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Timeline of the 2024 United States presidential election

This is a timeline of major events leading up to, during, and after the 2024 United States presidential election, which was the first presidential election to be run with population data from the 2020 census. In addition to the dates mandated by the relevant federal laws such as those in the U.S. Constitution and the Electoral Count Act, several milestones have consistently been observed since the adoption of the conclusions of the 1971 McGovern–Fraser Commission.

2020

2021

2022

2023

January 2023

  • January 6: John Anthony Castro, a minor presidential candidate, files a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump claiming the ineligibility of his candidacy.
  • January 26: The Michigan Legislature passes a bill that moves the state's presidential primary date to February, which violates Republican Party rules and may disqualify its delegates.

February 2023

  • February 4: The Democratic National Committee approves a new primary calendar, moving South Carolina to February 3, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on February 6, Georgia on February 13, and Michigan on February 27. Iowa, which traditionally goes first, would then be held later in the primary season. The DNC gives Georgia and New Hampshire an extended deadline of June to modify their state laws so they can comply with the new dates (New Hampshire state law mandates them to hold the first primary in the country, while Georgia state law requires them to hold both the Democratic and Republican primaries on the same day), but this remains unlikely to happen since both states have Republican-controlled state legislatures.
  • February 14: Former UN ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announces her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • February 21: Author and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.

March 2023

April 2023

May 2023

June 2023

July 2023

  • July 6: The Republican Party of Florida announces a requirement for candidates to pledge support for the eventual nominee in order to appear on the state primary ballot.
  • July 7: DeSantis declares that he will participate in the first primary debate whether or not Trump chooses to attend.
  • July 8: The Republican Party of Iowa determines the date for its presidential caucuses for January 15, the earliest caucus date since 2012.
  • July 10: Doug Burgum's campaign begins offering $20 gift cards to supporters who donate at least $1 as a tactic to qualify for the debates.
  • July 12: Morning Consult releases the first debate-qualifying poll, with eight candidates surpassing the one percent threshold.
  • July 13: A Nevada District Court rules against the state GOP's request to block the state-run primary. Nevada Republicans indicate they will boycott the primary and hold their own caucus at a later date.
  • July 14: The Family Leader holds its leadership summit in Des Moines, Iowa. President Biden and Robert Kennedy were invited, but declined to attend.
  • July 15: The DeSantis campaign lays off a number of staffers amid struggles with fundraising, according to a report from an internal source.
  • July 15–16: Turning Point Action hosts its conference at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida, with various candidates, including Trump, attending the event.
  • July 16:
  • DeSantis states that he would consider Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds as his running mate if he wins the nomination.
  • Trump wins the Turning Point Action Conference straw poll with 86% support. In the vice presidential poll, Kari Lake won 30%, with Byron Donalds at 24% and Ramaswamy at 22%.
  • July 25: DeSantis and members of his staff are involved in a car accident outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee; the governor is unhurt and one staffer receives minor injuries.
  • July 28: Republican candidates attend the GOP Lincoln Dinner hosted by the Republican Party of Iowa in Des Moines.

August 2023

September 2023

October 2023

  • October 4: New York v. Trump et al trial begins in Manhattan.
  • October 5: Cornel West withdraws from the Green Party primaries to run as an independent.
  • October 6: The DNC reaches a compromise with the Iowa Democratic Party, allowing the Iowa Democratic caucuses to be held first on January 15, 2024, but voting on presidential candidates would also be done via mail-in ballots until Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
  • October 9:
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdraws from the Democratic primaries and launches an independent campaign.
  • Will Hurd withdraws from the Republican primary, endorsing Nikki Haley's campaign.
  • October 12: Progressive commentator Cenk Uygur announces his presidential campaign. Despite his announcement, Uygur is ineligible to serve as president due to being born in Turkey to non U.S. citizens.
  • October 13: Corey Stapleton withdraws from the Republican primary.
  • October 13–14: The First in the Nation Leadership Summit is held in Nashua, New Hampshire.
  • October 16: The Biden campaign launches an account on Truth Social.
  • October 20:
  • Kanye West's personal attorney states that he is no longer running for president.
  • Perry Johnson withdraws from the presidential race after failing to qualify for the debates.
  • October 24: With New Hampshire state officials moving forward in accordance with their state law mandating them to hold the first primary in the country, denying the DNC's request to hold it after South Carolina's, Biden campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez states that he will not appear on the New Hampshire primary ballot.
  • October 26:
  • Larry Elder suspends his presidential campaign and endorses Trump.
  • A man attempts to trespass on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s residence in Brentwood, Los Angeles, and is arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department.
  • U.S. Representative Dean Phillips files paperwork to run against President Biden for the Democratic nomination.
  • October 27: Dean Phillips launches his presidential campaign in Concord, New Hampshire.
  • October 27–29: The Republican Jewish Coalition holds its Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas.
  • October 28: Mike Pence suspends his presidential campaign, making his announcement at the RJC summit.

