Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., seemed irked Wednesday when an MSNBC anchor pressed him on whether he would concede the race for the Democratic nomination if he weren’t the frontrunner before the party’s convention in 2020.

“Are you asking that of every candidate?” Sanders asked, interrupting MSNBC anchor Kasie Hunt. Hunt asked specifically if he would “take the risk” of giving President Trump an “advantage” in the election by not conceding.

“Well, right now we are planning to win the Democratic nomination,” Sanders told Hunt. He went on to claim that “poll after poll” showed him beating Trump by nine or 10 points.

“We’re going to beat Trump — we’re going to win the Democratic nomination,” he said.

Sanders’ 2020 run came just a few years after he battled former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for the nomination. He has come to represent the more progressive side of the party, challenging more establishment candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden.

While Biden has continually led Sanders in polling, Sanders was able to mostly stay in second place ahead of more than 20 other candidates.

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According to the RealClearPolitics average, Sanders grabbed 16.9 percent of the support for the Democratic nomination. That was substantially lower than Biden’s 32 percent and just a few points ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Sanders’ comments came just before the first night of Democratic primary debates in Miami, Florida. Because of the Democratic field’s many candidates, the first debate is split into two nights. Warren will be among candidates debating during the first night while Sanders and Biden will take the stage Thursday on the second night. </s> MIAMI (AP) — The Democrats' second presidential debate in two nights features most of the 2020 class' strongest competitors — according to early polling, at least — none with more to lose than former Vice President Joe Biden, who has party establishment backing but faces an increasingly restive and liberal base.

The second 10 candidates face each other and the nation Thursday night in a prime-time confrontation sure to underscore differences along lines of race, gender, generation and ideology that are starting to shape the party's winding search for a nominee to take on President Donald Trump.

Biden, who is 76, will stand at center stage, shoulder-to-shoulder with the fellow septuagenarian who is his ideological opposite: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist has pulled his party to the left on key issues, calling for a political revolution that would transform the private health care system into a government-run one and mandate a redistribution of wealth.

Sanders' appeal relies on emotion, often anger. Biden preaches pragmatism and relative moderation.

And they represent only two of ten views on the stage Thursday night.

The showdown takes place in Florida, a general election battleground that could well determine whether Trump wins a second term next year. In Florida, as in the nation more broadly, immigration has defined much of the political debate.

This week several Democrats visited a facility where hundreds of immigrant children are being held near the debate site.

Thursday night's participants had the benefit of having seen 10 other Democrats the previous night. More than 15 million people watched the first contest, according to Nielsen Fast National Data. The viewership exceeded every presidential primary debate in the 2008 and 2012 elections.

Together, the debates are the first high-profile step in a presidential primary process expected to stretch deep into next year.

The leading candidates, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren who debated Wednesday night, have shown little interest in attacking their Democratic brethren directly at the start of a marathon campaign. But an effort to undermine either Biden or Sanders, from any number of directions, wouldn't be a shock.

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and California Sen. Kamala Harris are among the better known candidates in the next tier. Also on stage: Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, New York businessman Andrew Yang, California Rep. Eric Swalwell and author and social activist Marianne Williamson.

If nothing else, Thursday's slate highlights the diversity of the Democratic Party's 2020 class.

Buttigieg, a 37-year-old gay former military officer, is four decades younger than Sanders, and has been framing his candidacy as a call for generational change in his party. Harris is the only African American woman to qualify for the presidential debate stage. Any of the three women featured Thursday night would be the first ever elected president.

Yet Biden and Sanders have received far more attention and shown higher standing than their less-experienced rivals. The party will have to decide whether it wants a candidate based on resume over aspiration.

The overall Democratic presidential field is so large that the Democratic National Committee split the candidates into two groupings through a random drawing. Thursday's gathering marks the second wave of the first round.

On Wednesday, Warren stood out — on her own at times — in calling for "fundamental change" across the nation's economy and government to address a widening gap between the rich and the middle class.

