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dropped out
29 dropped out
The 2020 presidential election season is now upon us, and we’re keeping track of where all the active candidates stand: Who’s running, who isn’t running, and who has dropped out. We’ll be updating this list as candidates declare their intentions or drop out, so keep checking in.
running
DEM
![Joe Biden](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/joe_biden.png?break)
Joe Biden, 77
Former Vice President
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Biden’s US Senate career stretches back to 1973. He ran for president in 1988 and again in 2008 before joining Barack Obama’s ticket.
GOP
![Donald Trump](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/donald_trump.png?break)
Donald Trump, 73
President of the United States
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Trump is the 45th president of the United States. He spent decades as a brash real estate developer before branching into reality TV in 2004. He ran for president as a newcomer to politics in 2016.
dropped out
DEM
![Michael Bennet](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/michael_bennet.png?break)
Michael Bennet, 55
US Senator from Colorado
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Bennet is the former superintendent of the Denver schools and has been in the Senate since 2009.
DEM
![Michael Bloomberg](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/michael_bloomberg.png?break)
Michael Bloomberg, 78
Former New York City Mayor
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Bloomberg, a Medford native, created a media company and was elected New York City mayor – once as a Republican and again as an independent. He is now a registered Democrat.
DEM
![Cory Booker](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/cory_booker.png?break)
Cory Booker, 50
US Senator from New Jersey
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
He has served in the US Senate since 2013, and his rise to become mayor of Newark was depicted in a movie.
DEM
![Steve Bullock](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/steve_bullock.png?break)
Steve Bullock, 53
Governor of Montana
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Bullock served as Montana’s attorney general before being elected governor twice.
DEM
![Pete Buttigieg](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/pete_buttigieg.png?break)
Pete Buttigieg, 38
Former South Bend (Ind.) Mayor
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Buttigieg is an Afghanistan war veteran, Rhodes scholar, and Harvard graduate. He’s the first openly gay Democratic presidential candidate.
DEM
![Julián Castro](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/julian_castro.png?break)
Julián Castro, 45
Former HUD Secretary
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Castro served as Secretary of Housing and Economic Development under President Obama following about five years as mayor of San Antonio, Texas. His twin brother, Joaquin, is also a politician.
DEM
![Bill de Blasio](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/bill_deblasio.png?break)
Bill de Blasio, 58
New York City Mayor
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
de Blasio, who grew up in Cambridge, has been reelected twice as New York City mayor.
DEM
![John Delaney](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/john_delaney.png?break)
John Delaney, 56
Former US Representative from Maryland
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
The former congressman announced his candidacy in July 2017.
DEM
![Tulsi Gabbard](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/tulsi_gabbard.png?break)
Tulsi Gabbard, 38
US Representative from Hawaii
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Gabbard is an Iraq war veteran and was the youngest woman elected to a state legislature when she won a House seat in Hawaii in 2002. She represents the state’s Second Congressional District.
DEM
![Kirsten Gillibrand](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/kirsten_gillibrand.png?break)
Kirsten Gillibrand, 53
US Senator from New York
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Gillibrand represented New York’s 20th Congressional District before being appointed to HIllary Clinton’s Senate seat in 2009. She won a special election for the seat and then was re-elected in 2012 and 2018.
DEM
![Kamala Harris](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/kamala_harris.png?break)
Kamala Harris, 55
US Senator from California
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Harris was elected to the Senate in 2017. She began her elected career as district attorney in San Francisco and was later attorney general for the state of California.
DEM
![John Hickenlooper](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/john_hickenlooper.png?break)
John Hickenlooper, 68
Former Governor of Colorado
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
A former brewer, Hicklenlooper was the Denver mayor before serving two terms as governor.
DEM
![Jay Inslee](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/jay_inslee.png?break)
Jay Inslee, 69
Governor of Washington State
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Inslee is a former congressman and two-time elected governor.
DEM
![Amy Klobuchar](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/amy_klobuchar.png?break)
Amy Klobuchar, 59
US Senator from Minnesota
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Klobuchar was the elected prosecutor in Minnesota’s largest county before winning her Senate seat in 2006.
DEM
![Seth Moulton](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/seth_moulton.png?break)
Seth Moulton, 41
US Representative from Massachusetts
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Moulton is an Iraq war veteran who has represented Massachusetts’ Sixth Congressional District since 2015. He unsuccessfully worked to oust Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democrats last fall.
DEM
![Beto O’Rourke](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/beto_orourke.png?break)
Beto O’Rourke, 47
Former US Representative from Texas
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Before losing his bid to unseat US Senator Ted Cruz, O’Rourke represented Texas’ 16th Congressional District and served on the El Paso City Council.
DEM
![Richard Ojeda](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/richard_ojeda.png?break)
Richard Ojeda, 49
Former West Virginia State Senator
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_no.jpg)
A former Trump supporter and combat veteran, Ojeda led a teachers’ strike and was elected to the West Virginia Senate.
DEM
![Deval Patrick](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/deval_patrick.png?break)
Deval Patrick, 63
Former governor of Massachusetts
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Patrick is a former Massachusetts governor who was a political newcomer when he mounted a 2005 bid for the corner office. He is a Harvard Law grad who worked in the Clinton administration and as a corporate attorney before entering politics.
DEM
![Tim Ryan](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/tim_ryan.png?break)
Tim Ryan, 46
US Representative from Ohio
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Ryan, a former state lawmaker in Ohio, has been representing the state in the US House since 2003.
