In what would be the largest every crowd running for president, there are potentially 55 prominent Democrats eyeing the 2020 primary — plus 402 other Democrats who have already filed to run.
BallotPedia, the encyclopedia of American politics, has just compiled the latest list of major politicians, business executives, climate change advocates, and entertainers who have expressed interest in running.
The newest entry is Texan Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who lost his bid to unseat to Sen. Ted Cruz. However, a recent poll shows that he would be a presidential front-runner if stars like Oprah Winfrey and former first lady Michelle Obama decide against jumping in.
BallotPedia suggested that the Democratic army of candidates is “perhaps inspired by Donald Trump’s outsider campaign.”
The BallotPedia List:
Politicians
Joe Biden, former vice president of the United States
Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City
Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey
Jerry Brown, governor of California
Sherrod Brown, U.S. senator from Ohio
Steve Bullock, governor of Montana
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind.
Julian Castro, former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development and mayor of San Antonio
Lincoln Chafee, former governor of and U.S. senator from Rhode Island
Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee
Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina
Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York
Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, New York
John Delaney, U.S. representative from Maryland
Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, California
Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. senator from New York
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. representative from Hawaii[4]
Luis Gutierrez, U.S. representative from Illinois
Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California
Maggie Hassan, U.S. senator from New Hampshire
John Hickenlooper, governor of Colorado
Eric Holder, former attorney general of the United States
Jay Inslee, governor of Washington
Tim Kaine, U.S. senator from Virginia and 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee
Jason Kander, former secretary of state of Missouri
Joe Kennedy III, U.S. representative from Massachusetts
John Kerry, former secretary of state of the United States and U.S. senator from Massachusetts
Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota
Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana
Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia
Jeff Merkley, U.S. senator from Oregon
Seth Moulton, U.S. representative from Massachusetts
Martin O’Malley, former governor of Maryland
Beto O’Rourke, U.S. representative from Texas
Chris Murphy, U.S. senator from Connecticut
Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts
Gina Raimondo, governor of Rhode Island
Tim Ryan, U.S. representative from Ohio
Brian Schatz, U.S. senator from Hawaii
Bernie Sanders (I), U.S. senator from Vermont
Adam Schiff, U.S. representative from California
Eric Swalwell, U.S. representative from California
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts
Sally Yates, former acting attorney general
Business executives and public figures
Michael Avenatti, attorney for adult film actress Stormy Daniels
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, actor and professional wrestler
Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States
Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks
Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital Management
Oprah Winfrey, mass media owner and philanthropist
Andrew Yang, Venture for America founder
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder
