Who’s Running for President in 2020?
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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Trump in the 2020 race.
The field of Democratic presidential candidates was historically large, but all others have dropped out. Mr. Trump had also picked up a few Republican challengers, but they have also ended their campaigns.
Running
Has run for president twice before.
Is known for his down-to-earth personality and his ability to connect with working-class voters.
His eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president are a major selling point for many Democrats.
Signature issues: Restoring America’s standing on the global stage; adding a public option to the Affordable Care Act; strengthening economic protections for low-income workers in industries like manufacturing and fast food.
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Main legislative accomplishment as president: a sweeping tax cut that chiefly benefited corporations and wealthy investors.
Has focused on undoing the policies of the Obama administration, including on health care, environmental regulation and immigration.
Was impeached by the House of Representatives for seeking to pressure Ukraine to smear his political rivals, but was acquitted by the Senate.
Signature issues: Restricting immigration and building a wall at the Mexican border; renegotiating or canceling international deals on trade, arms control and climate change; withdrawing American troops from overseas.
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Dropped Out
Ended his second bid for the Democratic nomination in April 2020, after a series of losses to Mr. Biden.
Ended her campaign in March 2020 and said she would back Mr. Biden.
Dropped out of the race following a steady decline in support and a poor showing on Super Tuesday.
Dropped out of the race on the day after Super Tuesday and endorsed Mr. Biden. He spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his own fortune on a campaign that lasted just over three months.
Decided to quit the race a day before Super Tuesday and endorse a rival, Mr. Biden.
Decided to quit the race after a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary. The first openly gay major presidential candidate, he rose to the primary's top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters.
Exited the race after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, a state where he had spent considerable resources and pinned the hopes of his campaign.
Dropped out the day after receiving less than 1 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary. He entered a crowded field late in the game and failed to catch on.
Ended his presidential bid at a primary-night party in New Hampshire after a yearslong campaign that endured even as those of members of Congress and governors fell away. He had failed to win any pledged delegates in Iowa.
Announced in February 2020 that he was ending his bid for the Democratic nomination after a dismal showing in the New Hampshire primary.
Dropped out of the race just three days before the Iowa caucuses, ending a two-and-a-half-year presidential campaign, one of the longest in American history.
Dropped out of the race in January 2020 just weeks before the Iowa caucuses after failing to qualify for the debate stage twice in a row. He ended a nearly yearlong quest built around a message of peace and unity that failed to resonate with voters.
Announced in January 2020 that she would end her long-shot presidential campaign. She had been averaging less than 1 percent in polls and had not qualified for a debate since July 2019.
Ended his bid for the presidency in January 2020, after failing to break into the upper tier of a crowded primary field. He quickly endorsed Senator Elizabeth Warren for president.
Dropped out of the race in December 2019 after months of slumping poll numbers. She began in the top tier of candidates, but her campaign unraveled in the second half of 2019 and she said she no longer had the money needed to compete.
Dropped out in December 2019, saying that he wouldn’t “be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates.”
Ended his campaign in December 2019, after averaging zero percent in the polls.
Dropped out of the race in November 2019 after failing to qualify for any of the Democratic debates.
Ended his campaign in November 2019 after struggling for months to recapture the energy of his 2018 Senate candidacy on national stage. He is not expected to run for any other office in 2020.
Ended his campaign in October 2019 and said he would run for re-election to his House seat.
Announced he was ending his presidential campaign in September 2019 after it became clear that he was unlikely to qualify for the October debate.
Withdrew from the presidential race in August 2019, saying that failing to qualify for the September debate was fatal to her candidacy. She said she would continue to champion issues of women’s equality and support women running for Congress.
Withdrew from the presidential race in August 2019 and said he would run for re-election to the House. He also said he would relaunch his political action committee, Serve America, to promote issues related to veterans and the military.
Dropped out of the 2020 race in August 2019, after struggling to earn a place in the September debates. He plans to run for a third term for governor and wants to advise the Democratic field on climate policy.
Announced in August 2019 that he was ending his presidential campaign after months of failing to gain significant traction. He will instead run for the Republican-held Senate seat in Colorado that is up for election in 2020.
Announced in July 2019 that he was ending his campaign and would seek a fifth term in the House, where he represents Northern California’s East Bay.
Suspended his short-lived campaign in late January 2019, acknowledging that he did “not have the ability to compete.” At that time, only a handful of candidates had officially entered the race.
Ended his campaign in March 2020, a day after Mr. Trump officially racked up enough delegates to become the presumptive 2020 Republican nominee for president.
Ended his campaign for the Republican nomination in February 2020.
Ended his long-shot primary challenge to President Trump in November 2019, saying that the impeachment inquiry had made it impossible for his message of fiscal conservatism to break through.