Sen. Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg both announced they were running for the Democratic presidential nomination. That gives us 9 candidates already, with 21 still to hear from.
Buttiegieg will be interesting to watch, to see if makes the debate cutoff. If the bar is set low, there could be 20-25 candidates to fit into the two nights.
Definitely running:
- Rep. John Delaney
- State Sen. Richard Ojeda
- Sec. Julian Castro
- Gov. Jay Inslee
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg
- Sen. Kamala Harris
Potential candidates who have shown some interest:
- Sen. Michael Bennet
- VP Joe Biden
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg
- Sen. Cory Booker
- Sen. Sherrod Brown
- Gov. Steve Bullock
- Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Gov. John Hickenlooper
- Attn Gen Eric Holder
- Rep. Joe Kennedy
- Sen. Any Klobuchar
- Mayor Mitch Landrieu
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe
- Sen. Jeff Merkley
- Rep. Seth Moulton
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke
- Rep. Tim Ryan
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
- Howard Schultz
- Rep. Eric Swalwell
- Sen. Mark Warner
Not running:
- Andrew Cuomo
- Hillary Clinton
- Tim Kaine
- Michael Avenatti
- John Kerry
- Chris Murphy
- Oprah Winfrey
- Jason Kander
- Martin O’Malley
- Tom Steyer
- Mark Cuban
- Sen. Bob Casey