If you're like me then you are still a little unsure who is running and who has backed out. I found the below list helpful in starting my research into the 2016 elections. Good Luck on Whom Ever You Pick!
Ron Gunzburger, Presidency 2016, March 30, 2015 <http://www.politics1.com/p2016.htm>
Ron Gunzburger, Presidency 2016, March 30, 2015 <http://www.politics1.com/p2016.htm>
Presidency 2016 President Obama is barred by constitutional term limits from seeking re-election in 2016. A large crowd of candidates will likely compete for the Democratic and Republican nominations. Plus there are LOTS of likely third party and independent P2016 hopefuls. So, if a person is running, or thinking of running -- regardless of party, ballot status, or chances of winning -- we have him or her listed below. Incumbent party first, following by the main opposition party, then the third party candidates, and finally the independent and write-in hopefuls. LEGEND:BOLD = Announced Candidate (or Filed an Exploratory Committee)Italics = Possible Candidate DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
OTHER DEMOCRATS: Morrison Bonpasse (Maine) Jeff Boss (New Jersey) Philip Bralich (California) President Emperor Caesar (Florida) Andy Caffrey (California) Willie Carter (Texas) Brittany Clark (California) Richard Coleman (Florida) Kristi Dutton (Arizona) Ronald Emrit (Nevada) Christin Noel Griskie (Florida) Charles Hodge (California) Larry E. Johnson (Colorado) Jonathan Lavigne (West Virginia) James "Titus The Great" Law ( California) Ryan Lipner (Florida) Lee Mercer Jr. (Tennessee) Patrick McKart (Florida) Daniel "Tool" Michaels (Florida) Loretta "Leah Lax" Miller (Pennsylvania) Rome Murphy II (New Jersey) James Ogle III (California) Daniel Owens (Oregon) Harry Pavilack (South Carolina) Mary Aku Quartey (Maryland) Lee Rhodes (New York) Doug Schreffler (California) Angelo Scrigna (Hawaii) Nicholas Sopkovich (California) Michael Steinberg (Florida) Robby Wells (North Carolina) Elaine Williams (Florida) Jeffrey Windett (West Virginia) Thomas Winterbottom (Pennsylvania) John Worldpeace (New Mexico) REPUBLICAN PARTY:
OTHER REPUBLICANS: Pogo Mochello Allen-Reese (Texas) John Anderson Jr. (California) Skip Andrews (Kansas) George Bailey Jr. (Mississippi) Kerry Bowers (Nevada) Dominique Brown (Pennsylvania) George Brucato (Nevada) Dale Christensen (Missouri) Brian Ari Cole (Pennsylvania) Scott Cole (North Carolina) Ezekiel George Crotzer (Michigan) Tim Day (Texas) Paul DeBow (Louisiana) Michael Diggs (Arkansas) Patrick Drake (Georgia) Wanda Duckwald (Oklahoma) Ronald Duke (Alabama) John Dummett Jr. (California) Stuart Farber (Florida) Jack Fellure (West Virginia) Bruce Gidner (Michigan) Jim Hayden (Tennessee) Chris Hill (Kentucky) Eugene Hunt Jr. (Michigan) Justin Hyde (California) Kins Jeroboan (New York) Roger Jewell (Arizona) Danny Jones (Texas) Tyrone Julius (District of Columbia) Brenda Justice (New York) Tim Kalemkarian (California) Marc Keller (Oregon) Michael Kinlaw (Colorado) John Lee (Texas) Jerry Leonard (North Carolina) Renee Loetscher (Florida) Bartholomew James Lower (Michigan) Dennis Michael Lynch (New York) Joan Malone (District of Columbia) Barbara Mae Markovich (Montana) Mike Martisko (Pennsylvania) Mickey Meade (California) Tiffani Mims (Texas) James Mitchell Jr. (Illinois) Scot Olewine (Puerto Rico) Richard Peter (Texas) Michael Petyo (Indiana) Deshon Porter (Illinois) Jim Rundberg (Colorado) Brian Russell (Florida) Ole Savior (Minnesota) Larry Scarborough (California) Greg Seltzer (Maryland) Silvia Stagg (New York) Sherlene Stevens (District of Columbia) Rickey "Joe" Story (Florida) Dwayne Tomlinson (Florida) Donald Trump (New York) Vern Wuensche (Texas) THIRD PARTY and INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES: (Note: Parties with ballot status in at least one state -- based on 2012 ballot status -- listed first, then all others under the INDEPENDENT & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES header). AMERICA'S PARTY / AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY: Tom Hoefling (Iowa) AMERICAN FREEDOM PARTY:
