Early Line: Election 2004
Presidential Election
Last updated July 10, 2001, with change from last rating noted in
brackets
This list of potential presidential candidates for the 2004 election includes all
candidates who have been mentioned as serious possibilities for the seven national
political parties. These parties are in order by their showing in the 2000 election, the
candidates within them alphabetically. The 1-10 number beside each candidate denotes
her/his likelihood to run for president in 2004, with "1" highly unlikely and
"10" an announced candidate. This will be updated regularly. Please note:
Atthistime, these numbers denote only the likelihood of one's choosing to become an
announced candidate, not likelihood of actually winning a party's nomination.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
| Roy Barnes |
Governor, Georgia |
6 [+0] |
| Evan Bayh |
Senator, Indiana |
1 [+0] |
| Warren Beatty |
Actor/Director, California |
2 [+0] |
| Joseph Biden |
Senator, Delaware |
7 [+0] |
| Bill Bradley |
Ex-Senator, New Jersey |
6 [+1] |
| John Breaux |
Senator, Louisiana |
1 [+0] |
| Jerry Brown |
Mayor, California |
2 [+0] |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Senator, New York |
2 [+0] |
| Randy Crow |
Truck Driver, North Carolina |
10 [+0] |
| Thomas Daschle |
Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota |
7 [+0] |
| Gray Davis |
Governor, California |
3 [+0] |
| Christopher Dodd |
Senator, Connecticut |
5 [+2] |
| Mike Easley |
Governor, North Carolina |
1 [+0] |
| John Edwards |
Senator, North Carolina |
8 [+0] |
| Russ Feingold |
Senator, Wisconsin |
5 [+0] |
| Dianne Feinstein |
Senator, California |
6 [+5] |
| Richard Gephardt |
House Minority Leader, Missouri |
9 [+0] |
| Al Gore |
Ex-Vice President, Tennessee |
5 [-2] |
| Bob Graham |
Senator, Florida |
1 [+0] |
| Tom Harkin |
Senator, Iowa |
1 [+0] |
| James Hunt |
Ex-Governor, North Carolina |
1 [+0] |
| Jesse Jackson |
Minister/Activist, Illinois |
1 [+0] |
| Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. |
Representative, Illinois |
8 [+0] |
| Marcy Kaptur |
Representative, Ohio |
5 [-1] |
| Edward Kennedy |
Senator, Massachusetts |
2 [+0] |
| Robert Kerrey |
University President, New York |
1 [+0] |
| John Kerry |
Senator, Massachusetts |
9 [+0] |
| Lyndon LaRouche |
Economist, Virginia |
10 [+0] |
| Patrick Leahy |
Senator, Vermont |
2 [+0] |
| Joseph Lieberman |
Senator, Connecticut |
8 [+0] |
| Ronnie Musgrove |
Governor, Mississippi |
1 [+0] |
| Robert
Reich |
Ex-Labor Secretary, Massachusetts |
2 [+0] |
| Ed Rendell |
Ex-Mayor, Pennsylvania |
1 [+0] |
| John D. "Jay"
Rockefeller |
Senator, West Virginia |
1 [+0] |
| Jeanne Shaheen |
Governor, New Hampshire |
1 [+0] |
| Don Siegelman |
Governor, Alabama |
1 [+0] |
| Al Sharpton |
Minister/Activist, New York |
9 [+0] |
| Ted Turner |
Media Entrepreneur, Georgia |
1 [+0] |
| Tom Vilsack |
Governor, Iowa |
1 [+0] |
| Paul Wellstone |
Senator, Minnesota |
3 [+0] |
INDEPENDENT
GREEN
PARTY
REFORM
PARTY
LIBERTARIAN
PARTY
| Harry Browne |
Author, Tennessee |
2 [+0] |
| Donald Gorman |
Ex-State Representative, New Hampshire |
3 [+0] |
| Barry Hess |
Businessman, Arizona |
7 [+0] |
| David Hollist |
Busdriver, California |
10 [+0] |
| Jacob Hornberger |
Attorney, Virginia |
8 [+0] |
| Carla Howell |
Businesswoman, Massachusetts |
7 [+0] |
| Gail Lightfoot |
Nurse, California |
2 [+0] |
| Russell Means |
Actor/Activist, New Mexico |
7 [+0] |
| Art Olivier |
Ex-Mayor, California |
8 [+0] |
| Mary Ruwart |
Physician, Texas |
1 [+0] |
| L. Neil Smith |
Author, Colorado |
7 [+0] |
| Ed Thompson |
Mayor, Wisconsin |
2 [+0] |
CONSTITUTION PARTY
NATURAL
LAW PARTY/INDEPENDENCE PARTY
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