN.com.

  • July 26, 2019: The New York Times profiled Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign and messaging.

  • July 25, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Sigourney, Iowa.

  • July 23, 2019: Hickenlooper wrote an op-ed in Fortune about entrepreneurship and tariffs.

  • July 22, 2019: Hickenlooper posted a digital ad highlighting his experience owning a brewery and serving as governor of Colorado.

  • July 21, 2019: Hickenlooper appeared on WMUR’s CloseUp in New Hampshire, where he discussed fundraising and why he wanted to remain in the race.

  • July 16, 2019: The Chronicle interviewed Hickenlooper about climate change, the Senate, and education policy.

  • July 15, 2019: Hickenlooper participated in a forum hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP.

  • July 13, 2019: Hickenlooper hired Peter Cunningham to replace Lauren Hitt as communications director.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 8, 2019: The Washington Post reported on Hickenlooper’s campaign through Iowa, writing, “Hickenlooper’s pitch is that he can appeal to both liberal Democrats and the white working-class voters who have flocked to Trump.” Also, in a July 8 interview with The Des Moines Register, Hickenlooper said he had rebooted his campaign and planned to spend more time campaigning than fundraising.

  • July 7, 2019: Hickenlooper discussed the health of his campaign following several staff departures, saying that "the vast majority of the problem with the campaign was me not being as good of a messenger as I need to be."

  • July 5-6, 2019: Hickenlooper held two campaign events in Aspen, Colorado, before heading to Iowa.

  • July 2, 2019: The Hickenlooper campaign confirmed the departure of five staffers, including the previously reported departures of his campaign manager and national finance director.

  • July 1, 2019: Hickenlooper made several major staffing changes, including hiring M.E. Smith as his new campaign manager. National finance director Dan Sorensen left to join Beto O'Rourke’s campaign. Former campaign manager Brad Komar and communications director Lauren Hitt also departed the campaign.

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 30, 2019: In an interview on CNN, Hickenlooper criticized Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un.

  • June 27, 2019: At the first Democratic debate, Hickenlooper said Democrats needed to make clear they were not socialists. He said he supported the mission of the Green New Deal but opposed its job guarantee. On immigration, Hickenlooper said the Trump administration's family separation policy was tantamount to kidnapping.

  • June 25, 2019: Hickenlooper discussed his debate strategy in an interview on CNN.

  • June 22, 2019: Hickenlooper and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Hickenlooper and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Hickenlooper and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Hickenlooper and seven other Democratic candidates also participated in a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) forum. At the forum, Hickenlooper said that people living in the country without legal permission should be given 10-year visas.

  • June 19, 2019: Hickenlooper discussed socialism, gun policy, and climate change in an interview on MSNBC.

  • June 15, 2019: Hickenlooper appeared on CNN's Smerconish, where he discussed his presidential campaign and how being a governor has prepared him to be president.

  • June 13, 2019: Hickenlooper gave a speech challenging democratic socialism at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. He also released his climate change platform. He proposed establishing a carbon tax and investing $200 billion in transportation and renewable energy and $150 billion in the electric grid system.

  • June 10, 2019: KIMT News 3 interviewed Hickenlooper about his opposition to socialism and support for civility in politics.

  • June 9, 2019: Hickenlooper and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: Hickenlooper spoke against socialism in an interview on The Michael Smerconish Program.

  • June 3, 2019: In an interview on Press Play, Hickenlooper discussed moving towards a public option for health insurance, working with the oil and gas industry, and marijuana legalization.

  • June 1, 2019: While speaking at the California Democratic Party Convention, Hickenlooper denounced socialism. "If we want to beat Donald Trump and achieve big progressive goals, socialism is not the answer," he said.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Hickenlooper would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: Hickenlooper proposed increasing Title X funding by $700 million to expand access to long-acting reversible contraception like intrauterine devices. Greenpeace USA released its scores for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates’ records on climate change and fossil fuels. Hickenlooper received a D- grade.

  • May 28, 2019: Hickenlooper met with survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting while campaigning in Connecticut over the weekend.

  • May 25, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Connecticut. The stop included a meet and greet with the Connecticut High School Democrats.

  • May 22, 2019: Hickenlooper released his gun safety platform, calling for universal background checks, extending waiting periods from three to 10 days, establishing a national gun license, raising the age to own a gun from 18 to 21, and supporting extreme risk protection orders.

  • May 20, 2019: Hickenlooper discussed the Iran nuclear deal, school safety, and climate change in an interview with Yahoo! News.

  • May 20, 2019: Hickenlooper gave his first foreign policy speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, where he discussed U.S. relations with China, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, and North Korea. He said he would use an “activist, not a pacifist” approach to foreign policy.

  • May 20, 2019: Hickenlooper released his foreign policy platform focused on cybersecurity, trade agreements, and strengthening global alliances.

  • May 15, 2019: Hickenlooper discussed how he would modify capitalism during an interview on Fox Business Network.

  • May 13, 2019: Yahoo! Finance interviewed Hickenlooper and Ryan as parts of its “Meet the Candidate” series.

  • May 11-12, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Iowa, including a stop at the annual Benz Beer Fest.

  • May 8, 2019: In an interview on MTP Daily, Hickenlooper said his life experience away from Washington, D.C., distinguished him from fellow Coloradan candidate Bennet.

  • May 5, 2019: In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Hickenlooper wrote that he opposed both massive regulation and socialism. He said, “I’m running to save capitalism.”

  • May 3, 2019: Hickenlooper appeared on Pod Save America.

  • May 1, 2019: In an interview with Cheddar, Hickenlooper said he would reduce the student loan interest rate to 2.5 percent because student debt is a “drag on the economy.”

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: In his trade platform, Hickenlooper called for enforcing fair labor and safety standards, protecting the intellectual property of American companies, enforcing environmental and climate standards, ensuring U.S. companies have comparable investment rights abroad, and assisting U.S. workers affected by job displacement from trade.

  • April 26, 2019: Hickenlooper proposed increasing the minimum wage to $15 using a staggered schedule. The most expensive areas of the country would reach this new minimum wage by 2021 and less expensive areas by 2024.

  • April 26, 2019: Hickenlooper released an anti-monopoly proposal that included expanding antitrust legislation and limiting worker noncompete agreements.

  • April 21, 2019: Hickenlooper discussed combating climate change, ending the legislative filibuster, and abolishing the Electoral College during an interview on CBS This Morning.

  • April 16, 2019: Hickenlooper met with survivors of the 1999 Columbine high school shooting in Colorado.

  • April 15, 2019: Hickenlooper raised $2 million in the first quarter of 2019. Half of the contributions came from outside of his home state of Colorado.

  • April 13-14, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Iowa for the second time.

  • April 8, 2019: In an interview with Colorado Public Radio, Hickenlooper reflected on his campaign. “Certainly I haven't been awash in free media," he said. "When you have Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke and people who are raising tens of millions of dollars from small donors who are really swept up in their celebrity, that means you're going to start out pretty slow.”

  • April 5-6, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Alabama and met with survivors of the 2015 Charleston church shooting in South Carolina.

  • April 4, 2019: Hickenlooper’s episode of WMUR's "Conversation with the Candidate” aired; topics included the economy, climate change, and tax policy.

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  March

  • March 31, 2019: Hickenlooper was interviewed about immigration on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He tweeted following the interview, “The mess at our border is the result of a lack of preparation and inhumane Trump administration policies that at times amount to a form of kidnapping.”

  • March 29, 2019: Politico Magazine profiled Hickenlooper, describing his style on the campaign trail as “radical transparency.”

  • March 27, 2019: New York magazine published an interview with Hickenlooper, where he discussed marijuana legalization, his experience being vetted as Hillary Clinton’s potential vice president, and cable news.

  • March 26, 2019: Hickenlooper published an op-ed in The Washington Post arguing the Green New Deal “sets us up for failure” because the goals it sets are unachievable. He called for cooperation between the federal government and private industry, and likened this approach to the space race and curing polio.

  • March 23, 2019: Hickenlooper held a campaign event in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He compared the current political division in America to the political division in the country prior to the start of the American Civil War.

  • March 20, 2019: During a town hall televised by CNN, Hickenlooper said he did not think it would be appropriate to call a national emergency for gun violence.

  • March 20, 2019: Hickenlooper published an opinion piece on CNN where he discussed economic policy and the challenges he perceives for the American workforce. He called for an “investment of historic proportions in skills training and apprenticeships” and collaboration between labor unions, citizens, and civic organizations.

  • March 13, 2019: CNN published a profile focused on Hickenlooper's face blindness and how it had affected his political career.

  • March 12, 2019: Hickenlooper appeared on The Late Show with Seth Meyers.

  • March 9, 2019: Hickenlooper campaigned in Iowa where he pointed to his executive experience as governor of Colorado as something that distinguished himself from the field.

  • March 4, 2019: Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado, announced that he was running for president Monday morning. He posted a video sharing his journey from geologist to business owner to governor. He will kick off his campaign in Denver on Thursday.

Jay Inslee

Top five

• August 19, 2019: Inslee crossed the fundraising threshold of 130,000 unique contributors for the third and fourth Democratic primary debates. He needs four qualifying polls to make the stage.

• August 18, 2019: Inslee discussed climate change in an interview on MSNBC’s Kasie DC.

• August 14, 2019: Inslee tweeted that he was 10,000 donors away from crossing the fundraising threshold for the third primary debate.

• August 14, 2019: Inslee launched his first Donor Dash, seeking as many donors as possible in 48 hours.

• August 10, 2019: During a campaign stop in Iowa, Inslee discussed climate change and electability.

2019

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  August

  • August 19, 2019: Inslee crossed the fundraising threshold of 130,000 unique contributors for the third and fourth Democratic primary debates. He needs four qualifying polls to make the stage.

  • August 18, 2019: Inslee discussed climate change in an interview on MSNBC’s Kasie DC.

  • August 14, 2019: Inslee tweeted that he was 10,000 donors away from crossing the fundraising threshold for the third primary debate.

  • August 14, 2019: Inslee launched his first Donor Dash, seeking as many donors as possible in 48 hours.

  • August 10, 2019: During a campaign stop in Iowa, Inslee discussed climate change and electability.

  • August 6, 2019: Inslee released a 10-point plan to address gun violence connected to white nationalism. His proposals included increasing federal funding for de-radicalization programs, spending more resources on joint federal-state investigations of white nationalists, and using extreme risk protection orders.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inslee participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: The Seattle Times reported that The pro-Inslee super PAC Act Now On Climate raised $2.2 million from eight donors since it formed in February.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Inslee participated. At the debate, Inslee called Donald Trump a white nationalist while discussing immigration and said the U.S. needed to expand its refugee programs. Inslee said his climate change plan was called the gold standard and that the U.S. could not delay getting off of coal and fossil fuels past a timeline of 10 years.

  • July 29, 2019: Inslee issued his community climate justice platform focused on climate inequality. His plan included tracking pollution hotspots and climate change effects, establishing an Office of Environmental Justice, spending $1.2 trillion on frontline communities, and creating a universal clean energy service fund to address energy insecurity. Inslee spoke about water infrastructure during a campaign visit to Flint, Michigan. Politico reported that the pro-Inslee super PAC Act Now on Climate spent six figures on an attack ad against Biden, Buttigieg, Harris, Sanders, and Warren that will air in Iowa during the debates and the week after

  • July 26, 2019: Inslee announced his platform on unions and workers. In addition to a $15 minimum wage, guaranteed paid family leave, and banning right-to-work laws, Inslee called for barring companies to hold meetings with individual workers to discourage them from unionizing or asking prospective employees for their salary history.

  • July 23, 2019: Inslee talked about climate change solutions in an episode of Why Is This Happening with Chris Hayes.

  • July 22, 2019: Inslee attended a forum hosted by several Democratic clubs in Palisades, California.

  • July 19, 2019: In the Daily Kos series Making Progress, Inslee spoke about climate change and low-income communities, healthcare, and white nationalism.

  • July 15, 2019: Inslee participated in the "20 Questions for 2020" series by NowThisNews, discussing clean energy, mountain climbing, and campaign strategy.

  • July 13, 2019: Inslee, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Elizabeth Warren attended Netroots Nation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Inslee spoke against the filibuster.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Inslee campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 10, 2019: Inslee said he opposed the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, which runs between the Great Lakes, and the plan to replace it with a new pipeline tunnel.

  • July 9, 2019: In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Inslee spoke about climate change and the Trump administration.

  • July 5, 2019: Inslee was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas. Also that day, Inslee unveiled his education policy platform. Connecting education to addressing climate change, he called for investing more in STEM, upgrading school infrastructure, and establishing universal pre-school and free or reduced college tuition.

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  June

  • June 27, 2019: Inslee renewed his calls for a debate focused solely on climate change, saying the first debate showed it would not be properly highlighted.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, Inslee highlighted his executive experience in Washington, saying he was the only candidate who passed laws on abortion and health insurance. He also discussed climate change and his support for unions.

  • June 25, 2019: The Atlantic reported that Inslee will expand his presidential campaign theme from climate change to his experience as a governor during the presidential debate.

  • June 24, 2019: Inslee campaigned in Everglades Holiday Park in Florida. There, he issued his fourth plan related to energy and the environment, the Freedom from Fossil Fuels plan.

  • June 22, 2019: Inslee and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Inslee and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Inslee and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Inslee appeared on MSNBC’s Velshi and Ruhle to discuss climate policy.

  • June 19, 2019: Inslee discussed his support for paid family leave at a roundtable at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.

  • June 18, 2019: Inslee announced the hiring of a number of campaign staff, including press secretary Katie Rodihan and operations director Molly Keenan.

  • June 13, 2019: Inslee said that roughly 60 state party chairmen and Democratic National Committee members were going to submit a formal resolution for a climate change debate.

  • June 12, 2019: Inslee campaigned in New Hampshire, including a stop at a Brentwood-based solar panel company.

  • June 11, 2019: In an interview with BuzzFeed News' AM to DM, Inslee discussed prioritizing climate change, decriminalizing sex work at the state level, healthcare, and abortion.

  • June 10, 2019: Over the previous weekend, Inslee had posted three billboards in Des Moines, Iowa, calling on an energy company to stop burning coal for energy production.

  • June 9, 2019: Inslee and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Inslee joined Iowa state Sen. Rob Hogg (D) for a conversation on climate change. Inslee and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 5, 2019: Inslee released a proposal for how he said the United States could lead on global climate change issues. He called for rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, raising the ceiling for refugee admissions, adjusting trade policies to support carbon-free outcomes, and prohibiting the financing of fossil fuel projects.

  • June 4, 2019: Inslee wrote a letter to Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez calling for a debate dedicated exclusively to climate change. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called Inslee's climate platform the “gold standard climate plan that we have right now.” At the time, she had not endorsed any presidential candidate.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Inslee would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2. Inslee also attended the Immigrant Unity and Freedom Presidential Forum in Pasadena, California, along with Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders.

  • May 30, 2019: Greenpeace USA released its scores for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates’ records on climate change and fossil fuels. Inslee received an A- grade.

  • May 29, 2019: Inslee met with Washington state employees to discuss ways to improve the safety, efficacy, and accountability of the workforce.

  • May 28, 2019: Inslee announced he had reached the donor threshold of 65,000 contributors to qualify for the first Democratic primary debate. Since Inslee has also met the polling requirement, he was likely guaranteed a spot on the debate stage.

  • May 24, 2019: The New York Times profiled Inslee and his campaign focus on climate change.

  • May 22, 2019: Inslee signed a measure into law in Washington prohibiting local authorities from asking about someone's immigration status.

  • May 20, 2019: Inslee explained how a public healthcare option will work in Washington in an interview with Vox.

  • May 18, 2019: While campaigning in New Hampshire, Inslee said he would advocate making abortion access a civil right.

  • May 16, 2019: Inslee issued his “Evergreen Economy” plan that would invest $9 trillion into clean energy industries to add what he says will be 8 million jobs over a decade.

  • May 15, 2019: Inslee hired Jennifer Keeler to lead his campaign in New Hampshire. Keeler previously served as the North Carolina state field director for voting rights advocacy group Open Progress and as the state Senate caucus director for Delaware Democrats.

  • May 15, 2019: Inslee will tour Davenport, Iowa, which was affected by the Mississippi River flooding last month.

  • May 13, 2019: Inslee hired Keith Presley to run his Iowa campaign. Presley previously worked as deputy campaign manager for Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.).

  • May 13, 2019: Inslee is expected to sign into law a bill making Washington the first state to have a universally available public option in the private health insurance market.

  • May 10, 2019: Inslee added a scalable jobs program for public works to his climate change proposal. He said the Climate Conservation Corps would be open to individuals who are young, have a low income, or have advanced degrees.

  • May 8, 2019: Inslee signed a bill banning hydraulic fracking in Washington state.

  • May 7, 2019: Inslee signed into law a mandate for carbon-free electricity in Washington by 2045.

  • May 6, 2019: Inslee discussed climate change and California wildfires on Capital Public Radio.

  • May 4, 2019: Inslee participated in the March for Science in Sacramento, California.

  • May 3, 2019: Inslee announced a new clean energy plan to move the country to 100 percent clean energy. He proposed manufacturing zero-emission vehicles, eliminating the carbon footprint for all new buildings, shutting down coal-fired power plants, and requiring utility companies to become 100 percent carbon neutral by 2035.

  • May 1, 2019: Inslee discussed climate change during a town hall at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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  April

  • April 25, 2019: Inslee spoke at Town Hall Seattle in Washington, where he introduced 2018 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

  • April 23, 2019: The Daily Beast reported that the pro-Inslee super PAC Act Now On Climate was using unique Facebook ad URLs to direct followers to Inslee's campaign website in a manner that could communicate ad strategy with the campaign.

