Sunday, March 1, 2020

After South Carolina - Updated

After disappointing finishes in yesterday's South Carolina primary, Tom Steyer and Pete Buttigieg have ended their campaigns. Keep an eye on Buttigieg, in particular, because I'm certain we'll be hearing from him again. (Pete could wait and run for president in 2056 and he'd still be younger than Bernie Sanders is right now.) Tulsi Gabbard hasn't formally dropped out, as far as I know, but she doesn't appear to be really in, either, leaving Warren, Klobuchar, Sanders, Biden and Bloomberg still active in the race. Here in Illinois we don't vote until March 17; early voting has started, which I usually do, but I'm waiting to vote until I know for sure who's still in the race after Super Tuesday. 

I've updated the lists below.

I'm Running Declared Democratic candidates, in order of their announcement:
  1. Elizabeth Warren (12/31/18)
  2. Tulsi Gabbard (1/11/19)
  3. Bernie Sanders (2/19/19)
  4. Joe Biden (4/25/19)
  5. Michael Bloomberg (11/24/19)

I'm Not Running Anymore Declared candidates who have dropped out:
  1. Richard Ojeda (1/25/19)
  2. Eric Swalwell (7/8/19)
  3. John Hickenlooper (8/15/19)
  4. Jay Inslee  (8/21/19)
  5. Seth Moulton (8/23/19)
  6. Kirsten Gillibrand (8/28/19)
  7. Howard Schultz (9/6/19) * Ran as an Independent   
  8. Bill de Blasio (9/20/19)
  9. Tim Ryan (10/24/19)
  10. Beto O'Rourke (11/1/19)
  11. Wayne Messam (11/20/19)
  12. Joe Sestak (12/1/19)
  13. Steve Bullock (12/2/19)
  14. Kamala Harris (12/3/19)
  15. Julián Castro (1/2/20)
  16. Marianne Williamson (1/10/20)
  17. Cory Booker (1/13/20)
  18. John Delaney (1/31/20) 
  19. Andrew Yang (2/11/20) 
  20. Michael Bennet (2/11/20)
  21. Deval Patrick (2/12/20)
  22. Tom Steyer (3/1/20)
  23. Pete Buttigieg (3/1/20)
  24. Amy Klobuchar (3/2/20)

Days until the election: 246

Update on Monday afternoon: Senator Amy Klobuchar has also dropped out and has endorsed Joe Biden. Pete Buttigieg is expected to do the same this evening. I've updated the lists above. 

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