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Who’s Running for President in 2020?

Running
Biden
Trump
Dropped Out
27 Democrats 3 Republicans
Sanders
Gabbard
Warren
Bloomberg
Klobuchar
Buttigieg
Steyer
Patrick
Yang
Bennet
Delaney
Booker
Williamson
Castro
Harris
Bullock
Sestak
Messam
O’Rourke
Ryan
de Blasio
Gillibrand
Moulton
Inslee
Hickenlooper
Swalwell
Ojeda
Weld
Walsh
Sanford

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Trump in the 2020 race.

The field of Democratic presidential candidates was historically large, but all others have dropped out. Mr. Trump had also picked up a few Republican challengers, but they have also ended their campaigns.

Running

Joseph R. Biden Jr., 77
Former vice president; former senator from Delaware
Democrat
“If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are, and I cannot stand by and watch that happen.”

Has run for president twice before.

Is known for his down-to-earth personality and his ability to connect with working-class voters.

His eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president are a major selling point for many Democrats.

Signature issues: Restoring America’s standing on the global stage; adding a public option to the Affordable Care Act; strengthening economic protections for low-income workers in industries like manufacturing and fast food.

Donald J. Trump, 73
U.S. president; real estate developer; reality television star
Republican
“Considering that we have done more than any administration in the first two years, this should be easy. More great things now in the works!”

Main legislative accomplishment as president: a sweeping tax cut that chiefly benefited corporations and wealthy investors.

Has focused on undoing the policies of the Obama administration, including on health care, environmental regulation and immigration.

Was impeached by the House of Representatives for seeking to pressure Ukraine to smear his political rivals, but was acquitted by the Senate.

Signature issues: Restricting immigration and building a wall at the Mexican border; renegotiating or canceling international deals on trade, arms control and climate change; withdrawing American troops from overseas.

Dropped Out

Democrat
Ended campaign April 8, 2020
Bernie Sanders, 78
Senator from Vermont; former congressman

Ended his second bid for the Democratic nomination in April 2020, after a series of losses to Mr. Biden.

Democrat
Ended campaign March 19, 2020
Tulsi Gabbard, 38
Congresswoman from Hawaii; Army National Guard veteran

Ended her campaign in March 2020 and said she would back Mr. Biden.

Democrat
Ended campaign March 5, 2020
Elizabeth Warren, 70
Senator from Massachusetts; former Harvard professor

Dropped out of the race following a steady decline in support and a poor showing on Super Tuesday.

Democrat
Ended campaign March 4, 2020
Michael R. Bloomberg, 78
Billionaire media executive; former mayor of New York City

Dropped out of the race on the day after Super Tuesday and endorsed Mr. Biden. He spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his own fortune on a campaign that lasted just over three months.

Democrat
Ended campaign March 2, 2020
Amy Klobuchar, 59
Senator from Minnesota; former Hennepin County, Minn., attorney

Decided to quit the race a day before Super Tuesday and endorse a rival, Mr. Biden.

Democrat
Ended campaign March 1, 2020
Pete Buttigieg, 38
Former mayor of South Bend, Ind.; military veteran

Decided to quit the race after a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary. The first openly gay major presidential candidate, he rose to the primary's top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters.

Democrat
Ended campaign Feb. 29, 2020
Tom Steyer, 62
Billionaire former hedge fund executive; climate change and impeachment activist

Exited the race after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, a state where he had spent considerable resources and pinned the hopes of his campaign.

Democrat
Ended campaign Feb. 12, 2020
Deval Patrick, 63
Former governor of Massachusetts

Dropped out the day after receiving less than 1 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary. He entered a crowded field late in the game and failed to catch on.

Democrat
Ended campaign Feb. 11, 2020
Andrew Yang, 45
Former tech executive who founded an economic development nonprofit

Ended his presidential bid at a primary-night party in New Hampshire after a yearslong campaign that endured even as those of members of Congress and governors fell away. He had failed to win any pledged delegates in Iowa.

Democrat
Ended campaign Feb. 11, 2020
Michael Bennet, 55
Senator from Colorado

Announced in February 2020 that he was ending his bid for the Democratic nomination after a dismal showing in the New Hampshire primary.

Democrat
Ended campaign Jan. 31, 2020
John Delaney, 56
Former congressman from Maryland; former businessman

Dropped out of the race just three days before the Iowa caucuses, ending a two-and-a-half-year presidential campaign, one of the longest in American history.

Democrat
Ended campaign Jan. 13, 2020
Cory Booker, 50
Senator from New Jersey; former mayor of Newark

Dropped out of the race in January 2020 just weeks before the Iowa caucuses after failing to qualify for the debate stage twice in a row. He ended a nearly yearlong quest built around a message of peace and unity that failed to resonate with voters.

