Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates

Republicans

Jeb Bush

John Ellis Bush (his name “JEB” is actually an acronym) served as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, after narrowly missing winning that job in the Republican revolution election of 1994. He’s the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. Bush is known for his support of various educational reforms, from Common Core standards to charter schools. After his time as governor, he founded the Foundation for Excellence in Education, which is now chaired by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Status: Not yet declared. Bush is “actively exploring” a presidential run through his Right to Rise PAC, which launched in January 2015.

Age on Election Day: 63

Education: University of Texas (Latin American Studies)

Family: Married (Columba), three children (George, Noelle, Jeb)

Birthplace: Midland, Texas

Current Residence: Coral Gables, Fla.

Religion: Roman Catholic (converted from Episcopalian)

Ben Carson

Carson is a retired neurosurgeon who rose to political fame after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2013. Although he has never held elective office, Carson is a published author, serves on the board of multiple corporations, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008 for his work. Carson is an outspoken opponent of Obamacare. He also has a history of controversial comments, including that Obamacare is the “worst thing … since slavery.”

Status: Declared. Carson launched his campaign with a speech in Detroit on May 4.

Age on Election Day: 65

Education: Yale University (Psychology), University of Michigan (M.D.)

Family: Married (Candy), three children (Murray, Benjamin, Rhoeyce)

Birthplace: Detroit, Mich.

Current Residence: West Friendship, Md.

Religion: Seventh-Day Adventist

Chris Christie

Christie has been the governor of New Jersey since 2010. Prior to that, he was the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2001 to 2008. During that time, his office prosecuted several corruption, fraud, and bribery cases against both Republican and Democratic politicians. Christie is well known for having a moderate-to-conservative record in deep-blue New Jersey and vehemently defending that record against hecklers, including teachers union members. He displeased teachers’ unions early in his term when he forced public workers to contribute more to their own benefits, successfully turning public opinion against them.

Status: Not yet declared. Christie does not have an exploratory committee, but he has a PAC called Leadership Matters for America and spoke at two of the most important conservative political events in Iowa: The Iowa Freedom Summit and the Iowa Ag Summit.

Age on Election Day: 54

Education: University of Delaware (Political Science), Seton Hall University (J.D.)

Family: Married (Mary Pat), four children (Andrew, Sarah, Patrick, Bridget)

Birthplace: Newark, N.J.

Current Residence: Mendham, N.J.

Religion: Roman Catholic

Ted Cruz

Cruz became a U.S. senator from Texas since 2013, when a delayed election calendar helped him get his message out and defeat an establishment Republican candidate who outspent him three-to-one. He was a partner at Morgan Lewis law firm, representing corporate clients, and solicitor general for the state of Texas. He has successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court. Cruz was criticized by some and became a hero to others by trying to defund Obamacare during budget negotiations in Fall 2013 that ended in a government shutdown. Cruz was born in Canada, but he was born to an American mother, so he is still eligible for the presidency.

Status: Declared. Cruz formally announced his presidential campaign on March 30 in a speech at Liberty University.

Age on Election Day: 45

Education: Princeton University (Public Policy), Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Family: Married (Heidi), two children (Caroline, Catherine)

Birthplace: Calgary, Canada (Cruz’s mother was born in the United States, so he is still eligible for the presidency)

Current Residence: Houston, Texas

Religion: Southern Baptist

Carly Fiorina

Fiorina was CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005. She will likely be the only female Republican in the race. Fiorina is the chairman of the American Conservative Union Foundation, boosting her credibility with Tea Partiers. She has never held elective office, but she ran for U.S. Senate in California in 2010, eventually losing 52 to 42 percent to the incumbent, Sen. Barbara Boxer. Fiorina’s recent comments criticizing Hillary Clinton have boosted her profile.

Status: Declared. Fiorina announced she was running in an interview with Good Morning America on May 4 and held an online town hall later that day.

