United States presidential election, 2008

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Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Democratic candidates: 1.2 Republican candidates: 1.3 Potential Third Party and Independent Candidates 2 See also

Candidates

Democratic candidates:

Running for President:

• Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. (campaign site)

Mentioned as a possibility:

• Former Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee. (Draft Gore) (AlGore.org)
• Al Sharpton of New York.
• Retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas.

Dropped out:

• Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. (campaign site)
• Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, now the Deomcratic Vice Presidential candidate. (campaign site)
• Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. (campaign site)
• Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. (campaign site)
• Former Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska. (campaign site)
• Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. (campaign site)
• Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico. (campaign site)
• Former Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa.

Republican candidates:

Running for President:

• Senator John McCain of Arizona. (campaign site)

Formed an exploratory committee:

• Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia.

Mentioned as a possibility:

• Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia
• Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
• Former Governor George Pataki of New York

Dropped out:

• Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. (campaign site)
• Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. (campaign site)
• Representative Duncan Hunter of California. (campaign site)
• Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. (campaign site)
• Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado. (campaign site)
• Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee. (exploratory committee)
• Former Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin. (campaign site) - withdrew after the Iowa Republican straw poll.

Potential Third Party and Independent Candidates

• Libertarian Michael Badnarik
• Green Party Candidate David Cobb
• Lyndon LaRouche
• Ralph Nader
• Governor George Pataki of New York
• Independent Cassandra Hefton

See also

• U.S. elections
• Election of 2006
• How To Run For Office
• U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2008
• U.S. Senate election, 2008
• U.S. House election, 2008