United States Democratic presidential candidates, 2008

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This article contains lists of current and former candidates associated with the 2008 Democratic Party Primaries for the 2008 United States Presidential Election.

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[edit] Delegate race count

Main article: Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
2008 Democratic presidential primaries delegate count
As of June 10, 2008
Candidate Actual
pledged delegates1
(3,253 of 3,409 total)		 Predicted
pledged delegates2
(3,409 of 3,409 total)		 Estimated
superdelegates2
(694 of 825 total)		 Estimated total delegates2
(4,103 of 4,234 total;
2,118 needed to win)
Barack Obama 1,661 1,763 438 2,201
Hillary Rodham Clinton 1,592 1,640 256 1,896
John Edwards - 6 - 6
Color key: 1st place Candidate has suspended/
withdrawn his/her campaign
Sources:
1 "Primary Season Election Results", The New York Times, (regularly updated). 
2 "Election Center 2008 Primaries and Caucuses: Results: Democratic Scorecard", CNN, (regularly updated). 
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Delegate statistics:

  • Total number of delegates: 4050 (797 unpledged superdelegates and 3,253 pledged elected delegates)
  • Delegates required for nomination: 2118

[edit] Presumptive nominee

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 These have filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), and are conducting multi-state campaigns.

Senator Barack Obama
Presumptive nominee
(Website)
Main article: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Barack Obama

Barack Obama, born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Senator from Illinois. A "draft Obama" movement began with his well-received 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address. Obama was the featured speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, a political event favored by presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa caucus. He was endorsed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey in 2006.[1] If elected, he would become the first African-American President of the United States. Obama announced his candidacy on February 10, 2007. On June 3, 2008, he clinched the Democratic nomination by acquiring the 2,118 delegates required to win the Democratic nomination, according to multiple news sources.[2] On 4 June 2008 Hillary Clinton announced she would support Obama amidst rumour of her withdrawal.[3]

As of June 3, 2008 he is the Democratic presumptive nominee.[2]



[edit] Other candidates

The following people have filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC):

  • Willie Carter[4]
  • Randy Crow[5]
  • Phil Epstein[6]
  • Michael Forrester[7]
  • Henry Hewes[8]
  • D.R. Hunter[9]
  • Karl Krueger[10]
  • Frank Lynch[11]
  • Lee L. Mercer Jr.[12]
  • Grover Cleveland Mullins[13]
  • Larry Reed[14]

[edit] Withdrawn from seeking nomination

Candidates who have withdrawn from seeking the nomination.

Senator Joseph Biden

(Campaign site)
Main article: Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Joe Biden

Joe Biden, born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. Senator from Delaware and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, although he ceased active campaigning in 1987, before the first primaries. Biden first hinted that he might run in 2008 in a December 8, 2004, radio interview with host Don Imus, saying: "I'm going to proceed as if I'm going to run." Biden had repeatedly stated his intention to run, and did so as early as March 21, 2006. Biden's Federal Leadership PAC is "Unite Our States", which tracks Biden's public appearances and policy positions. On January 7, 2007, when asked by Tim Russert on Meet the Press, "Are you running for President?" he responded, "I am running for President." He also said he planned to create an exploratory committee by the end of the month.[15][16][17] On January 31, 2007, he officially signed the papers with the FEC to run for president. He dropped out of the race on January 3, 2008 after a poor performance in the [[Iowa caucus. On May 23, Biden for the first time Acknowledged on NBC's the Today show, that he supports Barack Obama.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
(Website)
Main article: Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Clinton, born October 26, 1947, in Illinois, U.S. Senator from New York and former First Lady of the United States. Clinton announced the formation of her exploratory committee on January 20, 2007, with a post on her website.[18] She has delivered several speeches intended to reach out to moderates, according to analysts. She has also been holding fundraising meetings, including meeting with women from Massachusetts, a key constituency of potential rival and 2004 nominee John Kerry; however, these activities are consistent with the lead up to a campaign for re-election to her Senate seat in 2006. If elected, Clinton would be the first female president. Clinton announced on January 20, 2007, that she would run in 2008 (the same day she announced the formation of an exploratory committee). As of June 3, 2008, she currently had 1,923 delegates, 231 behind Barack Obama and 195 short of the 2,118 required to win the Democratic nomination.[2] On 4 June 2008 campaign officials announced she would support Obama amidst rumors of her withdrawal. She withdrew from the race and endorsed Barack Obama the presumptive nominee on June 7.[19] [20]

