Eric Swalwell and John Hickenlooper have departed the race; I've added their names to the "I'm Not Running Anymore" list. Stacey Abrams announced recently that she's not running this time around, so I added her to the "I'm Not Running" list. I also deleted the "Potential Democratic Candidates" and the "I'm Probably Not Running" lists. (You can see the most recent version of those lists in the post linked to above.) When de Blasio entered the race in May I said that it appeared the field was set, but to my surprise, there are now a couple of last-minute entries to the race.
Billionaire Tom Steyer, who said back in January that he wouldn't run, has now changed his mind and declared himself to be a candidate. Why? Apparently he believes that none of the other candidates are taking a strong enough stand against Donald. He joined the race after the first debates, but didn't qualify for the second, which took place in July. Currently he has met the donor threshold, but not the polling threshold, for the third set of debates, which will be in September. (As of right now, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Andrew Yang have qualified for the third debates.)
The other new name is former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak, who joined the race in June and didn't qualify for the July debates. So far he hasn't met either of the qualifications for the September debates. I've added Steyer and Sestak to the ''I'm Running" list.
I'm Running: Declared Democratic Candidates, in order of their announcement
- John Delaney (7/28/17)
- Andrew Yang (11/6/17)
- Elizabeth Warren (12/31/18)
- Tulsi Gabbard (1/11/19)
- Julián Castro (1/12/19)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (1/16/19)
- Kamala Harris (1/21/19)
- Pete Buttigieg (1/23/19)
- Marianne Williamson (1/30/19)
- Cory Booker (2/1/19)
- Amy Klobuchar (2/10/19)
- Bernie Sanders (2/19/19)
- Beto O'Rourke (3/14/19)
- Tim Ryan (4/5/19)
- Joe Biden (4/25/19)
- Michael Bennet (5/2/19)
- Wayne Messam (Declared 3/28, added to this list on 5/2/19)
- Steve Bullock (5/14/19)
- Bill de Blasio (5/16/19)
- Joe Sestak (6/22/19)
- Tom Steyer (7/9/19)
And what about Howard Schultz? He doesn't appear to be doing any of the things candidates normally do but he also hasn't definitively said he's not running anymore. For now I'll leave him on his own little list:
Running as an Independent:
- Howard Schultz (1/29/19)
I'm Not Running: People on this list considered running, or were mentioned somewhere, anywhere, as potentially being interested in running. They got enough attention that they felt the need to formally announce their non-candidacy:
- 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
- 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
- Sherrod Brown, 3/7/10
- Terry McAuliffe, 3/17/19
- Stacey Abrams 8/13/19
I'm Not Running Anymore: Declared candidates who have dropped out:
- Richard Ojeda (1/25/19)
- Eric Swalwell (7/8/19)
- John Hickenlooper (8/15/19)
- Jay Inslee (8/21/19)
- Seth Moulton (8/23/19)
And one more thing: A look back. In July, 2015, former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore declared himself to be a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination. He was the last Republican to declare; do you remember all 17 of the distinguished statesmen (and one woman) who ran to be the 2016 GOP nominee?
Declared GOP Candidates in 2015, and the date they entered the race:
- Ted Cruz (March 23)
- Rand Paul (April 7)
- Marco Rubio (April 14)
- Dr. Ben Carson (May 3)
- Carly Fiorina (May 4)
- Mike Huckabee (May 5)
- Rick Santorum (May 27)
- George Pataki (May 28)
- Lindsey Graham (June 1)
- Rick Perry (June 4)
- Jeb Bush (June 15)
- Donald Trump (June 16)
- Bobby Jindal (June 24)
- Chris Christie (June 30)
- Scott Walker (July 13)
- John Kasich (July 21)
- Jim Gilmore (July 30)
Rick Perry, who's now the Secretary of Energy, was the first to drop out, on September 11, followed 10 days later by Scott Walker. Four of the men on this list are still in the senate (Cruz, Paul, Rubio and Graham;) in addition to Rick Perry, Dr. Ben Carson is also a member of Donald's cabinet.
Update on Thursday morning: Washington State governor Jay Inslee has ended his presidential run; he will now run for reelection as governor. I moved him to the "I'm not running anymore." list.
Parting words from Governor Inslee:
So early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and organize. Together, we will continue the fight to defeat the climate crisis.— Jay Inslee (@JayInslee) August 22, 2019
Days until the election: 438
Update #2 on Friday morning. Rep. Seth Moulton is dropping out of the race, as reported by Talking Points Memo:
In an interview with the New York Times, he said that the race is truly between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and warned that “veering too far left” could cost Democrats the White House.
He cited Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, another moderate who also struggled to make the debate stage, as evidence that the primary was pulling candidates further and further left.
He was also open about his own missteps, as he did not enter the race until late April, just before Biden announced and completely overshadowed the rest of the field.
“Candidly, getting in the race late was a mistake,” Moulton told the Times. “It was a bigger handicap than I expected.”
Moulton declined to make any endorsements, though he spoke highly of Biden. He will run again for his House seat.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee also dropped out of the race this week to run for another gubernatorial term; former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper exited last week and will run for Senate.
I've moved Rep. Moulton to the "I'm not running anymore" list.
Days until the election: 437
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