2020 Alternate Elections, USA

Background
The 2020 United States elections were held on November 3, 2020. Democrat former vice president Joe Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in a blowout election. Alongside the presidential victory were a blowout victory in the House and the Senate. As a result, the Democrats have gained unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since 2008.

With Trump losing re-election, he became the first one-term President since George H.W. Bush lost re-election in 1992. This would also become the first election where both party leaders in the House of Representatives would lose re-election simultaneously, along with a Senate leader, with the defeats of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to Shahid Buttar, Kim Mangone, and Amy McGrath respectively.

Significant issues for voters included the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare, racial unrest, the economy, and climate change. Social distancing guidelines have resulted in unprecedented amounts of mail-in and early voting, and as such voting turnout has increased significantly. After losing the election, Donald Trump and various Republicans who lost made claims of voter fraud, which have been proven to be false. As a result, numerous attempts to overturn the landslides were made, ultimately ending in a deadly riot on the Capitol and Trump becoming the first President to be successfully impeached, convicted, and removed from office. Vice President Mike Pence became the 46th President on January 13th, and Joe Biden the 47th President a week later. Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth made history by becoming the 49th Vice President, as well as the first Asian and female Vice President.

House of Representatives
The 2020 House of Representatives elections took place alongside the presidential and Senate elections, along with various state and local elections. The Democrats made significant gains, largely sweeping many parts of the country thought to be unwinnable. Both the Speaker and Minority Leader, however, have lost re-election. Majority leader Steny Hoyer and majority whip Jim Clyburn have retired from their respective leadership positions. In their places, Hakeem Jeffries became the next Speaker and the first non-white Speaker, while David Ciciline became majority leader, and the first gay floor leader in the House. Florida representative Charlie Crist became the Majority Whip. Libertarian Justin Amash became the de-facto floor leader for his party after the election of additional members. For the Republicans, minority whip Steve Scalise will become their leader, while Wyoming representative Liz Cheney will become the minority whip. Representative-elect Randy Luallin of South Dakota will be the Libertarian whip.

Special elections since the last regular election Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana

Nebraska

Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York

North Carolina

North Dakota Ohio

Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania

Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

West Virginia

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates In addition, all six non-voting House delegates were up for re-election.

Senate
The 2020 Senate elections took place alongside the presidential and House elections. The Democrats attained a filibuster-proof supermajority, however it is one seat short of a 2/3 supermajority. History was also made here in various ways. Kansas elected their first Democrat senator in 90 years, while the first Libertarian senator was also elected. The Democrats also swept the traditional "red wall", only leaving Nebraska, Wyoming, and West Virginia untouched.