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The following is a list of candidates associated with the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2024 United States presidential election. As of March 2024, more than 190 candidates have filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for the Democratic nomination in 2024.[1] In previous cycles, the majority of these candidates did not appear on any ballots, raise money, or otherwise attempt to formally run a campaign.[1][2]

Major candidates

Presumptive nominee

Declared major candidates for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Name Born Experience Home state Campaign
Announcement date 		Contests won Delegates won Total popular vote Running mate Ref

Joe Biden 		November 20, 1942
(age 81)
Scranton, Pennsylvania 		President of the United States
(2021–present)
Vice President of the United States
(2009–2017)
U.S. Senator from Delaware
(1973–2009) 		Delaware
Campaign

April 25, 2023
FEC filing[3]
Website
Secured nomination:
March 12, 2024

38
(AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DA, DE[a], FL[a], GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MP, NV, NH[b], NC, ND, OH[c], NY, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI) 		3,044
(99.1%) 		11,297,703
(86.7%) 		Kamala Harris[4] [5]


Other declared candidates

The following candidates have received substantial major media coverage; are or have been elected to major public office such as president, vice president, governor, U.S. senator or U.S. representative; have been included in at least five national polls; or have won at least one race.

Other declared major candidates for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Name Born Experience Home state Campaign
Announcement date 		Contests won Delegates won Total popular vote Ref

Jason Palmer 		December 1, 1971
(age 52)
Aberdeen, Maryland 		Venture capitalist Maryland
Campaign
October 22, 2023
FEC filing[6]
Website 		1
(AS) 		3
(0.1%) 		10,042 (0.1%) [7]

Marianne Williamson 		July 8, 1952
(age 71)
Houston, Texas 		Author
Founder of Project Angel Food
Candidate for president in 2020 		California
Campaign
March 4, 2023[d]
FEC filing[8]
Website 		None 0
(0.0%) 		407,228 (3.1%) [9]
[10]
[11]

Alternate ballot options

See also: Israel-Hamas war protest vote movements § Uncommitted movements
Alternate ballot options
Name Bound
delegates 		Popular
vote
Uncommitted 26 (0.8%) 530,502 (4.1%)


Withdrew during the primaries

The candidate in this section have suspended their campaigns, or have otherwise ceased campaigning and ended their bids for the nomination during the primary season.

Withdrawn major candidates for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Name Born Experience Home state Campaign
announced 		Campaign
suspended 		Campaign Bound
delegates 		Contests
won 		Popular
vote 		Ref.

Dean Phillips 		January 20, 1969
(age 55)
Saint Paul, Minnesota 		U.S. Representative from MN-03
(2019–present)
CEO of Phillips Distilling Company
(2000–2012) 		Minnesota October 26, 2023 March 6, 2024
(endorsed Biden)
Campaign
FEC filing[12]
Website 		3 (0.1%) None 446,225 (3.4%) [13]
[14]
[15]


Withdrew before the primaries

The candidates in this section have suspended their campaigns, or have otherwise ceased campaigning and ended their bids for the nomination before any primary contests were held.

Major candidates who withdrew before the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Name Born Experience Home state Campaign
announced 		Campaign
suspended 		Campaign Total popular vote Ref.

Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. 		January 17, 1954
(age 69)
Washington, D.C. 		Environmental lawyer
Founder of Children's Health Defense
Founder of Waterkeeper Alliance 		California April 19, 2023 October 9, 2023
(running as an independent)
Campaign
FEC filing[16][17]
Website 		439 (nil%) [18][19]


Other candidates

See also: 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries § Ballot access

With over a thousand people registering with the Federal Election Commission every cycle, a very few actually make the effort to get on the ballot anywhere. The following have done so. In the past, several such efforts have qualified for delegates and two (Keith Judd and John Wolfe Jr.) received over 40% of the vote in the 2012 Democratic West Virginia and the 2012 Democratic Arkansas primaries, respectively.

On the ballot in ten or more states

On the ballot in one or more states

Withdrawn

Withdrew before the primaries

On the ballot in one or more states, withdrew during the primaries

On the ballot in 10 or more states, withdrew during the primaries

Declined to be candidates

The following notable individuals have been the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but have publicly denied interest in running.

Timeline

See also: Timeline of the 2024 United States presidential election
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaignDean Phillips 2024 presidential campaignJason Palmer 2024 presidential campaignMarianne Williamson 2024 presidential campaignJoe Biden 2024 presidential campaign
Active campaign Exploratory committee Democratic National Convention
Withdrawn candidate Primaries

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The primary was cancelled, and Biden was awarded all pledged delegates. However, they have not been officially bound yet.
  2. ^ Primary not sanctioned by the DNC.
  3. ^ Some delegates remain unallocated
  4. ^ Campaign suspended February 7, 2024; Campaign unsuspended February 28, 2024.
  5. ^ Uygur is not eligible to serve as president as he is not a natural-born citizen, but he claims he can run for the office.[33]

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