The running mates have been chosen, the conventions are over, and the candidates are out on the trail. Now the real race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the election to become President of the United States is on.
As Harris and her VP pick Gov. Tim Walz prepare for their first joint interview together August 29 on CNN, Trump has more rallies of his own and a new book coming out. That’s just over the next few days as the countdown to Election Day on November 5 continues.
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Amid tight tracking polls, the candidates are also scheduled to face off in a debate September 10 on ABC. That comes comes eight days before Trump is set to be sentenced over the 34 felony counts he was found guilty of earlier this year in his historic hush-money trial.
Hard to keep it all in order? Welcome to the club. That’s why we’ve created a schedule for the debates, the campaign swings, book releases, fundraisers and more all the way to Election Day and beyond. In that context, we will update as more events, twists and turns are added in what has proved so far to be one of the wildest elections of modern times.
ELECTION 2024 SCHEDULE
AUGUST
August 29: Donald Trump town hall in La Crosse, WI, with Tulsi Gabbard
August 29: CNN interview with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT
August 29: Harris rally in Savannah, GA, following bus tour with Walz
SEPTEMBER
September 2: Harris and Joe Biden visit Pittsburgh
September 3: Trump’s book “Save America” is published
September 5: Status conference in Trump’s January 6th federal case
September 5: Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club hosts the J6 Awards Gala, to raise money for defendants in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol
September 8: Trump campaign fundraiser with running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), co-hosted by David Sachs, Los Angeles
September 10: ABC News presidential debate, 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, Philadelphia
September 17: Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration In Song concert in Atlanta
Sept. 17: Hillary Clinton book Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty published
September 18: Trump sentencing hearing in New York hush money case; Judge Juan Merchan also will rule on whether SCOTUS determined immunity impacts conviction
September 20: Early voting starts in Minnesota and Virginia
September 24: PBS Frontline documentary The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump debuts
September 26: Harris Victory Fund reception with Abbott Elementary‘s Sheryl Lee Ralph, Los Angeles
September 28: Saturday Night Live Season 50 premiere, 8:30 p.m., NBC
OCTOBER
October 1: CBS News vice presidential debate, time, place TBA
October 1: Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday
October 1: Melania Trump’s memoir Melania is published
October 7: Early voting begins in California
October 15: Bob Woodward’s book War is published
October 17: Al Smith Dinner, with both major party nominees invited, New York
October 18: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour returns to North America with the first of several shows in Miami
NOVEMBER
November 5: Election Day
JANUARY 2025
January 5: Congress certifies 2024 election results
January 20: Inauguration Day for the 47th President of the United States
Stick with Deadline’s ElectionLine hub for all the news all the way through the debates, the inevitable October surprise and to Election Day and beyond (because we all know this won’t truly be over once all the votes are cast).
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