Jeff Merkley Won't Run For President - Updated

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley has said he will not run for president in 2020, choosing instead to run for a third term in the Senate. I'm moving him to the I'm Not Running list. You can read more here.

Note: I recently split the Potential list into two sections, those who are still doing some of the things potential candidates do, and those whose names were mentioned as potential candidates at some point, but aren't doing anything that looks like running. 

Potential Democratic Candidates, in alphabetical order:

1. Michael Bennet (Colorado Senator) added 2/10/19
2. Joe Biden (Former VP)
3. Sherrod Brown (Ohio senator)
4. Steve Bullock (Governor of Montana)
5. Bill de Blasio (Mayor of New York City)
6. Terry McAuliffe (Former governor of Virginia)
7. Seth Moulton (Congressman from Massachusetts) 
8. Chris Murphy (Connecticut senator)
9. Beto O'Rourke (Former Texas Congressman, ran a close race for a U.S. senate seat from Texas) added Sept. 13
10. Eric Swalwell (Congressman from California) added Nov. 8

I'm Probably Not Running: Long-shot candidates who don't appear to be doing any of the things an actual candidate must do: 

1. Stacey Abrams (2018 candidate for Georgia governor) added 1/3/19
2. Jerry Brown (former Governor of California)
3. Mark Cuban (Businessman, owner of the Dallas Mavericks)
4. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Actor) added Nov. 10
5. Tim Kaine (Virginia senator, 2016 VP nominee)
6. Joe Kennedy (Congressman from Massachusetts) added Nov. 10
7. John Kerry (former Secretary of State, 2004 Democratic nominee) added Nov. 10 
8. Tim Ryan (Congressman from Ohio) added Sept. 8
9. Mark Warner (Virginia senator) added Nov. 10
10. Mark Zuckerberg (Businessman, founder of Facebook)

I'm Running: Declared Democratic Candidates, in order of their announcement

1. John Delaney (7/28/17) 
2. Andrew Yang (11/6/17) 
3. Elizabeth Warren (12/31/18)
4. Tulsi Gabbard (1/11/19)
5. Julián Castro (1/12/19)
6. Kirsten Gillibrand (1/16/19)  
7. Kamala Harris (1/21/19)
8. Pete Buttigieg (1/23/19)
9. Howard Schultz (1/29/19) * Running as an Independent 
10. Marianne Williamson (1/30/19)
11. Cory Booker (2/1/19)
12. Amy Klobuchar (2/10/19)
13. Bernie Sanders (2/19/19)
14. Jay Inslee  (3/1/19)
15. John Hickenlooper (3/4/19)

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
Martin O'Malley, January 3, 2019
Luis Gutierrez, added January 7, 2019
Tom Steyer, January 9, 2019
Bob Casey, January 19, 2019
Eric Garcetti, January 29, 2019
Andrew Gillum, January 29, 2019
Mitch Landrieu, added February 11, 2019
Eric Holder, 3/4/19
Jeff Merkley, 3/5/19
Michael Bloomberg, 3/6/19 

I'm Not Running Anymore: Declared candidates who have dropped out

Richard Ojeda (1/25/19)

Days until Election Day: 608

Wednesday morning update. Michael Bloomberg isn't running either:

While there would be no higher honor than serving as president, my highest obligation as a citizen is to help the country the best way I can, right now. That's what I'll do, including the launch of a new effort called Beyond Carbon. My full statement: https://t.co/b3cQUF1PhU

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) March 5, 2019

I've moved him to the I'm Not Running list above.