Merkley and Bloomberg out

Some serious winnowing today. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg both announced they will not run for President. Bloomberg is the biggest drop-out so far, ranking a high as 9 in some pundit polls. We still have 13 announced candidates, but now only 10 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
  9. Sen. Cory Booker
  10. Sen. Any Klobuchar
  11. Andrew Yang
  12. Sen. Bernie Sanders
  13. Gov. John Hickenlooper

Potential candidates who have shown some interest:

  1. Sen. Michael Bennet
  2. VP Joe Biden
  3. Sen. Sherrod Brown
  4. Gov. Steve Bullock
  5. Mayor Bill De Blasio
  6. Gov. Terry McAuliffe
  7. Rep. Seth Moulton
  8. Rep. Beto O’Rourke
  9. Rep. Tim Ryan
  10. Rep. Eric Swalwell

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
  • Howard Schultz
  • Mayor Mitch Landrieu
  • Rep. Joe Kennedy
  • Sen. Mark Warner
  • Attny Gen Eric Holder
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg
  • Sen. Jeff Merkley



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