Figured I'd start a thread to chronicle the Democratic hopefuls for the 2020 Democratic nomination
Here are the current crop as of 1/22/19:
Officially Running:
Kamala Harris-Senator from California
Julian Castro-Texas-Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Tulsi Gabbard-Representative from Hawaii
John Delaney-Former Representative from Maryland
Andrew Yang-New York
Pete Buttigieg-Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Cory Booker-Senator from New Jersey
Elizabeth Warren-Senator from Massachusetts
Kirsten Gillibrand-Senator from New York
Marianne Williamson-Author
Amy Klobuchar-Senator from Minnesota
Bernie Sanders-Senator from Vermont
Jay Inslee-Governor of Washington
John Hickenlooper-Former Governor of Colorado and Mayor of Denver, also an entrepreneur
Beto O'Rourke-Former Former Senate Candidate from Texas
Wayne Messam-Mayor of Miramar, Florida
Tim Ryan-Representative from Ohio
Seth Moulton-Representative from Massachusetts
Joe Biden-Former Vice President under Obama
Michael Bennet-Senator from Colorado
Steve Bullock-Governor of Montana
Bill De Blasio-Mayor of New York City
Tom Steyer-Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager
Other Potential Candidates:
Robert Casey Jr.-Senator from Pennsylvania
Harold Schultz-Former CEO of Starbucks
Announced but then dropped out:
Richard Ojeda-West Virginia
Eric Swalwell-Representative from California
Out of all of those, I expect that Sanders and Biden would get the early support given that they have the most name recognition out of the group. If Bloomberg runs I imagine he'd be a centrist candidate, much like Clinton was and would therefore see a fair bit of big donor money and backing. I'm not sold on any of the females being able to outshine the likes of Sanders or Biden and would expect them to fade to one or two female candidates in an effort to get female support behind one woman.
So I plan on updating the lists as people join the fray, but figured it'd be fun to look back at this in two years on inauguration day and see how good the predictions were or if Trump is able to hold off all contenders.
Here are the current crop as of 1/22/19:
Officially Running:
Kamala Harris-Senator from California
Julian Castro-Texas-Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Tulsi Gabbard-Representative from Hawaii
John Delaney-Former Representative from Maryland
Andrew Yang-New York
Pete Buttigieg-Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Cory Booker-Senator from New Jersey
Elizabeth Warren-Senator from Massachusetts
Kirsten Gillibrand-Senator from New York
Marianne Williamson-Author
Amy Klobuchar-Senator from Minnesota
Bernie Sanders-Senator from Vermont
Jay Inslee-Governor of Washington
John Hickenlooper-Former Governor of Colorado and Mayor of Denver, also an entrepreneur
Beto O'Rourke-Former Former Senate Candidate from Texas
Wayne Messam-Mayor of Miramar, Florida
Tim Ryan-Representative from Ohio
Seth Moulton-Representative from Massachusetts
Joe Biden-Former Vice President under Obama
Michael Bennet-Senator from Colorado
Steve Bullock-Governor of Montana
Bill De Blasio-Mayor of New York City
Tom Steyer-Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager
Other Potential Candidates:
Robert Casey Jr.-Senator from Pennsylvania
Harold Schultz-Former CEO of Starbucks
Announced but then dropped out:
Richard Ojeda-West Virginia
Eric Swalwell-Representative from California
Out of all of those, I expect that Sanders and Biden would get the early support given that they have the most name recognition out of the group. If Bloomberg runs I imagine he'd be a centrist candidate, much like Clinton was and would therefore see a fair bit of big donor money and backing. I'm not sold on any of the females being able to outshine the likes of Sanders or Biden and would expect them to fade to one or two female candidates in an effort to get female support behind one woman.
So I plan on updating the lists as people join the fray, but figured it'd be fun to look back at this in two years on inauguration day and see how good the predictions were or if Trump is able to hold off all contenders.
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