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« Reply #31 on: August 05, 2015, 12:49:05 PM » |
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This shall be the official 2016 election topic. I have set up the first poll. Let us discuss maturely.
Candidates:
Bold means that they have announced their run. Italics means that they have formed an exploratory committee. Underline means that they have expressed interest in a potential run. Strikethrough means that they have suspended their campaign. Teletype means that sources have hinted at the candidate making a run, but the candidate themself has not said anything.
Democratic Party:
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and Senator of New York (Started campaign on April 12, 2015) Bernie Sanders, Senator of Vermont (Started campaign on April 30, 2015) Martin O'Malley, former Governor of Maryland (Started campaign on May 30, 2015)
Lincoln Chafee, former Governor and Senator of Rhode Island (Started campaign on June 3, 2015, ended campaign on October 23)
Jim Webb, former Senator of Virginia (Started campaign on July 2, 2015, ended campaign on October 20)
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard professor, founder of Creative Commons (Started campaign on September 6, 2015, ended campaign on November 2) George Noory, talk show host
Republican Party:
Ted Cruz, Senator of Texas (Started campaign on March 23, 2015) Rand Paul, Senator of Kentucky (Started campaign on April 7, 2015) Marco Rubio, Senator of Florida (Started campaign on April 13, 2015) Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard (Started campaign on May 4, 2015) Ben Carson, former neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Started campaign on May 4, 2015) Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas (Started campaign on May 5, 2015) Rick Santorum, former Senator of Pennsylvania (Started campaign on May 27, 2015) George Pataki, former Governor of New York (Started campaign on May 28, 2015)
Lindsey Graham, Senator of South Carolina (Started campaign on June 1, 2015, suspended on December 21)
Rick Perry, former Governor of Texas (Started campaign on June 4, 2015, suspended on September 11) Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida (Started campaign on June 15, 2015) Donald Trump, CEO of The Trump Organization (Started campaign on June 16, 2015)
Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana (Started campaign on June 24, 2015, suspended on November 17) Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey (Started campaign on June 30, 2015)
Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin (Started campaign on July 13, 2015, suspended on September 21) John Kasich, Governor of Ohio (Started campaign on July 21, 2015) Jim Gilmore, former Governor of Virginia (Started campaign on July 30, 2015)
American Freedom Party:
Bob Whitaker, white supremacist activist Vice presidential candidate: Tom Bowie
Green Party:
Jill Stein, physician, Green Party nominee in 2012 (Started campaign on June 22, 2015) Darryl Cherney, musician
Independent American Party:
Farley Anderson, paleoconservative activist
Libertarian Party:
Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico, Libertarian nominee in 2012 Jesse Ventura, former Governor of Minnesota
Party for Socialism and Liberation:
Gloria la Riva, newspaper printer, socialist activist Vice presidential candidate: Eugene Puryear, socialist activist
Prohibition Party:
James Hedges, tax assessor of Fulton County, Pennsylvania Vice presidential candidate: Bill Bayes
Socialist Party USA:
Mimi Soltysik, former National Chair of the Socialist Party Vice presidential candidate: Angela Walker
Veterans Party of America:
Chris Keniston, engineer Vice presidential candidate: Deacon Taylor
Workers World Party:
Monica Moorehead, communist activist Vice presidential candidate: Lamont Lilly
Independent/Other: Dan Bilzerian, poker player Guy A. DeMarco, author Zoltan Istvan, futurist Terry Jones, pastor John McAfee, developer of McAfee antivirus (Vice presidential candidate: Ken Rutkowski) Merlin Miller, white supremacist Guy Schwartz, musician Ron White, comedian Lawrence Lessig, former Democratic candidate Donald Trump, Republican candidate Jim Webb, former Democratic candidate
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