Presidential candidates, 2024
The United States will hold a presidential election on November 5, 2024. This page provides the names of politicians and public figures discussed as potential presidential contenders in 2024. To learn more about 2020 presidential candidates, click here. To learn more about 2016 presidential candidates, click here.
President Joe Biden (D) said he was leaving open the possibility of running for a second term.[1] At 78 years old, Biden was the oldest president sworn into office for his first presidential term on January 20, 2021.
President Donald Trump (R) said he was considering running for president again in 2024, according to Politico.[2] Grover Cleveland (D) is the only president in U.S. history to have won a second term four years after losing reelection.[3]
Click the links below to see potential candidates in each of the following categories:
- Democratic politicians
- Democratic business executives and public figures
- Republican politicians
- Republican business executives and public figures
Contents
Potential Democratic presidential candidates
Democratic politicians
- Stacey Abrams, 2018 gubernatorial candidate[4]
- Michael Bennet, U.S. senator from Colorado[5]
- Andy Beshear, governor of Kentucky[4]
- Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey[5]
- Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend[5]
- Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York[4]
- Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California[5]
- Jay Inslee, governor of Washington[6]
- Joe Kennedy, U.S. representative from Massachusetts[5]
- Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota[5]
- Michelle Lujan Grisham, governor of New Mexico[6]
- Gavin Newsom, governor of California[4]
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. representative from New York[4]
- J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois[6]
- Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan[6]
Democratic business executives and public figures
- Oprah Winfrey, philanthropist and media executive[5]
- Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and philanthropist[7]
Potential Republican presidential candidates
Republican politicians
- Greg Abbott, governor of Texas[8]
- Bob Corker, former senator from Tennessee[9]
- Tom Cotton, U.S. senator from Arkansas[10]
- Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas[11]
- Doug Ducey, governor of Arizona[9]
- Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida[4]
- Mike DeWine, governor of Ohio[6]
- Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations[4]
- Larry Hogan, governor of Maryland[6]
- Josh Hawley, U.S. senator from Missouri[4]
- Mike Lee, U.S. senator from Utah[8]
- Mike Pence, vice president of the United States[4]
- Mike Pompeo, secretary of state[11]
- Marco Rubio, U.S. senator from Florida[12]
- Ben Sasse, U.S. senator from Nebraska[8]
- Rick Scott, U.S. senator from Florida[13]
- Tim Scott, U.S. senator from South Carolina[8]
- Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States[14]
Republican business executives and public figures
- Tucker Carlson, Fox News anchor[15]
- Donald Trump Jr., businessman and political adviser[4]
- Ivanka Trump, businesswoman and political adviser[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Guardian, "Biden indicates he could run for second term if he beats Trump in November," August 23, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "4 more years: Trump freezes 2024 presidential field," November 16, 2020
- ↑ The Conversation, "Trump 2024? Presidential comebacks have mixed success," November 16, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Politico, "Who’s Winning 2024?" January 3, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Axios, "2024 lookahead poll: Democrats see diverse future," January 5, 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Politico, "How the coronavirus is shaping the 2024 presidential race," April 2, 2020
- ↑ Rolling Stone, "Andrew Yang Is Already Talking About Running for President in 2024," February 7, 2020
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Twitter, "Perry Bacon Jr.," October 16, 2020
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Politico, "Diminished Trump leaves a vacuum for 2024 hopefuls," January 15, 2021
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN, "The fight to be Trump's political heir is on," June 9, 2020
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Hill, "Republicans give 2024 tryouts at CPAC," February 29, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "Marco Rubio finds his next act," April 6, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "‘The starting gun for 2024’: Florida senator drops Iowa bomb on Biden," January 28, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "4 more years: Trump freezes 2024 presidential field," November 16, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "Tucker Carlson 2024? The GOP is buzzing," July 2, 2020
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