Some serious winnowing today. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg both announced they will not run for President. Bloomberg is the biggest drop-out so far, ranking a high as 9 in some pundit polls. We still have 13 announced candidates, but now only 10 still to hear from .
Definitely running:
- Rep. John Delaney
- Sec. Julian Castro
- Gov. Jay Inslee
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg
- Sen. Kamala Harris
- Sen. Cory Booker
- Sen. Any Klobuchar
- Andrew Yang
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
- Gov. John Hickenlooper
Potential candidates who have shown some interest:
- Sen. Michael Bennet
- VP Joe Biden
- Sen. Sherrod Brown
- Gov. Steve Bullock
- Mayor Bill De Blasio
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe
- Rep. Seth Moulton
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke
- Rep. Tim Ryan
- Rep. Eric Swalwell
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
- State Sen. Richard Ojeda
- Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Howard Schultz
- Mayor Mitch Landrieu
- Rep. Joe Kennedy
- Sen. Mark Warner
- Attny Gen Eric Holder
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg
- Sen. Jeff Merkley