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The following 14 candidates (listed alphabetically) have been listed in five or more major independent nationwide polls and are presently on the ballot in the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.[1] Most are already on the ballot in other states as well.[2]
Candidate | Résumé | Portrait | Delegate Count | Delegations with plurality |
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Jeb Bush | Governor of Florida 1999–2007; Florida Secretary of Commerce 1987–1988 (campaign)[3][4] | ![]() | 40 | none (as yet) |
Ben Carson | author and former Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery for Johns Hopkins Hospital 1984–2013 (campaign)[5][6][7] | ![]() | 25 | none (as yet) |
Chris Christie | Governor of New Jersey since 2010, U.S. Attorney from the district of New Jersey (campaign)[8][9] | ![]() | 15 | none (as yet) |
Ted Cruz | U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013; Solicitor General of Texas 2003–2008 (campaign)[10][11][12] | ![]() | 65 | Iowa |
Carly Fiorina | former Hewlett-Packard CEO 1999–2005; nominee for Senate in California in 2010 (campaign)[13][14] | ![]() | 25 | none (as yet) |
Jim Gilmore | presidential candidate in 2008, Governor of Virginia 1998–2002 (campaign)[15][16] | ![]() | 0 | none (as yet) |
Lindsey Graham | U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2003; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1995–2003 (campaign)[17][18] | ![]() | 3 | none (as yet) |
Mike Huckabee | Governor of Arkansas 1996–2007; presidential candidate in 2008 (campaign)[19][20] | ![]() | 18 | none (as yet) |
John Kasich | Governor of Ohio since 2011; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1983–2001; presidential candidate in 2000 (campaign)[21][22] | ![]() | 3 | none (as yet) |
George Pataki | Governor of New York 1995–2006 (campaign)[23][24] | ![]() | 0 | none (as yet) |
Rand Paul | U.S. Senator from Kentucky since 2011 (campaign)[25][26][27] | ![]() | 13 | none (as yet) |
Marco Rubio | U.S. Senator from Florida since 2011; Florida Speaker of the House 2007–2008 (campaign)[28][29][30] | ![]() | 101 | Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota |
Rick Santorum | U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1995–2007; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1991–1995; presidential candidate in 2012 (campaign)[31][32] | ![]() | 0 | none (as yet) |
Donald Trump | Chairman of The Trump Organization since 1971 from New York City (campaign)[33][34][35] | ![]() | 136 | Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Carolina |
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