A great many members of the Democratic Party have announced their intention to run for their party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election.
Here is a time line of those announcements.
A great many members of the Democratic Party have announced their intention to run for their party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election.
Here is a time line of those announcements.
former U.S. representative from Maryland
the founder of Venture for America
House of Representative member for Hawaii
former Obama administration secretary of Health and Human Services department
senator from California
mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Ojeda (a state senator from West Virginia) halted his very-short lived campaign for the party’s nomination.
entrepreneur and New Age lifestyle author
senator from New Jersey
senator from Massachusetts
senator from Wisconsin
senator from Vermont
the governor of Washington
former governor from Colorado
U.S. representative from Texas
senator from New York
mayor of Miramar, Florida
U.S. representative from Ohio
U.S. representative from California
U.S. representative from Massachusetts
Barack Obama’s vice president; has failed in two previous runs for president
U.S. senator from Colorado
governor of Montana
mayor of New York City
former Pennsylvania representative
billionaire and business executive
Eric Swalwell announces that he is ending his campaign for the Democratic nomination
John Hickenlooper said he was ending his campaign. It is believed he may run for a Colorado Senate seat.
Jay Inslee of Washington announced he is ending his effort to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. He is expected to try another run for the state’s governorship.
Seth Moulton ended his run for the Democratic Party nomination and said that he would work to be re-elected in the House of Representatives.
Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the race for the party nomination once it was clear that she would not qualify for the third debate in September.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said that he would end his campaign for the Democratic Party nomination.
Ohio politician Tim Ryan announced the end of his nomination run. He says that he’ll work to win his current Ohio House seat.
Beto O’Rourke ended his try to capture the Democratic nomination.
The former governor of Massachusetts will announce his intention to enter the Democratic race today. Almost a year ago he hesitated to join due to concerns that the race might be too harmful on his family.
Messam–a former football player and mayor of Miramar, Florida formally ended his campaign effort. He had not been able to qualify for any of the televised debates.
The former mayor of New York City decided to enter the Democratic race.
Joe Sestak announced the end of his nomination campaign.
Steve Bullock announced the end of his campaign.
Kamala Harris announced the end of her campaign, surprising many of her supporters. Her falling poll numbers contributed to a growing lack of funds to continue the effort.
Julian Castro announced the suspension of his presidential campaign.
Marianne Williamson stopped her campaign after failing to gain traction and not qualifying for any televised debates past July.
Cory Booker, senator from New Jersey, ended his run for the Democratic Party nomination today.
Now only Deval Patrick and Andrew Yang are candidates of color in this once very diverse party race.
The former congressman from Maryland was one of the first Democrats to announce his candidacy. Now, over 24 months later, he ended his run for the nomination just before the Iowa caucus.
The businessman officially suspended his campaign after a weak showing in the New Hampshire primary.
The Colorado senator ended his campaign after winning less than 1,000 total votes in the New Hampshire primary.
Deval Patrick, former Massachusetts governor, announced the end of his campaign. He was a late entrant to the content, officially announcing its start last November.
After spending significant money in South Carolina and coming a disappointing and distant third place behind Biden and Sanders, Tom Steyers ended his run for the party’s nomination.
Buttigieg, the recent mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced the end of his efforts to win the Democratic Party nomination on Sunday. “Mayor Pete” urged Democratic voters and organizers to work together in a common effort to defeat Donald Trump in the November general election.
Amy Klobuchar announced her decision to end
her effort to win the Democratic Party nomination. Sources close to the Klobuchar campaign staff indicated that she will endorse Joe Biden.
Businessman Mike Bloomberg suspended his short-lived campaign after a very poor result in yesterday’s Super Tuesday balloting.
Senator Elizabeth Warren ended her run for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination today. She declined to endorse one of her rival candidates right away.
Senator Bernie Sanders announced the official suspension of his nomination campaign today.He said that he could not see a way forward to narrowing the delegate gap between himself and Joe Biden.