  • April 22, 2019: Inslee shared an open letter asking other Democratic candidates to support his calls for the DNC to host a debate focused on climate change.

  • April 21, 2019: Inslee called on the Democratic National Committee to host a presidential debate dedicated to climate change. The DNC responded in a statement, “Democrats are eager to put forward their solutions to combat climate change, and we will absolutely have these discussions during the 2020 primary process.”

  • April 18, 2019: Inslee visited a business incubator focused on the commercialization of clean technology in Los Angeles.

  • April 16, 2019: Inslee appeared on Pod Save America, where he discussed making climate change the central theme of his campaign, his executive experience, and the Trump administration.

  • April 15, 2019: Inslee raised about $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2019 with 90 percent of the contributions under $100.

  • April 14, 2019: In response to Trump’s suggested plan to transfer detained immigrants to sanctuary jurisdictions, Inslee said that he would welcome it: “Number one, look, you can't threaten somebody with something they're not afraid of. And we are not afraid of diversity in the state of Washington.” He also said many of the migrants were climate refugees.

  • April 11, 2019: Inslee said marijuana legalization in Washington was a successful enterprise and recommended it. When asked if he would legalize psychedelic mushrooms for the treatment of PTSD, depression, and related issues, Inslee said he would consider it.

  • April 10, 2019: Inslee appeared on a CNN town hall, where he said the filibuster should be eliminated to pass legislation on climate change and discussed criminal justice, impeachment, and the Boeing 737 MAX groundings.

  • April 9, 2019: Mother Jones profiled Inslee and his campaign focus on climate change.

  • April 9, 2019: Inslee appeared in a televised town hall on CNN.

  • April 5, 2019: Inslee signed a bill raising the legal age to buy tobacco and vaping products in Washington from 18 to 21. The law was scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2020.

  • April 4, 2019: Inslee spoke at the Foley Institute in Washington state about climate change and his vision for transitioning to carbon-free energy.

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  March

  • March 29, 2019: Inslee released 12 years of his tax returns and called on Donald Trump to do the same.

  • March 25, 2019: Open Secrets reported that the super PAC Act Now on Climate had spent more than $1.3 million on behalf of Inslee since the beginning of March. Inslee was the only candidate aligned with a super PAC at the time of the report's release.

  • March 23, 2019: Inslee made a campaign appearance in Portland, Oregon. He met with union leaders at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 Training Center, and talked about climate change and clean energy.

  • March 20, 2019: In an interview on PBS NewsHour, Inslee called for limiting subsidies to fossil fuel industries and said he was open to increasing marginal tax rates.

  • March 18, 2019: Inslee appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where he discussed climate change and his environmental record as governor.

  • March 16, 2019: Inslee made his first presidential campaign visit to New Hampshire, visiting Bedford, Exeter, and Durham.

  • March 14, 2019: Inslee signed a bill moving Washington’s primary from May to the second Tuesday in March. Michigan and Ohio, among other states, are also holding primaries that day.

  • March 11, 2019: Inslee campaigned in California, meeting with families affected by the Woolsey Fire. "Climate change has caused more wildfires and impacted too many lives. We need to act now on climate,” Inslee tweeted.

  • March 10, 2019: Inslee advocated ending the filibuster to pass legislation on climate change and called on other 2020 presidential candidates to also support eliminating the filibuster.

  • March 5, 2019: Inslee made his first presidential campaign visit to Iowa, including a visit to Sitegen Solar, a solar business owned by former state Rep. Tyler Olson.

  • March 5, 2019: Inslee said he welcomed support from the super PAC Act on Climate Now and would not disavow their support. “They want to defeat climate change, and this is something I've been very passionate about for decades," he said. "So, no, I won't be condemning any organization that's trying to defeat climate change."

  • March 5, 2019: Act Now on Climate spent $1 million on a television and digital advertising campaign in both Iowa and national markets for Jay Inslee, marking the first major spending bid of the Democratic primary.

  • March 1, 2019: When announcing his candidacy, Inslee called the Green New Deal aspirational. He said, “I will be rolling out my own proposed policy. It will be comprehensive. It will be robust. It will have a sector-by-sector approach which will be targeted to reduction of carbon pollution and job creation in each sector."

  • March 1, 2019: Inslee, the governor of Washington, announced that he was running for president. He said in a video statement, “I'm running for president because I am the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority.” His longtime adviser, Aisling Kerins, will manage his campaign.

Amy Klobuchar

Top five

• March 2, 2020: Klobuchar suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Biden.

• February 29, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. She made a $4.2 million ad buy across the Super Tuesday states.

• February 27, 2020: Klobuchar attended a roundtable on voting rights in North Carolina. She also participated in a televised town hall from Raleigh on Fox News.

• February 25-26, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in South Carolina. Kitchen Table Conversations made a six-figure ad buy in Arkansas, Maine, Oklahoma, and South Carolina to support Klobuchar.

• February 24, 2020: Klobuchar released a medical report that said she was in good health and “does not have any health conditions that would impair her ability” to serve as president.

2020

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  March

  • March 2, 2020: Klobuchar suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Biden.

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  February

  • February 29, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. She made a $4.2 million ad buy across the Super Tuesday states.

  • February 27, 2020: Klobuchar attended a roundtable on voting rights in North Carolina. She also participated in a televised town hall from Raleigh on Fox News.

  • February 25-26, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in South Carolina. Kitchen Table Conversations made a six-figure ad buy in Arkansas, Maine, Oklahoma, and South Carolina to support Klobuchar.

  • February 24, 2020: Klobuchar released a medical report that said she was in good health and “does not have any health conditions that would impair her ability” to serve as president.

  • February 20-21, 2020: Klobuchar launched a seven-figure ad buy for cable, broadcast, and digital channels in Super Tuesday states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia. The three ads are titled “I Know You,” “Decency,” and “Home.” Klobuchar campaigned in Reno.

  • February 20, 2020: Klobuchar aired two new 15-second ads in Nevada focused on healthcare. She held an event in Aurora, Colorado.

  • February 18, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in Las Vegas, holding a GOTC event and attending an event hosted by the Culinary Union.

  • February 16, 2020: The Houston Chronicle, the second-largest newspaper in Texas, endorsed Klobuchar. Klobuchar announced she had raised $12 million in less than two weeks since the Feb. 7 debate. Her campaign also released a Spanish-language television and radio ad airing in Nevada between Feb. 15 and 22. A new super PAC, Kitchen Table Conversations, was formed on Feb. 14 to support Klobuchar’s presidential bid.

  • February 14, 2020: Klobuchar held a town hall in Reno, Nevada. The Las Vegas Sun and The Las Vegas Weekly endorsed both Biden and Klobuchar.

  • February 12, 2020: Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio endorsed Klobuchar. Klobuchar held a town hall in Las Vegas on Feb 13.

  • February 11, 2020: Klobuchar launched two ads, “100 Days” and “About You,” in Nevada on cable, broadcast, and digital channels.

  • February 11, 2020: Klobuchar attended New Hampshire GOTV events in Concord, Portsmouth, and Nashua.

  • February 7-8, 2020: Former Rep. and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Sestak endorsed Klobuchar. Klobuchar's campaign reported raising $2 million in less than 24 hours after the New Hampshire debate.

  • February 4, 2020: Klobuchar released her final ad in New Hampshire, “It’s About You,” as part of a television and digital ad buy in the state.

  • February 4, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Concord, Portsmouth, and Nashua.

  • February 1-3, 2020: Rep. Linda Sánchez (Calif.) endorsed Klobuchar. The campaign hosted its caucus watch party in Des Moines on Feb. 3.

  • February 1-2, 2020: Klobuchar attended GOTC events throughout Iowa and a Super Bowl party in Johnston.

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  January

  • January 29, 2020: The Associated Press reported on Klobuchar’s handling of a 2002 murder case, leading several racial justice organizations, including the Minneapolis NAACP and Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, to request she suspend her campaign.

  • January 28, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa before returning to Washington, D.C., for the impeachment trial. She also released her final two ads in the state, “99” and “It’s About You.”

  • January 26, 2020: The New Hampshire Union Leader, the state’s largest newspaper, endorsed Klobuchar.

  • January 25-26, 2020: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa with stops in Bettendorf, Waterloo, Ames, and Des Moines.

  • January 22, 2020: Klobuchar hosted a tele-town hall in Iowa. She also released a new ad, “Buckle Up,” as part of a six-figure campaign in Iowa.

  • January 18-19, 2020: Klobuchar attened the Iowa State Educators Association forum in West Des Moines. She also campaigned in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.

  • January 17, 2020: Klobuchar hosted a rally with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Tina Smith in Minneapolis.

  • January 16, 2020: Klobuchar, Michael Bennet, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren were sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

  • January 14, 2020: Klobuchar, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, and Elizabeth Warren participated in the seventh Democratic presidential primary debate. The event took place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, at 9 p.m. ET.

  • January 11-12, 2020: Klobuchar continued to campaign in Iowa with stops in Fort Dodge and Perry.

  • January 10, 2020: Klobuchar launched a six-figure ad campaign in Iowa for three versions of a clip called "People". Two ads feature state Sen. Liz Mathis (D) and state Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D).

  • January 10, 2020: Klobuchar held a town hall in Ottumwa, Iowa.

  • January 7, 2020: Klobuchar canceled her appearance at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., following the Iranian missile attacks.

  • January 7, 2020: Klobuchar spoke at the College Convention 2020 in New Hampshire.

  • January 3-4, 2020: Klobuchar released a new statewide ad in Iowa and New Hampshire called “What It Takes.” She also campaigned in Nevada with stops in Minden, Reno, and Las Vegas.

2019

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  December

  • December 27, 2019: Klobuchar completed her tour of all 99 counties in Iowa. She doubled her operation in Iowa, reaching nearly 80 staffers across the state. She campaigned in New Hampshire Dec. 29-31.

  • December 23, 2019: Klobuchar finished her four-day tour of Iowa with stops in Sheldon, Ashton, and Lyon. She also campaigned in South Dakota. Her campaign said she raised more than $1 million in the 24 hours following the sixth Democratic debate.

  • December 20, 2019: Klobuchar began a bus tour of Iowa on Friday, visiting 27 counties over four days.

  • December 17-18, 2019: Klobuchar released a television ad in Iowa focused on her career. She attended a fundraiser in Los Angeles.

  • December 15, 2019: Klobuchar held three campaign events in Iowa.

  • December 13, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at a roundtable on labor issues in Florida.

  • December 11, 2019: Klobuchar delivered a foreign policy address at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.

  • December 8, 2019: Klobuchar attended a town hall in Denver about elections, voter registration, campaign finance, and election security.

  • December 4, 2019: Klobuchar hired Norm Sterzenbach as her caucus adviser in Iowa. Sterzenbach previously served as the executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party and Beto O’Rourke’s Iowa state director.

  • December 3, 2019: In a new national service plan, Klobuchar called for expanding AmeriCorps and establishing a new Climate Civilian Conservation Corps. The Klobuchar campaign also announced it would double its field offices in Iowa up to 20.

  • December 1, 2019: Klobuchar began airing a new ad in Iowa focused on prescription drug costs. She campaigned in New Hampshire on Dec. 3.

  • December 1, 2019: Klobuchar’s field organizers unionized with representation from Teamsters Local 238. In a CNN interview, Klobuchar said she did not see herself voting to acquit Trump if there were an impeachment trial.

• November 2019 (click to expand)

  November

  • November 26-27, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa. On Nov. 29 and 30, she made campaign stops in South Carolina.

  • November 22-23, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • November 22, 2019: Klobuchar hired Marina Negroponte, the former Nevada state director for Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, to lead her efforts in Nevada. Cameron Miller will serve as Nevada political director.

  • November 18, 2019: Klobuchar held a roundtable on voting rights in Atlanta. Klobuchar also filed for the Ohio Democratic primary.

  • November 18, 2019: The Wall Street Journal interviewed Klobuchar about the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse and infrastructure.

  • November 16, 2019: Eight candidates, including Klobuchar, participated in the Real América Presidential Forum hosted by the Democratic Party of California and Univision. The event took place as part of the state party's endorsing convention that weekend.

  • November 14, 2019: Klobuchar attended a campaign event in San Carlos, California.

  • November 13, 2019: Ten candidates, including Klobuchar, qualified for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • November 11, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at a veteran’s day event in Minnesota.

  • November 7, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at Iowa Central Community College.

  • November 7, 2019: Klobuchar started a three-day campaign in Iowa. She also qualified for the sixth Democratic presidential debate in December on November 6.

  • November 6, 2019: After filing for the New Hampshire primary, Klobuchar held a rally at the New Hampshire State House and attended several town halls.

  • November 4, 2019: Klobuchar discussed electability and prescription drug costs at an event in Philadelphia.

• October 2019 (click to expand)

  October

  • October 31, 2019: Klobuchar begins her second bus tour of Iowa with an event in Des Moines.

  • October 24, 2019: Klobuchar qualified for the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate after reaching 3 percent support in a Quinnipiac University poll. She is also airing her second ad in Iowa and New Hampshire that presents her “optimistic agenda for all Americans.”

  • October 22, 2019: Klobuchar spoke about election security and the Honest Ads Act on the Senate floor.

  • October 21, 2019: Klobuchar finished her “All of America” bus tour in Iowa. Her campaign also announced it had raised $2 million in the six days since the fourth Democratic primary debate.

  • October 20, 2019: In a CNN interview, Klobuchar discussed the timing of a potential Senate impeachment trial in December and her presidential campaign.

  • October 18-20, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned across Iowa as part of her “All of America Bus Tour.”

  • October 16-17, 2019: Klobuchar visited all 10 counties in New Hampshire as part of her “For All of America” tour.

  • October 10, 2019: In a letter, Klobuchar called on the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission to open an investigation into President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani.

  • October 9, 2019: Klobuchar sent a letter to Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) asking him to schedule a markup of the Honest Ads Act, which she co-sponsors, citing a Senate Intelligence Committee report discussing the use of social media platforms by the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. The Act would require online political ads to meet the same disclosure requirements as TV and radio ads.

  • October 8, 2019: Klobuchar criticized Donald Trump's decision to remove troops from the Syrian border. She told Iowa's KMA News, "We should be dealing with China right now in trying to work out this trade war, all right? ... We should be dealing with farm prices. Instead, he causes all these self-inflicted wounds, whether it is getting out of the Iranian agreement, so that that's blowing up, and they are enriching uranium and blowing the caps, to what is happening now with Syria."

  • October 7, 2019: Klobuchar announced $4.8 million in fundraising for the third quarter of 2019. That figure is more than her $3.9 million from Q2 but less than her $5.2 million from Q1.

  • October 6, 2019: Klobuchar spoke on CNN’s State of the Union and discussed the U.S. House impeachment inquiry into Trump.

  • October 3-4, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa, marking her 20th trip to the state.

  • October 2, 2019: Klobuchar released her first television ad in Iowa and New Hampshire in a six-figure campaign.

• September 2019 (click to expand)

  September

  • September 30, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned and attended a private fundraiser in Seattle.

  • September 24, 2019: Several local newspapers published an op-ed on rural broadband access by Klobuchar.

  • September 24, 2019: Klobuchar co-hosted a women’s entrepreneurship roundtable in Washington, D.C.

  • September 19, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Detroit and Milwaukee.

  • September 18, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Pittsburgh, focusing on her economic agenda.

  • September 17, 2019: Klobuchar launch a tour of former blue wall states, with stops in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

  • September 12, 2019: Klobuchar participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Klobuchar, click here.

  • September 10, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s presidential forum.

  • September 9, 2019: Klobuchar and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy. Also that day, Klobuchar spoke about her political identity, the 2016 presidential election, humor in politics, the opioid crisis, and the first overseas trip she'd make as president in an interview on WBUR's Here & Now.

  • September 7, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 6, 2019: Klobuchar spoke about the economy at Manchester Community College as part of a presidential forum series.

  • September 1, 2019: Klobuchar released a climate plan that included the goals of 100% net zero emissions by 2050, participating in the Paris Climate Agreement, and restoring the Clean Power Plan.

• August 2019 (click to expand)

  August

  • August 29, 2019: Klobuchar announced she was opening five new field offices in New Hampshire in the coming weeks.

  • August 28, 2019: Klobuchar spoke about gun violence policy during a speech at the Nevada State AFL-CIO Convention.

  • August 26, 2019: Klobuchar ended a two-day visit to New Hampshire, speaking at a house party in Bedford.

  • August 25-26, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • August 25, 2019: Klobuchar discussed tariffs, China, and Afghanistan in an interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation.

  • August 15, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Arkansas, holding a press conference on gun violence and attending a Democratic Party fundraiser.

  • August 14, 2019: Klobuchar addressed union members at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades annual convention in Las Vegas.

  • August 10, 2019: Klobuchar spoke about immigration, climate change, workforce training, and the rural-urban divide at the Soapbox.

  • August 8, 2019: In a Medium post, Klobuchar outlined her anti-domestic terrorism proposal. She called for prioritizing law enforcement tracking, investigation, and prosecution of hate crimes and white nationalist activity. Under her plan, people with violent misdemeanor hate crime convictions would be barred from purchasing or possessing firearms.

  • August 7, 2019: Klobuchar kicked off her four-day Heartland Tour.

  • August 7, 2019: Klobuchar issued her farming communities platform, which includes expanding federal commodity price supports and federal crop insurance programs, tariff review, loan forgiveness for agricultural students, increasing the use of ethanol, and infrastructure improvements.

  • August 5, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at an event hosted by the Orange County California Democrats.

