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Former Vice PresidentJoe Biden (D) won thepresidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306electoral votes and PresidentDonald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.^[3]

Biden was sworn in on January 20, 2021, becoming the oldest president to take office at 78 years old. His running mate, former Sen.Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), became the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president.

Click here to learn more about the Biden presidential transition.

Biden announced that he was running forpresident on April 25, 2019.^[4] With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.^[5] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020, and was formally nominated at the2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.^[6]

Biden announced Harris as his running mate on August 11, 2020. He called her "a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants."^[7][8]

Biden framed his campaign as a challenge to Trump. "I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time. But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation—who we are—and I cannot stand by and watch that happen," he said.^[9]

He represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009 before serving as vice president under PresidentBarack Obama (D) from 2009 to 2017.^[10]

Biden in the news

See also:Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing andEditorial approach to story selection for the Daily Presidential News Briefing

This section featured five news stories about Biden and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Biden's campaign activity,click here.

• 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: Bidencampaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Former President Barack Obamacampaigned in Atlanta and Miami on behalf of Biden.
• November 1, 2020: Biden held two campaign events inPhiladelphia: a “Souls to the Polls” event and drive-in rally.
• October 31, 2020:
  • Biden was scheduled to campaign inMichigan and hold a joint rally with former PresidentBarack Obama.
  • Biden released the names of more than 800fundraisers who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
• October 30, 2020: Bidencampaigned in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Biography

Biden was born in 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Claymont, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in history and political science and received his law degree from the Syracuse University Law School. Biden practiced law and worked as a public defender before seeking public office.^[11]

From 1970 to 1972, Biden served on the New Castle County Council. He was elected to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate at the age of 29, receiving 58% of the vote to defeat incumbent Sen. James Caleb Boggs (R). Two weeks after the election, his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident, which his two sons survived.^[12]

Biden served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009. During his Senate career, he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Foreign Relations for several years.^[12]

Biden launched his first presidential bid in 1987 but withdrew from the race. He launched a second presidential campaign in 2007, dropping out of the race following the 2008 Iowa caucuses, where he placed fifth.^[12] Then-candidate Barack Obama announced Biden was his choice for running mate in August 2008, and the pair won the general election.^[13] Biden served as vice president from 2009 to 2017.

Policy positions

The following policy positions were compiled from the candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and interviews.

Immigration

Joe Biden's campaign website says he will adopt some of the following immigration enforcement policies in his first 100 days in office: "Immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s cruel and senseless policies that separate parents from their children at our border. End Trump’s detrimental asylum policies. End the mismanagement of the asylum system, which fuels violence and chaos at the border. Surge humanitarian resources to the border and foster public-private initiatives. End prolonged detention and reinvest in a case management program. Reverse Trump’s public charge rule. End the so-called National Emergency that siphons federal dollars from the Department of Defense to build a wall. Protect Dreamers and their families. Order an immediate review of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for vulnerable populations who cannot find safety in their countries ripped apart by violence or disaster."^{[source, as of 2020-06-18]}

Healthcare

Joe Biden proposes protecting and building on the Affordable Care Act instead of switching to a Medicare for All system.

Biden's campaign website says about the Affordable Care Act: "Because of Obamacare, over 100 million people no longer have to worry that an insurance company will deny coverage or charge higher premiums just because they have a pre-existing condition – whether cancer or diabetes or heart disease or a mental health challenge. Insurance companies can no longer set annual or lifetime limits on coverage. Roughly 20 million additional Americans obtained the peace of mind that comes with health insurance. Young people who are in transition from school to a job have the option to stay covered by their parents’ plan until age 26. But, every day over the past nine years, the Affordable Care Act has been under relentless attack. As president, Biden will protect the Affordable Care Act from these continued attacks. He opposes every effort to get rid of this historic law – including efforts by Republicans, and efforts by Democrats. Instead of starting from scratch and getting rid of private insurance, he has a plan to build on the Affordable Care Act by giving Americans more choice, reducing health care costs, and making our health care system less complex to navigate." Biden also wrote in a Medium post that he would lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60.^{[source, as of 2020-04-09]}

Energy and environmental issues

Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following key elements of his clean energy plan: "Build a modern infrastructure. Position the U.S. auto industry to win the 21st century with technology invented in America. Achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. Make dramatic investments in energy efficiency in buildings, including completing 4 million retrofits and building 1.5 million new affordable homes. Pursue a historic investment in clean energy innovation. Advance sustainable agriculture and conservation. Secure environmental justice and equitable economy opportunity."^{[source, as of 2020-08-03]}

Trade

Joe Biden's campaign website says, "The goal of every decision about trade must be to build the American middle class, create jobs, raise wages, and strengthen communities. To stand up for American workers, Biden’s tax and trade strategy will take a number of steps, including: Take aggressive trade enforcement actions against China or any other country seeking to undercut American manufacturing through unfair practices. Rally our allies in a coordinated effort to pressure the Chinese government and other trade abusers to follow the rules and hold them to account when they do not. Confront foreign efforts to steal American intellectual property. Apply a carbon adjustment fee against countries that are failing to meet their climate and environmental obligations. Support strong and independent trade unions here in the United States and in every one of our trading partners."^{[source, as of 2020-08-03]}

Economy

Joe Biden's campaign website list the following four pillars of his Build Back Better economic recovery plan: "Mobilize American manufacturing and innovation to ensure that the future is made in America, and in all of America. Mobilize American ingenuity to build a modern infrastructure and an equitable, clean energy future. Mobilize American talent and heart to build a 21st century caregiving and education workforce which will help ease the burden of care for working parents, especially women. Mobilize across the board to advance racial equity in America."

His website continues, "We’ve seen millions of American workers put their lives and health on the line to keep our country going. As Biden has said, let’s not just praise them, let’s pay them — a decent wage, at least $15 per hour, and ending the tipped minimum wage and sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities, and strong benefits so they can live a middle class life and provide opportunity for their kids."^{[source, as of 2020-08-03]}

Education

Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following five education goals: "Support our educators by giving them the pay and dignity they deserve. Invest in resources for our schools so students grow into physically and emotionally healthy adults, and educators can focus on teaching. Ensure that no child’s future is determined by their zip code, parents’ income, race, or disability. Provide every middle and high school student a path to a successful career. Start investing in our children at birth."

