2024 Democratic Party presidential candidates
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The following is a list of candidates associated with the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2024 United States presidential election. By March 2024, more than 190 candidates had filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for the Democratic nomination in 2024.[1] As in previous cycles, the majority of these candidates did not appear on any ballots, raise money, or otherwise attempt to formally run a campaign.[1][2] Other than Biden, the only presidential candidates who were awarded pledged delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention based on the results of the primaries were incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Dean Phillips and businessman Jason Palmer.[3][4][5]
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On July 21, 2024, incumbent President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee after his victories in the primaries, withdrew as a candidate.[6] Vice President Kamala Harris announced her candidacy the same day[7] and officially became the Democratic nominee on August 5.[8]
On July 21, 2024, presumptive nominee Joe Biden announced the suspension of his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris.[9]
On August 2, 2024, Harris unofficially received the party nomination in a virtual roll call vote,[10] which became official on August 5.[11]
Name | Born | Experience | Home state | Campaign Announcement date |
Contests won |
Delegates won |
Total popular vote | Running mate | Ref | |
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Kamala Harris |
October 20, 1964 (age 60) Oakland, California |
Vice President of the United States (2021–present) U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021) Attorney General of California (2011–2017) |
California | Campaign July 21, 2024 FEC filing[12] Website |
None | 4,563[13] or 4,567[14][a] (98.87%) |
0[b] | Tim Walz[15] | [16] [17][11] |
Name | Allocated delegates |
Popular vote | |
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Uncommitted | 37 (0.9%) | 706,591 (4.3%) |
The candidates in this section have suspended their campaigns, or have otherwise ceased campaigning and ended their bids for the nomination after all primary contests were held.
Name | Born | Experience | Home state | Campaign announced |
Campaign suspended |
Campaign | Contests won |
Delegates won |
Total popular vote |
Running mate |
Ref | |
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Joe Biden |
November 20, 1942 (age 81) Scranton, Pennsylvania |
President of the United States (2021–present) Vice President of the United States (2009–2017) U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009) |
Delaware | April 25, 2023 |
July 21, 2024[9] (endorsed Harris) |
Campaign |
3,905 (98.9%)[e] |
14,465,519 (87.1%) |
Kamala Harris | [19] [16] [20] | ||
Marianne Williamson |
July 8, 1952 (age 72) Houston, Texas |
Author Founder of Project Angel Food Candidate for president in 2020 |
Washington, D.C. | March 4, 2023 February 28, 2024 July 2, 2024 |
February 7, 2024 June 11, 2024 July 29, 2024 |
Campaign FEC filing[21] Website |
None | 0 (0.0%) |
465,863 (2.8%) | None | [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] | |
The candidate in this section have suspended their campaigns, or have otherwise ceased campaigning and ended their bids for the nomination during the primary season.
Name | Born | Experience | Home state | Campaign announced |
Campaign suspended |
Campaign | Bound delegates |
Contests won |
Popular vote |
Ref. | |
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Jason Palmer |
December 1, 1971 (age 52) Aberdeen, Maryland |
Venture capitalist | Maryland | October 22, 2023 | May 15, 2024 (endorsed Biden, later Harris) |
Campaign FEC filing[28] Website |
3 (0.1%) | 1 (AS) |
20,975 (0.1%) | [29] [30] [31] | |
Dean Phillips |
January 20, 1969 (age 55) Saint Paul, Minnesota |
U.S. Representative from MN-03 (2019–present) CEO of Phillips Distilling Company (2000–2012) |
Minnesota | October 26, 2023 | March 6, 2024 (endorsed Biden, later Harris) |
Campaign FEC filing[32] Website |
4 (0.1%) | None | 529,486 (3.2%) | [33] [34] [35] [36] |
The candidates in this section have suspended their campaigns, or have otherwise ceased campaigning and ended their bids for the nomination before any primary contests were held.
Name | Born | Experience | Home state | Campaign announced |
Campaign suspended |
Campaign | Total popular vote | Ref. |
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
January 17, 1954 (age 69) Washington, D.C. |
Environmental lawyer Founder of Children's Health Defense Founder of Waterkeeper Alliance |
California | April 19, 2023 | October 9, 2023 (ran as an independent, later endorsed Trump)[37] |
Campaign FEC filing[38][39] Website |
[40] [41] |
With over a thousand people registering with the Federal Election Commission every cycle, a very few actually make the effort to get on the ballot anywhere. The following have done so. In the past, several such efforts have qualified for delegates and two (Keith Judd and John Wolfe Jr.) received over 40% of the vote in the 2012 Democratic West Virginia and the 2012 Democratic Arkansas primaries, respectively.
The following notable individuals have been the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but have publicly denied interest in running.
Active campaign | Exploratory committee | Democratic National Convention | |||
Withdrawn candidate | Primaries |
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