  • August 5, 2019: Klobuchar, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders spoke on Latino issues at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in San Diego.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Klobuchar participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: Klobuchar announced that she had reached the grassroots fundraising and polling thresholds to qualify for the third Democratic primary debate in September.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Klobuchar participated. She said she knew how to win competitive elections, particularly in the Midwest. She opposed universal free college, saying it would also pay the tuition of wealthy students. Klobuchar also presented her $1 trillion infrastructure plan, including rural broadband and green infrastructure.

  • July 28, 2019: Klobuchar met with AFSCME Council 61 members while campaigning in Iowa.

  • July 25, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at a presidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana. Also, in her housing plan released July 25, Klobuchar said she would raise the capital gains tax rate for households making more than $400,000 to help fund additional spending on housing vouchers, rural housing assistance grants, and other housing programs.

  • July 24, 2019: Klobuchar, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan.

  • July 22, 2019: In a Washington Post Live interview, Klobuchar discussed the Affordable Care Act, climate change, and immigration.

  • July 21, 2019: Klobuchar reached 2 percent support or more in a fourth qualifying poll for the third Democratic presidential debate in September. Klobuchar’s campaign said she had more than 100,000 contributors and was on pace to meet the donor threshold.

  • July 18, 2019: Bustle interviewed Klobuchar about gun violence and domestic violence, college affordability, abortion, and the Democratic primary.

  • July 16, 2019: Klobuchar outlined her first 100 days in office during a policy address in Washington, D.C. She said she would first rejoin the International Climate Change Agreement, preserve insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions, and travel to Canada and Europe to strengthen international relationships.

  • July 15, 2019: Klobuchar participated in a forum hosted by The Des Moines Register and AARP. Also that day, Klobuchar said she would prioritize nominating federal judges on her first day in office but would not release any names during the campaign in an interview on the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 12, 2019: Klobuchar issued a policy proposal addressing eldercare, Alzheimer's disease, and the financial concerns of seniors Friday. The plan would be funded through taxes on inherited wealth.

  • July 10, 2019: Elizabeth Warren reintroduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose information about climate risks like greenhouse gas emissions. Klobuchar cosponsored the bill.

  • July 9, 2019: Klobuchar discussed her work as a prosecutor and the Jeffrey Epstein case in an interview on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. Also on July 9, Klobuchar and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: Klobuchar hired Nick Maines and Nick Paul to work as organizing directors in New Hampshire. As of these hires, she had 18 total staff members in the state.

  • July 5, 2019: Klobuchar was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas. There, she unveiled her Progress Partnership education policy, which would provide federal funds to states that increase teacher pay, update their high school curriculum, and establish a process to repair schools statewide.

  • July 2, 2019: Klobuchar said she would not reverse the Trump administration's decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

  • July 1, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa. Also, Vogue featured five of the six women running for president, including Klobuchar, in a magazine story about the election.

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 26, 2019: Klobuchar brought Nicole Smith-Holt and Shelly Elkington—two Minnesota mothers who lost their adult children to insulin and opioids, respectively—to the first debate. At the debate, Klobuchar discussed her electability, saying she had won districts in Minnesota that went for President Donald Trump (R) by double digits.

  • June 23, 2019: Klobuchar sat for an interview with NBC's Harry Smith on her top priority if elected, which would be to improve mental healthcare and addiction treatment.

  • June 22, 2019: Klobuchar and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Klobuchar and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Klobuchar and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Klobuchar and seven other Democratic candidates also participated in a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) forum.

  • June 20, 2019: Klobuchar sat with PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff for an interview where she discussed her top three priorities if elected.

  • June 19, 2019: Klobuchar talked about mental health care and addiction treatment on NBC's Nightly News.

  • June 18, 2019: Klobuchar released a list of actions she would take in her first 100 days if elected president. The list included addressing voting registration, prescription drugs, and antitrust enforcement.

  • June 14, 2019: Klobuchar and Bill de Blasio called for Donald Trump's impeachment, both citing Trump's ABC interview response to a question about accepting campaign information from foreign governments.

  • June 12, 2019: Klobuchar called for the passage of her Secure Elections Act and Honest Ads Act, retweeting a statement from Trump saying he might not alert the FBI if he received information from a foreign government about a political opponent.

  • June 11, 2019: Klobuchar joined Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren in a letter to McDonald's criticizing the company for its handling of sexual harassment complaints.

  • June 10, 2019: Klobuchar hosted a meet-and-greet in Concord, New Hampshire, and a discussion on voting rights in Somersworth, New Hampshire. She also spoke at the Politics & Eggs event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

  • June 9, 2019: Klobuchar held a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Later, she and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In an interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation, Klobuchar discussed abortion policy and said the Trump administration’s trade policy was harming farmers.

  • June 6, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Duluth, touring redeveloped waterfront communities in the Minnesota Slip.

  • June 4, 2019: Klobuchar said that former special counsel Robert Mueller should testify in a House committing hearing.

  • June 1, 2019: Speaking at the #BigIdeas Forum, Klobuchar promoted expanding voting rights as her idea to improve Americans’ lives.

• May 2019 (click to expand)

  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Klobuchar would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Nevada, including a meeting with the Nevada Democratic Veterans and Military Families Caucus. Klobuchar hired Angela Kouters as her state director for South Carolina.

  • May 29, 2019: Klobuchar discussed climate change, mental health, and impeachment proceedings on Pod Save America.

  • May 28, 2019: Klobuchar released a series of farm policy proposals, including changing rules that allow small refineries to be exempted from biofuel laws.

  • May 23, 2019: Klobuchar opened her presidential headquarters in northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  • May 23, 2019: Klobuchar held a roundtable with health officials, first responders, and healthcare and treatment professionals on the opioid crisis in Minnesota.

  • May 21, 2019: Klobuchar discussed Alzheimer’s disease research and caregiving and shared her experience of having a parent in a memory care community.

  • May 19, 2019: Klobuchar discussed her antitrust and technology policy during a New Hampshire campaign stop. She said she would apply a more rigorous mergers and acquisitions review process, pass federal data privacy legislation, and account for gig economy workers in the tax code.

  • May 15, 2019: In an interview with ELLE, Klobuchar discussed her management style and sexism in Congress.

  • May 15, 2019: Klobuchar joined other 2020 Democratic candidates in condemning recent fetal heartbeat laws in Alabama and Georgia.

  • May 12, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Puerto Rico.

  • May 9, 2019: Klobuchar also appeared on a Fox News town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she discussed her progressive identity, Joe Biden’s entry into the race, and Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing.

  • May 9, 2019: Klobuchar [1] gun safety laws, healthcare, and addiction on WMUR’s “Conversation with the Candidate.”

  • May 9, 2019: Klobuchar wrote an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times on how to protect U.S. elections from foreign influence.

  • May 7, 2019: Klobuchar reintroduced the Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act to give caregivers a tax credit to help offset expenses of care for an aging relative.

  • May 7, 2019: New Statesman American profiled Klobuchar during a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

  • May 4, 2019: Klobuchar discussed her platform on mental health and addiction during a roundtable at Drake Law School in Iowa.

• April 2019 (click to expand)

  April

  • April 30, 2019: Vox profiled Klobuchar’s plan for improving the criminal justice and clemency systems.

  • April 25, 2019: Klobuchar co-wrote an op-ed in CNN about the Saving for the Future Act, which would provide a savings contribution per hour worked to full-time employees for retirement.

  • April 23, 2019: The Washington Examiner reported that former FBI director James Comey and his wife each donated $2,700 to Klobuchar’s campaign. Comey and Klobuchar attended law school together.

  • April 19, 2019: Klobuchar will campaigned in New Hampshire and held a roundtable in Manchester about the commuter rail.

  • April 17, 2019: Politico reported that Klobuchar would be the second Democratic presidential candidate to appear in a town hall on Fox News. The event was scheduled for May 8 in Milwaukee.

  • April 17, 2019: During a campaign visit to Nashville, Tennessee, Klobuchar focused on bipartisanship in her career, frequently mentioning Republican colleagues.

  • April 16, 2019: While campaigning in Florida, Klobuchar discussed climate change and hurricanes, tourism, and the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

  • April 14, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ahead of Trump’s visit to the state. She promoted her $1 billion infrastructure plan and criticized Trump’s tax policy.

  • April 8, 2019: Klobuchar raised $5.2 million in the first quarter of 2019 with 85 percent of donors contributing $100 or less.

  • April 7, 2019: Klobuchar made her first campaign visit to Nevada and was scheduled to spoke at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ 2019 Annual Transportation Conference on April 8.

  • April 4, 2019: Klobuchar introduced ”Saving for the Future Act” with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), which would require employers with 10 or more employees to contribute at least 50 cents for each hour worked to a retirement savings account.

  • April 4, 2019: The Atlantic profiled Klobuchar and her focus on “heartland economics” and a Midwest campaign strategy.

  • April 3, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Klobuchar and her Midwest strategy and infrastructure proposal.

  • April 1, 2019: Klobuchar became the fourth presidential candidate to release her tax returns on Monday.

• March 2019 (click to expand)

  March

  • March 28, 2019: Klobuchar proposed a $1 trillion transportation infrastructure plan and said it would be her top budget priority if elected. She said she would use federal funds, tax subsidies, and loan guarantees to upgrade roads, highways, bridges, schools, airports, water systems, internet access, public transit, and energy systems.

  • March 23, 2019: Klobuchar spoke at a town hall in Rye, New Hampshire. She discussed gun laws, the separation of powers, and special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

  • March 19, 2019: Klobuchar held a fundraiser in San Francisco, California. Citing her record of criticizing large tech companies, CNN said Klobuchar “is now engaged in a delicate balancing act, as she courts San Francisco's prominent donor class to contribute to her campaign.”

  • March 19, 2019: Klobuchar was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition, where she discussed healthcare, working with Republicans, regulating big tech companies, and her managerial style.

  • March 16-17, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Iowa.

  • March 15, 2019: Klobuchar announced she hired two more Iowa staffers: Andrew Nelson as state organizing director and Courtney Rice as state press secretary.

  • March 11, 2019: Klobuchar was interviewed by Tampa Bay Times, where she discussed the carbon tax, Cuba, Joe Biden, and Andrew Gillum.

  • March 9, 2019: Klobuchar said there should be an investigation into whether breaking up Facebook and Google would be a good antitrust measure.

  • March 6, 2019: Klobuchar was profiled in Rolling Stone, where she discussed her political history, the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, and her presidential campaign. She also wrote an op-ed on the Farm Bill published by several newspapers.

  • March 5, 2019: Klobuchar attended an event at the Center for American Progress on antitrust legislation.

  • March 4, 2019: Klobuchar was interviewed on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews Monday evening.

• February 2019 (click to expand)

  February

  • February 24, 2019: Following allegations that Sen. Amy Klobuchar mistreated several members of her staff, more than 60 former staffers signed on to an open letter defending her management.

  • February 22, 2019: Klobuchar released the following statement on marijuana legalization Friday: “I support the legalization of marijuana and believe that states should have the right to determine the best approach to marijuana within their borders.”

  • February 22, 2019: Klobuchar campaigned in Georgia, where she met with former President Jimmy Carter and 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams.

  • February 21, 2019: Klobuchar met with 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in early February. Former Vice President Joe Biden also attended a meeting with Clinton this month. “The assumption among people who have talked to Clinton is that the former nominee will sit out the Democratic primary and get behind the eventual nominee, but one source cautioned in January that things could change based on how the primary plays out,” CNN reported.

  • February 12, 2019: Klobuchar said she raised $1 million in the first 48 hours after announcing her candidacy for president.

  • February 11, 2019: CNN was scheduled to broadcast a town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, with Klobuchar.

  • February 10, 2019: Klobuchar announced that she was running for president during a rally in Minneapolis. Last year, Klobuchar won in 43 counties that supported Trump in 2016. Watch the announcement here.

  • February 5, 2019: Klobuchar was scheduled to make an announcement about whether she will run for president on Feb. 10 before traveling to Iowa later in the month.

Wayne Messam

Top five

• November 20, 2019: Messam ended his presidential campaign. He wrote in a statement, “I will continue to be engaged during this 2020 cycle to ensure that we defeat Donald Trump. My state of Florida will be ground zero and I intend to be a factor to mobilize our state.”

• November 19, 2019: Messam is speaking at the Diversity in the Affordable Housing Industry Forum in Atlanta.

• November 7, 2019: Messam gave a speech at the Miramar Comcast Center.

• October 24, 2019: Messam delivered the State of the City address evening for Miramar, Florida.

• October 19-20, 2019: Messam hosted the Creole Culture Fest in Miramar.

The following section provides a timeline of Messam's campaign activity beginning in March 2019. The entries, which come from Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.

2019

• November 2019 (click to collapse)

  November

  • November 20, 2019: Messam ended his presidential campaign. He wrote in a statement, “I will continue to be engaged during this 2020 cycle to ensure that we defeat Donald Trump. My state of Florida will be ground zero and I intend to be a factor to mobilize our state.”

  • November 19, 2019: Messam is speaking at the Diversity in the Affordable Housing Industry Forum in Atlanta.

  • November 7, 2019: Messam gave a speech at the Miramar Comcast Center.

• October 2019 (click to expand)

  October

  • October 24, 2019: Messam delivered the State of the City address evening for Miramar, Florida.

  • October 19-20, 2019: Messam hosted the Creole Culture Fest in Miramar.

  • October 17, 2019: The Los Angeles Times profiled Wayne Messam’s campaign. Messam said of his candidacy, “I’m still technically in the race.”

  • October 15, 2019: Messam raised $5 in the third quarter of 2019, according to his FEC filing. His campaign said there was a computer glitch but did not provide another fundraising figure.

• September 2019 (click to expand)

  September

  • September 27, 2019: Messam appeared at the Fall Job and Career Fair in Miramar, Florida.

  • September 24, 2019: Messam held a youth event at the FBI Miami headquarters.

  • September 15, 2019: Messam attended the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual legislative conference.

  • September 12, 2019: Messam presided over a budget hearing in Miramar, Florida.

  • September 9, 2019: Messam spoke at a Broward College class.

  • September 6, 2019: BuzzFeed published an interview with Messam's former campaign staff members about payment and organizational issues in the campaign. The Messam campaign responded that these issues were the result of unauthorized actions by a consulting firm.

  • September 4, 2019: Messam appeared in a news report about how Miramar responded to Hurricane Dorian.

  • September 3, 2019: Messam tweeted about local disaster relief efforts for the Bahamas.

• August 2019 (click to expand)

  August

  • August 30, 2019: Messam helped fill sandbags in Miramar, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Dorian.

  • August 14, 2019: Messam was in Miramar, Florida, meeting with students, parents, and educators on the first day of school.

  • August 7, 2019: The Jamaican Information Service interviewed Messam about his heritage and U.S. relations with Jamaica.

  • August 3, 2019: Messam co-hosted an event in Miramar, Florida, on fatherhood in black communities. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

• July 2019 (click to expand)

  July

  • July 19, 2019: Messam spoke at the Young Democrats of America National Convention.

  • July 18, 2019: Messam appeared in Jackson, Mississippi, for the annual National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.

  • July 15, 2019: Messam spoke about his presidential campaign and uneven media coverage on The Breakfast Club.

  • July 14, 2019: Messam spoke at the Second Nazareth Baptist Church in South Carolina.

  • July 13, 2019: Messam hosted a meet and greet in South Carolina.

  • July 4, 2019: Messam hosted a fireworks show in Miramar, Florida.

  • July 1, 2019: Messam pitched his presidential campaign in an interview with WCJB.

• June 2019 (click to expand)

  June

  • June 29, 2019: Messam spoke about immigration policy at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Honolulu, Hawaii.

  • June 27, 2019: Messam supported striking workers at Fort Lauderdale International Airport.

  • June 26, 2019: Messam shared his impressions of the first presidential debate in an interview with NBC News.

  • June 25, 2019: In an op-ed in Fortune, Messam wrote that campaign finance laws and inequitable media coverage affected his ability to qualify for the first presidential debate.

  • June 22, 2019: Messam and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Messam was also interviewed on Caribbean Riddims, a South Florida radio show.

  • June 21, 2019: Messam and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 17, 2019: Messam was one of 10 candidates that spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C.

  • June 14, 2019: Messam said he would continue campaigning despite missing the cut for the first round of Democratic debates while campaigning in Las Vegas.

  • June 13, 2019: Merion West interviewed Messam about his presidential campaign, gun manufacturer liability, criminal justice, voting rights, and immigration. Also on June 13, the Democratic National Committee announced who qualified for the first set of Democratic primary debates on June 26-27. Messam, Steve Bullock, Mike Gravel, and Seth Moulton were unable to reach either the polling or fundraising threshold to qualify.

  • June 12, 2019: Messam asked supporters to contribute to his campaign, tweeting, “When candidates are given nationally televised town halls, they qualify for the debate. I’ve yet to be granted a CNN or Fox town, yet, I’m held to the same requirements. The question is why? It’s not too late, you can get me to the debate.”

  • June 11, 2019: Messam answered 20 questions about his campaign, gun violence, immigration, Afghanistan, and personal history in Independent Journal Review's The 2020 Twenty series.

  • June 7, 2019: Messam said that Federal Election Commission rules on leftover campaign funds favored members of Congress over local officials. “It shows how the system because it's actually stacked to favor Washingtonians who have federal laws and the ability to transfer their other congressional accounts to a presidential campaign,” he said. Messam also called on supporters to contribute $5 to his campaign on his birthday.

  • June 4, 2019: Messam appeared in a radio segment on Miami’s 99Jamz.

  • June 2, 2019: Messam met with Cambridge Rindge & Latin School students in Massachusetts.

• May 2019 (click to expand)

  May

  • May 30, 2019: Messam discussed his efforts to improve infrastructure in Miramar in Mass Transit Magazine.