Senator Christopher Dodd

(Campaign site)
Main article: Chris Dodd presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Chris Dodd

Christopher Dodd, was born May 27, 1944, in Willimantic, Connecticut and is a five-term U.S. Senator from that state. Dodd was reported to be a likely contender for the Democratic Vice President slot on John Kerry's ticket in 2004. In May 2006, Dodd said he has "decided to do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008", including hiring staff, raising money and traveling around the country in the next few months to enlist support.[21] On Jan. 11, 2007, Dodd announced his Presidential candidacy on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show with Don Imus.[22] As a result of unpromising results in the Iowa Caucus on January 3, 2008, Dodd dropped out of the race for the presidency, and has since then endorsed Barack Obama.

Former Senator John Edwards
(Campaign site)
Main article: John Edwards presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of John Edwards

John Edwards, born June 10, 1953 in South Carolina, is a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina. As a 2004 presidential candidate, Edwards was famed for his populist message in his "Two Americas" speech and also for his optimistic, positive attitude. This was evidenced by his refusal to attack his opponents. In the primaries, Sen. Edwards had strong come-from-behind showings in the crucial states of Iowa, Oklahoma, Virginia, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Georgia. On February 5, 2005, Edwards spoke at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's fundraising dinner. On August 18, 2005, Edwards traveled to Waterloo, Iowa, to deliver an address to the Iowa AFL-CIO, a potential key supporter in the Iowa caucuses. On December 26, 2006, Edwards formally announced his candidacy.[23] On January 30, 2008, Edwards withdrew from the race. He has since then endorsed Barack Obama.[24]

Former Senator Mike Gravel
(Campaign site)
Main article: Mike Gravel presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Mike Gravel

Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel (born May 13, 1930) is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from 1969 to 1981, and is a candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination in the 2008 presidential Election.[25] Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts to French-Canadian immigrant parents, Gravel served in the United States Army in West Germany and graduated from Columbia University. He moved to Alaska in the late 1950s, becoming a real estate developer and entering politics. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1963 to 1966 and became its Speaker of the House. Gravel was elected to the United States Senate in 1968. He declared his candidacy for the presidency in a speech to the National Press Club on April 17, 2006. On March 26, 2008, Gravel withdrew from the race, and switched his party affiliation to the Libertarian Party. He has refused to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton for president, but has endorsed Green Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Gravel was running for the Libertarian party nomination for president, but lost the nomination to former Republican Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia.

Representative Dennis Kucinich

(Campaign site)
Main article: Dennis Kucinich presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Dennis Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich, born October 8, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Congressman, former Mayor of Cleveland, and 2004 Democratic primary candidate. Dennis Kucinich is known by many as "The Peace Candidate", having received the 2003 Gandhi Peace Award. Kucinich opposed the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act. Under Kucinich's plan, United Nations peace-keepers would go to Iraq if the Iraqi citizens desire their presence. The Congressman re-introduced legislation to create a United States Department of Peace via HR 808 on February 5, 2007. He is currently campaigning to end the war in Iraq by cutting off funding, if such measures are necessary. He is in support of peaceful diplomatic relations with Iran, and all nations. Kucinich has received many awards praising his courage and work for peace.[26] On December 12, 2006, Kucinich announced his candidacy at an event at Cleveland's City Hall.[27] He withdrew from the race on January 25. [28]

Governor Bill Richardson

(Campaign site)
Main article: Bill Richardson presidential campaign, 2008
See also: Political positions of Bill Richardson

Bill Richardson, born November 15, 1947, in Pasadena, California, Governor of New Mexico, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Secretary of Energy and U.S. Representative. After reportedly informing party leaders in February 2005 of his intention to run for president, on December 7, 2006, Richardson said "I am running" during his response to a prospective question about the 2008 presidential Election by Fox News, however he later retracted the decision and said he would make an official decision by January. On May 21, 2007, he officially declared his candidacy. On January 9, 2008 he withdrew from the race and has since then endorsed Barack Obama.