Biden's website continues: "Invest in our schools to eliminate the funding gap between white and non-white districts, and rich and poor districts. Improve teacher diversity. Make sure children with disabilities have the support to succeed. Create more opportunities for high school students to take practical classes that lead to credentials."^{[source, as of 2020-06-18]}

Gun regulation

Joe Biden's campaign website says, "As president, Biden will pursue constitutional, common-sense gun safety policies. Biden will: Hold gun manufacturers accountable. Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Buy back the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines already in our communities. Reduce stockpiling of weapons. Require background checks for all gun sales. Create an effective program to ensure individuals who become prohibited from possessing firearms relinquish their weapons. Give states incentives to set up gun licensing programs."

Biden's campaign website also says he will, "Establish a new Task Force on Online Harassment and Abuse to focus on the connection between mass shootings, online harassment, extremism, and violence against women. Put America on the path to ensuring that 100% of firearms sold in America are smart guns. Prioritize prosecution of straw purchasers. Dedicate the brightest scientific minds to solving the gun violence public health epidemic. Prohibit the use of federal funds to arm or train educators to discharge firearms. Address the epidemic of suicides by firearms."^{[source, as of 2019-10-02]}

Criminal justice

Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following criminal justice proposals: "Create a new $20 billion competitive grant program to spur states to shift from incarceration to prevention. Invest in educational opportunity for all. Expand federal funding for mental health and substance use disorder services and research. Expand and use the power of the U.S. Justice Department to address systemic misconduct in police departments and prosecutors’ offices. Establish an independent Task Force on Prosecutorial Discretion. Invest in public defenders’ offices to ensure defendants’ access to quality counsel. Eliminate mandatory minimums."^{[source, as of 2020-06-18]}

Foreign policy

Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following foreign policy goals: "Defend our Vital Interests: As president, Biden will never hesitate to protect the American people, including when necessary, by using force. We have the strongest military in the world—and as president, Biden will ensure it stays that way. End Forever Wars: Biden will end the forever wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East, which have cost us untold blood and treasure. Elevate Diplomacy: As president, Biden will elevate diplomacy as the premier tool of our global engagement. He will rebuild a modern, agile U.S. Department of State—investing in and re-empowering the finest diplomatic corps in the world and leveraging the full talent and richness of America’s diversity. Restore and Reimagine Partnerships: A Biden administration will do more than restore our historic partnerships; it will lead the effort to reimagine them for the future. Renew our Commitment to Arms Control for a New Era Rally the World to Address the Existential Climate Crisis: The Biden administration will rejoin the Paris Climate Accord on day one and lead a major diplomatic push to raise the ambitions of countries’ climate targets."^{[source, as of 2020-06-18]}

Impeachment

Joe Biden called for President Donald Trump's impeachment at a town hall event in New Hampshire, saying that Trump "has indicted himself by obstructing justice, refusing to comply with the congressional inquiry, he's already convicted himself. In full view of the world and the American people, Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts."^{[source, as of 2019-10-09]}

Labor

Joe Biden's campaign website says, "Strong unions built the great American middle class. Everything that defines what it means to live a good life and know you can take care of your family – the 40 hour work week, paid leave, health care protections, a voice in your workplace – is because of workers who organized unions and fought for worker protections. Because of organizing and collective bargaining, there used to be a basic bargain between workers and their employers in this country that when you work hard, you share in the prosperity your work created."

His website continues, "As president, Biden will: Check the abuse of corporate power over labor and hold corporate executives personally accountable for violations of labor laws. Encourage and incentivize unionization and collective bargaining. Ensure that workers are treated with dignity and receive the pay, benefits, and workplace protections they deserve."^{[source, as of 2020-03-02]}

Abortion

Joe Biden's campaign website says, "As president, Biden will work to codify Roe v. Wade, and his Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate the constitutional right to an abortion, such as so-called TRAP laws, parental notification requirements, mandatory waiting periods, and ultrasound requirements. Biden will reissue guidance specifying that states cannot refuse Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers that refer for abortions or provide related information and reverse the Trump Administration’s rule preventing Planned Parenthood and certain other family planning programs from obtaining Title X funds. Biden will rescind the Mexico City Policy (also referred to as the global gag rule) that President Trump reinstated and expanded."^{[source, as of 2020-08-12]}

Supreme Court vacancy

Joe Biden opposed filling the Supreme Court vacancy before the 2020 presidential election. He said, "This appointment isn't about the past. It's about the future, and the people of this nation. And the people of this nation are choosing their future right now, as they vote. To jam this nomination through the Senate is just an exercise in raw political power. And I don't believe the people of this nation will stand for it. President Trump has already made it clear. This is about power. Pure and simple. Power."^{[source, as of 2020-09-20]}

Other policy positions

Click on any of the following links to read more policy positions from the 2020 presidential candidates.

Response to the coronavirus pandemic

See also:Documenting America's Path to Recovery

Biden's campaign website said the following three principles underscore how his team would respond to the coronavirus pandemic:^[14]

• Listen to science
• Ensure public health decisions are informed by public health professionals
• Restore trust, transparency, common purpose, and accountability to our government

The website also provided a seven-point plan for public health and economic recovery. The text of that plan is provided below:^[14]

Battleground state polls

The following charts show poll data from sevenbattleground states—Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—aggregated by RealClearPolitics.

Arizona

Florida

Georgia

Michigan

North Carolina

Pennsylvania

Wisconsin

Campaign finance

Fundraising

The following chart displays Joe Biden and Donald Trump's overall fundraising over time through the Post-General 2020 campaign finance reports. Hover over each line for more specific figures.

Spending

The following chart displays Joe Biden and Donald Trump's overall spending over time through the Post-General 2020 campaign finance reports. Hover over each line for more specific figures.

Cash on hand

The following chart displays cash on hand—a measurement of how much money a campaign has currently available in its campaign accounts—for Joe Biden and Donald Trump as of each reporting deadline during the 2020 campaign cycle.

Campaign advertisements

This section shows a sampling of advertisements released to support or oppose this candidate in the 2020 presidential election.