  • May 21, 2019: During a segment on WMUR’s “Conversation with the Candidate” series, Messam said he had executive and business experience that would be helpful in the White House.

  • May 21, 2019: Messam campaigned in New Hampshire, holding a meet and greet with the New Hampshire Young Democrats.

  • May 17, 2019: Messam discussed his presidential campaign on Bold TV.

  • May 17, 2019: The Tampa Bay Times profiled Messam’s journey from a national college football champion to presidential candidate.

  • May 14, 2019: The North Star interviewed Messam about climate change, gun violence, student loan debt, immigration, and policing.

  • May 11, 2019: Messam delivered the commencement address at the Florida Vocational Institute.

  • May 6, 2019: Messam appeared on an episode of the podcast The Trail: From New Hampshire to the White House.

  • May 2, 2019: Messam campaigned in New Hampshire.

• April 2019 (click to expand)

  April

  • April 30, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Messam appeared on a KCCI News program.

  • April 30, 2019: Messam campaigned in Iowa and held a town hall in Des Moines.

  • April 24, 2019: Messam attended the African American Mayors Association annual conference in Houston.

  • April 22, 2019: Messam said that President Trump should be impeached to “let the weight of the full [Mueller] report carry out the justice the American people deserve.”

  • April 16, 2019: Messam announced his plan to campaign in Iowa for the first time as a presidential candidate on April 29.

  • April 15, 2019: The Sun Sentinel reported that Messam’s campaign had about 20 staffers, including Philip Thomson as chief strategist, Brice Barnes as senior finance adviser, and Charly Norton as senior communications adviser.

  • April 11, 2019: Messam made his first campaign visit to California, speaking to the USC College Democrats. He met with the Black Los Angeles Young Democrats on April 12.

  • April 9, 2019: In an interview on WBUR’s “On Point,” Messam discussed why he was running for president and his positions on gun regulation, healthcare, abortion, the economy, and climate change.

  • April 9, 2019: Messam discussed running for president as a mayor and student debt forgiveness on the Pro Rata Podcast.

  • April 8, 2019: Messam campaigned in South Carolina, including a visit with the Richland County Democratic Women’s Council.

  • April 5, 2019: Messam was scheduled to make his first campaign visit to New Hampshire on May 2.

  • April 3, 2019: Messam was interviewed by Cheddar, where he discussed student loan debt, fighting climate change, and preparing for the growing gig economy.

  • April 2, 2019: Messam announced that he would campaign in South Carolina, Nevada, and California from April 8-12.

  • April 1, 2019: Messam was interviewed on MSNBC and Fox News, where he discussed consumer and student loan debt.

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  March

  • March 30, 2019: Messam held his presidential kickoff event in Miami Gardens, Florida.

  • March 28, 2019: Messam told CNN that he was running for president and officially launching his campaign. In his message, he highlighted climate change and student debt as reasons for his campaign.

  • March 26, 2019: Messam’s exploratory committee said that he would make an announcement relating to the 2020 presidential campaign on March 30 at Florida Memorial University. Messam formed his exploratory committee on March 13.

  • March 20, 2019: Messam was sworn into his second term as mayor of Miramar, Florida.

  • March 19, 2019: CityLab published an interview with Messam, where he discussed positions on firearms, student loan debt, the recent college admissions scandal, and how city politics has prepared him for a presidential campaign.

  • March 18, 2019: Messam’s campaign said he wanted to cancel $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, calling the debt a threat to the economic security of the country.

  • March 16, 2019: Messam traveled to the Middle East over the weekend with an itinerary including stops in Jerusalem and Ramallah.

  • March 13, 2019: Messam announced that he had formed a presidential exploratory committee. He said his final decision would come at the end of March and the soft launch would “ensure that once a decision is officially made, that we’re off to a sharp and a quick start.”

Seth Moulton

Top five

• August 23, 2019: Moulton suspended his presidential campaign. “I think it’s evident that this is now a three-way race between Biden, Warren and Sanders, and really it’s a debate about how far left the party should go,” he said in an interview with The New York Times.

• August 21, 2019: Moulton participated in the “Pints & Politics” series hosted by The Post and Courier in South Carolina.

• August 18, 2019: Moulton campaigned in New Hampshire.

• August 17, 2019: Moulton spoke at the Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair, making him the final candidate to take that stage.

• August 14, 2019: Moulton toured the Veterans Community Project.

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  August

  • August 23, 2019: Moulton suspended his presidential campaign. “I think it’s evident that this is now a three-way race between Biden, Warren and Sanders, and really it’s a debate about how far left the party should go,” he said in an interview with The New York Times.

  • August 21, 2019: Moulton participated in the “Pints & Politics” series hosted by The Post and Courier in South Carolina.

  • August 18, 2019: Moulton campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • August 17, 2019: Moulton spoke at the Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair, making him the final candidate to take that stage.

  • August 14, 2019: Moulton toured the Veterans Community Project.

  • August 12, 2019: Moulton campaigned in New Hampshire, speaking to the Salem Chamber of Commerce.

  • August 8, 2019: Moulton advocated abolishing the filibuster in a series of tweets.

  • August 7, 2019: Moulton denied a Washington Post report that said he planned to lay off at least half of his staff, saying his campaign had recently undergone a restructuring that included new hires.

  • August 6, 2019: Moulton said he would remain in the race despite not qualifying for the first two primary debates. He also toured two defense contractor manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Moulton participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 1, 2019: Moulton appeared at the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy conference.

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  July

  • July 30, 2019: Moulton wrote an op-ed in Fortune calling for the impeachment of Trump.

  • July 29, 2019: Moulton discussed the Trump administration, racism, and his presidential campaign on SiriusXM Progress.

  • July 27, 2019: Moulton participated in a meet and greet in the Hamptons as part of the Common Good's presidential candidate series.

  • July 26, 2019: WBUR News profiled Moulton’s presidential campaign, military record, and four tours in Iraq.

  • July 24, 2019: Moulton introduced the Automatic Listening and Exploitation Act, which would allow the FTC to penalize companies whose smart devices record user conversations without prompting.

  • July 22, 2019: Moulton spoke about national security and election security, climate change, and cyber issues in an interview on the Evening Beat.

  • July 20, 2019: In an interview on CNN, Moulton said “having a racist president who incites the kind of violent lines we saw in North Carolina” is grounds for initiating impeachment proceedings against Trump.

  • July 18, 2019: In an interview on WBUR’s Here & Now, Moulton spoke about veterans’ advocacy, House leadership, national security, and healthcare.

  • July 15, 2019: In an interview on ABC News' The Investigation podcast, Moulton called for an impeachment inquiry to begin immediately and criticized the debate over the politics of impeachment.

  • July 14, 2019: In an interview with CNBC, Moulton discussed climate change, tech regulation, and federal buyback programs for guns.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Moulton campaigned in New Hampshire and Iowa.

  • July 10, 2019: Moulton supported an amendment to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would prohibit federal money from funding a war with Iran without congressional approval.

  • July 9, 2019: Moulton co-wrote an op-ed in the Salem Gazette on addressing combined sewer overflow and water infrastructure issues in Massachusetts. Also on July 9, Moulton and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: Moulton proposed increasing the corporate tax rate to 25 percent, eliminating the rate difference between long term capital gains and income taxes, and hiring more IRS auditors to increase tax enforcement.

  • July 7, 2019: In an interview on ABC This Week, Moulton discussed his presidential campaign, patriotism, and military service.

  • July 6, 2019: Moulton campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • July 2, 2019: Moulton appeared on The Vegas Take to discuss his presidential campaign.

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  June

  • June 29, 2019: Moulton campaigned in New Hampshire, including attending the Nashua Pride Festival.

  • June 26, 2019: Moulton made several media appearances across Miami, including interviews on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. Moulton also aired ads in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina to introduce himself during and before coverage of the first Democratic primary debate.

  • June 25, 2019: Moulton began running ads in early voting states calling for a new generation of leadership.

  • June 22, 2019: Moulton and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Moulton and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Moulton and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. On June 21, Moulton also criticized Trump's Iran strategy. Moulton said if he were president, he would "respond to Iran by turning off the power in the grid in the southern part of the country where the Iranian missile system is based," Roll Call reported.

  • June 20, 2019: Moulton discussed his proposal to boost spending on cyberdefense with The Washington Post’s Joseph Marks.

  • June 19, 2019: Moulton participated in the High School Democrats of America's monthly committee call Wednesday.

  • June 18, 2019: Moulton participated in a virtual town hall for Business Insider. Moulton discussed his National Service Guarantee plan and the Green New Deal.

  • June 17, 2019: Moulton attended a town hall in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where he discussed Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the state.

  • June 13, 2019: The Democratic National Committee announced who qualified for the first set of Democratic primary debates on June 26-27. Moulton, Steve Bullock, Mike Gravel, and Wayne Messam were unable to reach either the polling or fundraising threshold to qualify.

  • June 11, 2019: Boston Magazine profiled Moulton, including his early years at Harvard and enlistment in the Marines.

  • June 10, 2019: Moulton campaigned in Manchester, New Hampshire, and told reporters he expected to focus on the state over the summer.

  • June 8, 2019: Moulton spoke at the annual party Unity Dinner in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • June 6, 2019: Moulton said he would seek to retroactively upgrade dishonorable discharges to honorable for people dismissed on the basis of their sexual orientation.

  • June 4, 2019: Moulton posted a series of 27 tweets on racism in the United States, mentioning Pres. Donald Trump (R) in a third of them.

  • June 2, 2019: During an interview on CNN, Moulton spoke of his struggles living with PTSD and survivor’s guilt after serving four tours in the Iraq War. He also discussed impeachment, systemic racism, and his critique of Medicare for All in a town hall on the network.

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  May

  • May 30, 2019: Moulton tweeted his support for New Hampshire becoming the 21st state to abolish the death penalty.

  • May 29, 2019: Moulton released his policy proposal to expand health services for military members and veterans, including a requirement for annual mental health check-ups.

  • May 22, 2019: Moulton advocated a public option rather than single-payer healthcare during a hearing on various Medicare for All proposals.

  • May 21, 2019: Moulton discussed his campaign strategy and focus on veterans while campaigning in New Hampshire with WBUR News. “What I'm trying to do is steadily build grassroots support from the ground up, and it's a model that's been used successfully here in New Hampshire by John McCain,” Moulton said.

  • May 19, 2019: Moulton released a national service program proposal that would recruit Americans aged 17 to 24 to serve in the military, a newly created Federal Green Corps focused on climate change, AmeriCorps, FEMA Corps, or AmeriCorps VISTA.

  • May 17, 2019: Moulton discussed generational change and leadership during a fundraiser in San Francisco.

  • May 15, 2019: In an interview on CNN, Moulton said he believed British intelligence over American intelligence on the threat Iran posed.

  • May 13, 2019: Moulton reintroduced legislation to change how the Department of Veterans Affairs handles medical marijuana use.

  • May 12, 2019: During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Moulton discussed China, beginning impeachment proceedings, and the new generation of military leadership.

  • May 9, 2019: In an interview on MSNBC’s Velshi & Ruhle, Moulton discussed his presidential campaign, foreign policy, and healthcare.

  • May 8, 2019: Fox News political commentator Marie Harf joinied Moulton’s campaign as deputy campaign manager for policy and communications.

  • May 4, 2019: While campaigning in New Hampshire, Moulton said he would increase funding for the State Department. “When the State Department goes in first to these conflicts they prevent having to send American troops. So the more money that we invest in the State Department, it doesn't just save ammunition. It saves American lives,” he said.

  • May 2, 2019: WMUR9 reported that Moulton would campaign in New Hampshire on April 6.

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  April

  • April 29, 2019: Moulton discussed his credentials to be commander in chief and national security issues in an interview with Task & Purpose.

  • April 26, 2019: Moulton said the policies of Sanders and Warren were too liberal and could prevent Democrats from winning the White House or Congress in 2020. “We can't go too far left or we will lose middle America,” Moulton said.

  • April 25, 2019: Moulton discussed healthcare, services for veterans, foreign policy, and selective service during an appearance on WMUR’s “Conversation with the Candidate” series.

  • April 24, 2019: During the “Politics and Eggs” breakfast in New Hampshire, Moulton discussed healthcare, impeachment, and education.

  • April 23, 2019: PBS published a profile of Moulton, outlining where the candidate stood on five issues: national security, the economy, healthcare, immigration, and climate change.

  • April 22, 2019: Moulton launched his presidential campaign. Moulton is the fourth member of the U.S. House to run for president this cycle.

  • April 17, 2019: Moulton filmed a presidential campaign announcement video in his hometown in Massachusetts, Axios reported.

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  March

  • March 31, 2019: Moulton said he would make a decision about running for president “in the next few weeks.”

Beto O'Rourke

Top five

• November 1, 2019: O'Rourke announced that he was dropping out of the presidential race. “My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee,” he said in a Medium post.

• October 30, 2019: O'Rourke attended an event in Newtown, Connecticut, on gun violence prevention.

• October 28, 2019: O'Rourke released his criminal justice plan, which would repeal portions of the 1994 crime bill, eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing, and invest $500 million into developing alternatives to incarceration.

• October 27, 2019: In an interview on Insiders, O'Rourke discussed his campaign strategy and reduced presence in Iowa.

• October 24, 2019: O'Rourke attended a televised town hall on Latino issues hosted by LULAC and Newsmax.

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  November

  • November 1, 2019: O'Rourke announced that he was dropping out of the presidential race. “My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee,” he said in a Medium post.

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  October

  • October 30, 2019: O'Rourke attended an event in Newtown, Connecticut, on gun violence prevention.

  • October 28, 2019: O'Rourke released his criminal justice plan, which would repeal portions of the 1994 crime bill, eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing, and invest $500 million into developing alternatives to incarceration.

  • October 27, 2019: In an interview on Insiders, O'Rourke discussed his campaign strategy and reduced presence in Iowa.

  • October 24, 2019: O'Rourke attended a televised town hall on Latino issues hosted by LULAC and Newsmax.

  • October 24, 2019: O'Rourke issued an opioid crisis plan that includes ending stigma around substance use disorders, increasing access to treatment, directing proper opioid prescriptions, targeting the supply chain, and facilitating economic stability for recovering individuals.

  • October 23, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Iowa for three days.

  • October 22, 2019: O'Rourke proposed a constitutional amendment that would prohibit a president from pardoning anyone related to an investigation involving him or his family members. O’Rourke also called for non-financial assistance from a foreign power to be considered an emolument.

  • October 21, 2019: O'Rourke completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey, answering questions about his personal beliefs, professional background, and political priorities. Click here to read his responses.

  • October 18-19, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Alabama, including speaking at the Alabama Democratic Conference in Birmingham. More than 5,000 people attended O’Rourke’s rally in Grand Prairie, Texas, on October 17.

  • October 17, 2019: O'Rourke is holding a counter-rally in Grand Prairie, Texas, while Trump is in Dallas.

  • October 9, 2019: O'Rourke was on the AZ Central podcast The Gaggle, where he talked about his Arizona strategy as well as gun policy, healthcare, immigration, impeachment, and more.

  • October 9, 2019: O'Rourke released a plan focused on women, including proposals to address pay gaps, provide up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and guarantee private insurance coverage of abortion.

  • October 7, 2019: O'Rourke appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered.

  • October 6, 2019: O'Rourke attended a rally in Phoenix, Arizona. He also appeared on NPR’s Off Script series.

  • October 6, 2019: O’Rourke campaigned in Arizona with stops in Phoenix and Tucson.

  • October 5, 2019: O'Rourke held a town hall in Los Angeles.

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  September

  • September 26, 2019: O'Rourke held a town hall in Erie, Pennsylvania.

  • September 25, 2019: O'Rourke will attended a labor union event in Pittsburgh.

  • September 24, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Dayton, Ohio, and spoke at a town hall at the Ohio State University.

  • September 23, 2019: O’Rourke campaigned in Illinois and Indiana.

  • September 21, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Iowa.

  • September 19, 2019: In his marijuana legalization plan, O'Rourke proposed using clemency power to release people incarcerated for marijuana possession and funding “Drug War Justice Grants” through a tax on the marijuana industry.

  • September 19, 2019: O'Rourke made his first campaign stop in Colorado, holding a town hall in Aurora on gun violence.

  • September 17, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Los Angeles.

  • September 15, 2019: O'Rourke continued to advocate mandatory buybacks of certain weapons in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press.

  • September 12, 2019: O'Rourke participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for O'Rourke, click here.

  • September 10, 2019: Politico published a profile exploring the changed tone of O'Rourke's presidential campaign. O'Rourke announced his Texas leadership team, including Delilah Agho-Otoghile as state director, Andy Brown as state senior adviser, and Chris Chu de León as state political adviser.

  • September 9, 2019: O'Rourke and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy.

  • September 7, 2019: O'Rourke spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 5, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Massachusetts with a stop at Tufts University.

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  August

  • August 31, 2019: O'Rourke responded to a shooting in Midland-Odessa, by saying, "We don't know how many have been killed. We don't know the motivation. But here's what we do know: This is f***** up." His campaign began selling T-Shirts featuring the final phrase, saying proceeds would go to Moms Demand Action and March for Our Lives.

  • August 29, 2019: O'Rourke issued his trade plan, which would eliminate Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods, allow for defensive currency intervention, and invest in job training programs to increase competitiveness.

  • August 27, 2019: In an interview with NPR Politics Podcast and Iowa Public Radio, O’Rourke discussed white nationalism and white supremacy, border security, and the Trump administration.

  • August 27, 2019: O'Rourke continued to campaign in South Carolina with stops in Johns Island and Columbia.

  • August 26, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in South Carolina, including a stop at the College of Charleston.

