2020 Republican Party presidential nomination

The 2020 Republican Party presidential nomination would have been an extremely uphill battle for any Republican challengers to Donald Trump, who remains extraordinarily popular among party members. To the shock of few (if any) observers, Trump easily crushed any prospective rivals in a largely uneventful primary, as is typical of incumbent presidents. On August 27, Trump was formally nominated for reelection at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

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Nominee

Donald J. Trump
See the main article on this topic: Donald Trump

Donald Trump was the incumbent for the Republican Party, as a sitting first-term president. On 20 January, 2017, the day he was inaugurated, his presidential committee, Donald J. Trump For President, Inc., filed paperwork with the Federal Election CommissionFile:Wikipedia's W.svg to start fundraising for the 2020 election.[2] The first campaign ad from this committee was spotted on 1 May, 2017, 1282 days from election day for 2020.[3] On 17 March, 2020, the Associated Press reported that Trump had acquired enough delegates to assure his nomination.[4]

Age: 74

Background: 45th and incumbent President of the United States, King of Israel and the second coming of God.[5] Previously a real estate developer, frequent Chapter 11 recipient, socialite, get-rich-quick guru, Razzie Award-winning actor, game show host, and wrestling personality.

Policy positions:

See the main articles on this topic: Policies of Donald Trump, Infrastructure policy of Donald Trump, and Foreign policy of Donald Trump

Dropped out

Mark Sanford
See the main article on this topic: Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford announced his primary challenge on September 8th, 2019, on Fox News Sunday. On November 12th, 2019, Sanford announced he was ending his bid.[6]

Age: 60

Background: Former South Carolina governor, and former United States House of Representatives for South Carolina, 1995 to 2001.

Policy positions:

  • The debt's out of control. Basically it.[7] [6]

Joe Walsh
See the main article on this topic: Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh announced his candidacy on 25 August, 2019.[8] He dropped out of the primaries on 7 February 2020, declaring that the Republicans had devolved into a Trump cult and pledging to support whoever the Democratic nominee would be. [9]

Age: 59

Background: Former United States House of Representatives for Illinois[10] and conservative talk radio host.[8]

Policy positions:

  • Essentially, everything that makes Trump terrible, but with the silver lining that he is not, as of the time of writing, a crook.

Bill Weld

Bill WeldFile:Wikipedia's W.svg announced his candidacy on February 2019.[11]

Age: 75

Background: Former Governor of Massachusetts, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Libertarian Party nominee for Vice President in 2016.

Policy positions:

  • Supports LGBT rights, is pro-choice, has increased Medicaid access as Governor, wants to cut taxes and spending, opposed minimum wage increases, wants to strengthen ties with Canada and Mexico, supports denuclearization, supports H1B work visas, and supports some form of legal status for undocumented immigrants.[12]


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Abortion

Infrastructure

Green New Deal

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Further reading
  • Britnell, Mark. In Search of the Perfect Health System. Palgrave, 2015. ISBN 978-1-137-49661-4.
  • Ferguson, Charles D. Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19975-945-3.
  • Reid, T. R. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care. Penguin Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-594-20234-6.
  • Spieler, Christof. Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit. Island Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-61091-903-6.

References
  1. RNC picks Charlotte as 2020 GOP convention site CBS News. July 20th, 2018.
  2. Federal Election CommissionFile:Wikipedia's W.svg. 20 January 2017. MISCELLANEOUS TEXT (FEC Form 99)
  3. Herbert, Geoff. Syracuse.com. 1 May, 2017. President Trump launches first campaign ad for 2020 election -- 1282 days away.
  4. Borenstein, Seth. Colvin, Jill. AP. 17 March, 2020. Trump clinches GOP nomination with Tuesday primary wins.
  5. Twitter post Aug 21, 2019
  6. Taylor, Jessica. NPR. 12 November 2019. Mark Sanford Ends His Primary Challenge Against President Trump.
  7. Orso, Anna. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 16 October 2019. Mark Sanford kicked off his presidential campaign against Donald Trump in Philly. One person showed up..
  8. Allyn, Bobby. Former Congressman And Talk Radio Host Joe Walsh Announces Trump Primary Challenge NPR. 25 August 2019.
  9. Twitter post Feb 7, 2020
  10. Korecki, Natasha. Joe Walsh to mount primary bid against 'absolutely unfit' Trump. Politico. 21 August 2019.
  11. Trump just got his first 2020 Republican challenger Vox. February 15th, 2019.
  12. What does William Weld believe? Where the candidate stands on 5 issues PBS NewsHour. February 15th, 2019.
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