Adding A Name

I've added another name to my master list of potential Democratic candidates. Michael Avenatti has become famous for representing Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who had an affair with Donald Trump. I don't see him as a potential president, but he's making noise about running so he's on the list, which now numbers 37.

Potential Democratic Candidates:

1. Michael Avenatti (Lawyer, represents Stormy Daniels and others) added Oct. 1
2. Joe Biden (Former VP)
3. Michael Bloomberg (Former mayor of New York City)
4. Peter Buttigieg (Mayor of South Bend, Indiana) added Sept. 8
5. Cory Booker (New Jersey senator)
6. Sherrod Brown (Ohio senator)
7. Jerry Brown (Governor of California)
8. Steve Bullock (Governor of Montana)
9. Julian Castro (Former secretary of Housing and Urban Development) 
10. Mark Cuban (Businessman, owner of the Dallas Mavericks)
11. Bill de Blasio (Mayor of New York City)
12. Tulsi Gabbard (Congresswoman from Hawaii) added Sept. 8
13. Eric Garcetti (Mayor of Los Angeles) 
14. Kirsten Gillibrand (New York senator)
15. Luis Gutierrez (Congressman from Illinois)
16. Kamala Harris (California senator)
17. John Hickenlooper (Governor of Colorado) 
18. Eric Holder (Former Attorney General)
19. Robert Iger (Businessman, Chairman/CEO of Disney)
20. Jay Inslee (Governor of Washington)
21. Tim Kaine (Virginia senator, 2016 VP nominee)
22. Jason Kander (Former Secretary of State of Missouri)
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. Deval Patrick (Former governor of Massachusetts)
32. Tim Ryan (Congressman from Ohio) added Sept. 8
33. Bernie Sanders (Vermont senator, registered Independent, ran in 2016 primaries)
34. Howard Schultz (Businessman, former CEO of Starbucks)
35. Tom Steyer (Businessman) added Sept. 8
36. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts senator)
37. Mark Zuckerberg (Businessman, founder of Facebook)

Days until the mid-term election: 36 
Days until the presidential election: 764

Update from 2026: For a brief moment in time, attorney Michael Avenatti was considered by someone, somewhere, to be a possible candidate for president. I guess in a country that elected Donald Trump twice, that's not so farfetched, but for Mr. Avenatti, it was downhill from there. The first line of his Wikipedia profile says he's "an American former attorney currently incarcerated for felony fraud and extortion," but that's actually a little out of date. In April, 2026. he was transferred from federal prison to a community-monitored halfway house near Hollywood, California, managed by the Bureau of Prisons.