  • August 22, 2019: O'Rourke released his “21st Century Labor Contract,” calling for a $15 federal minimum wage, guaranteed collective bargaining rights, raising the overtime pay threshold to $50,000, and passing the Paycheck Fairness Act.

  • August 19, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Oklahoma, holding a rally near the University of Oklahoma.

  • August 17, 2019: O'Rourke visited a gun show in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he met with gun sellers and owners to discuss his policy.

  • August 15, 2019: O'Rourke said he was focused only on his presidential campaign in an interview on MSNBC. “I will not in any scenario run for the United States Senate,” O’Rourke said.

  • August 15, 2019: O'Rourke returns to the campaign trail after he canceled events for two weeks to remain in Texas following the El Paso mass shooting.

  • August 13, 2019: O'Rourke wrote an op-ed for CNN.com about the El Paso mass shooting and racism.

  • August 7, 2019: O'Rourke announced that he would not make a scheduled stop at the Iowa State Fair, remaining in El Paso to support the community following a mass shooting.

  • August 5, 2019: In an interview on Pod Save America, O'Rourke said he favored ending the Senate filibuster in order to pass gun legislation.

  • August 3-5, 2019: O'Rourke canceled campaign events to return to his hometown in El Paso, Texas, following a mass shooting. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings there and in Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. O'Rourke participated.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Macomb County, a pivot county in Michigan.

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. O'Rourke participated. He said he supported decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings but added that he expected immigrants to follow U.S. laws and reserved the right to criminal prosecution if they did not. O’Rourke called Texas a new battleground state and said he ran a U.S. Senate campaign that did not write off any voter. He also discussed improvements to the El Paso V.A. when he was in Congress.

  • July 29, 2019: CNN profiled O'Rourke's political journey from city council to 2020 presidential candidate.

  • July 25, 2019: O'Rourke opened a South Carolina field office in Columbia.

  • July 24, 2019: O'Rourke, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. O'Rourke held a campaign event in Flint, Michigan, following the forum. In a newly released plan on racial inequality in education, O’Rourke called for increasing diversity among educators, ending disparities in disciplinary actions, and offering student debt relief for teachers.

  • July 23, 2019: O’Rourke discussed his cross-party appeal and Trump’s North Carolina rally in an interview on The View. His wife, Amy O’Rourke, also joined the interview, marking her first national appearance.

  • July 22, 2019: O'Rourke toured Ellis Island and hosted a “Bands with Beto” campaign event in New York.

  • July 21, 2019: In an interview with NBC News, O'Rourke discussed the drop in his campaign’s fundraising and polling and his plan going forward.

  • July 19, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa throughout the week. O'Rourke participated in an event in Sioux City, Iowa. O'Rourke announced a Social Security policy proposal that would give credits to caregivers of children under 12 and family members with health conditions. The credits, available for up to five years, would be equal to half of the average earnings of a fulltime worker. Fulltime students aged 22 or younger would also be allowed to collect a deceased parent’s Social Security benefits.

  • July 17, 2019: O'Rourke hired Aisha McClendon to serve as his national director of African American voter outreach.

  • July 15, 2019: The O'Rourke campaign announced that it was opening 11 field offices in Iowa and its first field office in Texas.

  • July 14, 2019: In a Medium post, O'Rourke wrote about the generational consequences of slavery and said he was descended from a slave owner.

  • July 12-15, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in New Hampshire.

  • July 12, 2019: O’Rourke protested conditions at immigrant detention centers at a vigil in New Hampshire.

  • July 11, 2019: O'Rourke participated in a town hall hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens at their annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • July 9, 2019: In a Medium post, O'Rourke discussed his campaign trip through Tennessee. Also on July 9, O'Rourke and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 7, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Nashville, marking his first trip to Tennessee as a presidential candidate.

  • July 6, 2019: O'Rourke spoke at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • July 5, 2019: O'Rourke was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas.

  • July 2, 2019: The O'Rourke campaign confirmed that it had hired former Let America Vote president Abe Rakov as early states director.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned across Texas.

  • June 27, 2019: O'Rourke spoke with top donors and bundlers about his debate performance and how to improve it in July.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, O'Rourke defended private insurance as a healthcare option and said pharmaceutical companies need to be held accountable for their connection to the opioid crisis.

  • June 25, 2019: In an interview with The Root, O'Rourke said that Americans need to better understand the history and repercussions of slavery before the government could consider reparations.

  • June 24, 2019: O'Rourke released a veterans' healthcare plan funded by a war tax.

  • June 23, 2019: Politico reported that O'Rourke hired Carmel Martin as his national policy director. Martin served as policy adviser to John Kerry's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; she has also worked for the Department of Education and the Center for American Progress.

  • June 22, 2019: O'Rourke and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. O'Rourke and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: O'Rourke and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. O'Rourke and seven other Democratic candidates also participated in a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) forum.

  • June 20, 2019: In an interview with NBC News’ Harry Smith, O'Rourke discussed his top priority if elected, which he said was to "fix our democracy and return power to people."

  • June 19, 2019: O'Rourke published a piece entitled, "From Juneteenth to today, Americans are still on the march for justice" in USA Today.

  • June 18, 2019: O'Rourke released his voting policy plan, which called for a new Voting Rights Act that allows for same-day and automatic voter registration and limits gerrymandering.

  • June 17, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in South Carolina, including stops in Spartanburg and Greenville. He discussed equality and the environment.

  • June 15, 2019: O'Rourke and Pete Buttigieg joined striking fast food restaurant workers in a Charleston, South Carolina, march organized by the group Fight for $15. Later that day, O'Rourke spoke with a group of African American community leaders.

  • June 13, 2019: The State reported that O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren would attend the June 15 Black Economic Alliance’s presidential forum in Charleston, South Carolina.

  • June 12, 2019: O'Rourke released his LGBT platform Wednesday. He would use executive actions to repeal religious exemption expansions and the ban on transgender servicemembers. The plan also calls for passage of anti-discrimination laws like the Equality Act.

  • June 10, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned and fundraised in Chicago, Illinois.

  • June 9, 2019: O'Rourke and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: O'Rourke and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: O'Rourke was scheduled to attend a party fundraiser in Georgia. He and Pete Buttigieg were scheduled to meet with Stacey Abrams.

  • June 4, 2019: O'Rourke released his voting access platform, calling for automatic and same-day registration, expanded early voting, and making Election Day national holiday. The plan would also limit Supreme Court justices tenure on that court to 18 years

  • June 3, 2019: The Associated Press reported that O'Rourke had hired 37 new staffers in Iowa, bringing his total to 44.

  • June 2, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Oklahoma, including a meeting with Democratic officials in Oklahoma City to discuss the severe flooding across the state.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that O'Rourke would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2.

  • May 30, 2019: O'Rourke released his immigration platform proposal, including ending plans for a border wall, creating a pathway to citizenship for 11 million individuals residing in the United States without legal permission, and expanding naturalization and visa processes.

  • May 29, 2019: The Beto O'Rourke documentary about his unsuccessful 2018 Senate campaign, Running with Beto, premiered on HBO.

  • May 28, 2019: O'Rourke said he was unconcerned with headlines dismissing his campaign during an interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation. The New Yorker also profiled O’Rourke, his youth in El Paso, and Senate campaign.

  • May 22, 2019: O'Rourke participated in a town hall on Fox News.

  • May 22, 2019: During a CNN town hall, O'Rourke connected Trump to a rise in hate crimes, expressed support for impeachment proceedings, discussed giving Dreamers a pathway to citizenship, and said support for Roe v. Wade would be a litmus test for his federal judicial nominees.

  • May 19, 2019: O'Rourke hired 2018 Democratic Senatorial Campaign committee field director Lauren Brainerd to serve as his national organizing director and 2012 Obama alum Lise Clavel as his states director.

  • May 15, 2019: O'Rourke live-streamed his haircut while discussing education, Puerto Rico, and immigration.

  • May 14, 2019: During an interview on The View—his first daytime television appearance since March—O'Rourke said that his presidential announcement on the cover of Vanity Fair was a mistake. He said, “That headline that said I was ‘born to be in this’—in the article’s attempting to say that I felt my calling was in public service. No one is born to be the president of the United States of America, least of all me.”

  • May 11, 2019: O'Rourke is planning a reintroduction of his campaign, including doing more national media.

  • May 9, 2019: O'Rourke hired Jeff Berman as his senior adviser for delegate strategy last month. “His work in a similar role is credited with helping catapult Obama past favorite Hillary Clinton during the 2008 race,” according to the Associated Press.

  • May 8, 2019: O’Rourke made his first presidential campaign visit to Minnesota.

  • May 7, 2019: O'Rourke hired Rob Flaherty as his digital director. Flaherty previously served as the creative director for Priorities USA and deputy digital communications director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

  • May 6, 2019: O'Rourke discussed climate change and school shootings while campaigning in Iowa.

  • May 4, 2019: O'Rourke visited Iowa for the third time, discussing gun regulation, healthcare, and climate change.

  • May 3, 2019: O'Rourke held a rally in Fort Worth, Texas, and delivered the commencement address at Paul Quinn College in Dallas.

  • May 1, 2019: O'Rourke signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge and agreed to reject donations of $200 or more from fossil fuel executives. Five other presidential candidates have signed the pledge.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: O’Rourke concluded his campaign trip through California with a town hall in San Diego.

  • April 29, 2019: O'Rourke released his climate change proposal to invest $5 trillion over a decade on infrastructure, innovation, and community development to fight climate change. He also set a goal for the U.S. to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

  • April 25, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Nevada, meeting with the UNR Young Democrats and holding a town hall in Carson City.

  • April 22, 2019: O'Rourke’s campaign announced three stops in Nevada. He was scheduled to appear in Reno and Carson City on April 25 before holding an event in Las Vegas on April 26.

  • April 21, 2019: O'Rourke’s campaign announced the departures of Becky Bond and Zack Malitz, who the Washington Examiner identified as “top campaign advisers.”

  • April 17, 2019: O'Rourke said he opposed dismantling Amazon and other technology companies. “I think we need to do more to ensure dynamism in our economy and address corporate concentration," O'Rourke said. "I don't know that breaking up Amazon is the way to do that."

  • April 16, 2019: O'Rourke campaigned in Virginia, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to bring his campaign to the state this cycle.

  • April 15, 2019: O’Rourke released 10 years of tax returns showing he and his wife had a total annual income of more than $330,000 from 2015 to 2017.

  • April 15, 2019: O'Rourke made his first presidential campaign visit to North Carolina, speaking at Central Piedmont Community College about gerrymandering and LGBT policy.

  • April 15, 2019: The Nation interviewed O’Rourke about war, alternatives to military action, and the constitutional process to declare and end wars.

  • April 13, 2019: O'Rourke received his first South Carolina endorsement from state Rep. Marvin Pendarvis.

  • April 11, 2019: Reuters reported on O'Rourke’s past support for charter schools and the battle for endorsements from educators and their unions.

  • April 7, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, O'Rourke called Netanyahu racist and said, “We must be able to transcend his current leadership to make sure that that alliance is strong – that we continue to push for and settle for nothing less than a two-state solution.”

  • April 6, 2019: The O'Rourke campaign https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/06/beto-orourke-flips-positions-2016-offshore-drilling-vote/ said] that O’Rourke disagreed with his 2016 vote on the development of offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. A spokesman said he previously supported research into offshore drilling to “get off of our foreign reliance on resources in oil and gas that has caused so much foreign wars and American lives and troops and resources,” but that he would not cast the same vote.

  • April 3, 2019: O'Rourke raised $9.4 million in the first quarter of 2019. The figure represents 18 days of fundraising since O’Rourke formally entered the race on March 14. The average donation was $43.

  • April 1, 2019: O'Rourke said he would sign an executive order on his first day in office requiring his Cabinet members to hold monthly town halls for accountability. O’Rourke also said he supported abolishing the Electoral College.

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  March

  • March 30, 2019: O'Rourke held his first three public rallies in Texas, traveling to El Paso, Houston, and Austin.

  • March 28, 2019: O'Rourke hired Norm Sterzenbach, a top Iowa political consultant who helped develop major changes to the state caucuses this year, including virtual caucuses, as a senior Iowa strategist.

  • March 25, 2019: O’Rourke made official the hiring of Jennifer O’Malley Dillon as his campaign manager. The New York Times wrote that the hire “suggests that Mr. O’Rourke is willing to professionalize his presidential bid in a way he resisted during his electrifying but unsuccessful Senate campaign last year.”

  • March 23, 2019: O’Rourke hosted a town hall in Charleston, South Carolina. He spoke to the crowd about race, his 2018 U.S. Senate campaign, and said he would support whoever the eventual nominee is if he is not selected.

  • March 23, 2019: O’Rourke appeared at a party in Las Vegas, Nevada hosted by Artie Blanco, a self-described “political operative and data person.” He spoke to attendees about immigration, the educational system, and educator wages.

  • March 21, 2019: CNN reported that O’Rourke would hire Jen O'Malley Dillon as campaign manager. O'Malley Dillon worked as deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama in 2012 and according to CNN is "seen as one of the party's sharpest data experts."

  • March 20, 2019: Mark Gallogly, an investment banker and bundler who helped raise at least $500,000 for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, was reported to be a likely supporter of O’Rourke this campaign cycle.

  • March 19, 2019: FiveThirtyEight published an article outlining some of O’Rourke’s policy positions. Author Perry Bacon Jr. wrote, “O’Rourke may not be an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-style ‘Super-Progressive,’ but he has plenty of positions that Republicans would aggressively attack in a general election."

  • March 19, 2019: O’Rourke visited State College, Pennsylvania, where he discussed immigration, income inequality, healthcare, opioids, and the criminal justice system.

  • March 18, 2019: O’Rourke campaigned in Detroit, Michigan, marking his first visit to the state as a presidential candidate.

  • March 18, 2019: O’Rourke’s campaign announced it raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign, topping the $5.9 million record previously set by Sanders for 2020 presidential contenders.

  • March 17, 2019: O’Rourke said he would likely choose a woman running mate. "It would be very difficult not to select a woman with so many extraordinary women who are running right now. But first I would have to win and there's — you know, this is as open as it has ever been,” he said.

  • March 14, 2019: O’Rourke discussed restructuring the Supreme Court through term limits or additional members. “What if there were five justices selected by Democrats, five justices selected by Republicans and those 10 then pick five more justices independent of those who picked the first 10,” he said.

  • March 14, 2019: O’Rourke was endorsed by four members of the U.S. House: Stephanie Murphy (Fla.), Kathleen Rice (N.Y.), Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.), and Veronica Escobar (Texas).

  • March 14, 2019: O'Rourke announced Thursday morning that he was running for president. In a Vanity Fair profile, he said, “I’m just born to be in it, and want to do everything I humanly can for this country at this moment.”

Deval Patrick

Top five

• February 12, 2020: Patrick ended his presidential campaign. He said in a statement that “the vote in New Hampshire last night was not enough for us to create the practical wind at the campaign’s back to go on to the next round of voting.”

• February 10, 2020: Patrick spoke at New England College and the Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence Forum in New Hampshire.

• February 3-4, 2020: Patrick continued to campaign in New Hampshire with stops in North Conway, Hanover, New London, Nashua, Manchester. He also visited the University of New Hampshire.

• February 1-2, 2020: Patrick campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Manchester, Exeter, and Portsmouth.

• January 31, 2020: Patrick spoke about foreign policy at the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire.

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  February

  • February 12, 2020: Patrick ended his presidential campaign. He said in a statement that “the vote in New Hampshire last night was not enough for us to create the practical wind at the campaign’s back to go on to the next round of voting.”

  • February 10, 2020: Patrick spoke at New England College and the Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence Forum in New Hampshire.

  • February 3-4, 2020: Patrick continued to campaign in New Hampshire with stops in North Conway, Hanover, New London, Nashua, Manchester. He also visited the University of New Hampshire.

  • February 1-2, 2020: Patrick campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Manchester, Exeter, and Portsmouth.

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  January

  • January 31, 2020: Patrick spoke about foreign policy at the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire.

  • January 30, 2020: Patrick began a tour of New Hampshire with a kickoff event in Manchester.

  • January 27, 2020: Patrick discussed his campaign strategy in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

  • January 23, 2020: Patrick continued to campaign in New Hampshire with stops in Merrimack and Berlin.

  • January 22, 2020: Patrick met with faith leaders in Nashua, New Hampshire.

  • January 20, 2020: Patrick appeared at the NAACP King Day Rally in South Carolina.

  • January 18, 2020: Patrick opened his South Carolina campaign headquarters in Columbia.

  • January 17, 2020: Patrick participated in an education roundtable in Las Vegas.

  • January 14, 2020: Patrick aired a new ad in New Hampshire, "American Dream," during the presidential debate.

  • January 13, 2020: Patrick announced that he had raised $2.2 million in the last six weeks of the fourth quarter of 2019.

  • January 10, 2020: Patrick attended forums in Nashua and Dover, New Hampshire.

  • January 7, 2020: In an interview with The State, Patrick said he was focusing on South Carolina by hiring 10 staff members and planning to open an office in Columbia.

  • January 7, 2020: Patrick campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Hanover and Milford.

  • January 6-7, 2020: Patrick hired Wyatt Ronan as his state director in New Hampshire. He is campaigning in South Carolina.

  • January 5, 2020: Patrick made a six-figure television and digital ad buy across Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. In the spot, “Not Too Late,” Patrick said he entered the race late because of his wife’s cancer diagnosis.

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  December

  • December 28, 2019: Patrick campaigned in Chicago. He did not qualify for the Michigan primary ballot after failing to collect the necessary number of valid signatures.

  • December 23, 2019: Patrick continued to campaign in New Hampshire, speaking in Manchester and Exeter.

