Potential candidates for 2008
Republicans George Allen, Jr., U.S. Senator, Virginia John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General and former U.S. Senator, Missouri Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator, North Carolina; 2000 nomination candidate Bob Ehrlich, Governor of Maryland Bill Frist, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Tennessee Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator, South Carolina Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senator, Nebraska John McCain, U.S. Senator, Arizona; 2000 nomination candidate Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado Rick Perry, Governor of Texas George Pataki, Governor of New York Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State Dan Quayle, former Vice President; 2000 nomination candidate Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor Tom Ridge, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Pennsylvania Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts Gordon Smith, U.S. Senator, Oregon Tommy Thompson, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Governor of Wisconsin
Democrats Evan Bayh, U.S. Senator and former Governor, Indiana Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illinois Bill Bradley, former U.S. Senator, New Jersey; 2000 nomination candidate Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator, New York Wesley Clark, retired Army General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander; 2004 nomination candidate Jon Corzine, U.S. Senator, New Jersey Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago Tom Daschle, U.S. Senate Minority Leader, South Dakota Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont; 2004 nomination candidate Presidential nomination Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois John Edwards, 2004 Vice Presidential nominee, and outgoing U.S. Senator for North Carolina (as of 2004); 2004 nomination candidate Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator, Wisconsin Al Gore, former Vice President and 2000 Presidential nominee Joe Kernan, Governor of Indiana John Kerry, 2004 Presidential nominee and U.S. Senator, Massachussets Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator, Louisiana Blanche Lincoln, U.S. Senator, Arkansas Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco Barack Obama, candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois (as of 2004) Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader, California Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator, New York Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General of New York Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia
Greens Peter Camejo, businessman David Cobb, lawyer and activist, and nominee for President in 2004 Matt Gonzalez, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Winona LaDuke, activist and nominee for Vice President in 1996 and 2000 Pat LaMarche, activist and nominee for Vice President in 2004
Libertarians Michael Badnarik, 2004 Presidential nominee Michael Cloud, speechwriter Michael Colley, retired Navy Admiral James Gray, judge Carla Howell, management consultant Gary Nolan, radio host Ron Paul, Republican Congressman, Texas Aaron Russo, entertainment businessman L. Neil Smith, science fiction writer Ed Thompson, former Mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin
Other parties and independents Pat Buchanan, America First, commentator and former Presidential candidate Roy Moore, Constitution Party, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama Ralph Nader, activist and former Presidential candidate Jesse Ventura, former Governor of Minnesota and Professional Wrestler It is also conceivable that a candidate for a major party nomination that did not win that nomination might seek the presidency as an other party or independent candidate; contemporary examples include John Anderson, Republican nomination candidate and Independent general election candidate in the 1980 election, and Buchanan, Republican nomination candidate and then Reform Party general election candidate in the 2000 election. |