Election 2020: Dates of the presidential, vice presidential debates

Trump and Biden square off in first 2020 presidential debate

President Donald Trump and Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden are scheduled to meet in three three debates before Election Day, Nov. 3.

The first debate was Sept. 29 on the joint campus shared by Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic.

Two more presidential debates and a vice presidential debate are scheduled this month.

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The vice presidential debate is scheduled Wednesday (Oct. 7) at the University of Utah, between Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate. USA Today’s Susan Page will moderate.

The second presidential debate, originally set for the University of Michigan before the pandemic, is planned Oct. 15 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. Steve Scully of C-SPAN will moderate the town hall meeting format.

The final debate before the election is set Oct. 22 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, with NBC’s Kristen Welker moderating.