Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016

Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016
United States
November 8, 2016

This article contains evolving lists of candidates associated with the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

Candidates

Individuals included in this section either have their own Wikipedia page and have formally announced their candidacy; or have filed as a candidate with Federal Election Commission (FEC) (for other than exploratory purposes). They are listed alphabetically by surname.

Candidates featured in major polls

The following six candidates have been listed in five or more recent major independent nationwide polls, participated in at least one authorized debate, and are presently on the ballot in at least seven primaries. [1][2]

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Candidate Logo and campaign linkRef

Jeb Bush
February 11, 1953
(age 63)
Midland, Texas
43rd
Governor of Florida
(1999–2007)

Florida Secretary of Commerce (1987–1988)

Florida
June 15, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[3]

Ben Carson
September 18, 1951
(age 64)
Detroit, Michigan
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
(1984–2013)

Florida
May 4, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[4][5]

Ted Cruz
December 22, 1970
(age 45)
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
United States Senator from Texas
(2013–present)

Solicitor General of Texas (2003–2008)

Texas
March 23, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[6][7]

John Kasich
May 13, 1952
(age 63)
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
69th
Governor of Ohio
(2011–present)

Presidential candidate in 2000
United States Representative from Ohio (1983–2001)
Ohio State Senator (1979–1982)

Ohio
July 21, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[8]

Marco Rubio
May 28, 1971
(age 44)
Miami, Florida
United States Senator from Florida
(2011–present)

Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2007–2009)
Florida State Representative (2000–2009)

Florida
April 13, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[9][10]

Donald Trump
June 14, 1946
(age 69)
Queens, New York
Chairman of The Trump Organization
(1971–present)

Presidential candidate in 2000


New York
June 16, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[11][12][13]

Withdrew or suspended during the primaries

The following individuals announced a major candidacy for president but since withdrew or suspended at some point after the Iowa Caucuses on February 1, 2016. They are listed in order of exit, starting with the most recent.

Name Born Current/recent State Announced Withdrew Candidacy Ref

Jim Gilmore
October 6, 1949
(age 66)
Richmond, Virginia
68th
Governor of Virginia
(1998–2002)

Virginia
July 30, 2015 February 12, 2016
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[14][15]

Chris Christie
September 6, 1962
(age 53)
Newark, New Jersey
55th
Governor of New Jersey
(2010–present)

New Jersey
June 30, 2015 February 10, 2016
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[16][17]

Carly Fiorina
September 6, 1954
(age 61)
Austin, Texas
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
(1999–2005)

Virginia
May 4, 2015 February 10, 2016
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[18][19]

Rick Santorum
May 10, 1958
(age 57)
Winchester, Virginia
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
(1995–2007)

Pennsylvania
May 27, 2015 February 3, 2016
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[20][21]

Rand Paul
January 7, 1963
(age 53)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States Senator from Kentucky
(2011–present)

Kentucky
April 7, 2015 February 3, 2016
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[22][23]

Mike Huckabee
August 24, 1955
(age 60)
Hope, Arkansas
44th
Governor of Arkansas
(1996–2007)

Arkansas
May 5, 2015 February 1, 2016
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[24][25]

Withdrew or suspended before the primaries

The following individuals announced a major candidacy for president but have since withdrawn from the race. They are listed in order of exit, starting with the most recent.

Name Born Current/recent State Announced Withdrew Candidacy Ref

George Pataki
June 24, 1945
(age 70)
Peekskill, New York
53rd
Governor of New York
(1995–2006)

New York
May 28, 2015December 29, 2015

(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[26][27]

Lindsey Graham
July 9, 1955
(age 60)
Central, South Carolina
  United States Senator from South Carolina  
(2003–present)

South Carolina
June 1, 2015 December 21, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[28][29]

Bobby Jindal
June 10, 1971
(age 44)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
55th
Governor of Louisiana
(2008–2016)

Louisiana
June 24, 2015 November 17, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC filing
[30][31]

Scott Walker
November 2, 1967
(age 48)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
45th
Governor of Wisconsin
(2011–present)

Wisconsin
July 13, 2015 September 21, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC Filing
[32][33]

Rick Perry
March 4, 1950
(age 65)
Haskell, Texas
47th
Governor of Texas
(2000–2015)


Texas
June 4, 2015 September 11, 2015
(CampaignPositionsWebsite)
FEC Filing
[34][35]

Other individual candidates

The following notable individuals filed as a candidate with FEC. As of November 2015.

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Candidacy Ballot
status
Ref

Jack Fellure
October 3, 1931
(age 84)
Midkiff, West Virginia
Perennial candidate
Prohibition Party nominee in 2012

West Virginia
November 7, 2012
FEC Filing none

Andy Martin
October 31, 1945
(age 70)
Middletown, Connecticut
Perennial candidate
Birther activist
vexatious litigant.[36]

New York
August 16, 2015
(Website)
FEC Filing
162 votes
NH
[37]

Additionally, Peter Messina is on the ballot in Louisiana,[38] New Hampshire, and Idaho.[39] Tim Cook is on the ballot in Louisiana and New Hampshire. Walter Iwachiw is on the ballot in Florida and New Hampshire.

Other withdrawn candidates

Individuals in this section formally announced a bid for the nomination of the Republican Party, and filed with the FEC to be a candidate, but were not featured in any major opinion polls, and were not invited to any televised presidential primary debates

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Withdrew Candidacy Ref

Dennis Michael Lynch
August 28, 1969
(age 46)
Businessman
Documentary film maker
Conservative commentator

New York
April 22, 2015[40]May 3, 2015[41]FEC filing

Mark Everson
September 10, 1954
(age 61)
New York City, New York
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
(2003–2007)

Mississippi
March 5, 2015 November 5, 2015[42]
(Website)
FEC Filing
[43][44]

Jimmy McMillan
December 1, 1946
(age 69)
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Chairman and leader of the Rent is too Damn high party

(2005-2015)


New York
August 22, 2015
December 9, 2015[45](Website)
FEC Filing

Potential candidates

Previous

The following people have been the focus of presidential speculation in multiple media reports during the 2016 election cycle, but such speculation has ostensibly ceased for a period of three months or longer.

Declined

Individuals listed in this section have been the focus of media speculation as being possible 2016 presidential candidates but have publicly, and unequivocally, ruled out a presidential bid in 2016.

See also

Candidates
Primaries
General election polling
Democratic primary polling
Republican primary polling
Republican primary debates
Democratic primary debates

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