Beto-mania has arrived:
Beto O’Rourke, the 46-year-old former Texas congressman whose near-miss Senate run last year propelled him to Democratic stardom, announced on Thursday that he was running for president, betting that a broad message of national unity and generational change will lift him above a slate of committed progressives offering big-ticket policy ideas.
We now have 14 announced candidates, and only 8 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
- Sen. Cory Booker
- Sen. Any Klobuchar
- Andrew Yang
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
- Gov. John Hickenlooper
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke
Potential candidates who have shown some interest:
- Sen. Michael Bennet
- VP Joe Biden
- Gov. Steve Bullock
- Mayor Bill De Blasio
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe
- Rep. Seth Moulton
- Rep. Tim Ryan
- 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
- Sen. Sherrod Brown
