2024: Time For A List - Updated

Is it too early for a list of possible Republican candidates for president in 2024? Apparently not:

Interesting the degree to which contenders for the GOP 2024 field are already edging toward the starting line before the bloated orange corpse has been dragged off the field: Pompeo, Cotton, Liz Cheney, Nikki Haley & Romney all seem to be chomping at the bit.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) July 18, 2020

I'm intrigued by the fact that Rothkopf doesn't include the current Vice President. Too damaged by his slobbering, ass-kissing sycophancy towards Donald? Too afraid Donald will boot him off the ticket this year if he appears to be looking ahead? Probably to both, but I'm putting him on my list anyway.

2024 Potential Republican Candidates

1. Liz Cheney (Representative from Wyoming, daughter of former VP Dick Cheney)
2. Tom Cotton (Senator from Arkansas)
3. Nikki Haley (former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and former Governor of South Carolina)
4. Larry Hogan (Governor of Maryland)
5. Mike Pence (Current VP, former Governor of Indiana)
6. Mike Pompeo (Current Sec. of State, former representative from Kansas and former director of the CIA)
7. Mitt Romney (Senator from Utah, former governor of Massachusetts, 2012 Republican nominee for president)

And for a fun blast from the past, can you name all 17 Republicans who were declared candidates in 2016? No? Here's that list:

Declared 2016 GOP Candidates, in order of their official announcement (in 2015):

1. Ted Cruz (March 23)
2. Rand Paul (April 7)
3. Marco Rubio (April 14)
4. Dr. Ben Carson (May 3)
5. Carly Fiorina (May 4)
6. Mike Huckabee (May 5)
7. Rick Santorum (May 27)
8. George Pataki (May 28)
9. Lindsey Graham (June 1)
10. Rick Perry (June 4)
11. Jeb Bush (June 15)
12. Donald Trump (June 16)
13. Bobby Jindal (June 24)
14. Chris Christie (June 30)
15. Scott Walker (July 13)
16. John Kasich (July 21)
17. Jim Gilmore (July 30)

Four of these distinguished statesmen are still in the Senate (Cruz, Paul, Rubio and Graham,) two are cabinet secretaries, current (Carson) and former (Perry,) and the rest are out of government. Except for Donald, of course, but hopefully his destiny changes in 108 days. Of the "also rans," my guess is that Cruz and Rubio are pondering another run.

Update: Maryland governor Larry Hogan is another name I'm seeing mentioned as a possible 2024 candidate. I've added him to the list above.

And one more thing. Two of the 2016 candidates, Carly Fiorina and John Kasich, have announced that they support and will vote for Joe Biden.

Days until the election (from Monday 7/20) 106