Harris and Buttigieg join 2020 race

Sen. Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg both announced they were running for the Democratic presidential nomination. That gives us 9 candidates already, with 21 still to hear from.

Buttiegieg will be interesting to watch, to see if makes the debate cutoff. If the bar is set low, there could be 20-25 candidates to fit into the two nights.

Definitely running:

  1. Rep. John Delaney
  2. State Sen. Richard Ojeda
  3. Sec. Julian Castro
  4. Gov. Jay Inslee
  5. Sen. Elizabeth Warren
  6. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
  7. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
  8. Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  9. Sen. Kamala Harris

Potential candidates who have shown some interest:

  1. Sen. Michael Bennet
  2. VP Joe Biden
  3. Mayor Michael Bloomberg
  4. Sen. Cory Booker
  5. Sen. Sherrod Brown
  6. Gov. Steve Bullock
  7. Mayor Eric Garcetti
  8. Gov. John Hickenlooper
  9. Attn Gen Eric Holder
  10. Rep. Joe Kennedy
  11. Sen. Any Klobuchar
  12. Mayor Mitch Landrieu
  13. Gov. Terry McAuliffe
  14. Sen. Jeff Merkley
  15. Rep. Seth Moulton
  16. Rep. Beto O’Rourke
  17. Rep. Tim Ryan
  18. Sen. Bernie Sanders
  19. Howard Schultz
  20. Rep. Eric Swalwell
  21. Sen. Mark Warner

Not running:

  • Andrew Cuomo
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Tim Kaine
  • Michael Avenatti
  • John Kerry
  • Chris Murphy
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Jason Kander
  • Martin O’Malley
  • Tom Steyer
  • Mark Cuban
  • Sen. Bob Casey
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