November 2023

  • November 4: The Florida Freedom Summit is held in Kissimmee, Florida, hosted by the state GOP.
  • November 8: The third Republican presidential primary debate is held in Miami.
  • November 9: Activist Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee in 2012 and 2016, announces her run for the presidency.
  • November 12: Tim Scott announces the suspension of his presidential campaign on Fox News.
  • November 13:
  • The National Review calls on Christie and Burgum to drop out of the race upon the withdrawal of Pence and Scott, citing their low poll numbers.
  • The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College and the Dartmouth Political Union co-host a discussion as part of their "Path to the Presidency" speaker series with Dean Phillips to discuss his campaign and policy positions.
  • November 14: A Michigan Court of Claims judge rules that Trump will remain on the state's primary ballot.
  • November 15: The New Hampshire presidential primary date is set for January 23, 2024, defying the DNC's planned schedule.
  • November 17: A Colorado district judge rejects an attempt to remove Trump from the state's primary ballot.
  • November 18: Dean Phillips discusses the case for his campaign at the 2023 Blue Jamboree rally hosted by the Charleston County Democratic Party in South Carolina.
  • November 30:
  • DeSantis participates in a televised debate with California Governor Gavin Newsom, hosted on Fox News and moderated by Sean Hannity.
  • The Florida Democratic Party only submits Biden as a candidate to the Secretary of State of Florida, effectively canceling the state primary.

December 2023

  • December 23: Congressman Dean Phillips calls for Biden to “thoughtfully exit” the 2024 race.

