OK, we’re actually starting to see some real winnowing. Garcetti was a Tier 3 candidate, ranked somewhere like 12-18th on various lists. It’s drops like this that will be the difference between 14 and 24 candidates for the first debate. We still have 8 announced candidates, with 20 still to hear from.
Definitely running:
- Rep. John Delaney
- Sec. Julian Castro
- Gov. Jay Inslee
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg
- Sen. Kamala Harris
Potential candidates who have shown some interest:
- Sen. Michael Bennet
- VP Joe Biden
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg
- Sen. Cory Booker
- Sen. Sherrod Brown
- Gov. Steve Bullock
- Gov. John Hickenlooper
- Attn Gen Eric Holder
- Rep. Joe Kennedy
- Sen. Any Klobuchar
- Mayor Mitch Landrieu
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe
- Sen. Jeff Merkley
- Rep. Seth Moulton
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke
- Rep. Tim Ryan
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
- Howard Schultz
- Rep. Eric Swalwell
- 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
- Mayor Eric Garcetti
