Presidential Election 2016: Lets Get Ready To Rumble!!

The following candidates are running for the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian or Green Party presidential nomination. They have been recognized by their party by (1) receiving an invitation to participate in a primary debate, (2) being included in national polls, or (3) making their party's primary ballot in at least 75 percent of states that have held their filing deadlines. There are 3 Democrats and 5 Republicans still in the presidential race.

Democrats

Hillary Clinton

Roque De La Fuente

Bernie Sanders

Republicans

Ben Carson
Ted Cruz
John Kasich

Marco Rubio

Donald Trump

Third party candidates

Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)

Potential: Michael Bloomberg (I)Potential: Jesse Ventura (I)

As of March 1, 2016, a total of 1,591 candidates had filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission.[1] A full list of these candidates and their parties and filing dates can be found here.

The following candidates and politicians have either suspended their presidential campaign or declined to run.

Dropped out:

Lincoln Chafee (D)

Lawrence Lessig (D)

Martin O'Malley (D)

Jim Webb (D)

Jeb Bush (R)

Chris Christie (R)

Carly Fiorina (R)

Jim Gilmore (R)

Lindsey Graham (R)

Mike Huckabee (R)

Bobby Jindal (R)

George Pataki (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Rick Perry (R)

Rick Santorum (R)

Scott Walker (R)

Declined to run

Joe Biden (D)

Andrew Cuomo (D)

Al Gore (D)

Dennis Kucinich (D)

Brian Schweitzer (D)

Elizabeth Warren (D)

Kelly Ayotte (R)

Nikki Haley (R)

Peter King (R)

Susana Martinez (R)

Mike Pence (R)

Mitt Romney (R)

Paul Ryan (R)

Brian Sandoval (R)

Democratic nomination

Republican nomination