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How many candidates were running for president at this point in the 2016 election?
a. Eight
b. Fourteen
c. Twenty
d. Twenty-six
Election Day 2019 is here; while there are no federal elections taking place today, state and local elections are taking place across the country, with 2,983 seats within Ballotpedia's coverage scope on the ballot. As of November 5, 2019, Ballotpedia is tracking 22 noteworthy elected officials and public figures who are running for president in 2020, including 17 Democrats and five Republicans. As of Election Day 2015, Ballotpedia was tracking 20 noteworthy elected officials and public figures who were running for president in 2016, including four Democrats, 15 Republicans, and one Green Party candidate.
The noteworthy candidates running for president at this point in 2015 were:
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At this point, four candidates had withdrawn from the 2016 race: Democrats Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb and Republicans Rick Perry and Scott Walker.
The 22 noteworthy candidates currently running for president in 2020 are:
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So far in the 2020 election cycle, 10 noteworthy candidates, all Democrats, have withdrawn.[1]
In the 2016 election, four candidates (Democrat Lessig and Republicans Graham, Jindal, and Pataki) suspended their campaigns between Election Day 2015 and the Iowa caucuses, which took place on February 1, 2016. Twelve Republicans and three Democrats took place in the first-in-the-nation selection contest. Eight candidates suspended their campaigns during February 2016, more than during any other month that cycle.
- ↑ Those candidates are: Bill de Blasio, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mike Gravel, John Hickenlooper, Jay Inslee, Seth Moulton, Richard Ojeda, Beto O'Rourke, Eric Swalwell, and Tim Ryan.
