Long list of potential 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates
1 min readDec 15, 2016
2016 did not turn out as lots of folks, myself included, thought it would. So as a fun exercise I thought I would try to put together a comprehensive list of potential Democratic candidates. I specifically did not put Sec Clinton or Senator Sanders on this list but I am open to be persuaded to add them. I have no knowledge of any of these folks interest. It’s just a fun game. So let me know what you think. Who did I miss? Who should I take off?
Senators
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Tim Kaine (VA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)
- Kamala Harris (CA)
- Maggie Hassan (NH)
- Mark Warner (VA)
Governors
- Jerry Brown (CA)
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Andrew Cuomo (NY)
- Terry McAuliffe (VA)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Roy Cooper (NC)
- Jay Inslee (WA)
- Tom Wolff (PA)
- Jay Nixon (MO)
- John Carney (DE)
- Steve Bullock (MT)
- Martin O’Malley (Former –MD)
Mayors/ LGs / AGs/ Cabinet
- Joe Biden (VP)
- Rahm Emanuel (Chicago)
- Eric Garcetti (LA)
- Michael Hancock (Denver)
- Buddy Dyer (Orlando)
- Xavier Bacerra (CA- AG)
- Gavin Newsom (CA — LG)
- Julian Castro (HUD)
- Tom Vilsack (Sec of Ag)
House Members
- Joaquin Castro (TX)
- Tulsi Gabbard (HI)
- Joe Kennedy (MA)
Outsiders
- Mark Cuban
- Tom Steyer
- Oprah Winfrey
- Michelle Obama
- Michael Bloomberg
- Jeff Bezos
- Mark Zuckerburg
- Sheryl Sandberg