  • December 22, 2019: Patrick held town halls in New Hampshire.

  • December 18, 2019: WMUR interviewed Patrick in New Hampshire about education policy and the Democratic primary.

  • December 17, 2019: Patrick campaigned in Las Vegas, attending a small business roundtable.

  • December 16, 2019: Patrick made his seventh trip to New Hampshire with a town hall in Manchester.

  • December 12, 2019: Patrick’s episode of the “Candidate Café” series in New Hampshire was released.

  • December 10, 2019: Patrick campaigned in South Carolina with stops in Columbia and Hartsville.

  • December 7, 2019: Patrick campaigned in Maine.

  • December 5, 2019: Patrick hired Matt DeFalco as his Nevada state director and national veterans outreach director. DeFalco previously worked with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada and on Seth Moulton’s 2020 presidential campaign.

  • December 3, 2019: Patrick discussed his upbringing in Chicago as part of WMUR’s “Candidate Café” series in New Hampshire. He also hosted a national volunteer call.

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  November

  • December 3, 2019: Patrick discussed his upbringing in Chicago as part of WMUR’s “Candidate Café” series in New Hampshire. He also hosted a national volunteer call.

  • November 26-27, 2019: Patrick campaigned in South Carolina, making his second visit to the state as a presidential candidate.

  • November 26, 2019: Patrick announced his campaign leadership, including former Beto O’Rourke staffer Abe Rakov as his campaign manager. Patrick campaigned in New Hampshire on Nov. 30.

  • November 25, 2019: Patrick spoke at the “Politics and Eggs” breakfast at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

  • November 20, 2019: Patrick spoke to students from Claflin University and South Carolina State University.

  • November 19, 2019: Patrick has two public events in South Carolina, including a community conversation in Columbia hosted by the Democratic Black Caucus of South Carolina.

  • November 17-18, 2019: Patrick said in an interview that he would accept support from super PACs in order to catch up in the race. He is campaigning in Iowa with stops in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.

  • November 16-17, 2019: Twelve candidates, including Patrick, attended the Democratic Party of California's endorsing convention in Long Beach.

  • November 14, 2019: Patrick joined the Democratic presidential primary with a video announcement.

Tim Ryan

Top five

• October 24, 2019: Ryan announced he was withdrawing from the 2020 presidential race and would run for re-election in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.

• October 2, 2019: Ryan visited with striking GM workers in Indiana and attended an education conference.

• September 30, 2019: Ryan said he would remain in the race even though he would not make the debate stage in October. “I don’t think many people are happy with the front runners right now in the Democratic Party, and I want to be there to provide another option for them," Ryan said.

• September 22, 2019: Washington Examiner interviewed Ryan about his presidential campaign and the commonalities he finds between the Rust Belt and urban areas.

• September 17, 2019: Ryan visited with striking General Motors workers in northwest Ohio.

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  October

  • October 24, 2019: Ryan announced he was withdrawing from the 2020 presidential race and would run for re-election in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.

  • October 2, 2019: Ryan visited with striking GM workers in Indiana and attended an education conference.

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  September

  • September 30, 2019: Ryan said he would remain in the race even though he would not make the debate stage in October. “I don’t think many people are happy with the front runners right now in the Democratic Party, and I want to be there to provide another option for them," Ryan said.

  • September 22, 2019: Washington Examiner interviewed Ryan about his presidential campaign and the commonalities he finds between the Rust Belt and urban areas.

  • September 17, 2019: Ryan visited with striking General Motors workers in northwest Ohio.

  • September 14, 2019: Ryan spoke about his policy proposals and the Democratic primary debate in an interview on MSNBC’s Smerconish.

  • September 12, 2019: Ryan began a three-day tour of New Hampshire, including stops in Concord and Manchester.

  • September 11, 2019: The American Association of People with Disabilities released a questionnaire answered by Ryan on his disability policies.

  • September 9, 2019: Ryan released a policy album on music streaming service Spotify that includes 10 tracks with his positions on gun violence, immigration, and other issues.

  • September 7, 2019: Ryan spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 6, 2019: Ryan spoke at a town hall in New Hampshire in partnership with NARAL.

  • September 5, 2019: Ryan finished a three-day tour of South Carolina.

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  August

  • August 31, 2019: Ryan campaigned in Canfield, Ohio, where he told WFMJ there was "no shot" he would drop out of the race after not qualifying for the third primary debate.

  • August 29, 2019: Ryan’s national organizing director, Zach Fang, left Ryan’s campaign and joined Yang’s in the same role.

  • August 28, 2019: Ryan discussed labor, trauma, and mindfulness in an interview with Lion’s Roar.

  • August 27, 2019: Ryan posted a video with Charlamagne tha God promoting his focus on mental health and encouraging supporters to contribute to his campaign.

  • August 26, 2019: Ryan spoke at Paine College in Georgia.

  • August 19, 2019: Ryan appeared on the Slate daily podcast The Gist.

  • August 17, 2019: Ryan spoke at a gun legislation rally in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • August 15, 2019: Ryan criticized the Democratic debate qualifications, saying in an interview on MSNBC, “Bill Clinton did not get into the race until October. And here it is August, and the field’s already being, in some ways, artificially winnowed by the Democratic National Committee.”

  • August 13, 2019: Ryan discussed gun safety legislation in an interview on CNN’s New Day.

  • August 11, 2019: Ryan discussed education, mental health, and manufacturing at the Soapbox.

  • August 7, 2019: Ryan said he would lead a caravan, in coordination with Moms Demand Action, from his congressional district to Kentucky, Mitch McConnell’s home state, to call on Congress to pass gun legislation.

  • August 5, 2019: Ryan paused his campaign to remain in Dayton, Ohio, where a mass shooting took place. He said he planned to remain in the city until August 5th or 6th.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ryan participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

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  July

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Ryan participated. He said that some tariffs were effective but criticized the Trump administration’s use of them. He said the manufacturing base needed to be rebuilt and he would create a post of chief manufacturing officer. Ryan said the eligibility age for Medicare should be lowered from 65 to 50. He also said he would not have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

  • July 27, 2019: Ryan released his industrial and manufacturing plan. He called for doubling union membership, expanding apprenticeship programs, raising the minimum wage to $15, and increasing infrastructure funding.

  • July 26, 2019: Fletcher Smith and Brandon Brown, who helped lead Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign in South Carolina, announced they were endorsing Ryan.

  • July 25, 2019: Ryan spoke at a presidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana.

  • July 23, 2019: Ryan talked sports and politics in an episode of Fired Up with Brad Jenkins.

  • July 17, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa. Ryan participated in an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • July 15, 2019: Ryan toured a migrant child detention center in Homestead, Florida, as part of an oversight visit.

  • July 12-15, 2019: Ryan campaigned in Iowa.

  • July 12, 2019: Ryan announced that his campaign had raised $895,000 from more than 13,000 individual donors.

  • July 9, 2019: Ryan campaigned in New Hampshire, including a meeting with the state’s Stonewall Democrats. And Ryan discussed the U.S. economy and China tariffs in an interview with Bloomberg. Also on July 9, Ryan and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 5, 2019: Ryan was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas.

  • July 1, 2019: While campaigning in New Hampshire, Ryan proposed spending $50 billion on education. His plan would include offering counseling services like music, art, and play therapies.

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  June

  • June 30, 2019: In an interview on Fox News, Ryan said Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was a publicity stunt.

  • June 26, 2019: At the first Democratic primary debate, Ryan criticized General Motors for closing a facility Lordstown, Ohio, and manufacturing cars in Mexico after receiving a tax break. He also said the center of the Democratic Party needed to shift from “coastal and elitist and Ivy League” to “the forgotten communities.”

  • June 25, 2019: Ryan discussed his shift on abortion policy in 2015 and gun policy after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in an interview on CNN.

  • June 24, 2019: Ryan appeared on Meet the Press Daily, where he discussed Iran policy.

  • June 22, 2019: Ryan and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Ryan and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood. Also on June 22, on MSNBC's Saturday Night Politics, Ryan discussed the first Democratic debate, the economy, and Iran. He criticized Trump for withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal.

  • June 21, 2019: Ryan and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • June 20, 2019: Ryan was interviewed by USA Today’s editorial board, where he criticized Democrats’ understanding of working-class voters.

  • June 15, 2019: Ryan discussed Trump's policy on Iran and his appointment of John Bolton as National Security Advisor on MSNBC.

  • June 13, 2019: Ryan spoke about his education platform and presidential campaign on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

  • June 12, 2019: Ryan discussed his presidential campaign and Rust Belt communities on Radio Boston.

  • June 11, 2019: While campaigning in New Hampshire, Ryan said he would "be the education president" and advocated for social and emotional programs and more mental health counselors in public schools.

  • June 10, 2019: Ryan met with farmers and small business owners while campaigning in New Hampshire.

  • June 9, 2019: Ryan and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Ryan and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 5, 2019: Ryan announced Peter Mellinger would act as his New Hampshire state director. Mellinger was Hillary Clinton’s organizing director in the state in 2016.

  • June 3, 2019: Ryan released a statement clarifying his position on impeachment. While Ryan said he did not expect a conviction due to Republican leadership, he called the inquiry necessary to “begin to cut the cancer of corruption out of government.”

  • June 2, 2019: participated in a CNN town hall. He said he now believed that Trump should be impeached, opposed a presidential ticket with white men only, and criticized Trump’s tariffs on imports from China.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: Ryan discussed the economy and wage growth during a campaign stop in Iowa City. “We cannot be the party that talks about 15 [dollars] an hour,” Ryan said. “[Democrats] need to be the party that talks about $30, $40, $50 an hour.”

  • May 30, 2019 Greenpeace USA released its scores for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates’ records on climate change and fossil fuels. Ryan received a D- grade.

  • May 23, 2019: Ryan introduced a bill to establish a chief manufacturing officer who would coordinate manufacturing policies and strategy across government.

  • May 22, 2019: Ryan discussed Chinese tariffs, the economy, Nancy Pelosi, and why he changed his mind on abortion access in an interview on WBUR’s Here & Now.

  • May 19, 2019: Ryan campaigned on getting “this country working again for working class people” in Iowa.

  • May 16, 2019: Ryan said he would use Roe v. Wade as a litmus test for his judicial nominees.

  • May 14, 2019: Ryan introduced the Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2019, which would provide state grants to support neighborhood revitalization.

  • May 10, 2019: Ryan appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher.

  • May 8, 2019: California weekly The Argonaut profiled and interviewed Ryan during a campaign stop at the Venice Boardwalk.

  • May 5, 2019: In an interview with Michigan Advance, Ryan discussed his Midwestern roots, manufacturing, and water quality issues.

  • May 3, 2019: Ryan spoke at the New York State United Teachers Representative Assembly in Albany.

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  April

  • April 29, 2019: Ryan released 10 years of tax returns, showing he and his wife earned $220,754 and paid $31,440 in taxes, for an effective tax rate of 14.2 percent in 2018. Ryan also discussed education during an interview on TMZ Live.

  • April 24, 2019: While campaigning in Fort Madison, Ryan spoke about his Midwestern roots and economic agenda.

  • April 22, 2019: Ryan appeared on WKYC’s show “Let’s Be Clear.” He discussed his frustrations with current policy and why he decided to run for president.

  • April 20-21, 2019: Ryan campaigned across Iowa. Cleveland.com characterized the crowds at Ryan’s events as “small and quaint.”

  • April 19-20, 2019: Ryan will held events in eight Iowa cities.

  • April 17, 2019: Ryan said he was concerned about an increase in interest in socialism in the Democratic Party. “I’m concerned about it because if we are going to decarbonize the economy, it’s not going to be some centralized bureaucracy in Washington, D.C., that’s going to make it happen," Ryan said.

  • April 15, 2019: Ryan introduced a bill to provide increased training for law enforcement on the de-escalation of force, crisis management, and improved community-police relations.

  • April 14, 2019: Ryan discussed the economy and healthcare on “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos. He said he supported Medicare for All but would not completely eliminate private health insurance.

  • April 11, 2019: Ryan participated in WMUR’s “Conversation with the Candidate” series.

  • April 9, 2019: Ryan tweeted a video in which he discusses investing in education rather than looking at it “as a budgetary line item.”

  • April 6, 2019: Ryan held a kickoff rally for his campaign in Youngstown, Ohio.

  • April 4, 2019: Ryan announced that he was running for president. At the time of the announcement, Ryan had served eight terms in the U.S. House representing Ohio. He challenged Nancy Pelosi for House leadership in 2016. He said he would focus on connecting with blue collar workers. “I understand that legacy of job loss. I understand where we need to go. The country is so divided right now that we can't get a plan together. The first thing we have to do is unify,” Ryan said.

Bernie Sanders

Top five

• April 8, 2020: Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. He said in a video statement to supporters, “I wish I could give you better news, but I think you know the truth. We are now some 300 delegates behind Vice President Biden and the path toward victory is virtually impossible.” Sanders said he would remain on upcoming primary ballots to win more delegates to influence the party platform at the Democratic National Convention.

• April 7, 2020: Sanders held a livestream discussion on the disproportionate effect the coronavirus pandemic is having on black Americans.

• April 6, 2020: Sanders criticized the Wisconsin Supreme Court for blocking Gov. Tony Evers’ order to postpone in-person voting in the state until June 9. He said his campaign would not conduct traditional GOTV activities in Wisconsin due to public health concerns. “Let’s be clear: holding this election amid the coronavirus outbreak is dangerous, disregards the guidance of public health experts, and may very well prove deadly,” he said in a statement.

• April 4, 2020: The Washington Post reported that Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir and other senior advisers had encouraged Sanders to withdraw from the presidential race.

• April 3, 2020: Sanders released his "Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package,” which included monthly direct payments of $2,000 to every person in the United States regardless of immigration status. He also called for guaranteed paid medical and sick leave for all workers and hazard pay for essential and frontline workers. He also said the Defense Production Act should be used for the production of personal protective equipment. Sanders called for canceling all student loan payments and suspending monthly payments like rent, mortgages, medical debt, and consumer debt collection.

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  April

  • April 8, 2020: Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. He said in a video statement to supporters, “I wish I could give you better news, but I think you know the truth. We are now some 300 delegates behind Vice President Biden and the path toward victory is virtually impossible.” Sanders said he would remain on upcoming primary ballots to win more delegates to influence the party platform at the Democratic National Convention.

  • April 7, 2020: Sanders held a livestream discussion on the disproportionate effect the coronavirus pandemic is having on black Americans.

  • April 6, 2020: Sanders criticized the Wisconsin Supreme Court for blocking Gov. Tony Evers’ order to postpone in-person voting in the state until June 9. He said his campaign would not conduct traditional GOTV activities in Wisconsin due to public health concerns. “Let’s be clear: holding this election amid the coronavirus outbreak is dangerous, disregards the guidance of public health experts, and may very well prove deadly,” he said in a statement.

  • April 4, 2020: The Washington Post reported that Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir and other senior advisers had encouraged Sanders to withdraw from the presidential race.

  • April 3, 2020: Sanders released his "Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package,” which included monthly direct payments of $2,000 to every person in the United States regardless of immigration status. He also called for guaranteed paid medical and sick leave for all workers and hazard pay for essential and frontline workers. He also said the Defense Production Act should be used for the production of personal protective equipment. Sanders called for canceling all student loan payments and suspending monthly payments like rent, mortgages, medical debt, and consumer debt collection.

  • April 2, 2020: Sanders called for airline grants in the coronavirus relief bill to be approved to fund the paychecks and benefits of 2 million airline workers.

  • April 1, 2020: In an interview on ABC’s The View, Sanders defended his decision to remain in the race. "Last I heard, people in a Democracy have a right to vote and have a right to vote for the agenda that they think can work for America," he said.

  • April 1, 2020: Sanders called for Wisconsin to postpone its April 7 primary due to concerns with the coronavirus. He said early voting should be extended and the election should move to be entirely vote-by-mail.

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  March

  • March 31, 2020: Sanders co-signed a letter to Secretaries Mike Pompeo and Steve Mnuchin earlier this week calling for the U.S. to suspend sanctions on Iran during the coronavirus pandemic. “Rather than continue to invoke new sanctions in the Iranian people’s hour of need, we urge you to substantially suspend sanctions on Iran during this global public health emergency in a humanitarian gesture to the Iranian people to better enable them to fight the virus,” the letter said.

  • March 31, 2020: Sanders sent a letter to the United States Postal Service requesting information on how the agency is protecting letter carriers, instituting social distancing measures, and prioritizing the delivery of emergency supplies.

  • March 30, 2020: Sanders discussed Medicare for All and the coronavirus pandemic in a virtual interview on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. He also hosted a virtual roundtable on the coronavirus with Rep. Peter DeFazio (Ore.), Rev. William J. Barber II, journalist Sonia Shah, and academic Cornel West.

  • March 27-28, 2020: Sanders tweeted that "we must place a moratorium on rent payments, especially in states hardest-hit by the coronavirus like New York." He said he supports New York state Sen. Mike Gianaris' bill to place a moratorium on rent payments for those whose paychecks have been reduced or eliminated amid the coronavirus. Sanders also co-signed a letter with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and 12 other representatives to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asking what the company is doing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus.

  • March 26, 2020: Sanders said on the radio show 1A, “While this bill did not go anywhere near as far as I thought it should go, what it did do is expand unemployment benefits in a way that has never taken place before. … It more or less guarantees unemployment benefits for all American workers … and what this bill says is that for four months you’re going to get $600 more a week than you otherwise would have gotten.”

  • March 25, 2020: Sanders spoke on the Senate floor against a proposal to remove a provision from the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that would provide an additional $600 a week in unemployment payments for four months to workers who were laid off. The proposal to remove the provision was defeated, and the bill passed the chamber 96-0.