Age on Election Day: 62

Education: Stanford University (Medieval History and Philosophy), UCLA Law School (did not finish), University of Maryland (MBA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management (Master of Science)

Family: Married (Frank), two step-children (Lori Ann [deceased], Traci)

Birthplace: Austin, Texas

Current Residence: Mason Neck, Va.

Religion: Christian

Lindsey Graham

Graham has been a U.S. senator from South Carolina since 2003. He has been in some form of elected office since 1993, also serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a firm believer in foreign policy interventionism, but his centrist views on environmental policy are rare in the GOP. He is frequently identified as an ally of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and backed his campaign finance law in 2002.

Status: Not yet declared. Graham officially launched a presidential exploratory committee in January and said he’s 91 percent sure he’ll run.

Age on Election Day: 61

Education: University of South Carolina (Psychology, J.D.)

Family: Unmarried

Birthplace: Central, S.C.

Current Residence: Seneca, S.C.

Religion: Southern Baptist

Mike Huckabee

Huckabee served as the governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. Following his failed campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, he hosted the “Huckabee” show on Fox News. Huckabee is well-known for his conservative positions on social issues and was an ordained Southern Baptist minister prior to becoming Arkansas’ lieutenant governor. He has expressed great displeasure with the direction of many economic conservative policies.

Status: Not yet declared. Huckabee is expected to make a formal announcement on May 5, in his hometown of Hope, Ark.

Age on Election Day: 61

Education: Ouachita Baptist University (Religion), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (did not finish)

Family: Married (Janet), three children (John Mark, David, Sarah)

Birthplace: Hope, Ark.

Current Residence: Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

Religion: Southern Baptist

Bobby Jindal

Jindal has been the governor of Louisiana since 2008. Born to immigrants from India, Jindal is one of the few candidates with a non-white ethnic background. Prior to becoming governor, Jindal served in Congress for three years. Unlike other governors who might run for president, there’s little to wonder about Jindal’s national policy positions. He’s already released national policy plans in education, health care, national defense and energy through America Next, his policy shop.

Status: Not yet declared. Jindal seems set to focus on governing Louisiana for now. He’ll probably wait until after Louisiana’s legislative session is scheduled to end in June to make a campaign announcement, according to a Baton Rouge, La., television station.

Age on Election Day: 45

Education: Brown University (Biology and Public Policy), Oxford University (MLitt.)

Family: Married (Supriya), three children (Selia, Shaan, Slade)

Birthplace: Baton Rouge, La.

Current Residence: Baton Rouge, La.

Religion: Roman Catholic (converted from Hinduism).

John Kasich

Kasich has served as the governor of Ohio since 2011. Kasich had an 18-year stay in Congress until he decided against re-election, instead trying a presidential bid that didn’t last beyond the Iowa Straw Poll. Early in his time as governor, Kasich signed a law strictly limiting collective bargaining rights, but the law was overturned in a referendum. Kasich has been criticized by conservatives for expanding Medicaid in Ohio through Obamacare.

Status: Not yet declared. Kasich launched a national fundraising group, New Day for America, on April 20.

Age on Election Day: 64

Education: Ohio State (Political Science)

Family: Married (Karen), two children (Emma, Reese)

Birthplace: McKees Rocks, Pa.

Current Residence: Westerville, Ohio

Religion: Anglican (converted from Catholicism)

George Pataki

Pataki served three terms as governor of New York, ending in 2006. Since then, Pataki has been an environmental lawyer and run his own business development firm focused on clean energy. He also spent some time helping run Revere America, an anti-Obamacare organization. Pataki’s record as governor of deep-blue New York puts him closer toward the moderate part of the conservative spectrum.

Status: Not yet declared. Pataki is also a question mark for 2016. He’s not listed on many of the early polls, but his Super PAC, “We the People, Not Washington,” opened an office in New Hampshire in April 2015.

Age on Election Day: 71

Education: Yale University (History), Columbia Law School (J.D.)

