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This article contains lists of candidates associated with the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

Major candidates

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Individuals included in this section had taken one or more of the following actions: formally announced their candidacy, or filed as a candidate with Federal Election Commission (FEC) (for other than exploratory purposes), and were included in at least five independent national polls.

Five of the major candidates were invited to participate in at least one Democratic Party-sanctioned debate: Lincoln Chafee, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, Bernie Sanders, and Jim Webb.

Nominee

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Candidate Most recent position State Announced Candidacy Estimated delegate votes Contests won[a]

Hillary Rodham Clinton 		67th U.S. Secretary of State
(2009–13) 		 New York April 12, 2015
(Campaign • Positions)
FEC Filing 		Pledged delegates[1]
2205 / 4051 (54%)





34
AL, AR, AS, AZ,
CA, CT, DE, DC, FL,
GA, GU, IA, IL, KY,
LA, MA, MD, MO,
MP, MS, NC, NJ,
NM, NV, NY, OH,
PA, PR, SC, SD,[b]
TN, TX, VA, VI
Superdelegate endorsements[c]
570½ / 712 (80%)





Total convention votes
2,842 / 4763 (60%)

Candidates who won one or more contests

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The following candidate won primaries and received delegates in most or all state primaries and caucuses.

Candidate Most recent position State Announced Candidacy Estimated delegate votes Contests won[d]

Bernie Sanders 		U.S. Senator from Vermont
(2007–present) 		 Vermont May 26, 2015
(Campaign • Positions)
FEC Filing 		Pledged delegates[1]
1846 / 4051 (46%)





23
AK, CO, DA, HI,
ID, IN, KS, ME,
MI, MN, MT, NE,[e]
NH, ND, OK, OR,
RI, UT, VT, WA,[f]
WI, WV, WY[b]
Superdelegate endorsements[c]
43½ / 712 (6%)





Total convention votes
1,865 / 4763 (39%)

Major candidates who withdrew during the primaries

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The following individual announced a major candidacy for president but withdrew at some point after the Iowa Caucuses.

Candidate Most recent position State Announced Withdrew Candidacy Popular
vote 		Delegates Ref

Martin O'Malley 		61st
Governor of Maryland
(2007–2015) 		 Maryland May 30, 2015 February 1, 2016
(Campaign • Website Archived January 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine)
FEC Filing 		110,423[2] Pledged delegates[1]
0 / 4051 (0%)





Superdelegate endorsements[c]
1 / 712 (0%)





Total convention votes
0 / 4763 (0%) 		[3][4]

Major candidates who withdrew before the primaries

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The following individuals were recognized by the media as major candidates for president but withdrew from the race after the first debate. Some received write-in votes.[5] They are listed alphabetically.

Candidate Most recent position State Announced Withdrew Candidacy Write-in
votes 		Ref

Lincoln Chafee 		74th
Governor of Rhode Island
(2011–2015) 		 Rhode Island
June 3, 2015
October 23, 2015
(Campaign • Website)
FEC Filing 		0 [6]

Lawrence Lessig 		Professor of Law at
Harvard Law School (2009–present) 		 Massachusetts
September 6, 2015
November 2, 2015
(considered independent run)
(Campaign • Website Archived October 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)
FEC Filing		 3 [7][8]

Jim Webb 		United States Senator from Virginia
(2007–2013) 		 Virginia
July 2, 2015
October 20, 2015
(Campaign • Website)
FEC Filing
Amended FEC Filing (party changed to Independent) 		4 [9]

Other candidates

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On the ballot in multiple states

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The following notable individuals were on the ballot in at least five states.

Candidate Most recent position State Announced Candidacy Ballot status Vote total Ref

Rocky De La Fuente 		Businessman  California
October 1, 2015
 (Campaign • Website)
FEC filing		 AL, AK, AS, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DA, DE, GU, HI, ID, IL, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, TX, UT, VT, WV, WI, WY 67,366 [10][11][12][13][14][2]

Willie Wilson
Businessman
2015 Chicago mayoral candidate 		 Illinois
May 15, 2015
(Website)
FEC Filing 		CA, IL, LA, MO, SC, TX 25,796 [2][15][16][17][18]

Keith Russell Judd 		Candidate  Texas
August 16, 2014[19][5]
 FEC filing CA, LA, MO, NH, OK, TX, WV 20,305 [2][20][15]

Michael Alan Steinberg 		Lawyer
  Florida November 19, 2013 AZ, CA, GA, LA, NH, OK 20,126 [21][2]

John Wolfe Jr. 		Attorney
Democratic Party nominee for U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district, 2002, 2004, 2010 		 Tennessee November 9, 2015 AR, CA, NH, LA, MO 7,352 [2][5][15][22][23]

