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Contenders Seeking the 2020 Democratic Party Nomination
- Former Vice President Joe Biden (Delaware)
- US Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
Convention Delegate Count as of mid-March 2020 (1,991/3,979 needed for nomination):
- Joe Biden > 1,201 Delegates
- Bernie Sanders > 896 Delegates
Elizabeth Warren > 83 DelegatesMichael Bloomberg > 58 Delegates > Endorsed BidenPete Buttigieg > 26 Delegates > Endorsed BidenAmy Klobuchar > 7 Delegates > Endorsed BidenTulsi Gabbard > 2 Delegates > Endorsed Biden
Democratic Party Presidential Contenders Who Have Dropped Out:
US Senator Michael Bennet (Colorado)Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (New York)US Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey)Governor Steve Bullock (Montana)South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (Indiana)Former US Housing Secretary Julian Castro (Texas)New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (New York)Former Congressman John Delaney (Maryland)Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii)US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)US Senator Kamala Harris (California)Former Governor John Hickenlooper (Colorado)Governor Jay Inslee (Washington)US Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam (Florida)Congressman Seth Moulton (Massachusetts)Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke (Texas)Former Governor Deval Patrick (Massachusetts)Congressman Tim Ryan (Ohio)Former Congressman and Admiral Joe Sestak (Pennsylvania)Hedge Fund Manager Tom Steyer (California)Congressman Eric Swalwell (California)US Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts)Author Marianne Williamson (California)Entrepreneur Andrew Yang (New York)
Michael Bennet
Michael Bloomberg
Cory Booker
Steve Bullock
Pete Buttigieg
Julian Castro
Bill De Blasio
John Delaney
Tulsi Gabbard
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kamala Harris
John Hickenlooper
Jay Inslee
Amy Klobuchar
Wayne Messam
Seth Moulton
Beto O’Rourke
Deval Patrick
Tim Ryan
Joe Sestak
Tom Steyer
Eric Swalwell
Elizabeth Warren
Marianne Williamson
Andrew Yang
Gabbard out
Warren out
Bloomberg latest exit
It’s a massacre > Booker, Castro, Williamson out
Bullock, Harris and Sestak out
And image gallery of also-rans now up
Deval Patrick in
Beto out
And then there were 18 (Tim Ryan drops out)