"I think of it this way. Who is this economy really working for? It's doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top," Warren declared shortly before raising her hand as one of the only Democrats on stage willing to abolish her own private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan. "Health care is a basic human right, and I will fight for basic human rights."

While Trump is the ultimate target of many Democratic voters, the president wasn't a major feature for most of Wednesday's affair.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was one of the few to attack the Republican president, calling him "the biggest threat to the security of the United States."

Instead of Trump, Democrats leaned into the issue that helped deliver the party the House majority last year: Health care. All supported the concept of providing universal health care, but they differed on how to reach that goal.

That same dynamic will be on display Thursday as well.

Sanders literally wrote the "Medicare for All" plan for universal health care that serves as a rallying cry for many liberals. Biden supports universal health care, but favors a softer approach that would give Americans the choice to join a government-run insurance program known as the "public option."

While the difference may be modest — especially compared to the Republican fight against universal health care coverage of any kind — it has left Biden vulnerable to liberal attacks that he's not willing to embrace bold change.

Indeed, Biden's candidacy represents a throwback of sorts to the values that defined the tenure of President Barack Obama, whom he served as vice president. While some liberals were frustrated that Obama didn't fight for more dramatic change in Washington, Biden often associates himself with a focus on civility and lack of drama from the White House in contrast to Trump's turbulent first term.

In the early months of the 2020 presidential campaign, that has been enough — especially as Democratic voters make clear that their most significant factor in picking a nominee has less to do with ideology than electability. And so far, many believe Biden is best-positioned to deny Trump a second term.

Still, Biden has faced friendly fire from Democrats in recent weeks for his positions on abortion, his record on criminal justice, and his willingness to work with Republicans, even Southern senators who were openly racist.

Trump is spending the night in Asia for trade talks.

He had little to say from afar Wednesday night other than calling the first Democratic debate "BORING!" on social media.

In recent weeks, Trump has focused almost solely on Biden, whom he calls "Sleepy Joe." </s> Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday to move up California's 2020 presidential primary in a bid to give the nation's most populous state more sway in choosing the Republican and Democratic nominees.

Holding an earlier primary in California, which is expensive to campaign in, could shake up the nominating contests by giving an earlier edge to candidates with more money. The state is home to 11 media markets.

The measure puts the state's primary on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March, often known as "Super Tuesday," when as many as a dozen states hold nominating contests. It will still fall after the earliest caucuses and primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire.

In 2016, California held its primary in June when Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump were already the major party nominees. California typically awards the most delegates.

The state moved its presidential primary to February in 2008, but the shift did not exert influence on the Democratic side. Clinton won the state's primary, but Barack Obama went on to capture the party's nomination.

The change also pushes California's primary for state offices to March.

The Democratic and Republican national committees have not set rules for the 2020 contest yet. The parties set a calendar as well as how many delegates each state is awarded.

California received extra delegates for holding a late primary in 2016 and likewise could be punished in 2020 for moving up the election. </s> WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democrats’ first 2020 presidential debates later this month (all times local): 12:45 p.m. NBC has announced how it will divvy up the 20 Democratic candidates for the first…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democrats’ first 2020 presidential debates later this month (all times local):

NBC has announced how it will divvy up the 20 Democratic candidates for the first debate of the 2020 election campaign, which will be held over two nights in Miami later this month.

The lineup for the first two-hour session on June 26 features Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Beto (BET’-oh) O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar (KLOH’-buh-shar), Julián Castro, Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh), John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Tim Ryan and Jay Inslee.

The lineup for the next night features Bernie Sanders, Kamala (KAH’-mah-lah) Harris, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj), Michael Bennet, Marianne Williamson, Eric Swalwell, Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER’-sten JIHL’-uh-brand), Andrew Yang and John Hickenlooper.

