''America's Election Headquarters'' is a news program focusing on news concerning national elections and current affairs broadcast on the

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that formerly appeared weekdays 5pm (and later 2pm)

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and various times in the weekends during election years.

During The Obama Era

2008 elections

''America's Election Headquarters'' debuted during the 2008 United States election season. The show was originally hosted by Megyn Kelly and

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in its first run. On June 10, 2008, the show was replaced by a new series called '' Just In'', starring

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host

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. Ingraham's show was short-lived (whether or not this was by design has not been determined), and on July 7 ''America's Election Headquarters'' returned, hosted by

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, who formerly hosted '' America's Pulse'' on FNC. Since Hill's hosting stint, various Fox News personalities have served as hosts, including Hemmer and Kelly. The weekday edition replaced ''The Big Story.'' The title of the show is based on Fox News's slogan of "America's Election HQ", heavily used during the 2008 election season. ''America's Election Headquarters'' was replaced after the Presidential Election on 5 November 2008 with ''

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''. The program remains similar to America's Election HQ and it is on at the same time.

Later elections

In the later elections of

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and 2014, the name ''America's Election Headquarters'' has continued to be used for election analysis and results programming.

During The Trump Era

2016 elections

FOX News brought back the ''America's Election Headquarters'' brand for the 2016 elections. For the Iowa caucuses, the network built a set at the

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, in

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, that was used across the network. Megyn Kelly and

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were primary anchors in Iowa. Starting in March 2016, ''America's Election Headquarters'' again replaced ''

'' as Fox News' main weekend programming.

Since 2018 elections

After the release of Gretchen Carlson, Fox News brought the branding to the 2 PM (ET) hour with host Shannon Bream. Since Megyn Kelly left the newsroom of

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took the anchor desk as the successor for 2018 United States elections. America's Election HQ was replaced in 2020 with Fox News Democracy 2020 during 2020 United States election.

References

External links

''America's Election Headquarters'' at FoxNews.com
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