Ojeda out

Ojeda’s the first candidate who was actually in, to drop:

Former West Virginia State Sen. Richard Ojeda ended his long-shot presidential bid on Friday. A leader of the state’s teachers strikes last year, Ojeda concluded that the campaign ultimately wasn’t winnable and told his supporters that he could no longer ask people to contribute money to a cause he thought was lost.

Ojeda would have been an interesting test case for the debate cutoff, but no longer. We now have 8 candidates, with 21 still to hear from.

Definitely running:

  1. Rep. John Delaney
  2. Sec. Julian Castro
  3. Gov. Jay Inslee
  4. Sen. Elizabeth Warren
  5. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
  6. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
  7. Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  8. 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
  • State Sen. Richard Ojeda
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One thought on “Ojeda out

  1. tmess2

    Not completely shocked that Ojeda is out. A lot of similar candidates with more national qualifications.

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