Declared and Potential 2008 Presidential Candidates

February 7, 2007
Names in bold are those who haave filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission or formed an exploratory committee.

Democratic Party

Joe Biden (Senator from Delaware)
Wesley Clark (Retired General)
Hillary Clinton (Senator from New York)
Chris Dodd (Senator from Connecticut)
John Edwards (Former Senator from North Carolina)
Dennis Kucinich (Representative from Ohio)
Al Gore (Former Vice President)
Mike Gravel (Former Senator from Alaska)
Barack Obama (Senator from Illinois)
Bill Richardson (Governor of New Mexico)
Tom Vilsack (Governor of Iowa)
Al Sharpton (Reverend and civil rights activist)

Republican Party

Sam Brownback (Senator from Kansas)
John Cox (Business leader from Illinois)
Jim Gilmore (Former Governor of Virginia)
Newt Gingrich (Former House Speaker)
Rudy Giuliani (Former Mayor of New York City)
Chuck Hagel (Senator from Nebraska)
Mike Huckabee (Governor of Arkansas)
Duncan Hunter (Representative from California)
Alan Keyes (Formerly with the U.S. State Department)
John McCain (Senator from Arizona)
George Pataki (Governor of New York)
Ron Paul (Representative from Texas)
Mike Pence (Representative from Indiana)
Mitt Romney (Former Governor of Massachusetts)
Tom Tancredo (Representative from Colorado)
Tommy Thompson (Former Governor of Wisconsin)

Green Party

Rebecca Rotzler (Green Party Co-Chair)
Kat Swift (Public servant and activist)

Libertarian Party

George Phillies (Activist and professor from Massachusetts)
Doug Stanhope (Comedian from Arizona)
Steve Kubby (Activist from California)
Lance Brown (Activist from Massachusetts)

Prohibition Party

Gene Amondson (Minister/speaker from Washington State)