Trying to figure out who is running for President in 2020? President Donald Trump is running for re-election in 2020 and there are many Democratic candidates lining up to challenge him for the Presidency. Here are the top major candidates from each party who have officially launched campaigns, exploratory committees, or are said to be considering launching a campaign.
This list is in alphabetical order and will be updated as candidates advance their way through the process to launch fully declared campaigns.
2020 Republican Candidates
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
 | Donald Trump (Incumbent) President of the United States of America since 2017 Announced: January 20, 2017 Home State: New York | Website Campaign Store: Trump 2020 Gear Latest Book: Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again |
2020 Democratic Candidates
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
 | Joe Biden Former U.S. Senator and Former Vice President of the United States Announced: April 25, 2019 Home State: Delaware | Website Campaign Store: Biden 2020 Gear Latest Book: Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose |
Dropped Out
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
 | Michael Bennet U.S. Senator from Colorado since 2009 Announced: May 2, 2019 Dropped: February 11, 2020 Home State: Colorado | Website Campaign Store: Bennet 2020 Gear Latest Book: The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics |
 | Michael Bloomberg Former New York Mayor from 2002-2013 Dropped: March 4, 2020 Announced: November 25, 2019 Home State: New York | Website |
 | Cory Booker U.S. Senator from New Jersey since 2013 Announced: February 1, 2019 Dropped: January 13, 2020 Home State: New Jersey | Website Campaign Store: Booker 2020 Gear Latest Book: United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good |
 | Steve Bullock Governor of Montana since 2013 Announced: May 14, 2019 Dropped: December 2, 2019 Home State: Montana | Website Campaign Store: Bullock 2020 Gear |
 | Pete Buttigieg Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, since 2012 Dropped: March 1, 2020 Announced: April 14, 2019 Home State: Indiana | Website Campaign Store: Buttigieg 2020 Gear  Latest Book: Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future  |
 | Julian Castro Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from Texas Announced: January 12, 2019 Dropped: January 2, 2020 Home State: Texas | Website Campaign Store: Castro 2020 Gear Latest Book: An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream  |
 | Bill de Blasio Mayor of New York City since 2013 Announced: May 16, 2019 Dropped: September 20, 2019 Home State: New York | Website Campaign Store: De Blasio 2020 Gear |
 | John Delaney U.S. Representative from Maryland since 2013 Announced: August 10, 2017 Dropped: January 31, 2020 Home State: Maryland | Website Campaign Store: Delaney 2020 Gear Latest Book: The Right Answer: How We Can Unify Our Divided Nation  |
 | Tulsi Gabbard U.S. Representative for the 2nd district of Hawaii since 2013 Dropped: March 19, 2020 Announced: January 11, 2019 Home State: Hawaii | Website Campaign Store: Gabbard 2020 Gear Latest Book: Tulsi Gabbard: Why I Fight: A Soldier in Politics  |
 | Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Senator from New York since January 2009 Announced: March 17, 2019 Dropped: August 28, 2019 Home State: New York | Website Campaign Store: Gillibrand 2020 Gear Latest Book: Off the Sidelines: Speak Up, Be Fearless, and Change Your World  |
 | Mike Gravel U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 Announced: April 8, 2019 Dropped: August 6, 2019 Home State: Alaska | Website |
 | Kamala Harris U.S. Senator from California since 2017 Announced: January 21, 2019 Dropped: December 3, 2019 Home State: California | Website Campaign Store: Harris 2020 Gear Latest Book: The Truths We Hold: An American Journey  |
 | John Hickenlooper Governor of Colorado since 2011 Announced: March 4, 2019 Dropped: August 15, 2019 Home State: Colorado | Website |
 | Jay Inslee Governor of Washington since 2013 Announced: March 1, 2019 Dropped: August 21, 2019 Home State: Washington | Website Campaign Store: Inslee 2020 Gear Latest Book: Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy  |
 | Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2007 Dropped: March 2, 2020 Announced: February 10, 2019 Home State: Minnesota | Website Campaign Store: Klobuchar 2020 Gear Latest Book: The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland  |
 | Wayne Messam Mayor of Miramar, Florida, since 2015 Announced: March 28, 2019 Dropped: November 20, 2019 Home State: Florida | Website Campaign Store: Messam 2020 Gear |
 | Seth Moulton U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 6th district since 2015 Announced: April 22, 2019 Dropped: August 23, 2019 Home State: Massachusetts | Website Campaign Store: Moulton 2020 Gear Latest Book: Called to Serve: Learning to Lead in War and Peace  |
 | Richard Ojeda West Virginia State Senator since 2016 Announced: November 11, 2018 Dropped: January 25, 2019 Home State: West Virginia |
 | Beto O'Rourke Former U.S. Representative for the 16th district of Texas Announced: March 14, 2019 Dropped: November 1, 2019 Home State: Texas | Website Campaign Store: O'Rourke 2020 Gear |
 | Deval Patrick Governor of Massachusetts from 2005 to 2015 Announced: November 14, 2019 Dropped: February 13, 2020 Home State: Massachusetts | Website |
 | Tim Ryan U.S. Representative for the 13th district of Ohio since 2003 Announced: April 4, 2019 Dropped: October 24, 2019 Home State: Ohio | Website Campaign Store: Ryan 2020 Gear Latest Book: Healing America: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Recapture the American Spirit  |
 | Bernie Sanders U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007 Dropped: April 8, 2020 Announced: February 19, 2019 Home State: Vermont | Website Campaign Store: Sanders 2020 Gear Latest Book: Where We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance  |
 | Mark Sanford Former Governor of South Carolina and former U.S. Represenative Announced: September 9, 2019 Dropped: November 12, 2019 Home State: South Carolina | Website |
 | Joe Sestak U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 7th district since 2007 Announced: June 22, 2019 Dropped: December 2, 2019 Home State: Pennsylvania | Website Campaign Store: Sestak 2020 Gear Latest Book: Walking in Your Shoes to Restore the American Dream  |
 | Tom Steyer Hedge fund manager and philanthropist Dropped: February 29, 2020 Announced: July 9, 2019 Home State: California | Website Campaign Store: Steyer 2020 Gear Latest Book: Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming  |
 | Eric Swalwell U.S. Representative from California's 15th district since 2013 Announced: April 8, 2019 Dropped: July 9, 2019 Home State: California | Website |
 | Joe Walsh Talk radio host and former Illinois Congressman Announced: August 25, 2019 Dropped: February 7, 2020 Home State: Illinois | Website Campaign Store: Walsh 2020 Gear |
 | Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2013 Dropped: March 5, 2020 Announced: February 9, 2019 Home State: Massachusetts | Website Campaign Store: Warren 2020 Gear Latest Book: This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class  |
 | Bill Weld Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997 Dropped: March 18, 2020 Announced: April 15, 2019 Home State: Massachusetts | Website Campaign Store: Weld 2020 Gear |
 | Marianne Williamson Spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and activist Announced: January 28, 2019 Dropped: January 10, 2020 Home State: California | Website Campaign Store: Williamson 2020 Gear Latest Book: A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution  |
 | Andrew Yang American entrepreneur and founder of Venture for America (VFA) Announced: November 6, 2017 Dropped: February 11, 2020 Home State: New York | Website Campaign Store: Yang 2020 Gear Latest Book: The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future  |
This list is updated regularly. See a name not listed that you think is running? Get in touch.
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