Democrat
Ended campaign Jan. 10, 2020
Marianne Williamson, 67
Self-help author, new age lecturer

Announced in January 2020 that she would end her long-shot presidential campaign. She had been averaging less than 1 percent in polls and had not qualified for a debate since July 2019.

Democrat
Ended campaign Jan. 2, 2020
Julián Castro, 45
Former housing secretary; former mayor of San Antonio

Ended his bid for the presidency in January 2020, after failing to break into the upper tier of a crowded primary field. He quickly endorsed Senator Elizabeth Warren for president.

Democrat
Ended campaign Dec. 3, 2019
Kamala Harris, 55
Senator from California; former attorney general of California; former San Francisco district attorney

Dropped out of the race in December 2019 after months of slumping poll numbers. She began in the top tier of candidates, but her campaign unraveled in the second half of 2019 and she said she no longer had the money needed to compete.

Democrat
Ended campaign Dec. 2, 2019
Steve Bullock, 53
Governor of Montana; former state attorney general

Dropped out in December 2019, saying that he wouldn’t “be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates.”

Democrat
Ended campaign Dec. 1, 2019
Joe Sestak, 68
Former congressman from Pennsylvania; former Navy admiral

Ended his campaign in December 2019, after averaging zero percent in the polls.

Democrat
Ended campaign Nov. 20, 2019
Wayne Messam, 45
Mayor of Miramar, Fla.; former college football champion

Dropped out of the race in November 2019 after failing to qualify for any of the Democratic debates.

Democrat
Ended campaign Nov. 1, 2019
Beto O’Rourke, 47
Former congressman from Texas; 2018 Senate candidate

Ended his campaign in November 2019 after struggling for months to recapture the energy of his 2018 Senate candidacy on national stage. He is not expected to run for any other office in 2020.

Democrat
Ended campaign Oct. 24, 2019
Tim Ryan, 46
Congressman from Ohio; former congressional staff member

Ended his campaign in October 2019 and said he would run for re-election to his House seat.

Democrat
Ended campaign Sept. 20, 2019
Bill de Blasio, 58
Mayor of New York City

Announced he was ending his presidential campaign in September 2019 after it became clear that he was unlikely to qualify for the October debate.

Democrat
Ended campaign Aug. 28, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand, 53
Senator from New York; former congresswoman

Withdrew from the presidential race in August 2019, saying that failing to qualify for the September debate was fatal to her candidacy. She said she would continue to champion issues of women’s equality and support women running for Congress.

Democrat
Ended campaign Aug. 23, 2019
Seth Moulton, 41
Congressman from Massachusetts; Iraq War veteran

Withdrew from the presidential race in August 2019 and said he would run for re-election to the House. He also said he would relaunch his political action committee, Serve America, to promote issues related to veterans and the military.

Democrat
Ended campaign Aug. 21, 2019
Jay Inslee, 69
Governor of Washington State; former congressman

Dropped out of the 2020 race in August 2019, after struggling to earn a place in the September debates. He plans to run for a third term for governor and wants to advise the Democratic field on climate policy.

Democrat
Ended campaign Aug. 15, 2019
John Hickenlooper, 68
Former governor of Colorado; former mayor of Denver

Announced in August 2019 that he was ending his presidential campaign after months of failing to gain significant traction. He will instead run for the Republican-held Senate seat in Colorado that is up for election in 2020.

Democrat
Ended campaign July 8, 2019
Eric Swalwell, 39
Congressman from California

Announced in July 2019 that he was ending his campaign and would seek a fifth term in the House, where he represents Northern California’s East Bay.

Democrat
Ended campaign Jan. 25, 2019
Richard Ojeda, 49
Former West Virginia state senator; military veteran

Suspended his short-lived campaign in late January 2019, acknowledging that he did “not have the ability to compete.” At that time, only a handful of candidates had officially entered the race.

Republican
Ended campaign March 18, 2020
William F. Weld, 74
Former governor of Massachusetts; former federal prosecutor

Ended his campaign in March 2020, a day after Mr. Trump officially racked up enough delegates to become the presumptive 2020 Republican nominee for president.

Republican
Ended campaign Feb. 7, 2020
Joe Walsh, 58
Conservative radio show host; former congressman from Illinois

Ended his campaign for the Republican nomination in February 2020.

Republican
Ended campaign Nov. 12, 2019
Mark Sanford, 59
Former congressman from South Carolina, former governor of the state

Ended his long-shot primary challenge to President Trump in November 2019, saying that the impeachment inquiry had made it impossible for his message of fiscal conservatism to break through.