2024

January 2024

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June 2024

July 2024

  • July 1: The U.S. Supreme Court delivers a 6–3 decision in Trump v. United States, along ideological lines, ruling that Trump had absolute immunity for acts he committed as president within his core constitutional purview, at least presumptive immunity for official acts within the outer perimeter of his official responsibility, and no immunity for unofficial acts. Trump's sentencing date for his convictions in New York is delayed from July to September 2024, and likely the trial dates in Trump's other cases will be delayed as well, to review the applicability of the Supreme Court's decision.
  • July 2:
  • Eliza Cooney accuses Kennedy of multiple instances of sexual assault while she worked for his family as a part-time babysitter in the 1990s.
  • U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett becomes the first Democratic member of Congress after the presidential debate to publicly call for President Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • Marianne Williamson re-enters the presidential race and calls for an open convention.
  • July 3: Representative Raúl Grijalva calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 4: Representative Seth Moulton calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 5:
  • In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, President Biden states that he will not end his candidacy.
  • Representative Mike Quigley calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 6: Representative Angie Craig calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 8:
  • President Biden appears on Morning Joe to state his frustration with the "elites" and challenges them to run against him at the convention.
  • Representative Adam Smith calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 9: Representative Mikie Sherrill calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 10: Representatives Pat Ryan and Earl Blumenauer call on Biden to withdraw from the race. Senator Peter Welch calls on Biden to withdraw from the race, making him the first senator to do so.
  • July 11:
  • President Biden holds a press conference at the conclusion of the NATO Washington summit to address his capability of continuing to hold the presidency and run for re-election. He makes multiple mistakes while speaking.
  • Representatives Hillary Scholten, Brad Schneider, Ed Case, Greg Stanton, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Jim Himes, Scott Peters, and Eric Sorenson call on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • An attempt by the House of Representatives to find United States Attorney General Merrick Garland in "inherent contempt" falls short in a 204 to 210 vote, with four Republicans voting with all Democrats to oppose the measure. The resolution would have imposed a fine of $10,000 per day on Garland for defying a congressional subpoena until he handed over audio of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden.
  • July 12:
  • Free & Equal holds second multiparty debate at FreedomFest in Las Vegas.
  • Representatives Brittany Pettersen and Mike Levin call on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 13: Trump is shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally held in Butler, Pennsylvania. One bystander and the shooter are killed and two others are injured.
  • July 15:
  • The 2024 Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme for the first day is "Make America Wealthy Once Again."
  • Trump announces U.S. Senator JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate, shortly before being confirmed as the Republican presidential nominee.
  • Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann formally nominates Trump for president, while Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted nominates Vance for vice president.
  • July 17:
  • Biden says he would consider stepping aside if officially diagnosed with a medical condition.
  • Biden tests positive for COVID-19.
  • Representative Adam Schiff calls on Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • Former House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi tells Biden he cannot win and that staying in would harm the House race.
  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls on Biden to withdraw from the race in a meeting.
  • The DNC delays a plan to nominate Biden before August after concerns from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
  • JD Vance speaks on the third day of the RNC.
  • July 18:
  • Trump speaks on the final day of the RNC.
  • Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Jon Tester call for Biden to withdraw from the race.
  • July 19: Senators Martin Heinrich and Sherrod Brown call on Biden to withdraw from the race. Representatives Marc Veasey, Jared Huffman, Chuy Garcia, Mark Pocan, Zoe Lofgren, Sean Casten, Greg Landsman, Betty McCollum, Kathy Castor, Morgan McGarvey, and Gabe Vasquez also call for Biden to withdraw.
  • July 21:
  • Biden announces his withdrawal from the race, necessitating the start of an "emergency transition process" for the Democratic nomination.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris quickly announces her own candidacy for president.
  • The Biden Victory Fund informs the Federal Election Commission of its conversion to a "Harris Victory Fund".
  • U.S. Representative Phillips proposes a straw poll of delegates ahead of the Democratic National Convention to determine the party's top four presidential contenders, who would then take part in four town halls outlining their platforms. After the town halls, the delegates would vote to choose the nominee.
  • Emergency Zoom calls take place among the convention delegates. Harris received the endorsement of many of them by end of the day.
  • The Congressional Black Caucus endorses Harris.
  • Harris receives a cascade of endorsements by governors and congress members.
  • Trump and Vance, as well as other congressional Republicans, call for Biden to resign as president.
  • July 22: After a survey of Democratic delegates by the Associated Press, Kamala Harris becomes the new presumptive presidential candidate for the Democratic Party.
  • July 23:
  • Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after a congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. She is replaced by her deputy director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. the same day.
  • The New York Times reports that during his campaign, Dean Phillips "found himself “deplatformed,” taken off the ballot in some states, and rarely invited on television to make his case."
  • July 24:
  • The DNC rules committee maps out online rules for the nomination.
  • Jason Palmer released his delegates and encouraged them to vote for Harris at the convention.
  • July 25: U.S. House Representative Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd congressional district and co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition for the 118th Congress tells Axios he would "absolutely not" commit to voting for the Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in November and is "going to wait and see what she puts forward and what her vision for the future of the country is."
  • July 26: Former president Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama endorse Harris in a joint statement.
  • July 29: Williamson announces she did not file a run against Harris in the virtual roll call vote, ending her campaign.
  • July 31: In an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists's annual convention, Trump questions Harris's racial identity, stating "she was Indian all the way and all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person."

August 2024

  • August 1–5: The Democratic "roll call" to nominate Kamala Harris is held online.
  • August 3: Former president Jimmy Carter endorses Harris.
  • August 4: Twenty-nine Uncommitted delegates from eight states take part in a virtual roll call where they voted for Palestinian victims over Harris.
  • August 5: Kamala Harris is officially confirmed as the Democratic presidential nominee.
  • August 6:
  • Kamala Harris announces Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate.
  • Harris and Walz are certified as nominated.
  • August 7: This was the original deadline for final candidate names to be submitted to the Ohio Secretary of State for printing on ballots and voter materials, weeks before the planned Democratic National Convention. Democrats implemented the virtual roll call nomination process as a workaround. The Ohio legislature postponed the date to August 23, but Democrats continued with the virtual roll call as planned, as the bill does not take effect until September 1.
  • August 15–18: The 2024 Green National Convention is held online.
  • August 16: Stein announces Butch Ware, a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as her running mate.
  • August 17: Delegates at the Green Party's National Convention vote to nominate Jill Stein as the party's presidential candidate and Dr. Butch Ware as the party's vice presidential candidate.
  • August 19–22: The 2024 Democratic National Convention is held in Chicago, Illinois.
  • August 23: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds a conference in Phoenix where he announces that he is suspending his campaign and, despite his name remaining on the ballot in most states, endorsing Trump.
  • August 26: Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery develops into an incident when a cemetery official attempts to stop his team from bringing external videographers.

September 2024

  • September 6: Former vice president Dick Cheney and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney announce their endorsements for Harris.
  • September 10:
  • A , the first between Trump and Harris, is hosted by ABC in Philadelphia.
  • Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift endorses Harris after the debate in a highly publicized Instagram post.
  • September 15: An assassination attempt takes place at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while Donald Trump is golfing. No one is injured and the suspect is caught before firing a shot.
  • September 20: Voting for the 2024 presidential election commences with the onset of the 46 day start date for early voting in Minnesota and South Dakota.
  • September 26: The Trump campaign outsources on-the-ground campaigning in swing states to America PAC, whose sole donor is Elon Musk.