DEM
![Bernie Sanders](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/bernie_sanders.png?break)
Bernie Sanders, 78
US Senator from Vermont
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Sanders has represented Vermont in the US Senate since 2007 and in the US House for the 16 years prior. He ran for president in 2016 and lost a contentious primary campaign to Hillary Clinton.
DEM
![Joe Sestak](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/joe_sestak.png?break)
Joe Sestak, 68
Former congressman from Pennsylvania
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_no.jpg)
Sestak is a former three-star admiral and served two terms in the US House of Representatives.
DEM
![Tom Steyer](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/tom_steyer.png?break)
Tom Steyer, 62
California businessman
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
The Democratic mega-donor and environmentalist has created the “Need to Impeach” movement against Trump.
DEM
![Eric Swalwell](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/eric_swalwell.png?break)
Eric Swalwell, 39
US Representative from California
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Swalwell ousted a longtime incumbent and fellow Democrat to win his congressional seat in California in 2012.
DEM
![Elizabeth Warren](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/elizabeth_warren.png?break)
Elizabeth Warren, 70
US Senator from Massachusetts
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
An Oklahoma native, Warren was a Harvard law professor who specialized in bankruptcy and commercial law. In 2010, she was tasked with setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Obama. She won a US Senate seat in 2012.
DEM
![Marianne Williamson](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/marianne_williamson.png?break)
Marianne Williamson, 67
Author and speaker
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Williamson is an author, speaker, and activist who has written over a dozen books. She founded a nonprofit dedicated to supporting people living with AIDS in the 1980s.
DEM
![Andrew Yang](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/andrew_yang.png?break)
Andrew Yang, 45
California entrepreneur
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
An entrepreneur, Yang is running on the idea of the federal government providing a univerisal basic income for everyone.
GOP
![Mark Sanford](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/mark_sanford.png?break)
Mark Sanford, 59
Former congressman and South Carolina governor
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Sanford is a former South Carolina governor who was censured by the state legislature after disclosure of an extramarital affair.
GOP
![Joe Walsh](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/joe_walsh.png?break)
Joe Walsh, 58
Former congressman and talk radio host
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Walsh was elected to Congress amid the Tea Party wave of 2010 and later hosted a syndicated talk radio show.
GOP
![Bill Weld](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/bill_weld.png?break)
Bill Weld, 74
Former governor of Massachusetts
![Outline of New Hampshire map with a check mark to indicate candidate has visited the state](assets/images/icons/nh_yes.jpg)
Weld served as governor of Massachusetts from 1991 until resigning in the summer of 1997 to lobby for Senate confirmation to be Ambassador to Mexico. He ran for vice president as a libertarian in 2016.
not running
DEM
![Stacey Abrams](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/stacey_abrams.png?break)
Stacey Abrams
2018 Democratic nominee for Georgia governor
DEM
![Michael Avenatti](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/michael_avenatti.png?break)
Michael Avenatti
Stormy Daniels lawyer
DEM
![Sherrod Brown](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/sherrod_brown.png?break)
Sherrod Brown
US Senator from Ohio
DEM
![Bob Casey](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/bob_casey.png?break)
Bob Casey
US Senator from Pennsylvania
DEM
![Hillary Clinton](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/hillary_clinton.png?break)
Hillary Clinton
2016 Democratic presidential nominee
DEM
![Andrew Cuomo](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/andrew_cuomo.png?break)
Andrew Cuomo
Governor of New York
DEM
![Eric Garcetti](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/eric_garcetti.png?break)
Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles Mayor
DEM
![Mike Gravel](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/mike_gravel.png?break)
Mike Gravel
Former senator from Alaska
DEM
![Eric Holder](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/eric_holder.png?break)
Eric Holder
Former US Attorney General
DEM
![John Kerry](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/john_kerry.png?break)
John Kerry
Former US Secretary of State
DEM
![Mitch Landrieu](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/mitch_landrieu.png?break)
Mitch Landrieu
Former New Orleans Mayor
DEM
![Terry McAuliffe](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/terry_mcauliffe.png?break)
Terry McAuliffe
Former Governor of Virginia
DEM
![Jeff Merkley](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/jeff_merkley.png?break)
Jeff Merkley
US Senator from Oregon
DEM
![Chris Murphy](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/chris_murphy.png?break)
Chris Murphy
US Senator from Connecticut
DEM
![Adam Schiff](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/adam_schiff.png?break)
Adam Schiff
US Representative from California
DEM
![Oprah Winfrey](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/oprah_winfrey.png?break)
Oprah Winfrey
Media mogul
IND
![Howard Schultz](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/howard_schultz.png?break)
Howard Schultz
Starbucks founder
GOP
![Bob Corker](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/bob_corker.png?break)
Bob Corker
Former US Senator, Tennessee
GOP
![Jeff Flake](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/jeff_flake.png?break)
Jeff Flake
Former US Senator, Arizona
GOP
![Nikki Haley](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/nikki_haley.png?break)
Nikki Haley
Former UN ambassador
GOP
![Larry Hogan](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/larry_hogan.png?break)
Larry Hogan
Governor of Maryland
GOP
![John Kasich](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/john_kasich.png?break)
John Kasich
Former governor of Ohio
GOP
![Mitt Romney](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/mitt_romney.png?break)
Mitt Romney
US Senator from Utah and former governor of Massachusetts
GOP
![Ben Sasse](https://www3.bostonglobe.com/rw/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Politics/BostonGlobe.com/2019/03/candidate-tracker/ben_sasse.png?break)
Ben Sasse
US Senator from Nebraska
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