Support

Oppose

• Shirley Shawe paid $500,000 to airan ad in August 2019 criticizing Biden for his position on the Delaware Chancery Court system.^[15]

PredictIt markets

See also:PredictIt markets in the 2020 presidential election

Campaign themes

Website

The following campaign themes were published on Biden's presidential campaign website:^[16]

Key policy initiatives

This section lists key policy initiatives and roles in Biden's political career, as identified on his presidential campaign website:^[17]

• Introduced the Global Climate Protection Act in 1987
• Served as chairman or ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 16 years
• Helped secure the passage of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act in 1993 and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
• Wrote and spearheaded the Violence Against Women Act
• Served as chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years
• Oversaw implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Helped secure the passage of the Affordable Care Act
• Expressed early support for the Equality Act
• Led the Cancer Moonshot initiative to advance cancer prevention and treatment

Social media

Accounts

• Joe Biden on Facebook
• Joe Biden on Instagram
• Joe Biden on YouTube

Twitter feed

Tweets by JoeBiden

Ballot access

See also:Ballot access for presidential candidates

In order to get on the ballot, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of complex, state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot. These laws are set at the state level. A presidential candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

There are three basic methods by which an individual may become a candidate for president of the United States.

1. An individual can seek thenomination of a political party. Presidential nominees are selected by delegates at national nominating conventions. Individual states conduct caucuses or primary elections to determine which delegates will be sent to the national convention.^[18]
2. An individual can run asan independent. Independent presidential candidates typically must petition each state to have their names printed on the general election ballot.^[18]
3. An individual can run as awrite-in candidate.^[18]

Democratic presidential primary

See also:Democratic presidential nomination, 2020

With a plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign. To formally clinch the nomination, a candidate needs support from 1,991 pledged delegates.^[19]

Joe Biden (D) presidential primary results in 2020

State	Date	% of vote received	Pledged delegates
Iowa	February 3	13.7	6
New Hampshire	February 11	8.4	0
Nevada	February 22	18.9	9
South Carolina	February 29	48.6	39
American Samoa	March 3	8.8	0
Arkansas	March 3	40.6	19
California	March 3	27.9	172
Colorado	March 3	24.6	21
Maine	March 3	33.4	11
Massachusetts	March 3	33.4	45
Minnesota	March 3	38.6	38
North Carolina	March 3	43.0	68
Oklahoma	March 3	38.7	21
Tennessee	March 3	41.7	36
Texas	March 3	34.6	113
Utah	March 3	18.4	7
Vermont	March 3	22.0	5
Virginia	March 3	53.3	67
Alabama	March 3	63.3	44
Idaho	March 10	48.9	11
Michigan	March 10	52.9	73
Mississippi	March 10	81.0	34
Missouri	March 10	60.1	44
North Dakota	March 10	39.8	6
Washington	March 10	37.9	46
Democrats Abroad	March 10	22.7	4
Northern Mariana Islands	March 14	11.8	2
Arizona	March 17	43.7	39
Florida	March 17	61.9	162
Illinois	March 17	58.9	95
Wisconsin	April 7	62.9	56
Alaska	April 10	55.3	8
Wyoming	April 17	72.2	10
Ohio	April 28	72.4	115
Kansas	May 2	76.9	29
Nebraska	May 12	76.8	29
Oregon	May 19	66.0	46
Hawaii	May 22	60.7	16
District of Columbia	June 2	76.0	20
Indiana	June 2	76.6	81
Maryland	June 2	83.8	96
Montana	June 2	74.5	18
New Mexico	June 2	73.3	30
Pennsylvania	June 2	79.3	151
Rhode Island	June 2	76.7	25
South Dakota	June 2	77.5	13
Guam	June 6	69.6	5
Virgin Islands	June 6	91.3	7
Georgia	June 9	84.9	105
West Virginia	June 9	65.3	28
Kentucky	June 23	67.9	52
New York	June 23	67.7	231
Delaware	July 7	89.4	21
New Jersey	July 7	84.9	121
Louisiana	July 11	79.5	54
Puerto Rico	July 12	62.4	44
Connecticut	August 11	84.7	60

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Total pledged delegates: 2,708

Democratic presidential primary debates, 2019-2020

See also:Democratic presidential nomination, 2020

The following table provides an overview of the date, location, host, and number of participants in each scheduled 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate.

Debate participation

Biden participated in all eleven Democratic presidential primary debates that took place.

Endorsements

See also:Presidential election endorsements, 2020

The following table shows noteworthy endorsements for this candidate. Individual endorsers tracked include current DNC members, governors and other state executives, members of Congress, mayors of large cities, state legislative majority and minority leaders, and former presidents and vice presidents.^[20] Endorsement tracking halted after former Vice PresidentJoe Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020.

Campaign staff

See also:Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 2020,Presidential election key staffers, 2020, andPresidential campaign managers, 2020

The table below shows a sampling of the candidate's 2020 national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager and some senior advisors, political directors, communication directors, and field directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.^[21] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visitDemocracy in Action.

Campaign travel

See also:Presidential candidate campaign travel, 2020

Ballotpedia compiled the number of days each Democratic presidential candidate has spent in the four early primary states—Iowa,New Hampshire,South Carolina, andNevada—from January 1, 2019, through February 29, 2020.

Information about the candidates' schedules was sourced fromThe Des Moines Register, NBC Boston/NECN,The Post & Courier,The Nevada Independent.^{[22][23][24][25]}

The following table shows the number of days each candidate spent in each early primary state between January 1, 2019, and February 29, 2020. Candidates marked with an asterisk did not have complete information available for one or more states.

Archive of Political Emails

The Archive of Political Emails was founded in July 2019 to compile political fundraising and advocacy emails sent by candidates, elected officials, PACs, nonprofits, NGOs, and other political actors.^[26] The archive includes screenshots and searchable text from emails sent by 2020 presidential candidates. To review the Biden campaign's emails,click here.

Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing

See also:Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing

The following section provides a timeline of Biden's campaign activity beginning in February 2019. The entries, which come fromBallotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.

