U.S Presidential Election 2008
Who s Running?
Some notable names in the field of potential presidential candidates.
More on the 2008 Candidates:
Democrats
Officially Announced
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Senator from Delaware
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Senator from New York
Christopher J. Dodd
Senator from Connecticut
John Edwards
Former senator from North Carolina
Mike Gravel
Former senator from Alaska
Dennis J. Kucinich
Representative from Ohio
Barack Obama
Senator from Illinois
Established Exploratory Committee
Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Widely Mentioned
Wesley K. Clark
Retired NATO commander; from Arkansas
Al Gore
Former vice president; from Tennessee
Al Sharpton
Minister and activist; from New York
Officially Not Running
Evan Bayh
Senator from Indiana
Russell D. Feingold
Senator from Wisconsin
John Kerry
Senator from Massachusetts
Tom Vilsack
Former governor of Iowa
Mark R. Warner
Former governor of Virginia
Republicans
Officially Announced
Sam Brownback
Senator from Kansas
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Former mayor of New York City
Duncan Hunter
Representative from California
Ron Paul
Representative from Texas
Mitt Romney
Former governor of Massachusetts
Tom Tancredo
Representative from Colorado
Tommy G. Thompson
Former governor of Wisconsin
Established Exploratory Committees
James S. Gilmore III
Former governor of Virginia
Mike Huckabee
Former governor of Arkansas
John McCain
Senator from Arizona
Widely Mentioned
Newt Gingrich
Former House speaker from Georgia
Chuck Hagel
Senator from Nebraska
George E. Pataki
Governor of New York
Fred Thompson
Actor and former senator from Tennessee
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