The Democratic National Committee says it divided the candidates at random but ensured that contenders considered front-runners would not be stacked on one night to avoid the impression that one night was more important than the other.

The Democratic National Committee has announced that 20 candidates have qualified for the party’s first presidential debates later this month.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts were the only major candidates out of the two dozen Democratic hopefuls who failed to meet the polling or grassroots fundraising measures required to get a debate spot.

Two lesser-known candidates, former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska and Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam, also missed the cutoff, announced Thursday.

The campaign’s opening debates, set for June 26-27 in Miami, will offer a prime opportunity for many White House hopefuls to reshape a race defined in recent weeks by former Vice President Joe Biden’s domination of national and many early state polls.

Copyright © 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. </s> Democrats aren’t going to struggle to frame the relatively strong U.S. economy in a way that helps them win back the White House, according to some progressive activists who talked strategy in Miami on Thursday as the party held its first presidential debates.

Marcos Vilar, executive director of the Florida-based Alianza for Progress, promised to push back whenever President Donald Trump visits the Sunshine State and talks up low unemployment and economic growth.

“We’re not going to let him come by and say, ‘Oh, the economy’s great.’ Why? Because our people that are working — most families that are living in Central Florida today that are Latino, African American — are struggling to pay their rent. They’re struggling to pay for health care. They’re struggling because all of a sudden they’re hit with an unexpected tax payment,” Vilar said, referring to the many people who were accustomed to receiving refunds at tax time but didn’t get one this year following the Trump administration’s tax overhaul.

His remarks came at a briefing for reporters about how some progressive groups are working in Florida and other swing states to win the 2020 presidential election and other races.

“If you have stocks SPX, +0.38% and are a Wall Street investor, you’re doing fine. But if you’re an ordinary person that’s just paying their bills and stretching check to check, that is a very difficult situation still for most of our families,” Vilar also said.

Justin Myers, CEO of For Our Future, said progressive organizers will need to keep talking to voters about economic issues like the tax overhaul’s flaws, and he sounded confident overall about campaigning on them.

“We are on solid footing when you’re talking to the average middle-class or low-income voter that just isn’t reaping the rewards of this economy,” said Myers, whose group is supported mostly by unions and liberal billionaire Tom Steyer’s environmental organization and boasts an $80 million budget for 2020.

For their part, Republican activists were quick to mention the job market as they protested outside the Democratic debate venue in Miami and voiced support for the president.

“He’s done so much for the American people with jobs and trying to work on peace,” said Jayne Smithers of Orlando while wearing a “Trump 2020” hat. “Then you have the Democrats, who want socialism, which is very destructive to us.” </s> The Democratic candidates are descending on Florida this week, but the state may not play a significant role in selecting the party's nominee.

Florida has been a pivotal battleground in recent presidential election cycles and will be again this year, with President Donald Trump unlikely to win a second term if he does not win the state.

Florida’s significance in presidential primary contests is less assured.

The Democratic presidential candidates descend on Florida for their first debate this week, but what role the state will play in selecting the nominee won’t be known for months.

This may be the most attention Florida gets during the primary cycle if the contest is essentially over by the time Floridians vote, or it could be the prelude to a big Sunshine State showdown in March.

Florida has been influential in each of the last three GOP presidential primaries, partly because state lawmakers moved the primary date up in 2008 and 2012 in a bid to boost the state's clout. Having two Floridians — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush — running for president in 2016 also brought attention on the state during that primary race, and Rubio ended up making his last stand in Florida.

The state also had a competitive primary on the Democratic side in 2016, with both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigning here. But there's no guarantee the 2020 Democratic contest will still be in full swing when Florida votes.

"Florida's potential for influence in the 2020 nomination process is certainly less than it was four years ago when a couple of favorite son candidates were running or eight or 12 years ago when the Legislature and the Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee opted to break the national party rules, thrusting the Sunshine State primary into January," said Josh Putnam, a lecturer in the Department of Public and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who writes the FrontloadingHQ blog. "But just because the potential is less does not mean that Florida cannot or will not be relevant to the resolution of the Democratic presidential nomination race. Much obviously depends on the steps in the sequence leading up to the Florida primary."