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: Bidencampaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Former President Barack Obamacampaigned in Atlanta and Miami on behalf of Biden.
  • November 1, 2020: Biden held two campaign events inPhiladelphia: 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 inMichigan and hold a joint rally with former PresidentBarack Obama.
    • Biden released the names of more than 800fundraisers who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
  • October 30, 2020: Bidencampaigned in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
  • October 29, 2020: Biden hosted two drive-in events acrossFlorida in Broward and Tampa.
  • October 28, 2020:
    • Bidenvoted early in Delaware.
    • Biden delivered remarks on the coronavirus pandemic fromDelaware.
  • October 27, 2020:
    • Biden made two stops inGeorgia. During a speech in Warm Springs, Biden shared his closing argument for the election.
    • Biden began airingtwo 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 toPennsylvania to meet supporters at a field office in Chester.
  • October 25, 2020: CBS aired aninterview with Biden on60 Minutes.
  • October 24, 2020: Biden was scheduled to speak about the economy in Bucks and Luzerne counties inPennsylvania.
  • October 23, 2020: Biden delivered remarks in Wilmington,Delaware.
  • October 22, 2020: Biden participated in thefinal 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 PresidentBarack Obama (D)campaigned in Philadelphia for Biden.
  • October 20, 2020:
    • Biden began airing sevenSpanish and bilingual ads across several markets, including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
    • Biden wentoff the campaign trail preparing for the final presidential debate.
    • Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steeleendorsed Biden.
  • October 19, 2020: Kamala Harrisreturned 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 fiveNFL 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 inMichigan with stops in Southfield and Detroit.
  • October 15, 2020:
    • Three people who traveled with Biden and Kamala Harris on campaign flightstested 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 campaignsaid 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 atown 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 campaignannounced 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 Poststory 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 astatement 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.
    • Bidensaid 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, wasfeatured 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 featuring14 Black mayors from across the country.
    • Biden campaigned in Erie,Pennsylvania.
  • October 9, 2020: Biden campaigned inLas Vegas, including delivering remarks at a drive-in event.
  • October 8, 2020:
    • The Biden campaignagreed to participate in the second presidential debate virtually after theCommission on Presidential Debates announced the format change.
    • Biden andKamala Harris met with American Indian tribal leaders and small business owners inPhoenix as part of their “Soul of the Nation” bus tour.
  • October 6, 2020:
    • Biden traveled toGettysburg, Pennsylvania.
    • Biden released a series of ads appealing toLatino voters in Florida and another series of ads nationwide focused onBlack voters. Biden alsoreserved $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 aclosing argument to voters in support of Biden.
    • Bidensaid 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 Murtaughresponded, “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 ofThe New York Timesendorsed Biden.
  • October 5, 2020:
    • Biden campaigned inMiami 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 anationwide 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: Bidensaid 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 acampaign event focused on the economy in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • October 1, 2020:
    • Biden held avirtual fundraiser.
    • Biden began airing ads focused on hisCatholic faith on Christian and Catholic television programs in 14 states.

• September 2020 (click to collapse)

  September 2020

  • September 30, 2020:
    • Bidencompleted a “Build Back Better Express” train tour across Ohio and Pennsylvania.
    • Bidenraised $3.8 million in one hour during Tuesday night’s debate, setting a single-hour fundraising record for ActBlue. Heraised $10 million in total the night of the debate.
  • September 29, 2020: Biden and Trumpdebated 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 campaignreleased 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 forThe Philadelphia Enquirer.
    • Bisen discussed theSupreme 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: Bidenvirtually appeared at L'Attitude, a four-day conference focused on Latinos across several different industries.
  • September 25, 2020: Biden traveled toWashington, 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 toprepare for the presidential debate.
  • September 23, 2020:
    • The Biden campaign began airingfour new ads featuring small business owners in Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
    • Senate Republicansreleased theirinterim 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 toNorth Carolina since the Democratic primary season. He attended a Black economic summit in Charlotte.
  • September 22, 2020: The Biden campaignannounced 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 secondWisconsin campaign stop in two weeks in Manitowoc.
    • The Biden campaign said it wasspending $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:
    • Bidensaid 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 committeesbegan September with $466 million in cash on hand.
  • September 18, 2020: Bidencampaigned in Duluth, Minnesota. This was his first visit to the state since December 2017.
  • September 17, 2020:
    • CNN hosted atown hall with Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
    • Biden began airingtwo 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-alignedPriorities USAannounced 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 Unionendorsed Biden.
    • Biden was scheduled todeliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, about public health concerns and a COVID-19 vaccine.
    • The Biden campaign began airingnew 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 Americanendorsed Biden, marking the popular science magazine’s first presidential endorsement in its 175-year history.
    • National political advocacy group CatholicVotelaunched a $9.7 million ad campaign against Biden beginning with digital ads in Michigan and Pennsylvania focused on abortion.
    • Biden met with veterans inTampa. He also attended a Hispanic Heritage Monthevent 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 inDelaware.
    • Bidenunveiled 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 afundraiser for Biden that brought in $4.5 million.
  • September 13, 2020:
    • Biden began airingSpanish-language ads in Florida about the economy, coronavirus pandemic, and Trump's response to Hurricane Maria.
    • Former New York City MayorMichael Bloombergcommitted at least $100 million to help Biden’s campaign in Florida.
  • September 10, 2020:The Los Angeles Timesendorsed Biden.
  • Spetember 9, 2020:
    • Biden spoke in Warren,Michigan, about American manufacturing. Biden last visited the state in March.
    • During an event in Michigan, Bidenaddressed Trump’srecorded 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 airingtwo 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 atown hall inside the Pennsylvania American Federation of Labor and Congress Industrial Organizations headquarters in Harrisburg.
    • Bidenlaunched 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 histransition 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 MayorPete Buttigieg and former national security adviserSusan Rice.
  • September 4, 2020:
    • The pro-Biden American Bridgelaunched a $4 million television and radio ad campaign targeting military families and rural voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
    • Biden spoke in Delaware about theeconomic effect of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • September 3, 2020:
    • As part of a $45 million ad campaign, Biden began airingthree 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.), andRick Snyder (Mich.) were among the group.
  • September 2, 2020:
    • Biden and theDemocratic National Committeeraised $365 million in August, bypassingBarack Obama’s record $193 million monthly total in September 2008.
    • Biden delivered a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, focused onschool 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 airingtwo 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 airingan 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.

