All of the important primary, convention, and debate dates you need to know for the 2020 presidential election

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Election workers take away a ballot box full of votes at a drive-through mail-in ballot return drop set-up outside the Registrar of Voters office in San Diego, California.

• The 2020 election might seem like a long way off, but Iowans will cast the first votes of the 2020 presidential primaries and caucuses just a little over three months from now.

• Between February and June, nearly every state and US territory will hold a primary election or caucus.
• After all the Democratic primary votes are cast, delegates for the candidates will gather at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in mid-July.
• In September and October of 2020, the Commission on Presidential Debates will host three presidential and one vice-presidential debate in Indiana, Utah, Michigan, and Tennessee.
• The general election will be held on Tuesday, November 3.
• And on January 20, 2021, Trump will either hold his second inauguration, or a new president will be inaugurated for the first time.
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The 2020 election might seem like a long way off, but Iowans will cast the first votes of the 2020 presidential primaries and caucuses just a little over three months from now.

Between February and June, nearly every state and US territory will hold a primary election or caucus. While US territories don't have voting power in federal elections, they still send delegates to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

Additionally, four states, Kansas, Arizona, South Carolina, and Nevada, have canceled their Republican primaries altogether, drawing criticism from President Donald Trump's long-shot Republican primary challengers.

Throughout the spring between January and April, the Democratic National Committee will also continue to hold Democratic primary debates.

After all the Democratic primary votes are cast, delegates for the candidates will gather at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in mid-July to determine who will be the 2020 Democratic nominee.

The Republicans will hold their presidential convention at the end of August in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Trump is all but assured to be re-nominated as the Republican presidential nominee.

In September and October of 2020, the Commission on Presidential Debates will host three presidential and one vice-presidential debate in Indiana, Utah, Michigan, and Tennessee - all states Trump carried in 2016.

The general election will be held on Tuesday, November 3. A little over two months later on January 20, 2021, Trump will either hold his second inauguration, or a new president will be inaugurated for the first time.

Here's a breakdown of all the most important primary, convention, and debate dates you need to know for the rest of the 2020 election cycle: