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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for November 19, 2018
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
November 19, 2018: Fifty-five (55) political and business leaders have been discussed as potential candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. The list includes 11 of the 47 Democratic U.S. senators (plus one independent senator) and seven of the 16 Democratic governors.
Ballotpedia’s list also includes newcomers like Beto O’Rourke, members of the House, former officeholders, and business leaders. Some have only been mentioned as a possibility by others while most have expressed at least some interest in the effort.
Perhaps inspired by Donald Trump’s outsider campaign, the list of potential Democratic nominees includes several billionaires from the business world including Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and Mark Zuckerberg.
The sheer number of candidates should make it interesting to structure the early debates.
Politicians
- Joe Biden, former vice president of the United States[1]
- Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City[2][3]
- Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey[1]
- Jerry Brown, governor of California[1]
- Sherrod Brown, U.S. senator from Ohio[1]
- Steve Bullock, governor of Montana[4]
- Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana[5]
- Julián Castro, former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development and mayor of San Antonio[6]
- Lincoln Chafee, former governor of and U.S. senator from Rhode Island[6]
- Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee[7]
- Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina[8]
- Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York[1]
- Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, New York[9]
- John Delaney, U.S. representative from Maryland[4]
- Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, California[1]
- Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. senator from New York[1]
- Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. representative from Hawaii[4]
- Luis Gutierrez, U.S. representative from Illinois[10]
- Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California[1]
- Maggie Hassan, U.S. senator from New Hampshire[3]
- John Hickenlooper, governor of Colorado[10]
- Eric Holder, former attorney general of the United States[10]
- Jay Inslee, governor of Washington[11]
- Tim Kaine, U.S. senator from Virginia and 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee[1]
- Jason Kander, former secretary of state of Missouri[5]
- Joe Kennedy III, U.S. representative from Massachusetts[12]
- John Kerry, former secretary of state of the United States and U.S. senator from Massachusetts[13]
- Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota[4]
- Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana[4]
- Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia[4]
- Jeff Merkley, U.S. senator from Oregon[6]
- Seth Moulton, U.S. representative from Massachusetts[4]
- Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland[4]
- Beto O'Rourke, U.S. representative from Texas[14]
- Chris Murphy, U.S. senator from Connecticut[1]
- Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts[1]
- Gina Raimondo, governor of Rhode Island[15]
- Tim Ryan, U.S. representative from Ohio[6]
- Brian Schatz, U.S. Senator from Hawaii[3]
- Bernie Sanders (I), U.S. senator from Vermont[1]
- Adam Schiff, U.S. representative from California[4]
- Eric Swalwell, U.S. representative from California[10]
- Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts[1]
- Sally Yates, former acting attorney general[15]
Business executives and public figures
- Michael Avenatti, attorney for adult film actress Stormy Daniels[16]
- Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase[17][18]
- Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[19]
- Bob Iger, CEO of Disney[1]
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, actor and professional wrestler[6]
- Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States[20]
- Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks[1]
- Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital Management[21]
- Oprah Winfrey, mass media owner and philanthropist[1][22]
- Andrew Yang, Venture for America founder[23]
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder[1]
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 The Washington Post, "The top 15 possible 2020 Democratic nominees, ranked," September 18, 2017
- ↑ New York Times, "After Hints of a Presidential Run, Bloomberg Switches to Democrat," October 10, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 FiveThirtyEight, "Who’s Behaving Like A 2020 Presidential Candidate," October 11, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 National Review, "The coming swarm of presidential candidates," August 2, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CNN, "#2020Vision: Kander and Buttigieg make moves; Holder takes on a more public role," June 23, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 NBC News, "Everyone's running for president in 2020," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Hillary Will Run Again," November 11, 2018
- ↑ News & Observer, "Roy Cooper for president?" March 29, 2018
- ↑ The New York Times, "Democrats in New York can already hear Iowa's siren song," December 18, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 CNN, "#2020Vision: Surveying the 30-plus candidate 2020 field; a Sanders reunion in Michigan; Steyer to announce his plans," January 5, 2018
- ↑ Politico Magazine, "Which 2020 Democrat won 2017," January 1, 2018
- ↑ Heavy, "Joe Kennedy 2020: Is he running for president in the next election?" January 30, 2018
- ↑ The Hill, "John Kerry considering presidential run in 2020: report," January 24, 2018
- ↑ The Washington Post, "The top 15 Democratic presidential candidates for 2020, ranked," November 9, 2018
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Hill, "36 people who could challenge Trump in 2020," February 13, 2018
- ↑ Politico, "Avenatti in Iowa, 'exploring' a White House run," August 10, 2018
- ↑ Vanity Fair, "'If Trump can win, anyone can': Why the Jamie Dimon 2020 madness isn't so crazy," January 18, 2018
- ↑ On January 29, 2018, Dimon announced his intention to remain in his role at JPMorgan Chase for about five years, through approximately 2023.
- ↑ Inc. "Mark my words: Bill Gates is running for president," February 19, 2018
- ↑ Haaretz, "Michelle Obama for president in 2020," January 16, 2018
- ↑ The Mercury News, "Tom Steyer teases 'major announcement' about his political future next week," January 4, 2018
- ↑ Winfrey ruled out a 2020 presidential bid in an interview with InStyle Magazine that was released in January 2018.
- ↑ The New York Times, "His 2020 campaign message: The robots are coming," February 10, 2018
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