  • March 24, 2020: Sanders and several other members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin calling for the suspension of sanctions on Iran amid the coronavirus. Sanders also appeared on PBS Newshour, where he discussed the coronavirus economic stimulus bill being debated in Congress.

  • March 23, 2020: Sanders won the Democrats Abroad primary, according to official vote totals released Mar. 23. The primary was conducted March 3-10 and was open to all U.S. citizens living abroad who did not vote in a state or territorial primary. Sanders won 58% of the vote and nine of the group’s delegates. Biden won 22% and the remaining four delegates.

  • March 21-22, 2020: Sanders live-streamed a virtual roundtable on the coronavirus with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Sanders' campaign also announced it had raised more than $2 million in two days for charities working on coronavirus relief.

  • March 21, 2020: Sanders made an appearance at DJ D-Nice's Instagram Live virtual dance party.

  • March 18-19, 2020: Sanders proposed the government cover 100% of small- and mid-sized businesses’ payroll if they do not lay off employees during the pandemic. He also said all student loan payments should be canceled during this period.

  • March 17, 2020: Sanders proposed providing every household with a $2,000 cash payment each month during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • March 16, 2020: Sanders held a digital rally, which featured Sanders, Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García (Ill.), and several campaign surrogates. He discussed the coronavirus, Medicare for All, and electability.

  • March 14, 2020: Sanders held a virtual fireside chat.

  • March 10, 2020: Rep. Mark Takano (Calif.) endorsed Sanders.

  • March 10, 2020: Both Biden and Sanders canceled their respective rallies in Cleveland for public health and safety. It was the first time concerns about the coronavirus led to canceled campaign rallies this election cycle.

  • March 9-10, 2020: Sanders held a rally in Cleveland, one week before the primary in Ohio. He held a public health roundtable in Detroit on the coronavirus.

  • March 9, 2020: The Working Families Party endorsed Sanders.

  • March 9, 2020: Sanders participated in a televised town hall on Fox News, his second on the network.

  • March 6-8, 2020: Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsed Sanders at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Detroit Action, a racial and economic justice advocacy group in Michigan, made its first-ever presidential primary endorsement and backed Sanders.

  • March 5-8, 2020: Sanders canceled a rally in Jackson, Mississippi. He instead campaigned in Michigan with rallies in Detroit, Dearborn, Grand Rapids, and Ann Arbor.

  • March 5, 2020: Sanders held a rally in Phoenix, Arizona.

  • March 4-6, 2020: Sanders launched a new ad featuring clips of former President Barack Obama praising Sanders. Sanders also campaigned in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • March 3, 2020: A county judge denied Sanders’ campaign’s request to keep polling locations in Los Angeles open for two additional hours because of technical issues at some sites.

  • March 3, 2020: Sanders hosted an election night rally in Vermont.

  • March 2, 2020: Democracy for America and the editorial board of The Nation endorsed Sanders.

  • March 2, 2020: Sanders held rallies in Utah and Minnesota. He announced he raised more than $46 million in February.

  • February 28 - March 1, 2020: Sanders held rallies in Massachusetts and California. He spent roughly $16 million on ads in Super Tuesday states.

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  February

  • February 27, 2020: Sanders held rallies in Virginia and South Carolina.

  • February 26, 2020: Sanders held two South Carolina rallies in North Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Two Florida Democrats filed a lawsuit seeking Sanders be disqualified from the primary ballot since he is an independent.

  • February 24, 2020: Sanders posted to his campaign website a plan for how he would pay for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. His proposals included a wealth tax, taxes on and litigation against the fossil fuel industry, and reducing defense spending.

  • February 22-23, 2020: Sanders held rallies across Texas with events in El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, and Austin. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (Ill.) endorsed Sanders on Feb. 20.

  • February 21-23, 2020: Former 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson endorsed Sanders at his rally in Austin, Texas. Sanders began airing a new ad in South Carolina focused on criminal justice.

  • February 19-20, 2020: Sanders requested recounts in 10 precincts in Iowa. Emgage PAC, which describes itself as the biggest Muslim political action committee in the U.S., endorsed Sanders.

  • February 18-19, 2020: Sanders opened five new field offices in Michigan in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids. His campaign also opened a new headquarters in Utah.

  • February 17, 2020: The campaign launched its final two ads in Nevada, “Nevada First” and “Belong to Us.” Sanders held a rally in Washington with Rep. Pramila Jayapal with more than 17,000 attendees. The Latino activist group, Mijente, backed Sanders on Feb. 18, marking the group’s first presidential endorsement. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed Sanders on Feb 14.

  • February 14-16, 2020: Sanders held three rallies in North Carolina and Texas. He also spoke at a GOTV rally in Las Vegas and attended a Clark County Democratic Party event. Sanders held a campaign rally in Denver.

  • February 13, 2020: The Sanders campaign opened five offices across Texas.

  • February 11, 2020: Sanders held an election night rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • February 10, 2020: Sanders held events throughout New Hampshire, including a concert rally with Rep. Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez.

  • February 6, 2020: The Sanders campaign announced it would increase staffing in Super Tuesday states and spend $5.5 million on television and digital ad buys in 10 states.

  • February 6, 2020: The Sanders campaign announced that it had raised $25 million in January, more than any other Democratic candidate raised in a single quarter in 2019.

  • February 4, 2020: Sanders held a rally in Milford, New Hampshire. He then delivered a response to the State of the Union in Manchester.

  • February 2-3, 2020: The Wall Street Journal published a profile of Sanders’ policies throughout his career titled “The Socialist Evolution of Bernie Sanders.” Sanders hosted his caucus night party in Des Moines.

  • January 31 - February 2, 2020: Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) campaigned for Sanders in Iowa. Sanders attended a Super Bowl event in Des Moines.

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  January

  • January 29, 2020: Sanders introduced the Preventing Future American Sickness Act to designate certain chemicals as hazardous substances and ban their use in food packaging.

  • January 28, 2020: Sanders made a $2.5 million television ad buy in California and Texas, the two largest Super Tuesday states.

  • January 27, 2020: Sanders launched his first television ads in Nevada. The ads, two in English and one in Spanish, focused on economic issues and healthcare.

  • January 24-26, 2020: Sanders held campaign events with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and Ames. He started airing a new television ad called “Transform This Country” on Jan. 23.

  • January 19, 2020: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) endorsed Sanders.

  • January 18, 2020: Sanders held a town hall and rally in New Hampshire.

  • January 17, 2020: Sanders hosted a rally with Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis.

  • January 16, 2020: Sanders, Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren were sworn in as jurors in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Rep. Mark Pocan (Wis.), the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, endorsed Sanders.

  • January 15, 2020: Immigrant activist group Make the Road endorsed Sanders.

  • January 14, 2020: Sanders, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, and Elizabeth Warren participated in the seventh Democratic presidential primary debate. The event took place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, at 9 p.m. ET. Also that day, the Clark County Education Association, the largest teachers union in Nevada, endorsed Sanders.

  • January 13, 2020: Sanders began airing a new ad in Iowa featuring a speech by President John F. Kennedy (D).

  • January 12, 2020: SEA/SEIU Local 1984 in New Hampshire endorsed Sanders, splitting from its national affiliate which has remained neutral in the primary.

  • January 11, 2020: The Post and Courier reported that Sanders had the second-largest paid staff in South Carolina with 72 staffers. Tom Steyer (D) led with 82 paid staffers, while Pete Buttigieg was in third place with 50.

  • January 11-12, 2020: Sanders held several campaign events in Iowa with Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ro Khanna. He also attended a presidential forum on immigration, education, environmental issues, and justice in Des Moines.

  • January 9-10, 2020: Sanders wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register about his campaign’s fundraising approach and economic policies. Sanders held town halls in Iowa.

  • January 7-8, 2020: Sanders spoke about Iran, healthcare, and Democratic electability in an interview with PBS NewsHour. He also wrote an op-ed on public education.

  • December 29, 2019 - January 5, 2020: Sanders held town halls and holiday events in Iowa.

2019

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  December

  • December 27-29, 2019: Sanders campaigned in New Hampshire, holding town halls on healthcare, democracy, and environmental issues.

  • December 20-21, 2019: Sanders campaigned in California, holding town halls and rallies in Moreno Valley, San Diego, and Venice. People’s Action, a coalition of 40 progressive groups with 1 million members, endorsed Sanders.

  • December 17, 2019: Sanders said that he supported a Maine state legislative bill that would allow public employees, including teachers, to strike.

  • December 16, 2019: Sanders tweeted a list of companies that paid no federal income tax in 2018.

  • December 16, 2019: Sanders held a rally in Coachella Valley, California.

  • December 14-15, 2019: Sanders held three rallies in Iowa over the weekend and met with minor league baseball players and employees.

  • December 13, 2019: Sanders held a town hall and rally with Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) in New Hampshire.

  • December 10, 2019: The Center for Popular Democracy Action, which represents 600,000 members from more than 40 progressive organizations, endorsed Sanders.

  • December 10, 2019: Sanders spoke at the UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union Town Hall in Las Vegas.

  • December 8, 2019: Sanders began a three-day tour of Nevada with stops scheduled in Elko, Carson City, Reno, and Las Vegas.

  • December 6, 2019: Sanders issued a plan to expand broadband internet access as part of a Green New Deal infrastructure initiative.

  • December 5, 2019: Sanders campaigned in Iowa, speaking at a presidential forum on organic food production.

  • December 2, 2019: Sanders met with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to discuss the organization’s plans to cut 42 minor league teams.

  • December 1, 2019: Sanders campaigned in South Carolina with stops at the Reid Chapel AME Church and the University of South Carolina.

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  November

  • November 25, 2019: Sanders wrote an open letter urging Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred not to close 42 Minor League Baseball clubs.

  • November 25, 2019: Sanders held a town hall in Salem, New Hampshire.

  • November 23-24, 2019: Sanders campaigned in New Hampshire with stops in Franklin, Manchester, Hillsboro, and Portsmouth.

  • November 21, 2019: Sanders held a rally at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

  • November 19, 2019: The Sanders campaign announced it had received more than 4 million donations, a milestone it had not reached until after the New Hampshire primary during the 2016 election.

  • November 16, 2019: Eight candidates, including Sanders, participated in the Real América Presidential Forum hosted by the Democratic Party of California and Univision. The event took place as part of the state party's endorsing convention that weekend.

  • November 15, 2019: Sanders held a Green New Deal rally in Fresno, California.

  • November 13, 2019: Ten candidates, including Sanders, qualified for the fifth Democratic primary debate. The debate took place on November 20, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • November 12, 2019: The New York Times reported that National Nurses United would formally endorse Sanders in Oakland, California, on November 15.

  • November 11, 2019: Sanders issued his veterans policy plan, which included investing $62 billion to repair and modernize hospitals and clinics.

  • November 8-11, 2019: Sanders campaigned across Iowa, including a rally with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) in Council Bluffs.

  • November 7, 2019: The New York Times reported that the Sanders campaign planned to spend $30 million on advertising in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, and California. Sanders also released his immigration plan, which included reinstating DACA and eliminating Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement and redistributing their duties to other agencies.

  • November 6, 2019: Sanders started a two week airing of “Fight for Us,” his first television ad in New Hampshire, as part of a $1 million ad buy in the state.

  • November 6, 2019: The Sanders campaign said the media was ignoring Sanders’ poll performance, which the campaign described as a surge in its daily newsletter.

  • November 4, 2019: Sanders campaigned in Virginia to support local Democratic candidates.

  • November 3, 2019: Sanders held a rally in Minneapolis with Rep. Ilhan Omar at the University of Minnesota campus. The campaign estimated that 10,000 people attended the event.

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  October

  • October 31, 2019: Sanders discussed criminal justice and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement in an interview on Desus & Mero on Showtime.

  • October 31, 2019: Sanders attended a forum hosted by Rights & Democracy, the New Hampshire Youth Movement, and People’s Action in New Hampshire. He is also filing to run in the state primary.

  • October 30, 2019: Sanders attended a rally at Keene State College in New Hampshire.

  • October 28, 2019: Sanders said at the J Street conference that he would leverage aid to Israel to push for foreign policy change and reallocate some military aid to humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. He also discussed socialism, taxes, and criminal liability for corporate executives in a CNBC interview.

  • October 27, 2019: Rep. Rashida Tlaib endorsed Sanders at a rally in Detroit. More than 4,700 people attended the event.

  • October 24, 2019: Sanders attended a televised town hall on Latino issues hosted by LULAC and Newsmax.

  • October 22, 2019: Sanders received endorsements from two Democratic National Committee members and several members of the Colorado Working Families Party. Sanders also released a digital ad featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

  • October 21, 2019: Sanders released a new ad in Iowa focused on medical debt.

  • October 20, 2019: An estimated 26,000 people attended Sanders’ campaign rally in New York, marking the largest rally for any 2020 Democrat.

  • October 19, 2019: Sanders held his first campaign rally in three weeks in Queens, New York. The Sanders campaign is also launching a $1.3 million television ad buy in Iowa.

  • October 19, 2019: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez formally endorsed Sanders.

  • October 14, 2019: Sanders proposed requiring corporations with at least $100 million in revenue and all publicly traded companies increase employee ownership stakes by providing 2 percent of stocks to their workers until at least 20 percent of the company is employee-owned. His corporate accountability plan also called for having workers directly elect 45 percent of the board of directors.

  • October 10, 2019: Sanders thanked supporters for their well-wishes and said he would soon return to the campaign trail in a video statement.

  • October 9, 2019: Sanders was interviewed by NBC News. He discussed his heart attack and how his campaign handled informing the public about it.

  • October 8, 2019: Sanders said he was "feeling good" and "getting stronger" after his heart attack. He also said, "[I]f there's any message that I hope we can get out there is that I want people to pay attention to the symptoms. When you’re hurting, when you’re fatigued, when you have pain in your chest, listen to it."

  • October 7, 2019: Sanders released a campaign finance proposal. He said he would replace the Federal Election Commission with a law enforcement agency and prevent party conventions and inauguration ceremonies from corporate sponsorship.

  • October 3, 2019: Bernie Sanders’ wife, Jane Sanders, announced he would be discharged from the hospital by October 6 following a medical procedure. He is expected to participate in the October presidential debate.

  • October 2, 2019: Sanders canceled campaign events this week and suspended his first television ad launch in Iowa after undergoing a heart procedure for a blocked artery.

  • October 1, 2019: Sanders announced he raised $25.3 million in the third quarter of 2019, topping his second-quarter take by more than $7 million.

  • October 1, 2019: Sanders launched a $1.3 million ad campaign in Iowa with his first ad in the state.

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  September

  • September 29, 2019: Sanders campaigned in New Hampshire with stops at three colleges.

  • September 25, 2019: CNN reported that Sanders’ in-house production team began shooting ads in Iowa the week of September 22 through 28.

  • September 24, 2019: Sanders proposed a wealth tax that would progressively tax households on any net worth over $32 million. Eight wealth tax brackets would exist, ranging from 1 percent to 8 percent.

  • September 23, 2019: Sanders began his “Bernie Beats Trump Tour” of pivot counties across Iowa.

  • September 22, 2019: Sanders held his first rally in Oklahoma with more than 4,000 attendees.

  • September 21, 2019: Sanders proposed eliminating $81 billion in medical debt by having the federal government pay off past-due medical bills in collections, limiting debt collection practices, and reviewing the billing and collection practices of nonprofit hospitals.

  • September 19, 2019: The Sanders campaign announced it had received contributions from 1 million donors, the fastest of any candidate in presidential election history.

  • September 18, 2019: The Sanders campaign confirmed that Iowa political director Jess Mazour had departed the campaign.

  • September 17, 2019: Sanders launched a digital ad campaign targeting teachers focused on a 2018 walkout in West Virginia that led to salary increases.

  • September 15, 2019: Sanders announced several changes to his New Hampshire state leadership team, including replacing former state director Joe Caiazzo with Shannon Jackson. Caiazzo shifted to run Sanders’ campaign in Massachusetts.

  • September 15, 2019: Sanders agreed to release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses.

  • September 12, 2019: Sanders participated in the third Democratic primary debate in Houston. ABC News and Univision broadcast the debate and Linsey Davis, David Muir, Jorge Ramos, and George Stephanopoulos moderated. The candidates discussed Medicare for All, criminal justice, international trade agreements, gun violence, military strategy in Afghanistan, education, and climate change. To read debate highlights for Sanders, click here.

  • September 11, 2019: The American Association of People with Disabilities released a questionnaire answered by Sanders on his disability policies.

  • September 9, 2019: Sanders and seven other candidates participated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy. Also that day, Sanders hosted a campaign rally at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado, and The New York Times published an article on the 1987 trip to Canada that drove Sanders' position on healthcare.

  • September 8, 2019: Sanders spoke at Iowa State University as part of his college tailgate tour.

  • September 7, 2019: Sanders spoke at the Democratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 4, 2019: In an appearance on The View, Sanders discussed the difference between his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.

  • August 29-September 1, 2019: Sanders campaigned in South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Maine.

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  August

  • August 26, 2019: Sanders wrote an op-ed in the Columbia Journalism Review about journalism and democracy.

  • August 24, 2019: While campaigning at the Minnesota State Fair, Sanders said he was running for president to defeat Trump and to combat economic inequality.

  • August 22, 2019: Sanders issued a $16.3 trillion climate change plan that would seek to reduce carbon emissions by 71 percent by 2030 and transition the U.S. to 100 percent renewable electricity.

  • August 17, 2019: Sanders issued his criminal justice plan, calling for ending cash bail, solitary confinement, and civil asset forfeiture. His plan would also establish safe injection sites for the medically supervised use of illegal drugs and require the attorney general to investigate the deaths of individuals in police custody.