October 2024

  • October 1: A between Vance and Walz is hosted by CBS in New York City.
  • October 7: America PAC announces it will offer $47 to supporters who refer another registered voter in a swing state to sign a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments.
  • October 10: Musk increases the reward for signing the petition to $100 and pledges to give $1 million to a random signer each day.
  • October 17: CNN Contributor Reena Ninan said all Arab-Americans she can find are voting for a third party or Trump if they vote at all.
  • October 24: A 35-year-old man is arrested for lighting a U.S. Postal Service mailbox on fire in Phoenix, Arizona, damaging a number of mail-in ballots.
  • October 25:
  • The Washington Post announces that it will not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time since 1988, a decision reportedly made by owner Jeff Bezos. The decision comes two days after the Los Angeles Times made the decision not to endorse a presidential candidate, and the same day as interns at The Nation write a repudiation of the magazine's endorsement of Kamala Harris.
  • In an Ipsos poll, 49% of respondents say Trump is a fascist, defined as "a political extremist who seeks to act as a dictator, disregards individual rights and threatens or uses force against their opponents;" 22% see Harris as a fascist.
  • October 27: Trump organises a rally at Madison Square Garden at which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe describes Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage". The widely condemned joke and its potential ramifications are described as a potential October surprise, as commentators suggest it could influence the vote of Puerto Ricans living in swing states, particularly in Pennsylvania.
  • October 28: House Speaker Mike Johnson, at a campaign event regarding healthcare changes, responds to an attendee's question "No Obamacare?" with "No Obamacare." The Trump campaign denies wanting to repeal the act.
  • October 29: In a video call, Biden refers to Hinchcliffe's joke and makes a comment interpreted as calling Trump's supporters 'garbage', for which he receives a rebuttal from Harris. This was regarded by many as potentially damaging for the Democratic Party's attempts to woo undecided voters, as well as sidelining a large proportion of the American population who support Trump. Despite stenographer concerns, the White House changes a transcript of Biden's 'garbage' remarks from "supporters" to "supporter's", which would make the remark refer to Hinchcliffe.
  • October 30:
  • In a response to Biden's 'garbage' comment, Trump holds a rally while driving a garbage truck and wearing a garbage worker vest. During this rally, he states, "I'm the president. I want to protect the women of our country. ... I'm going to do it, whether the women like it or not", and specifically criticizes that his advisors had told him not to use that line because it would be "inappropriate". Harris uses Trump's comment in a rally in the context of bodily autonomy, while others related the comment to his sexual misconduct cases.
  • In addition, HuffPost spoke with Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania after the event, one of whom stated that he saw Trump's garbage truck campaign stop as an endorsement of Hinchcliffe's remark and an additional insult. Staff from both campaigns believed that the event would remind voters more of Hinchcliffe than of Biden's gaffe.
  • October 31:
  • Trump makes a post on his Truth Social account claiming that "We caught them CHEATING BIG in Pennsylvania."
  • At a campaign event, Trump calls Liz Cheney "deranged" and comments, "She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face." Cheney as well as Harris campaign staff compared the comment to a death threat and a firing squad, while Arizona prosecutors opened an investigation into whether Trump's comments qualified as a death threat which would be unlawful. Many conservative commentators assessed Trumps' comments were describing Cheney as a "chickenhawk".

November 2024

All times on the Election Day as well as the day after are listed according to the Eastern Time Zone.

  • November 12: U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, who was the first sitting Democrat in Congress to openly call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election after the first presidential debate, states after Trump's win, "I only regret I didn't do it earlier ... I believe that the only person in our caucus who doesn't share some responsibility for the outcome is Dean Phillips, who came out early."
  • November 22: Georgia certifies its election results.

December 2024

  • December 11: (at least six days prior to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December): the "safe harbor" deadline under the Electoral Count Act, where states must finally resolve any controversies over the selection of their electors of the Electoral College.
  • December 17: (the Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December): The electors met in their respective state capitals (the electors for the District of Columbia meet within their district) and formally voted for the president and vice president. The number of states that prohibit faithless electors were subject to change. In 2020, 33 states and D.C. had such laws. Trump officially received 312 total electoral votes and Harris 226, with no faithless electors recorded.

2025

Candidate participation timeline

Candidate announcement and, if applicable, withdrawal dates are as follows:

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