Family: Married (Libby), four children (Emily, Teddy, Allison, George Owen)

Birthplace: Peekskill, N.Y.

Current Residence: Garrison, N.Y.

Religion: Roman Catholic

Rand Paul

Paul has been a senator from Kentucky since 2011, after Tea Party support helped him upset an establishment party-favorite Republican in the primary. The son of a former presidential candidate, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, Paul already has a solid base of libertarian support. He was heralded by conservatives in 2013 for his 13-hour filibuster of now-CIA Director John Brennan’s nomination, motivated by President Obama’s drone strike policy.

Status: Declared. Paul formally announced his presidential campaign in a speech on April 7 in Louisville, Ky.

Age on Election Day: 53

Education: Baylor University (did not finish), Duke University School of Medicine (M.D.)

Family: Married (Kelley), three children (Robert, Duncan, William)

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Current Residence: Bowling Green, Ky.

Religion: Presbyterian (converted from Episcopalian)

Mike Pence

Pence has been the governor of Indiana since 2013, and earlier served six terms in the U.S. House representing the Muncie area. The recent controversy over Indiana’s religious freedom law might help Pence with social conservatives, but it won’t help with moderates or big donors worried about his chances in the general election. In a campaign, Pence would be criticized by conservatives for expanding Medicaid through Obamacare, but he would claim that Indiana’s expansion was done in a unique way, better than in other states.

Status: Not yet declared. The furor over religious freedom may make Pence less likely to run. He skipped the two big Iowa events, the Ag Summit and Freedom Summit, that many other potential 2016 candidates spoke at.

Age on Election Day: 57

Education: Hanover College (History), Indiana University School of Law (J.D.)

Family: Married (Karen), three children (Michael, Charlotte, Audrey)

Birthplace: Columbus, Ind.

Current Residence: Indianapolis, Ind.

Religion: Evangelical (converted from Catholicism)

Rick Perry

Perry served as the governor of Texas for 14 years until he decided against running for re-election once again. He will have to overcome the ghost of his failed 2012 campaign, in which he shot up to the top of the field before falling even faster. Perry built a strong economic record in Texas and has long been a proponent of giving federal powers back to the states. Perry can claim to be more familiar with immigration than most of the other candidates, having governed a state with more than 1,000 miles of Mexican border.

Status: Not yet declared. Perry has yet to form an exploratory committee, but his super PAC continues to hire advisers.

Age on Election Day: 66

Education: Texas A&M University (Animal Science)

Family: Married (Anita), two children (Griffin, Sydney)

Birthplace: Paint Creek, Texas

Current Residence: Austin, Texas

Religion: Methodist or Evangelical

Marco Rubio

Rubio has been a senator from Florida since 2011, after Tea Party support helped push him past Charlie Crist in a three-way general election. Prior to that, Rubio had a nine-year career in the Florida House of Representatives, two years of which he was speaker of the House. Rubio’s Cuban descent has been a notable influence on his support for conservative immigration reform and on Cuban-American relations, an issue he has criticized Obama heavily on.

Status: Declared. Rubio formally announced his presidential campaign in a speech on April 13 in Miami, Fla.

Age on Election Day: 45

Education: University of Florida (Political Science), University of Miami School of Law (J.D.)

Family: Married (Jeanette), four children (Amanda Loren, Daniella, Anthony, Dominick)

Birthplace: Miami, Fla.

Current Residence: West Miami, Fla.

Religion: Roman Catholic

Rick Santorum

Santorum was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007. He is well-known for his 2012 presidential campaign, when he arguably came second in the GOP primary. Santorum has been the CEO of EchoLight Studios since 2013, a film company that produces Christian films. He is most famous for his very conservative positions on social issues, like a complete ban on abortions with no exceptions.

Status: Not yet declared. Santorum is expected to make a formal announcement by late spring and has formed a “testing the waters” account. He also has a super PAC and his 2012 campaign website still exists.