Former Governor Tom Vilsack		 Tom Vilsack, born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, former Governor of Iowa, Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. Many suspected Vilsack was high on the list of potential running mates for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election. In 2005, Vilsack established Heartland PAC,[29] a political action committee aimed at electing Democratic Governors and other statewide candidates. Unlike the PACs of potential candidates, Heartland PAC is not a federal PAC and can not contribute to federal candidates. He filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to run for President on November 9, 2006.[30] He dropped out of the race on February 23, 2007 citing fundraising woes. He has since endorsed Hillary Clinton.[31][32]

[edit] Declined to seek nomination

Potential candidates who decided against running

Senator Evan Bayh		 Evan Bayh, born December 26, 1955, Indiana, former two-term Governor and currently a second-term U.S. Senator from that state. In February 2005, Bayh renamed his Federal Leadership PAC the All America PAC and hired a new veteran staff with experience on the 2004 campaigns of John Kerry and Wesley Clark for President and Tom Daschle for senate. Although the "Friends of Evan Bayh" draft committee filed papers with the FEC to form a presidential exploratory committee on December 5, 2006, he announced on December 16, 2006 that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for President, and since then has endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton.[33]

General Wesley Clark (Ret.)		 Wesley Clark, born December 23, 1944, in Illinois, from Arkansas, a Vietnam war veteran, a retired United States Army four-star general and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. He graduated first in his class from West Point. Clark is traveling widely through his Federal Leadership PAC WesPAC,[34] and is a commentator on MSNBC, while grassroots campaigns for Clark have become active on the internet.[35] Clark was a 2004 Presidential candidate as well, narrowly winning the Oklahoma primary. During a January 17, 2007, speech given to a local UAW group in Alabama and posted on YouTube, Clark stated "when I run, I'll be the national security candidate."[36] He endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton on September 15, 2007.

Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader		 Tom Daschle, born December 9, 1947, in South Dakota, former U.S. Senator from that state. He set up a new political action committee and planned a Jefferson-Jackson Day speech in the politically pivotal state of Iowa. Daschle has transferred $500,000 into the new Federal Leadership PAC, New Leadership for America.[37] In July 2005, Daschle said he was not planning a rematch against his successor John Thune in 2010, and he told the Sioux Falls Argus Leader newspaper that he was seriously considering a run and would not "rule out the possibility of an official announcement in the near future." However, on December 2, 2006, Daschle announced he would not run for President in 2008, and has since thrown his support behind Barack Obama.[38]

Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont		 Howard Dean, born November 17, 1947, in New York, former Governor of Vermont. Howard Dean is the current DNC Chairman, and was a candidate for the nomination in 2004. Dean said if he won the DNC Chairmanship he would not run for president and, since he won, has often repeated this.[39]

Senator Russ Feingold		 Russ Feingold, born March 2, 1953, in Wisconsin, U.S. Senator from that state. Announced to a meeting of the Tiger Bay Club of Volusia County, Florida, in January 2005 that he was considering a run for the nomination, and would decide after "going around the country" to campaign for fellow Democrats running for other offices.[40] His Federal Leadership PAC is the Progressive Patriots Fund,[41] which financed his travels around the country.[42] In early March 2005, his Senate campaign registered the domain name for the website www.russfeingold08.com as well as the .org and .net versions.[43] Later that month, he took a listening trip to Alabama.[44] In early April 2005, Feingold announced that he would be divorcing his second wife, a move which some analysts believe could diminish his chances of winning the presidential nomination. On August 17, 2005, Feingold became the first U.S. Senator to publicly support a firm date for withdrawal from the Iraq War,[45] suggesting December 31, 2006, as a reasonable date. Although Feingold's stance was generally criticized by other Democratic senators, including Biden and Clinton, his support in nonscientific internet polls of party activists jumped. In December 2005, when he led the Senate campaign against the renewal of the Patriot Act his support among party activists further intensified. Following the overwhelming resonance for his anti-war and bi-partisan rule of law positions in the 2006 Congressional Elections, Feingold commented that the legislative victory "pushes me in both directions," and "he could make a decision on a presidential run before the end of the year".[46] However, on November 12, 2006, Feingold ruled out a 2008 presidential candidacy,[42] but has stated he is willing to consider an offer from the eventual nominee for the vice presidency.[47] He stated on February 22 that he voted for Barack Obama.[48]

Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States		 Al Gore, born in Washington, D.C., is the former U.S. Vice President, and was the 2000 Democratic nominee, winning the popular vote. Gore is not a declared candidate in the 2008 presidential Election. However, he has not rejected the possibility of future involvement in politics.[49] The prospect of a Gore candidacy was thus a topic of public discussion and speculation.[50] There were also grassroots draft campaigns. A grassroots group in New Hampshire considered a write-in campaign for the New Hampshire primary on 8 January 2008.[51] The campaign was halted, however.[52] Previous grassroot groups in California[53] and New York[54] attempted to convince him to run. There were also draft campaigns via websites.[55]