Florida’s primary will be held on March 17, six weeks after the first voters caucus in Iowa on Feb. 3. The state's primary falls in the middle of the nominating calendar, but far enough back that the states with earlier contests could effectively decide the race before it gets to Florida, or set it on a course that Florida voters are unlikely to alter. On the other hand, Florida’s primary could be decisive if the race is still competitive.

Florida had a similar primary date in 2016, and both the Democratic and GOP nominating contests were still active when the state voted. Florida voters had a say in selecting both nominees.

Because there is such a large field of Democratic candidates this year, some experts believe it will take time to winnow the field. They expect a drawn-out primary contest, something that also is more likely because Democrats award delegates proportionally, allowing candidates to stay in the game, even if they don’t win a state. There is even talk of a brokered convention.

But there are some changes to the primary calendar that could cull the candidate field before Florida votes and diminish the state’s importance this cycle.

By the time state residents voted, both Trump and Hillary Clinton had built momentum with early victories and were the clear frontrunners, but they hadn’t locked anything up. Winning Florida boosted both of the eventual nominees and, in the GOP race, helped winnow the field.

Trump’s victory in Florida was the final blow for Rubio. The Florida win — combined with a number of other wins on the same day — also gave Trump a big delegate advantage that the president never surrendered.

Meanwhile, Clinton cruised to victory over Sanders in Florida and added to the momentum she already had established after a string of southern primary wins.

Florida was relevant in both races. The state also received plenty of attention during the 2016 presidential primary process because of Rubio and Bush.

In fact, Florida's current March 17 primary date is a legacy of those campaigns. State lawmakers moved Florida's primary to the beginning of the winner-take-all series of GOP primary contests in the hopes that a Florida candidate would be more likely to win the state and benefit from a winner-take-all scenario.

That didn't happen, although the state still ended up being influential.

But every primary contest plays out differently, and there is no guarantee that Florida will have a big role in a 2020 Democratic contest. A candidate could consolidate support before Florida votes, with some political observers arguing that changes in the primary calendar make that more likely.

California — a heavily Democratic super state — now votes before Florida and could help narrow the field. Ohio and North Carolina — two other large states — also will vote before Florida.

There will be two sets of Super Tuesday contests — California, North Carolina and a number of other states vote March 3, while Ohio and Michigan are among a group of states voting on March 10 — next year that will occur before Florida’s primary and could knock out candidates who are still standing after the four early states vote.

Florida has flirted with an earlier primary date with mixed results. The GOP-controlled Legislature moved Florida’s 2008 primary up to Jan. 29 to try to make the state more influential in the process.

Former U.S. Sen. John McCain won Florida’s GOP presidential primary in 2008 after receiving a late endorsement from former Gov. Charlie Crist. McCain’s Florida win, which came on the heels of winning South Carolina, helped him build momentum for a strong showing on Super Tuesday that sealed his nomination.

But Florida was ignored by the Democratic candidates in 2008 after the Democratic National Committee stripped the state of its delegates — and asked the candidates not to campaign here — as a penalty for moving the primary up so early in the calendar.

Florida lawmakers kept the early primary date in 2012 and the state again played an important role in the GOP nominating contest. After losing South Carolina to Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney rebounded with a big win in Florida and went on to secure the nomination.

University of South Florida political science professor emeritus Susan MacManus believes the state is still likely to play a key role in picking the Democratic presidential nominee next year.

With more than 20 candidates on the Democratic side, MacManus said it will take time to narrow the field. She predicts the nominating contest will be a prolonged one. If that happens, Florida could “seal the deal,” MacManus said.

“There’s so many candidates and there’s just no consensus,” MacManus said in arguing the contest is unlikely to wrap up early.