Age on Election Day: 58

Education: Penn State University (Political Science), University of Pittsburgh (M.B.A.), Dickinson School of Law (J.D.)

Family: Married (Karen), eight children (Elizabeth, Johnny, Daniel, Gabriel [deceased], Sarah, Peter, Patrick, Bella)

Birthplace: Winchester, Va.

Current Residence: Great Falls, Va., or Dallas, Texas

Religion: Roman Catholic

Scott Walker

Walker has been the governor of Wisconsin since 2011. He’s best known for signing Act 10, a law that removed most collective bargaining privileges for public-sector labor unions in 2011. He later signed a right-to-work law for his state in March 2015. Walker beat back a recall election attempt in 2012 and won re-election in 2014, meaning he’s won three statewide elections in a state Obama carried twice. Walker was the executive of Milwaukee County prior to becoming governor.

Status: Not yet declared. Walker has a fundraising group, called Our American Revival, that may transition into a campaign. There is also a SuperPAC set up to help him called Unintimidated PAC.

Age on Election Day: 49

Education: Marquette University (did not finish)

Family: Married (Tonette), two children (Matt, Alex)

Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Current Residence: Maple Bluff, Wis.

Religion: Evangelical Christian

Democrats

Joe Biden

Biden ran for president in 2008, and dropped out after getting only one percent in the Iowa caucuses. Prior to becoming vice president, Biden was a U.S. senator from Delaware for 36 years. He chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for four years and the Senate Judiciary Committee for eight. Biden also ran for president in 1988 but withdrew early on after a plagiarism scandal.

Status: Not yet declared. Upon withdrawing in 2008, Biden said that campaign would be his last run for the White House, but speculation over another run remains. In 2012, Biden got in trouble with Obama’s campaign managers over secret meetings with potential donors for his own 2016 run.

Age on Election Day: 73

Education: University of Delaware (History and Political Science), Syracuse University Law School (J.D.)

Family: Married (Jill), four children (Beau, Robert Hunter, Naomi Christina [deceased], Ashley)

Birthplace: Scranton, Pa.

Current Residence: Washington, D.C.

Religion: Roman Catholic

Lincoln Chafee

Chafee served one-term as an independent governor of Rhode Island, and opted not to seek re-election when his approval rating fell to 33 percent. Chafee, who ultimately switched to the Democratic Party, had served Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate from 1999 to 2007 as a Republican, but he became an independent after he lost re-election. His father, John Chafee, R-R.I., had been a U.S. senator before him.

Status: Not yet declared. Chafee formed an exploratory committee in April.

Age on Election Day: 63

Education: Brown University (Classics), Montana State University (Horseshoeing)

Family: Married (Stephanie), three children (Louisa, Caleb, Thea)

Birthplace: Providence, R.I.

Current Residence: Warwick, R.I.

Religion: Episcopalian

Hillary Clinton

Clinton is the best-known candidate in the race. Voters are familiar with her time as secretary of state, 2008 presidential campaign, time in the U.S. Senate, and her husband is obviously pretty famous too. It remains to be seen how her lesser-known controversies will affect her White House bid. Clinton has been accused recently of corruption for allowing the Clinton Foundation to accept donations from foreign governments and hiding emails from when she was secretary of state.

Status: Declared. Clinton officially launched her campaign on April 12 in a video message.

Age on Election Day: 69

Education: Wellesley College (Political Science), Yale University Law School (J.D.)

Family: Married (Bill), one child (Chelsea)

Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.

Current Residence: Chappaqua, N.Y. or Washington, D.C.

Religion: Methodist

Bill de Blasio

De Blasio has been mayor of New York City since 2014. As mayor of the most-populous city in the country, he can claim to have served more people than most governors can. De Blasio also served on the New York City Council for eight years and as the city’s public advocate for four. He’s known for his far-left positions on inequality, criticizing Obama for not doing more on the issue. De Blasio has called for expanding public pre-K education by raising taxes on the wealthy.