CONSTITUTION PARTY: Darryl Castle (Tennessee)Betsy Elgar (Washington) Former Congressman Virgil Goode (Virginia) Jim Hayden (Tennessee) Chad Koppie (Illinois) Curtis Woolsey (Arizona) GREEN PARTY: Charles Brannan (California) Willita Bush (Missouri) Kent Mesplay (California) Robert Milnes (New Jersey) Midge Potts (Missouri) Dr. Jill Stein (Massachusetts) JUSTICE PARTY: Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson (Utah) LIBERTARIAN PARTY: Keenan Dunham (South Carolina) Marc Feldman (Ohio) Former Governor Gary Johnson (New Mexico) Cecil Ince (Texas) Robert Kuffel (New Jersey) Kip Lee (California) Robert Milnes (New Jersey) Darryl Perry (Texas) Rebecca Pfleiderer (Missouri) Bill Pruitt (Oklahoma) OBJECTIVIST PARTY: Tom Stevens (New York) PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION (PSL): No Candidates Yet Identified PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY: Roseanne Barr (California) PROHIBITION PARTY: Rev. Greg Seltzer (Maryland) REFORM PARTY USA: Ken Cross (Arkansas) SOCIALIST PARTY USA (SP-USA): No Candidates Yet Identified SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY: No Candidates Yet Identified SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY (SWP): No Candidates Yet Identified INDEPENDENT, OTHER & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES: Gifford Abbott Jr. (Independent-Pennsylvania) Christopher Abernathy (Independent-North Carolina) William Oren Adams (Independent-Louisiana) Robert Aldridge (Independent-Tennessee) James Allen (Independent-Kentucky) Brandon Armstrong (Independent-South Carolina) Frank Atwood (Approval Voting-Colorado) Ed Baker (Independent-Oregon) Jacob Baker (Work-South Carolina) Danny Bennett, II (United-Montana) Piotr Blass (Write In-Florida) Sheila Bolar (Independent-Alabama) Matthew Borman (American-Florida) Eric Borrell (Independent-District of Columbia) William Bowhall Jr. (Independent-Alabama) J. Boydston (Write In-Colorado) Michelle Braithwood (Independent-Florida) Harley Brown (Independent-Idaho) James Brummett (Independent-Indiana) Pamela Pinkney Butts (Independent-Ohio) James Byers (Independent-Indiana) Johnnie Campbell (Independent-Iowa) Paul Cannaday (Independent-Michigan) Jerry Leon Carroll (Independent-California) Paul Chehade (Independent-Florida) Christopher Cincotta (Independent-Colorado) Doris Cintron (Independent-California) Douglas Clement (Independent-Missouri) Amy Conger (Independent-Ohio) J.D. Criveau (Constitutionist-Virginia) Caesar St Augustine DeBuonaparte (Absolute Dictator-California) Michael Dename Jr. (Independent-New York) Steve Dillon (Independent-North Carolina) Andrew Elijah Mister Duffy (Independent-California) Christopher Dunn (Independent-Indiana) Mark Dutter (Independent-South Dakota) Jenny Edwards (Independent-Alabama) Katee Edwards (Independent-Alabama) Roderick Edwards (Write In-Indiana) Claire Elliott (Independent-Georgia) Jonathan Evans (Independent-Colorado) John Ferguson (Eco/Green-Texas) Lori Fleming (Independent-Arkansas) Edward A. Gardner Jr. (Independent American-New York) Kenn Gividen (American Freedom-Indiana) Todd Glore (Independent-Indiana) Martin Hahn (Independent-Oregon) Emelia Harris (Write In-Florida) Ronald Hartsfield (Florida) David Hendrix (Independent-North Carolina) Phillip Hill (Independent-Pennsylvania) David Christopher Holcomb (Independent-Nebraska) Michael Hubbell (Independent-Maryland) Eugene Hunt Jr. (Independent-Michigan) Tom Irwin (American-Pennsylvania) Zoltan Istvan (Transhumanist-California) Khadijah Jacob-Fambro (Revolutionary-California) Steven Jacobson (Independent-California) Michael Jenkins (Independent-Virginia) O. Hope Jerio (Independent-West Virginia) Barry Johnson (Independent-Kansas) Ronald Jones (Independent-Florida) Sue Lisa Jones (Independent-Arizona) Terry Jones (Independent-Florida) Vincent Jones II (Bull Moose-South Carolina) Lynn Kahn (Independent-Maryland) Temperance Lance-Council (Anti Hypocrisy-California) Abbey Laurel-Smith (Pilgrims Alliance-Louisiana) Robert Lehigh (Inspiration-Utah) Michael "Lev" Levinson (Write In-Florida) Bishop Julian Lewis Jr. (Independent-Texas) David Librace (Write In-Arkansas) Tom Lineaweaver (Freedom Party USA-Pennsylvania) Mark Linn (Write In-New Hampshire) June Lloyd (Independent-Washington) Donald Eugene Lowe (Independent-Texas) Deborah MacKimzey (Independent-Texas) Shawna Martinez (Independent-Kentucky) Angie McCall (Independent-Florida) Roland Menard III (Moderation Affiliation-Hawaii) Merlin Miller (American Eagle-California) Robert Milnes (Progressive Libertarian Alliance-New Jersey) Virginia Morago (Independent-Missouri) Tony Mullikin (Independent-Florida) Bill Nees (Independent