Avenatti Won't Run - Updated

Please see my statement below regarding 2020. pic.twitter.com/ztCfZUY6hA

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) December 4, 2018

I'm moving Avenatti to the "I'm not running" list. 

Potential Democratic Candidates, in alphabetical order:

1. Joe Biden (Former VP)
2. Michael Bloomberg (Former mayor of New York City)
3. Peter Buttigieg (Mayor of South Bend, Indiana) added Sept. 8
4. Cory Booker (New Jersey senator)
5. Sherrod Brown (Ohio senator)
6. Jerry Brown (Governor of California)
7. Steve Bullock (Governor of Montana)
8. Julian Castro (Former secretary of Housing and Urban Development) 
9. Mark Cuban (Businessman, owner of the Dallas Mavericks)
10. Bill de Blasio (Mayor of New York City)
11. Tulsi Gabbard (Congresswoman from Hawaii) added Sept. 8
12. Eric Garcetti (Mayor of Los Angeles) 
13. Kirsten Gillibrand (New York senator)
14. Luis Gutierrez (Congressman from Illinois)
15. Kamala Harris (California senator)
16. John Hickenlooper (Governor of Colorado) 
17. Eric Holder (Former Attorney General)
18. Jay Inslee (Governor of Washington)
19. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Actor) added Nov. 10
20. Tim Kaine (Virginia senator, 2016 VP nominee)
21. Joe Kennedy (Congressman from Massachusetts) added Nov. 10
22. John Kerry (former Secretary of State, 2004 Democratic nominee) added Nov. 10 
23. Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota senator)
24. Mitch Landrieu (Mayor of New Orleans)
25. Terry McAuliffe (Former governor of Virginia)
26. Jeff Merkley (Oregon senator)
27. Seth Moulton (Congressman from Massachusetts) 
28. Chris Murphy (Connecticut senator)
29. Martin O'Malley (Former governor of Maryland, ran in 2016 primaries)
30. Beto O'Rourke (Texas Congressman, running for the U.S. Senate) added Sept. 13
31. Tim Ryan (Congressman from Ohio) added Sept. 8
32. Bernie Sanders (Vermont senator, registered Independent, ran in 2016 primaries)
33. Howard Schultz (Businessman, former CEO of Starbucks)
34. Tom Steyer (Businessman) added Sept. 8
35. Eric Swalwell (Congressman from California) added Nov. 8
36. Mark Warner (Virginia senator) added Nov. 10
37. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts senator)
38. Mark Zuckerberg (Businessman, founder of Facebook)

Reminder: Not every name on this list is "viable" as a future nominee or president, or even seriously interested in running, necessarily. It's just a list of every name I've ever seen mentioned, anywhere, as someone who might run in 2020.   

Declared Democratic Candidates, in order of their announcement

1. John Delaney (7/28/17) 
2. Andrew Yang (11/6/17) 
3. Richard Ojeda (11/11/18)

I'm Not Running

Oprah Winfrey
Andrew Cuomo
Sheryl Sandberg, added Sept. 8
Jason Kander, added Oct. 17
Robert Iger, added Oct. 22
Michael Avenatti, December 4, 2018
Deval Patrick, December 5, 2018

Days until the presidential election: 699

Update on Wednesday afternoon. Deval Patrick is going to announce that he's not running for president in 2020. I've moved him to the "I'm not running" list above. 

Days until the presidential election: 698