Status: Not yet declared. De Blasio was the campaign manager of Hillary Clinton’s first Senate election, but he declined to endorse her when given the opportunity. He has made visits to Iowa recently and sounds strangely like a candidate.

Age on Election Day: 55

Education: New York University (Metropolitan Studies), Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (Masters of International Affairs)

Family: Married (Chirlane), two children (Chiara, Dante)

Birthplace: New York, N.Y.

Current Residence: New York, N.Y.

Religion: Unaffiliated (converted from Catholicism)

Martin O’Malley

O’Malley was the governor of Maryland for eight years until January 2015. Since then he has visited Iowa and New Hampshire to talk about liberal priorities such as same-sex marriage and the minimum wage, calling for a raise to $15 an hour. He has been an outspoken opponent of pending trade agreements. Prior to being governor, O’Malley was the mayor of Baltimore for seven years. As governor, O’Malley signed over 40 tax hikes into law.

Status: Not yet declared. O’Malley may announce his decision on running by the end of May.

Age on Election Day: 53

Education: Catholic University of America (Political Science), University of Maryland (J.D.)

Family: Married (Katie), four children (Grace, Tara, William, Jack)

Birthplace: Washington, D.C.

Current Residence: Baltimore, Md.

Religion: Roman Catholic

Bernie Sanders

Sanders has been a U.S. senator from Vermont since 2007, prior to which he was in the House of Representatives for 16 years. He’s now the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and chaired the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee for two years. Technically, Sanders is an independent and has described himself as a democratic socialist in the past. If he chooses to run, Sanders will likely be the most liberal candidate in the race, having long-championed liberal causes like single-payer healthcare, expanding Social Security, and opposing free trade.

Status: Declared. Sanders formally announced his campaign in an April 30 speech in front of reporters on Capitol Hill.

Age on Election Day: 75

Education: University of Chicago (Political Science)

Family: Married (Jane), four children (Levi, Heather, Carina, David)

Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Current Residence: Burlington, Vt.

Religion: Judaism

Elizabeth Warren

Warren has been a U.S. senator from Massachusetts since 2012, when she beat incumbent Republican Scott Brown. Prior to joining the Senate, Warren had a role in creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but Obama did not nominate Warren to direct the agency out of fear Republican senators would not confirm her. Warren is known for her progressive views, advocating for strict banking regulation, a minimum wage hike, and other liberal causes. Warren was actually a registered Republican prior to 1997.

Status: Not yet declared. Warren has repeatedly said she won’t run, but the Run Warren Run and Ready for Warren movements remain active. Even if Warren doesn’t run, she’ll likely be active in calling for Clinton and other candidates to adopt more liberal positions.

Age on Election Day: 67

Education: University of Houston (Speech Pathology and Audiology), Rutgers School of Law (J.D.)

Family: Married (Bruce), two children (Amelia, Alex)

Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Okla.

Current Residence: Cambridge, Mass.

Religion: Methodist

Jim Webb

Webb served just one term in the U.S. Senate, deciding against running for re-election in Virginia in 2012. Webb served in the Vietnam War with the Navy and was briefly Reagan’s secretary of the Navy. An outspoken critic of the Iraq War, he has opposed Obama’s policies on the Middle East as well. As a candidate, Webb will be quick to criticize Clinton and Biden (if he runs) on defense policy.

Status: Not yet declared. Webb launched an exploratory committee in November 2014 and has made visits to Iowa and New Hampshire in the past couple of months.

Age on Election Day: 70

Education: United States Naval Academy (completed), Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)

Family: Married (Hong), five children (Amy, Jimmy, Sarah, Julia, Georgia), one stepchild (Emily)

Birthplace: St. Joseph, Mo.

Current Residence: Northern Virginia

Religion: Christian

This article was originally published on April 28 and has been updated.