The release of An Inconvenient Truth in 2006 increased Gore's popularity among progressives.[56] After it was nominated for an Academy Award, Donna Brazile, Gore's campaign chairwoman from the 2000 campaign stated during a speech on January 31, 2007, at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that, "Wait till Oscar night, I tell people: 'I'm dating. I haven't fallen in love yet. On Oscar night, if Al Gore has slimmed down 25 or 30 pounds, Lord knows.'"[57] The meaning of these remarks became clearer when on award night, while in attendance and acting as a presenter for an award, Gore began a speech that seemed to be leading up to an announcement that he would run for president. However, background music drowned him out and he was escorted offstage, implying it was a rehearsed gag.[58]

A nationwide Gallup poll of 485 Democrats and Democratic leaners in mid-November 2007 showed Gore receiving 17% of the votes in a hypothetical Democratic primary, second to Hillary Clinton, tied with Barack Obama, and ahead of John Edwards. A previous 29 June 2007 article in the The Guardian cited a poll conducted "in New Hampshire by 7News and Suffolk University" that found that if Gore "were to seek the Democratic nomination, 29% of Mrs. Clinton's backers would switch their support to him ... when defections from other candidates are factored in, the man who controversially lost to Mr. Bush in the 2000 Election takes command of the field, with 32% support."[59]An even earlier April 2007 Quinnipiac University poll of 504 registered Democrats in New Jersey showed Gore receiving 12% of the votes in a hypothetical Democratic primary, in third place behind Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.[60] However, all of the polls which indicated that Al Gore would not be the leading Democratic candidate were all conducted before his Nobel Prize. The US has never had a presidential candidate who has already won a Nobel Prize.

Senator John Kerry		 John Kerry, born December 11, 1943, in Denver, Colorado, is the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee. On March 1, 2005, Kerry created a new Federal Leadership PAC named Keeping America's Promise.[61] Dan Payne, a Democratic strategist, told the Washington Post that "This is the kind of thing he has to do" in order to run for president again in 2008.[62] Through Keeping America's Promise, Kerry boasts to have raised or given away over $14 million to nearly 300 progressive candidates, committees or causes. Kerry told CNN, with respect to a run in 2008, "it's crazy to be thinking about it now" but went on to say that "I'll make my judgment when the time comes and I don't care what history says."[63] However, there was a controversy on October 30, 2006, over a speech made by Kerry at Pasadena City College. Future implications of his comments are still unclear, however Kerry himself claimed the incident will have little bearing on 2008 and that he will make a decision in early 2007.[64] On January 24, 2007, Kerry announced that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008.[65] Kerry and his JohnKerry.com e-mail list was also a supporter of Al Gore's recent house parties across the United States to spread information about global warming. In a letter e-mailed from JohnKerry.com, Kerry stated: "When strong leaders like Al Gore step forward to educate and organize people around vitally important issues, they deserve our full support."[66] Since then, he has endorsed Senator Barack Obama.
  • U.S. Senator from Massachusetts: 1985-Present
  • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: 1983-1985

Al Sharpton		 Al Sharpton, of New York, Pentecostal minister, civil rights activist, former candidate for mayor of New York and for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from New York, and candidate for the 2004 nomination. When asked about 2008, he replied, "Don't get Hillary mad at me."[67] He was one of the first candidates to enter the 2004 race, but thus far he has said nothing more about 2008. His 2004 campaign was not a great success. He never got more than 10% of the vote in any state, although he did get 20% in the District of Columbia.[68] There are still unresolved campaign-finance issues left over from that campaign. In January 2007, when asked if he was considering running in 2008, Sharpton said "I don't hear any reason not to," adding, "we'll see over the next couple of months."[69]

On April 2, 2007, Sharpton announced that he wouldn't get into the 2008 presidential race. [1]

Mark Warner, former Governor of Virginia		 Mark Warner, born December 15, 1954, former Governor of Virginia. As a successful Governor from a "red state" (barred from serving consecutive terms by state law) and popular within the party, it was highly anticipated that Warner would mount a Presidential bid. In October, though Governor Warner stated that he would not seek the presidency.[70][71]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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