Statesmen-Georgia) Deonia Neveu (Independent-Virginia) Bryan Ollivier (Independent-California) Mark Pendleton (Independent-Utah) Matthew Pinnavaia (Independent-California) Samuel Powell (Independent-District of Columbia) Dinesh Ravishanker (New White-California) Don Reaux (Independent-Louisiana) Darwin Misha Reedy (Indendent-Texas) Donald Sauter (Independent-Delaware) John Graham Schwartz (Independent-Illinois) James Sewell III (Independent-Texas) Ryan Shepard (Independent-New York) Muhammad Sho (Independent-Texas) Keith Smith (Independent-Ohio) Scott Andrew Smith (Independent-Colorado) David Sponheim (Independent-Washington) Tami Stainfield (Independent-West Virginia) Scott Stephens (Independent-New York) Karin Swanson (Socialist Democrat-Texas) Paul Tape Jr. (Tea-Florida) Deacon Taylor (Rational-California) Sheila "Samm" Tittle (Independent-Virginia) Mathew Tyler (Independent-California) Joshua Usera (Independent-South Dakota) Andre Ventura (Independent-Michigan) Da Vid (Light-California) Phlllip "Andy" Vineyard (Independent-Kansas) Doris Walker (Independent-Illinois) Victor Walker (Independent-Maryland) Joy Waymire (Independent-California) Todd Willey (All Mother Earth-Michigan) Kent Williams (Independent-Florida) Mitchell Williams (Write In-Florida) John Wood (Independent-Utah) Jason Woodward (Write In-New Hampshire) Chuck Zeiger (Independent-Arizona) OTHER P2016 RESOURCES: New Hampshire Political Library - This site contains just about anything you could ever want to know about the influential New Hampshire Presidential primary -- including a directory of every candidate who ever ran in the NH primary. Maintained by the New Hampshire State Library, St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire State Archives and the New Hampshire Historical Society. C-SPAN: Road to the White House - Information, links and some streaming video events from one of the nation's leading sources of raw political television coverage. Covers the various likely Presidential candidates. Constantly updated. Ballot Access News - This respected publication -- founded in 1985 by Libertarian activist Richard Winger -- tracks the attempts of third party and independent candidates for various offices to secure ballot access in the 50 states. The site also tracks changes in the law, court challenges and other interesting tidbits of third party news you usually won't find elsewhere. Use this page to stay current on which third party and independent candidates will and won't appear on your state's general election ballot. Democracy in Action: P2016 - A great site has lots of detailed information on the 2012 Presidential contest. Published by Eric Appleman of GWU. Eric has been covering the White House races starting with the 2000 elections. Very useful, well balanced. A great resource.. Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Dave Leip prepared this very informative site, which provides historic voting results from the Presidential general elections of 1860-2012. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and the top 2-3 third party nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs, too. PollingReport.com - Why bother reinventing the wheel and writing our own poll tracking page when this excellent page already exists. To follow the trends in all of the latest polls in the White House race, simply visit this site. Commission on Presidential Debates - Established by leaders of the two major parties to ensure that debates remain a permanent part of every general election, this nonprofit and bipartisan organization sponsored all the general election Presidential debates since 1988. Their controversial and restrictive participation rules largely exclude third party candidates (even the major ones) from participating in these nationally televised debates. VicePresidents.com - No one pays much attention to Vice Presidents -- or, at least, they didn't used to -- except for these guys. History, trivia, quotes, bios, and more. 4President.org - An online museum of Presidential campaign brochures, bumper stickers and key speches from 1960 through the 2008 campaign. A great site for political junkies. The Living Room Candidate - The American Museum of the Moving Image presents this great online museum of Presidential campaign TV commercials. The ads, which cover every election since 1952 (Ike vs. Stevenson), are an amazing resource. |