Putnam has argued that California’s move to earlier on the primary calendar may not be as decisive as some have speculated.

“Absent that clear frontrunner running away with the nomination ... the 2020 race is unlikely to see the race run its course by early March,” he wrote on his blog. “That is even more true in light of the fact that the field of Democrats seeking the nomination looks like it will be quite large. There will be some winnowing in February, but it remains to be seen just how much the field will have shrunk by a Super Tuesday that includes California. There are and will be too many moving parts shifting between now and that point in the cycle.”

The GOP also had a large field of candidates in 2016. Most were gone by the time Floridians voted, but Trump, Rubio, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich were still in the race.

Florida Gulf Coast University political science professor Peter Bergerson believes Florida may be less relevant in the 2020 presidential primary than in 2016.

“My guess is that Florida is going to be an afterthought almost,” Bergerson said.

Bergerson noted that campaigning in California requires an extensive paid media effort, which will be extremely expensive.

Candidates who invest in the California primary — and other early primaries — and lose will struggle to raise money and continue on to Florida.

“What happens is people are going to run out of money,” Bergerson said. “The early poll, the one that makes a big difference is the money poll. If people are willing to put money behind the candidate, that’s one of the things to look for.”

Of course, money is one reason why the candidates always will take an interest in Florida. As a big state with a lot of wealthy donors, the Democrats will spend plenty of time here trying to raise money.

“Even if you don’t expect to win here, you can raise money here, and that’s another factor,” MacManus said. “They’re going to come here and try to reach niche audiences and raise money from those groups and hope their campaigns catch fire.”

If the race is still competitive by the time Floridians vote, candidates who are better known and better financed will have an advantage. Like California, Florida is a big state, and reaching voters here is expensive.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been leading in the early Florida polls and has the advantage of strong name recognition.

Biden also fits the profile of the type of moderate candidate Florida Democrats traditionally have supported. But last year Democrats nominated progressive firebrand Andrew Gillum for governor, showing there may be an opening for some of the more liberal presidential candidates if they can build momentum in earlier primary contests.

“I think with Florida’s racial and ethnic diversity, some of the progressives might catch fire and give Biden a more competitive race than he might have had,” MacManus said.

This story originally published to heraldtribune.com, and was shared to other Florida newspapers in the GateHouse Media network. </s> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Seth Moulton, who mounted a long-shot bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, ended his campaign on Friday, warning that the party must now decide how far left it wants to move.

“Today, I want to use this opportunity ... to announce that I am ending my campaign for president,” Moulton will say at a speech before the Democratic National Committee meeting in San Francisco, according to remarks provided by his campaign.

“Though this campaign is not ending the way we hoped, I am leaving this race knowing that we raised issues that are vitally important to the American people and our future.”

Moulton, a 40-year-old Iraq War veteran who plans to seek re-election to the district he represents in Massachusetts, failed to garner the support he needed to qualify for any of debates. Without appearing in those nationally televised events, he had little hope of gaining traction.

He is the third Democrat to end a presidential campaign this month. Washington Governor Jay Inslee dropped out of the race earlier this week, and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper did so the week before.

Moulton stopped short of endorsing one of his rivals for the nomination but said the crowded race with more than 20 Democrats appeared to have narrowed. The nominee will take on President Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee, in November 2020.

“I think it’s evident that this is now a three-way race between (former Vice President Joe) Biden, (U.S. Senator Elizabeth) Warren and (U.S. Senator Bernie) Sanders, and really it’s a debate about how far left the party should go,” Moulton told the New York Times in an interview ahead of his announcement.

Biden represents the more centrist faction of the Democratic Party, while Warren, of Massachusetts, and Sanders, of Vermont, back more liberal policies.

Other Democrats who fail to qualify for the third debate, which will be held on Sept. 12-13 in Houston, may also feel pressure to exit the race. Candidates must have at least 130,000 unique donors and reach 2% in four opinion polls by Aug. 28 to qualify.