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  August 2020

  • August 31, 2020: Biden was scheduled todeliver 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 airedtwo 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 atwo-minute ad during the final night of theRepublican 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 former2012 Romney presidential campaign staffers, calling themselves Romney Alumni for Biden, signed anopen letter backing Biden’s campaign.
    • 43 Alumni for Bidenshared 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 resumecampaign travel after Labor Day with stops planned in Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
  • August 26, 2020: Biden tweeted avideo 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 threeSpanish-language and bilingual ads about the coronavirus pandemic and healthcare in Arizona and Florida.
  • August 24, 2020:
    • The Biden campaignlaunched 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 Republicanformer members of Congress, including former Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Gordon Humphrey (N.H.), and John Warner (Va.), announced their support for Biden.
    • TheLincoln 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 acoalition of Republican women working to boost Biden’s campaign.
  • August 23, 2020: Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfieldsaid 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 committeesraised $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: Bidenaccepted 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 campaignhired 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 theDemocratic 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 Binterviewed Biden about COVID-19 and police brutality in a feature forElle.
  • August 15, 2020: Biden released hisfirst 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 announcedKamala Harris was his running mate.
    • According to an internal Biden campaign document obtained byHuffPost, thetalking 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 firstjoint 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. Bidentweeted. “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 Timesreported 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 anopen letter calling on Biden to select a Black woman as his running mate.
  • August 8, 2020: Bidensaid 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 launchedBlue Texas PAC to support Biden’s presidential campaign in the state.
    • The Biden campaignreleased 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 wasinterviewed 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 Committeeraised $140 million in July.
    • The Democratic National Convention Committeeannounced 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 theLatino 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 inOhio.
    • Illustrating the difference between each candidate’scanvassing 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 inTexas 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 avirtual 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: Bidenspoke virtually at the Ohio Democratic Party’s state convention.

• July 2020 (click to collapse)

  July

  • July 30, 2020:
    • Biden began airing his first general electiontelevision 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 thekeynote speaker at the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s Blue Gala. The event was held remotely for all attendees.
  • July 29, 2020:Politicomistakenly 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:
    • Bidenspoke about racial economic inequality at a Wilmington community center. He unveiled hiseconomic 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 wouldchoose his running mate in the first week of August.
  • July 27, 2020:
    • Bidenvisited Washington, D.C., to pay respects to the late Rep.John Lewis, who was lying in state in the Capitol.
    • Bidenlaunched 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 todelete 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:
    • Bidenspoke 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 Partysigned 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:
    • Bidenadded four new senior staff in Pennsylvania, including Larry Hailsham Jr. as state political director and Michael Feldman as state communications director.
    • The Biden campaignreleased a video featuring Biden andBarack 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 theService Employees International Union, Bidencalled 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:
    • Bidensaid Michigan Gov.Gretchen Whitmer was still in contention to be his running mate.
    • The Biden campaignlaunched 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 inNorth 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 thecaregiving 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 aninterview 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: Bidenspoke at the Florida Democrat’s Leadership Blue gala through a virtual address from Delaware.
  • July 17, 2020: Biden issued a five-point plan toreopen 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 Americalaunched 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. Hisproposalsaid 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 inArizona, including Tony Cani and Jacob Smith as deputy state directors.
  • July 13, 2020:
    • The Biden campaignhired 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 firstgeneral 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 inLouisiana andPuerto Rico.
  • July 10, 2020: Bidenhired two new senior staff members in Iowa: Jackie Norris as senior adviser and Lauren Dillon as campaign director.
  • July 9, 2020:
    • Service Employees International Unionendorsed Biden. They planned to spend $150 million on a voter engagement campaign focused on people of color in battleground states who infrequently vote.
    • Bidenhired 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.
    • Bidenissued 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 alsosaid he would strengthen and enforce Buy American laws.
    • Biden introduced these proposals on the campaign trail inPennsylvania, where he toured a metal works plant in Dunmore.
  • July 8, 2020: The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Forcereleased 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 inDelaware andNew Jersey.
    • BidenhiredBrendan 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 wouldreverse the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization on his first day in office.
  • July 4, 2020:
    • Bidenposted 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 theESSENCE Festival of Culture where he discussed his economic plans for the Black community.
  • July 3, 2020: Bidenspoke 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 Committeeraised $141 million in June, marking the second consecutive month that Biden outraisedDonald 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.”
    • Bidencriticized 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 of600 lawyers and thousands of volunteers to prepare for potential legal issues surrounding the 2020 presidential election.

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  June

  • June 30, 2020:
    • Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction.org published anopen 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 hisMichigan state director.
    • While speaking at a campaign event in Wilmington, Biden said he planned toannounce 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,” Bidensaid.
    • Biden also said thatConfederate monuments should be removed from public squares and instead placed in museums. When asked if he would release a list ofpotential 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 releaseddiversity data showing 36% of its senior staff were people of color and 58% were women.
    • Film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife, Marilyn, hosted avirtual fundraiser that raised $6 million for Biden.
  • June 25, 2020:
    • Bidenhired 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 inLancaster, Penn. He saidDonald 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 mandatewearing masks in public, Biden said, “I would do everything possible to make it required that people have to wear masks in public."
    • TheLincoln Project beganairing 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 toendorse Biden.Reutersreported the group would also campaign for Biden.
    • The pro-Biden super PAC,Unite the Country, releasedthree television and digital ads highlighting Biden’s economic record and response to the 2008 financial crisis.
  • June 23, 2020:
    • Biden and former President Barack Obamaraised $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 inKentucky. Biden also won the Democratic primary inNew York; the Republican primary had been canceled when Trump was the only candidate to qualify for the ballot.
    • Biden wasvetting 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’spresidential transition team. Former Obama White House staffer Yohannes Abraham was in charge of day-to-day operations.
    • Biden hiredChris 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 inMilwaukee. 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 theDACA 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 theywould not attend theDemocratic 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: Bidenspoke 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 anopen letter to Biden calling for him to support reduced incarceration and police forces.
    • The Biden campaign announced itraised $81 million with two associated Democratic committees in May, up from $60.5 million in April.
    • Bidenraised $6 million in his largest single-event fundraiser. The event was co-hosted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
    • Bloombergreported Former President Barack Obama would host his firstvirtual fundraiser with Biden on June 23.
  • June 13, 2020: Biden hosted a virtual discussion onLGBTQ 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 ofpotential 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 inPhiladelphia on reopening the economy.
    • Biden posted anopen 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 toreopen 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 discussedlaw enforcement funding in an op-ed inUSA 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 avirtual interview onThe 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, Bidensaid 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 campaignlaunched “Out for Biden,” a get-out-the-vote program aimed at LGBTQ voters. Bidentweeted, “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.”
    • Bidenmet 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 inGuam and theU.S. Virgin Islands.
    • Bidenspoke 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: TheAssociated Press reported that Biden hadcrossed 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. Bidenwrote, “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 donorscontributed a combined $4 million during a virtual fundraiser for Biden hosted by Climate Leaders for Biden. According toRecode, this is “believed to be his biggest fundraiser of the entire campaign.”
    • Biden and actor Don Cheadleparticipated 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 startedrunning 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 aspeech in Philadelphia. Hesaid, “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 candidateJulián Castroendorsed Biden. Castro previously endorsedElizabeth Warren.
    • The Hillreported 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. Bidensaid, “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 avirtual roundtable with Mayors Lori Lightfoot (Chicago), Keisha Lance Bottoms (Atlanta), Eric Garcetti (Los Angeles), and Melvin Carter (St. Paul).