  • August 15, 2019: Ryan criticized the Democratic debate qualifications, saying in an interview on MSNBC, “Bill Clinton did not get into the race until October. And here it is August, and the field’s already being, in some ways, artificially winnowed by the Democratic National Committee.”

  • August 14, 2019: In response to what Sanders called the “corporate media’s dislike of our campaign,” Sanders is launching a digital newsletter about the election called the Bern Notice.

  • August 13, 2019: Sanders addressed union members at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades annual convention in Las Vegas.

  • August 12, 2019: The Washington Post profiled Sanders’ focus on Medicare for All and campaign strategy around healthcare.

  • August 10, 2019: Sanders said candidates needed to focus on policy that addresses the concerns of working families during a speech at the Wing Ding.

  • August 8, 2019: Weld, along with Booker, Buttigieg, and Sanders, participated in a presidential candidate’s forum at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Miami.

  • August 6, 2019: Sanders appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, discussing primary politics, healthcare, pharmaceutical costs, and marijuana.

  • August 5, 2019: KPBS interviewed Sanders about affordable housing, homelessness, and Medicare for All in San Diego.

  • August 5, 2019: Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Amy Klobuchar spoke on Latino issues at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in San Diego.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held a public service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sanders participated. Also on August 3-4, the 2020 Democratic candidates responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in formal statements, interviews, and tweets. Candidates focused on Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants, congressional inaction, and gun violence policies.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The Sanders campaign announced it had raised $1.1 million since the Tuesday debate from more than 70,000 contributions.

  • July 30, 2019: The first night of the second Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Sanders participated. He defended his democratic socialist policies as possible, pointing to Medicare’s start more than 50 years ago. While discussing trade policy, Sanders said he would not award government contracts to companies “throwing American workers out on the street.” He also called healthcare a human right and compared the U.S. healthcare system and pharmaceutical prices to Canada’s.

  • July 29, 2019: Sanders filmed a campaign video with rapper Cardi B discussing student debt, climate change, and the minimum wage.

  • July 28, 2019: Sanders joined Type 1 diabetes patients traveling to Canada for cheaper insulin and criticized pricing in the pharmaceutical industry.

  • July 26, 2019: Sanders appeared on Pod Save America to discuss democratic socialism, Medicare for All, and the Israeli government.

  • July 25, 2019: Sanders posted a social media ad focused on women who support his campaign.

  • July 24, 2019: Sanders, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. Sanders released a plan to increase the number of black healthcare professionals, which includes expanding the National Health Service Corps and related programs in underserved areas; increasing the number of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants; and canceling student debt.

  • July 24, 2019: Sanders, nine other Democratic candidates, and Republican candidate Bill Weld spoke at the NAACP’s 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan.

  • July 22, 2019: The Associated Press profiled the communications network Sanders has created as an alternative to traditional media.

  • July 20, 2019: The Des Moines Register and AARP hosted a series of five forums in Iowa. Sanders participated in an event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

  • July 19, 2019: Sanders said his campaign will limit the hours of staffers to ensure they earn the equivalent of a $15 minimum wage.

  • July 18, 2019: Some members of the Sanders campaign, which unionized in March, lobbied for a $15 hourly wage.

  • July 16, 2019: Sanders said he would try to split apart Facebook, Google, and Amazon, and pursue greater enforcement of antitrust legislation.

  • July 15, 2019: Sanders held a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to protest the closure of the Hanemann University Hospital. At the rally, Sanders proposed establishing a $20 billion emergency trust fund to enable local governments to purchase for-profit hospitals in financial distress.

  • July 11, 2019: Sanders participated in a town hall hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens at their annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also that day, Sanders discussed reparations, student loan debt, and how his proposals will affect black communities in an interview on BET Digital's Black Coffee.

  • July 9, 2019: Along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders introduced a resolution calling for a national mobilization of resources to combat climate change. And Sanders wrote an op-ed in Fortune outlining his plan to cancel $1.6 trillion in student debt and make public colleges, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs tuition- and debt-free. Also on July 9, Sanders and 12 other Democratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 5, 2019: Sanders was among the 10 candidates who spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas.

  • July 4, 2019: Politico published an article examining the difference between Sanders' 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.

  • July 2, 2019: Sanders announced that he had raised $18 million in the second quarter of 2019 and transferred another $6 million from other accounts. Since the debate, the campaign said it received nearly 200,000 donations.

  • July 1, 2019: The Sanders campaign did not release its quarterly fundraising figures but campaign manager Faiz Shakir said he did not expect the Sanders campaign to top Pete Buttigieg’s announced second-quarter receipts of $24.8 million.

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  June

  • June 29, 2019: Sanders campaigned at the Nashua Pride Festival in New Hampshire.

  • June 27, 2019: At the first Democratic debate, Sanders said that under his policies the middle class would pay more in taxes but less in healthcare and education. He also opposed court packing, called for rotating judges, and said that support for Roe v. Wade would be a litmus test for his federal judicial nominees.

  • June 26, 2019: Sanders posted an online ad to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube on the housing crisis in Reno, Nevada.

  • June 24, 2019: Sanders introduced a bill in the Senate which would cancel all outstanding federal student loans. Sanders wrote an op-ed in Foreign Affairs, calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and defining climate change and global inequality as security threats.

  • June 22, 2019: Sanders and 21 other Democratic candidates spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was a record-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention, The Greenville News reported. Sanders and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended a forum hosted by Planned Parenthood.

  • June 21, 2019: Sanders and 21 other Democratic candidates attended Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D) World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Sanders and seven other Democratic candidates also participated in a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) forum, where Sanders said that his Medicare for All plan would include healthcare for people in the country without legal permission.

  • June 19, 2019: Sanders was among Democratic candidates who criticized Joe Biden for remarks he made about civility in the Senate during his time in the chamber. Biden said he worked with former Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), who opposed desegregation efforts and with whom he often disagreed, to get things done. Biden responded, "There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period." Also that day, Sanders commented on a Politico article entitled "Warren emerges as potential compromise nominee" with the following tweet: "The cat is out of the bag. The corporate wing of the Democratic Party is publicly 'anybody but Bernie.'"

  • June 18, 2019: Sanders discussed the Trump administration’s Iran policy on MSNBC.

  • June 17, 2019: Sanders was one of 10 candidates that spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C.

  • June 16, 2019: Sanders appeared on Fox News Sunday, where he told host Chris Wallace that to see real change the United States would "need a political revolution."

  • June 13, 2019: The Post Reports chronicled Sanders' early political years and time as mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

  • June 12, 2019: Sanders redefined and reiterated his support for democratic socialism in a speech at George Washington University. He called his policies the “unfinished business of the New Deal.”

  • June 11, 2019: Sanders joined Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren in a letter to McDonald's criticizing the company for its handling of sexual harassment complaints.

  • June 9, 2019: Sanders and 18 other candidates delivered a five-minute speech at the Democrats Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • June 8, 2019: Sanders and nine other candidates attended Capital City Pride Festival events in Iowa.

  • June 6, 2019: The cover of TIME Magazine featured a photo of Sanders, and the issue featured a piece on his second presidential bid.

  • June 5, 2019: Sanders spoke at the Walmart annual shareholders meeting in Arkansas and proposed a minimum wage of $15/hour for the company.

  • June 2, 2019: Sanders published an op-ed in The New York Times detailing his family’s financial struggles and his position on wealth inequality.

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  May

  • May 31, 2019: The Democratic Party of California announced that Sanders would speak at its convention held May 31 to June 2. Sanders also attended the Immigrant Unity and Freedom Presidential Forum in Pasadena, California, along with Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, and Jay Inslee.

  • May 30, 2019: Sanders campaigned in Nevada. According to The Washington Post, Sanders was also developing a plan to mandate large businesses give a portion of their stocks to a fund paying out dividends for employees. Sanders brought on Charleston City Council member Kwadjo Campbell as his state director, along with five other hires in the state.

  • May 29, 2019: Sanders campaigned across New Hampshire, including a meeting with 50 Democratic state lawmakers.

  • May 25, 2019: Sanders campaigned in his home state Vermont with a rally in Montpelier.

  • May 21, 2019: Sanders will attend Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting in Arkansas in June and introduce a measure to give hourly employees a seat on the corporation’s board.

  • May 20, 2019: The New York Times profiled Sanders and his time as the mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

  • May 18-20, 2019: Sanders toured the South with campaign stops in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

  • May 19, 2019: Sanders released his education platform, which included calling for a temporary halt to public funding for nonprofit charter school expansion and a ban on for-profit charter schools

  • May 15, 2019: Sanders said he supported antitrust action against Facebook.

  • May 14, 2019: Sanders made an impromptu online address condemning a potential war with Iran.

  • May 13, 2019: Sanders wrote an op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer on the criminal justice system, the incarceration rate, and ending the cash bail system.

  • May 12, 2019: Sanders will speak at a Green New Deal rally organized by the Sunrise Movement at Howard University Monday. Rolling Stone also profiled the Sanders campaign.

  • May 9, 2019: Sanders campaign staffers ratified a collective bargaining agreement. They will be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 400.

  • May 9, 2019: Sanders discussed how he will reach out to Trump voters in an interview on MSNBC.

  • May 7, 2019: Sanders released a set of guidelines to prevent sexual misconduct and discrimination within his own campaign.

  • May 5, 2019: Sanders released his agriculture platform, calling for the breakup of agriculture monopolies and increased government involvement in commodity production and pricing.

  • May 2, 2019: In a Vox interview about defense spending, Sanders called for decreasing the budget and evaluating compensation for defense contractors.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019: Sanders wrote an op-ed in USA Today on voting rights for incarcerated individuals.

  • April 30, 2019: The Los Angeles Times reported on the state of Sanders’ campaign operations in California compared to his 2016 run.

  • April 30, 2019: Sanders released his trade platform, calling for a renegotiation of U.S. trade deals, labeling China a currency manipulator, barring federal contracts to companies that outsource jobs, and not appointing a trade representative who worked on Wall Street.

  • April 27, 2019: Sanders announced a new organizing tool called BERN, where supporters can input information about anyone’s name and background into a campaign voter database that can be matched to that person’s voter record, levels of support, top issues, and union membership.

  • April 25, 2019: While campaigning in Fort Worth, Texas, Sanders discussed Medicare and the minimum wage.

  • April 22, 2019: Sanders said at a town hall that he believed all convicted felons should be allowed to vote, including those that are still incarcerated.

  • April 18, 2019: Sanders was endorsed by seven state legislators from South Carolina, all members of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus.

  • April 18, 2019: Sanders wrote an op-ed in Greenville News on education and the criminal justice system in South Carolina.

  • April 15, 2019: Sanders participated in a televised town hall on Fox News, where he discussed his tax returns and tax policy, Democratic leadership, and healthcare.

  • April 14, 2019: In a letter to the Center for American Progress, Sanders said the group was undermining Democratic efforts to win the 2020 presidential election. “The letter airs criticisms shared among his supporters: That the think tank, which has close ties to Mrs. Clinton and the Democratic Party establishment, is beholden to corporate donors and has worked to quash a leftward shift in the party led partly by Mr. Sanders,” The New York Times reported.

  • April 12-14, 2019: Sanders campaigned across the Midwest, with stops in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

  • April 11, 2019: According to a FiveThirtyEight comparison of the Sanders campaign in 2016 and 2020, Sanders is performing better this cycle in media coverage, polling, fundraising, and endorsements at this point in the campaign.

  • April 10, 2019: Sanders will introduced his Medicare for All bill, which would provide insurance run by the federal government to everyone, including vision and dental care. Private insurers would only be able to provide benefits not otherwise covered by the federal plan.

  • April 8, 2019: The Nation profiled Sanders’ labor policies and emphasis on unions in his 2020 presidential campaign.

  • April 7, 2019: While campaigning in Iowa, Sanders said that felons should be able to vote while they are incarcerated. “You’re paying a price, you committed a crime, you’re in jail. That's bad. But you’re still living in American society and you have a right to vote. I believe in that, yes, I do,” he said.

  • April 4, 2019: Sanders was interviewed on The Daily Show, where he discussed his decision to participate in a town hall on Fox News.

  • April 3, 2019: Sanders was scheduled to be the first Democratic candidate to participate in a town hall televised by Fox News. The event was scheduled to be filmed in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on April 15.

  • April 2, 2019: Sanders announced that he had raised $18.2 million in the first quarter of 2019 with an average donation of $20. The Sanders campaign added that 20 percent of the donors were new supporters.

  • April 1, 2019: Sanders discussed possible term limits for the Supreme Court and rotating judges to the appeals courts.

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  March

  • March 31, 2019: Sanders said he would reduce prescription drug costs by at least 50 percent if elected president. When asked for details of his plan, Sanders said the U.S. could look to prescription drug policies in Canada, Japan, and Germany, and to patents held by large pharmaceutical companies.

  • March 28, 2019: Sanders wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register outlining his plan to use antitrust laws to support small farmers over large agribusinesses.

  • March 26, 2019: Sanders told Chris Hayes of the Washington Examiner that he did not support the House Affordable Care Act expansion bill, and said that he only supported Medicare-for-all.

  • March 25, 2019: Sanders tweeted support for 1,500 striking teaching assistants at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “I say to UIC: Sit down at the bargaining table. Negotiate in good faith. Pay your workers a living wage,” Sanders wrote.

  • March 24, 2019: Sanders campaigned in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Sanders spoke about the recent shooting in New Zealand and gun violence in general. He told supporters in Los Angeles that their “job is to complete the revolution we began” in his previous campaign.

  • March 21, 2019: The Democratic Socialists of America officially endorsed Sanders following a vote of the National Political Committee. This came amidst calls from some wings of the party to withhold the endorsement because of Sanders’ stance on reparations.

  • March 21, 2019: Sanders announced that his campaign would offset all of its carbon emissions, similar to a promise the candidate made in 2016.

  • March 20, 2019: Sanders made his first presidential campaign stop in California, where he spoke at a rally for striking University of California research and technical workers.

  • March 19, 2019: The Sanders campaign announced it hired David Sirota as a senior adviser and speechwriter. The campaign told The Atlantic that Sirota had been working unofficially for months in a trial period. During that time, the publication noted, Sirota criticized several other candidates or potential candidates on Twitter, on his own website, and in columns in The Guardian.

  • March 18, 2019: Sanders appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition, discussing diversity, reparations, and socialism.

  • March 15, 2019: Sanders campaign staffers became the first from a major presidential campaign to unionize.

  • March 14, 2019: Sanders was scheduled to speak at a union rally in Los Angeles on Mar. 20.

  • March 12, 2019: Sanders expanded his Iowa team, hiring Misty Rebik as state director, Jess Mazour as political director, Evan Burger as state caucus director, and Pete D'Alessandro as a senior advisor. Burger and D’Alessandro were alumni of Sanders’ 2016 campaign.

  • March 11, 2019: Sanders criticized working conditions at Amazon warehouses, tweeting, “Amazon must significantly improve working conditions at its warehouses and respect the constitutional right of its employees to form a union and bargain collectively for a better life.”

  • March 8, 2019: Sanders called for expanding Medicare for All by adding a long-term care provision.

  • March 5, 2019: Sanders was scheduled to make his first 2020 campaign visit to New Hampshire over the weekend.

  • March 5, 2019: Sanders signed a pledge, required by the Democratic National Committee, saying, “I will run a Democrat, accept the nomination of my party, and I will serve as a Democrat if elected."

  • March 4, 2019: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with six other members of Congress, signed a pledge Monday to fight to end “forever wars” in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Niger, Somalia, and Thailand, among other countries.

  • March 2, 2019: Sanders kicked off his presidential campaign with his first rally in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday. Sanders discussed his personal background in the speech, leading Phil Johnston, former Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman, to comment, “He made the mistake in 2016 of not talking about his life’s story, his experience and struggles growing up, in contrast to Trump — he’s correcting that mistake this time.”

  • March 1, 2019: Sanders was interviewed on The View Friday morning.

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  February

  • February 26, 2019: Three key strategists for Sanders departed from his campaign citing creative differences. The consulting firm partners—Tad Devine, Mark Longabaugh and Julian Mulvey—previously worked on Sanders’ 2016 presidential bid. “We are leaving because we believe that Sen. Sanders deserves to have media consultants who share his creative vision for the campaign,” they said in a joint statement.

  • February 25, 2019: Sanders reported raising $10 million in the first week of his campaign.

  • February 25, 2019: Sanders was scheduled to hold his first campaign rally in Brooklyn, New York, on March 2. Sanders grew up in the borough and briefly attended Brooklyn College.

  • February 23, 2019: Sanders tweeted, “The people of Venezuela are enduring a serious humanitarian crisis. The Maduro government must put the needs of its people first, allow humanitarian aid into the country, and refrain from violence against protesters.” Earlier in the week, Sanders declined to call Maduro a dictator, prompting criticism from some Florida Democrats.

  • February 21, 2019: California Rep. Ro Khanna, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, and Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, will serve as national co-chairs for the Bernie Sanders campaign.

  • February 20, 2019: Sanders raised $5.9 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign, and $6 million in the first 48 hours, from 225,000 individuals. He was also endorsed by fellow Vermont congressional delegation members Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch.

  • February 19, 2019: Sanders announced Tuesday morning that he was running for president. He ran for the office in 2016, coming in second behind Hillary Clinton and earning 46 percent of the pledged delegates at the Democratic National Convention that year. Watch his announcement video here.

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  January

  • January 31, 2019: Sanders introduced legislation to return the threshold for taxing assets transferred to an individual’s heirs to $3.5 million from $11 million.

  • January 25, 2019: A presidential announcement by Sanders was reported to be imminent, according to a report from Yahoo! News.