Winnowing

Monday morning update: #7, Jim Gilmore is out, leaving the two outliers (Cruz and Trump,) the three "establishment lane" candidates (Bush, Kasich and Rubio) and the one who will really never be president (Dr. Ben Carson.)

I've updated the list below.

Original Post:
Two more Republicans have abandoned their bids to become President, Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie. I've updated my list:

Declared (and still in the race) GOP Candidates

1. Ted Cruz (March 23) 
2. Marco Rubio (April 14)
3. Dr. Ben Carson (May 3) 
4. Jeb Bush (June 15)
5. Donald Trump (June 16) 
6. John Kasich (July 21)

Officially Not Running
Rob Portman (Dec 2, 2014)
Paul Ryan (Jan 12, 2015)
Mitt Romney (Jan 30, 2015)
Rick Snyder (May 7, 2015)
John Bolton (May 14, 2015) 

Mike Pence (May 20, 2015) 

Bob Ehrlich (August 4, 2015)

You're Fired!: Candidates Who Have Dropped Out
Rick Perry (June 4 - Sept. 11)
Scott Walker (July 13 - Sept. 21)
Bobby Jindal (June 24 - November 17)
Lindsey Graham (June 1 - December 21)
George Pataki (May 28 - December 29)
Mike Huckabee (May 5 - Feb 2)
Rand Paul (April 17 - Feb 3)
Rick Santorum (May 27 - Feb 3)
Carly Fiorina (May 4 - Feb 10)
Chris Christie (June 20 - Feb 10)
Jim Gilmore (July 30 - Feb 14) 

Days until Election Day: 266