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  • May 31, 2020:
    • Biden wasscheduled to give a virtual keynote address at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s convention.
    • Bidenvisited a site in Wilmington, Del., where protests had taken place following the death of George Floyd. Hetweeted, “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 aMedium 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 aWashington PostTikTok video skit encouraging people to wear masks.

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

  • May 27, 2020:
    • TheAssociated Press reported that Biden’s campaignnamed Rachana Desai Martin as its national director for voter protection and senior counsel
    • Bidensaid that he intended to choose his running mate by Aug. 1.
    • Biden’s campaignhired Obama alum Ashley Allison as national coalitions director and Jason Rodriguez as her deputy. According toThe 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 twoparticipated in a live-streamed discussion about COVID-19.

  • May 26, 2020:
    • Bidensaid 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 campaignlaunched a program called League 46, which itdescribes as “a community to engage, mobilize, and empower young people to elect Joe Biden.”
    • TheAFL-CIOendorsed Biden.

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

  • May 22, 2020:
    • Bidenapologized for saying, "If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black," in an interview onThe 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 theHawaii 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 onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In the interview, hesaid 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:
    • Bidensaid 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 Steelworkersendorsed 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 avirtual roundtable on rural issues with U.S. Rep.Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and hosted avirtual rally in Milwaukee.

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

  • May 18, 2020:
    • Biden’s campaignsaid that if elected, he would rescind theKeystone 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.”
    • Bidenspoke 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 astatement 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 alsotweeted that passing the Equality Act would be one of his top legislative priorities as president.

  • May 15, 2020: Biden hosted avirtual 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, Bidensaid 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.) wouldco-chair a climate change task force for Biden’s campaign.
    • Biden and Bernie Sandersannounced the members of a series of joint task forces on climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, health care, and immigration. Bidentweeted, “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 nomineeStacey Abramsformally 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 Committeeraised $60.5 million in April.
    • Biden wrote anop-ed inThe 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 campaignhired 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 toThe 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 Campaignendorsed 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 Holderendorsed 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?”
    • Bidentweeted 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 avirtual 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-authoredan op-ed inMcClatchy 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 astatement 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 releasedthe 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:
    • Bidendenied 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 furtherdiscussed the allegations in an interview on MSNBC’sMorning Joe.

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  • April 30, 2020: Biden announced histeam 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 hisdeputy campaign manager. The Washington Post reported that Gifford would focus on finance and policy issues.

  • April 28, 2020:
    • Politicoreported 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 theOhio 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 Clintonendorsed 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 avirtual 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 avirtual 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 believedDonald Trump was going to attempt to delay the election.
    • Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers wasadvising 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 avirtual 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 onThe Late Late Show with James Corden, Biden said he would name the advisers on hisvice 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-housedigital 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 Committeetogether had $57.2 million in cash on hand, after accounting for unpaid debts, according toThe New York Times. That was approximately $187 million less than Trump and the Republican National Committee had.

  • April 20, 2020:
    • Bidenraised $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 anew digital ad about the role of the president and Trump’s response to the coronavirus.

  • April 17-19, 2020:
    • The Biden campaignaired 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 revisedclimate change proposalto the Biden campaign.

  • April 16, 2020:
    • During a coronavirus town hall on CNN, Biden said the federal government shouldsubsidize 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 apost-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.
    • Bidenappeared remotely on Showtime’s Desu & Mero.

  • April 15, 2020:
    • Sen. Elizabeth Warrenendorsed 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 itssuper 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 avirtual town hall with frontline healthcare workers moderated by Florida Rep. Shevrin Jones.

  * April 14, 2020: Former President Barack Obamaendorsed 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.
    • Bidenwon 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: Bidenwrote an op-ed inThe 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 theAlaska 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 debtpolicy 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 torelease 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 anopen 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 ofpledged 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.)alsoendorsed him.
    • The Democratic National Committee began to discuss ajoint fundraising agreement with the Biden campaign, CNBC reported.

  • April 7, 2020: Bidenwrote 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’spodcast.

  • April 6, 2020: Bidenspoke 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’sThis Week on Sunday, Biden said the Democratic Party should consider holding avirtual convention. He also saidCapt. 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 wasvetting candidates for vice president. He said he informed Sanders that he had begun the process.

  • April 2, 2020: During a virtual fundraiser, BidensaidBernie 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 toease 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: Bidensaid he believed theDemocratic 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 withDonald Trump’s teamto arrange a phone call between Biden and Trump on the coronavirus.

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  • March 31, 2020: Biden released anew 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 Wisconsinschool 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 Bridgewould 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 theco-chairs of the partnership.

  • March 30, 2020: Bidenlaunched a podcast calledHere’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 CNNtown 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 ofHawaii andWisconsin 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 Bedingfieldsaid, "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: Bidentweeted, “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 onJimmy Kimmel’s Quarantine Minilogue.

  • March 25, 2020: Bidenannounced 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 andThe View from his home. Hetold CNN's Jake Tapper that President Donald Trump should have enacted the Defense Production Act months ago. OnThe View, Bidendiscussed his daily schedule, the economy, and the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • March 24, 2020: Bidendelivered 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 avideo 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, theAmerican Federation of Teachers and theCongressional Hispanic Caucus endorsed Biden.

  • March 21, 2020: Bidenmade 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 afundraising committee with other corporate restructuring attorneys to support Biden’s campaign, CNBC reported.

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

  • March 17, 2020: TheSecret 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 anonline address.

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

  • March 16, 2020: Biden receivedendorsements 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 alsoendorsed 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’sbankruptcy plan with student loan relief.

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

  • March 10, 2020: Both Biden and Sanderscanceled 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 inMichigan, including holding a rally in Detroit with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. He held a campaign rally inCleveland.

  • 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 than700 bundlers for Biden.