Those who have yet to qualify include U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado and Montana Governor Steve Bullock.

Moulton built his political career by challenging the party’s establishment. After the Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, Moulton helped organize opposition to Representative Nancy Pelosi’s bid to again become speaker of the House. He failed at that effort.

He used his presidential campaign to draw attention to veterans issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and access to healthcare. </s> SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday to move up California’s 2020 presidential primary in a bid to give the nation’s most populous state more sway in choosing the Republican and Democratic nominees.

Holding an earlier primary in California, which is expensive to campaign in, could shake up the nominating contests by giving an earlier edge to candidates with more money. The state is home to 11 media markets.

Elected officials and Democratic leaders said the bill gives California the spotlight it deserves given its record of pushing the national conversation around immigration and other issues.

“With all due respect to our brothers and sisters in Iowa and New Hampshire, California is the beating heart of the national resistance to Trump,” Eric Bauman, chairman of the California Democratic Party, said in a statement. “When it comes to deciding the Democratic nominee, our voices need to be heard early in the process.”

Iowa and New Hampshire will still have their early say.

The measure puts the state’s primary on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March, often known as “Super Tuesday,” when as many as a dozen states hold nominating contests. It will still fall after the earliest caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

In 2016, California held its primary in June when Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump were already the major party nominees. California typically awards the most delegates.

The state moved its presidential primary to February in 2008, but the shift did not exert influence on the Democratic side. Clinton won the state’s primary, but Barack Obama went on to capture the party’s nomination.

The change also pushes California’s primary for state offices to March.

The Democratic and Republican national committees have not set rules for the 2020 contest yet. The parties set a calendar as well as how many delegates each state is awarded.

California received extra delegates for holding a late primary in 2016 and likewise could be punished in 2020 for moving up the election.

Copyright © 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. </s> SACRAMENTO (AP) — Super Tuesday, the jam-packed day of presidential primary voting every four years, may get supercharged in 2020 with California joining the pack, bringing along its prize of the most delegates.

Gov. Jerry Brown gave his stamp of approval Wednesday to a measure jumping California’s primary up to the beginning of March, three months earlier than its contest in 2016, when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had already captured the major parties’ nominations.

“The Golden State will no longer be relegated to last place in the presidential nominating process,” Democratic Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. “Candidates will not be able to ignore the largest, most diverse state in the nation as they seek our country’s highest office.

Bumping the primary up is designed to give the nation’s most populous state more sway in choosing the Republican and Democratic nominees.

And it could seriously shake up the nominating contest.

California, home to 11 media markets, is an expensive state to campaign in, potentially giving well-funded candidates an edge.

Democratic leaders said the bill gives California the spotlight it deserves given its record of pushing the national conversation around immigration and other issues.

“With all due respect to our brothers and sisters in Iowa and New Hampshire, California is the beating heart of the national resistance to Trump,” Eric Bauman, chairman of the California Democratic Party, said in a statement. “When it comes to deciding the Democratic nominee, our voices need to be heard early in the process.”

Iowa and New Hampshire will still have their early say.

The measure puts the state’s primary on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March, often known as “Super Tuesday,” when as many as a dozen states hold nominating contests. It will still fall after the earliest caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

In 2016, California held its primary in June when Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump were already the major party nominees. California typically awards the most delegates.

The state moved its presidential primary to February in 2008, but the shift did not exert influence on the Democratic side. Clinton won the state’s primary, but Barack Obama went on to capture the party’s nomination.

The change also pushes California’s primary for state offices to March.

The Democratic and Republican national committees have not set rules for the 2020 contest yet. The parties set a calendar as well as how many delegates each state is awarded.

California received extra delegates for holding a late primary in 2016 and likewise could be punished in 2020 for moving up the election.
The first of two Democratic Party debates for the nomination of the party's nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election is held in Miami, Florida.