In addition, the following other candidates were on the ballot in more than one state:

  • Star Locke of Texas, on the ballot in New Hampshire, Texas, and Oklahoma.[24] received a total of 5,201 votes.[2]
  • Steve Burke of New York, on the ballot in New Hampshire and Louisiana,[2][15][25] received 4,892 votes.
  • Henry Hewes of New York, on the ballot in Louisiana,[15] New Hampshire, Arizona, and Missouri,[2][26][27][28] received 3,319 votes.
  • Jon Adams of New York[29] is on the ballot in Missouri and New Hampshire, received 486 votes.[2][30][31]
  • James Valentine of Miami Beach, Florida, on the ballot in both Arkansas[23] and New Hampshire,[5] received 1,710 votes.[2]
  • Mark Stewart Greenstein of Connecticut[32] was on the ballot in New Hampshire and Utah. He received 41 votes.[2][31][33]

On ballot in a single state

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Illinois
  • Lawrence "Larry Joe" Cohen of Illinois[34] (2,407 votes)
  • David Formhals of Illinois (25 votes)
  • Brian James O'Neill of Illinois (2 votes)

Sources: Illinois Democrat and Candidates from The Green Papers

New Hampshire
  • Vermin Supreme of Maryland; performance artist and perennial candidate (265 votes)
  • David John Thistle of New Hampshire (223 votes)
  • Graham Schwass of Massachusetts (142 votes)
  • Lloyd Kelso of North Carolina (46 votes)
  • Eric Elbot of Massachusetts (36 votes)
  • William D. French of Pennsylvania (29 votes)
  • Raymond Michael Moroz of New York (27 votes)
  • Edward T. O’Donnell, Jr. of Pennsylvania (26 votes)
  • Robert Lovitt of Kentucky (21 votes)
  • William H. McGaughey, Jr. of Minnesota (19 votes)
  • Edward Sonnino of New York (17 votes)
  • Sam Sloan of New York; former chess administrator and 2012 Libertarian Party candidate (15 votes)
  • Brock C. Hutton of Maryland (14 votes)
  • Steven Roy Lipscomb of New Mexico (14 votes)
  • Richard Lyons Weil of Colorado (8 votes)

Source: New Hampshire Democrat and Candidates from The Green Papers

Rhode Island
  • Mark Stewart of New Hampshire (236 votes)

Source: Rhode Island Democrat and Candidates from The Green Papers

Texas
  • Calvis L. Hawes of Texas (2,017 votes)

Source: Texas Democrat and Candidates from The Green Papers

West Virginia

Source: West Virginia Democrat and Candidates from The Green Papers

Candidates not on any primary ballot

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Over a thousand people sent the requisite paperwork to the Federal Election Commission declaring themselves candidates for President.

Among them were the following notable people:

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Candidacy Ref

Jeff Boss		 May 20, 1963
New York City, New York		 Perennial candidate
9/11 Truther		  New Jersey
August 18, 2014
 (Website)
FEC Filing		 [36][37][38]

Harry Braun		 November 6, 1948
Compton, California		 Energy consultant
[39][40][41][42]		  Georgia
May 28, 2015
 (Website)
FEC Filing		  
David Mills January 24, 1959 Author  West Virginia
May 7, 2015[43]
 FEC Filing  

Robby Wells		 April 10, 1968
Bartow, Georgia		 Fmr. head football coach,
Savannah State University		  North Carolina
October 7, 2013
(Website)
FEC Filing		 [44][45][46][47][48]

Alternate ballot options

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Several primaries provided ballot options to voters to cast votes for "no preference" and/or "uncommitted". "No preference" received 45,331 votes (0.27% of the popular vote), and 'uncommitted' received 40,548 votes (0.24% of the popular vote), respectively placing them 4th and 5th in the popular vote.[2]

Potential candidates who did not run

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Speculated

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The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in multiple media reports during the 2016 election cycle.

Declined

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Individuals listed in this section were the focus of media speculation as being possible 2016 presidential candidates but publicly, and unequivocally, ruled out a presidential bid in 2016.

See also

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Candidates
Primaries
General election polling
Democratic primary polling
Republican primary polling

Notes

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  1. ^ According to popular vote or pledged delegate count (not counting superdelegates); see below for detail.
  2. ^ a b Pledged delegates split evenly between Sanders and Clinton.
  3. ^ a b c Detailed list of superdelegate endorsements
  4. ^ According to popular vote or pledged delegate count (not counting superdelegates); see below for detail.
  5. ^ Hillary Clinton won the non-binding Nebraska Democratic Primary.
  6. ^ Hillary Clinton won the non-binding Washington Democratic Primary.

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