  • March 6-9, 2020: Former 2020 presidential presidential candidatesCory Booker,John Delaney,Kamala Harris, andDeval Patrick endorsed Biden. He also received more than a dozenendorsements 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 andcommunity 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 ofcongressional 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 wasconsidering Secret Service protection after protesters took the stage at his Super Tuesday rally.

  • March 5, 2020: Biden released hisLGBT 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 wasendorsed 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 theopioid 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 Camperendorsed Biden. He also began airing anew 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 Congressendorsed Biden, including Reps. Don Beyer (Va.), Greg Stanton (Ariz.), Jennifer Wexton (Va.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), and Robert Scott (Va.). He also receivedendorsements 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 campaignraised $5 million in 24 hours after winning the South Carolina primary. Bidencampaigned in Houston and Dallas.

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

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

  • February 26, 2020:Politicoreported that Biden made asix-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 Fundendorsed Biden. Hecampaigned in Nevada.

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

  • February 16-17, 2020: Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshallendorsed Biden. Biden also attended afundraiser in Denver.

  • February 13-16, 2020: Biden heldtwo fundraisers in New York City, where he was expected to raise at least $1 million. He campaigned inNevada, holding events in Henderson and Las Vegas. His campaign sent nearly50 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 inFlorida focused on different demographic groups, including women, Latino, and Caribbean voters.

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

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

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

  • February 6, 2020: The Biden campaigncanceled 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 Workersendorsed Biden. Adrienne Bogen, Biden’sIowa field director, departed from the campaign.

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

  • February 4, 2020: California Secretary of State Alex Padillaendorsed 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.) alsoendorsed Biden.

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

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  January

  • January 29, 2020: Rep. Brad Schneiderendorsed Biden.TIMEprofiled 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 acaucus 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 wasfocusing 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 anad focused on electability against Trump. He campaigned inIowa 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, alsoendorsed Biden Jan. 27. Biden continued to campaign inIowa with community events in Cedar Falls, Marion, and Iowa City.

  • January 22, 2020: Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinbergendorsed Biden. Biden said he wouldnot 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 Bysiewiczendorsed Biden.

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

  • January 15, 2020:Biden launched a new outreach program onhistorically black college campuses. In an interview with NBC 5 andDallas Morning News, Biden discussed flippingTexas.

  • January 14, 2020: Biden,Pete Buttigieg,Amy Klobuchar,Bernie Sanders,Tom Steyer, andElizabeth Warren participated in the seventh Democratic presidentialprimary 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 astatewide 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 Justiceannounced that it would spend more than $500,000 on digital ads against Biden andPete Buttigieg.

  • January 13, 2020:Rep.Colin Allred (D-Texas), who previously backedJulián Castro (D),endorsed Biden. Also that day,Rep.Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who previously backedBeto O'Rourke, andIowa Attorney GeneralTom Miller (D)bothendorsed Biden.

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

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

  • January 7, 2020: Biden held afundraiser at the law firm Skadden Arps in New York City. He also delivered a speech onforeign 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 frombattleground districts in Pennsylvania—and Elaine Luria (Va.) alsoendorsed Biden on Jan. 5.

2019

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  December

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

  • December 27, 2019: Bidenreleased the names of more than 200 donors who had raised $25,000 or more for his campaign. He campaigned inNew 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 inSouth 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 amedical 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: TheDelaware congressional delegation hosted a fundraiser for Biden.

  • December 14, 2019: Biden issued his gun safetyplan 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 hisimmigration 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: Bidenconsidered making a public pledge to only serve for one term if elected,Politico reported. Hespoke at the UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union Town Hall in Las Vegas.

  • December 9, 2019: In aninterview 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 inNew Hampshire.

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

  • December 4, 2019: Biden released a $3.2 trilliontax 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 Beraendorsed Biden, marking his fourth endorsement from California’s congressional delegation.

  • December 2, 2019: Bidenwrote aMedium 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 inIowa 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 ofIowa beginning in Council Bluffs. Rep. Dina Titus (Nev.)endorsed Biden on Nov. 25.

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

  • November 22-23, 2019: Biden campaigned inIowa, 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 endviolence 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 privatefundraiser in Portland, Oregon.

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

  • November 14, 2019: Bidenissued a $1.3 trillion infrastructure plan that included investment in electric car charging stations, high-speed railways, and clean energy. Also that day, Bidenspoke 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 toqualify for thefifth 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 hisforeign 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 atelevised 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 inNew Hampshire, including filing for the state primary.

  • November 7, 2019: Texas Rep. Marc Veaseyendorsed 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 afundraiser for Biden.

  • November 5, 2019: In aMediumpost, 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: Bidenendorsed a slate of 23 candidates ahead of Tuesday’s Virginia General Assembly elections. He also campaigned inVirginia with Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

  • November 1, 2019: Biden releasednew 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: Bookerdiscussed gun buyback programs and civility in politics onThe View.

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

  • October 28, 2019: Bidenannounced 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 aninterview on60 Minutes, Biden discussed impeachment, children in politics, and age. He also held acampaign rally in North Carolina.

  • October 24, 2019: In astatement, 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 hometownrally in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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

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

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

  • October 17, 2019: Bidenspoke 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 theTurkish conflict in Syria and criticized Trump’s foreign policy during a speech in Iowa.

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

  • October 14, 2019: In anethics 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 issueda 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: Bidencalled 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 statedconditional support for impeachment proceedings.

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

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

  • October 5, 2019: Bidenwrote an op-ed inThe Washington Post criticizing what he called Trump's abuses of power.

  • October 3, 2019: Bidenannounced 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: Bidenissued 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 acommunity event in Reno, Nevada.

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  September

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

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

  • September 25, 2019:Great America PAC started airing asix-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 aninterview onJimmy Kimmel Live, Biden discussed the impeachment inquiry.

  • September 23, 2019: Biden held afundraiser in Philadelphia.

  • September 20, 2019: Bidencampaigned in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • September 19, 2019: Biden attended two fundraisers inChicago. The Associated Press alsoreported on Biden’s Catholicism and position on abortion on September 17.

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

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

  • September 13, 2019:Bidenagreed 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, Bidentweeted a video highlighting Barack Obama’s presidency and the Affordable Care Act.

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

  • September 9, 2019: Biden and seven other candidatesparticipated in a political ad on gun violence produced by an advocacy organization founded by formerRep.Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords' Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The ad was part of a six-figure digital buy. Also that day,McClatchy DCreported 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.Politicoprofiled his southern state strategy and the importance of South Carolina to his campaign.

  • September 7, 2019: Bidenspoke at theDemocratic Party of New Hampshire's annual convention along with 18 other candidates.

  • September 4-5, 2019: Bidenappeared onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 4 and remained in New York for twofundraisers September 5.

  • September 2, 2019: Bidensaid he "wasn't trying to mislead anybody" in response to aWashington 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 onan ad criticizing Biden for defending the bankruptcy court system.

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

  • August 27, 2019: Bidenmet 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 newcampaign 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’sfaith outreach director. Rep. Lou Carrea (Calif.) alsoendorsed Biden.

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

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

  • August 11, 2019: Biden discussedbiometric weapons and individualizing weapons to authorized owners. Hewrote an op-ed inThe New York Times titled “Banning Assault Weapons Works.”

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

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

  • August 5, 2019: Bidenspoke about grief and the mass shootings in an interview on CNN’sAnderson Cooper 360.

  • August 5, 2019: Biden,Kamala Harris,Amy Klobuchar, andBernie Sandersspoke on Latino issues at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in San Diego.

  • August 3, 2019: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees held apublic service forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. Biden participated. Also on August 3-4, the2020 Democratic candidatesrespondedtothe 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 beshut down in upcoming months.

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  July

  • July 31, 2019: The second night of thesecond Democratic presidential primary debate was broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on CNN. Biden participated. At the debate, Bidenadvocated 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 Postprofiled the relationship between Biden and former President Barack Obama.

  • July 29, 2019: Biden released lists of new endorsements inFlorida andTennessee.The Des Moines Registerreported 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 apresidential forum hosted by the National Urban League in Indianapolis, Indiana. Also on July 25, Bidendiscussed his debate performance, civil rights, and mass incarceration in a radio interview.

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

  • July 23, 2019: Biden issued hiscriminal 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, Bidencampaigned 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 MayorMike Dugganendorsed 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 visitedLas 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 Harrisreceived more contributions from Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s top bundlers than any other Democratic candidates, according to aPolitico analysis.

  • July 16, 2019: Biden unveiled his policy proposal focusing onrural 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 aforum hosted byThe Des Moines Registerand AARP. Also that day, Biden unveiled his $750 billionhealthcare 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: Bidencampaigned inNew Hampshire.

  • July 11, 2019: Biden delivered aforeign 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” criticizingTrump’s foreign policy approach.

  • July 9, 2019: According tofinancial 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 otherDemocratic presidential candidates called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acostato resign for his involvement in negotiating a plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein in a 2008 sex trafficking case.

  • July 8, 2019: Biden said heopposed 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 candidateswho spoke at the Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum in Texas, where heproposed spending $100 billion to improve school infrastructure. Also that day, Biden sat foran interview with CNN where he discussed the first Democratic presidential debate, his comments on desegregation and busing, and Donald Trump.

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

  • July 1, 2019: Biden's senior advisor Symone Sandersspoke 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 includedElizabeth Warren,Bill de Blasio, andPete Buttigieg. Attorney and top Obama bundler Tom McInerneyannounced that he had withdrawn support from Biden.

  • June 27, 2019: At thefirst Democratic debate, Biden defended his record on civil rights and school integration afterKamala 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 Atlanticsurveyed 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 Postreported 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 anop-ed in theMiami Herald criticizing Trump's policies on immigration and relations with Latin America.

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

  • June 22, 2019: Biden and 21 other Democratic candidatesspoke at the South Carolina Democratic Convention. This was arecord-breaking number of presidential candidates speaking at the state party's convention,The Greenville News reported. Biden and 19 other Democratic candidates also attended aforum 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 unveiledendorsements from eight current and three former South Carolina mayors, including former Charleston MayorJoe Riley (D).

  • June 19, 2019: Several Democratic candidatescriticized 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, andElizabeth Warren criticized Biden for mentioning his work with the former senators, who opposed desegregation efforts. Bidenresponded, "There's not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period."

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

  • June 17, 2019: Biden was one of 10 candidates thatspoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum in Washington, D.C. Hepredicted 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 criticizedAmazon’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 afundraiser in Chicago hosted by CBRE Chicago chairman Bob Wislow.

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

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

  • June 6, 2019: Biden was scheduled toattend a party fundraiser in Georgia. At the event, Biden said he no longer supported theHyde 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 theHyde Amendment, which restricts federal funding of abortions.

  • June 4, 2019: Bidenreleased 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 forbundlers raising $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, or a monthly target of $100 from 10 unique contributors each month.

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

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  May

  • May 30, 2019: Dallas MayorMike Rawlings (D)endorsed Biden. Dallas is the ninth largest city in the country. Bidenattended 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 USAreleased 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, Bidenreleased 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: Bidenheld no public events over Memorial Day weekend—a reflection of whatThe Washington Postcalled 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 Postreported.

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

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

  • May 21, 2019: Biden said that theabortion rights established inRoe v. Wade should be codified by Congress.

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

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

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

  • May 9, 2019: In aNew York Times op-ed, Anita Hillsaid 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 Angeleshosted 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: Bidencampaigned in Nevada and attended a fundraiser in Las Vegas.

  • May 6, 2019: Bidenspent $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 inSouth 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: Bidencampaigned in Iowa City and Des Moines.

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  April

  • April 30, 2019:CNN reported that Bidenspent $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 hashired 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: Bidenraised $6.3 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign, beating the previous $6.1 million record held by Beto O’Rourke. Hespoke at an organized labor event in Pittsburgh.

  • April 26, 2019: Biden gave his firstinterview as a presidential candidate onThe View.

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

  • April 25, 2019: Bidenannounced 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 Timesreported that Biden intended to enter the 2020 presidential race on April 25.

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

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

  • April 5, 2019: Bidensaid 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: Bidenreleased 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.

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  March

  • March 19, 2019: Bidentold a group of supporters that he intends to run for president and that he needs their help raising money from major donors, according toThe 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 aspeech, 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: Bidenmet withStacey Abrams in Washington, D.C. The meeting was reportedly at Biden’s request.

  • March 8, 2019: Biden was reportedly considering placing his headquarters inPhiladelphia. 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’spreparations 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 reportedlyhired 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.”

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  February

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

  • February 20, 2019: The Associated Pressreported 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 todonors 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 amonth. Feinstein said she would endorse Biden if he entered the race.

  • February 4, 2019:The Atlanticreported 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.

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