2008_U.S._presidential

2008 U.S. presidential candidate

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The following are lists of candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election. Candidates who are not on any state ballots, withdrew from the race, suspended their presidential campaign, or failed to earn their party's nomination are listed separately. All lists are in alphabetical order by Presidential candidate.

1 Party nominees
2 Ballot access
3 Primary and convention candidates
- 3.1 Democratic Party primary ballot access
- 3.2 Republican Party primary ballot access
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Party nominees

Those who are on the ballot in enough states to theoretically win a majority in the U.S. Electoral College are marked in bold. Candidates who are known to have appeared on at least two states' ballots are marked in italic. TBD means "to be determined".

Presidential candidate	Party	Running mate	Campaign site
Gene Amondson	Prohibition	Leroy Pletten	geneamondson.com
Chuck Baldwin	Constitution	Darrell Castle	baldwin2008.com
Bob Barr	Libertarian	Wayne Allyn Root	bobbarr2008.com
Róger Calero	Socialist Workers	Alyson Kennedy
Charles Jay	Boston Tea	Thomas L. Knapp	CJ08.com
Alan Keyes	Independent	TBD	americasrevival.com
Gloria La Riva	Socialism & Liberation	Eugene Puryear	votepsl.org
John McCain (presumptive nominee)	Republican	TBD	johnmccain.com
Frank McEnulty	New American Independent	TBD	frankforpresident.org
Cynthia McKinney	Green	Rosa Clemente	runcynthiarun.org
Brian Moore	Socialist	Stewart Alexander	votesocialist2008.org
Ralph Nader	Independent	Matt Gonzalez	votenader.org
Barack Obama (presumptive nominee)	Democratic	TBD	barackobama.com
Ted Weill	Reform	Frank McEnulty

Ballot access

The two major parties in the United States are the Democratic and the Republican parties which are on the ballot in all fifty States and the District of Columbia.

The table below shows which third-party candidates have been able to gain ballot access in each State. In some States, these candidates are on the ballot as independents, or on the ballot lines of different parties.

	EV	Lib.	Green	Const.	Nader	Soc.& Lib.	Soc.	Soc. Wk.	Others
States	51	33	22	22	17	7	3	4
Electoral Votes	538	364	241	179	143	68	39	50
Percent of EVs	100%	67.6%	44.8%	33.2%	26.6%	12.6%	7.2%	9.3%
Alabama	9
Alaska	3
Arizona	10
Arkansas	6
California	55								Keyes
Colorado	9								BTP, Keyes, NAIP, Pro., Ref.
Connecticut	7
Delaware	3
Florida	27								BTP, Keyes
Georgia	15
Hawaii	4
Idaho	4
Illinois	21
Indiana	11
Iowa	7
Kansas	6
Kentucky	8
Louisiana	9
Maine	4
Maryland	10
Massachusetts	12
Michigan	17
Minnesota	10
Mississippi	6
Missouri	11
Montana	3
Nebraska	5
Nevada	5
New Hampshire	4
New Jersey	15
New Mexico	5
New York	31
North Carolina	15
North Dakota	3
Ohio	20
Oklahoma	7
Oregon	7
Pennsylvania	21
Rhode Island	4
South Carolina	8
South Dakota	3
Tennessee	11
Texas	34
Utah	5
Vermont	3
Virginia	13
Washington	11
West Virginia	5
Wisconsin	10
Wyoming	3
District of Columbia	3

Primary and convention candidates

Jared Ball (Green)
Joe Biden (Democratic)
Sam Brownback (Republican)
Eric Chester (Socialist)
Hillary Clinton (Democratic)
Chris Dodd (Democratic)
Susan Gail Ducey (Constitution)
John Edwards (Democratic)
Mike Gravel (Democratic, Libertarian)
Rudy Giuliani (Republican)
Mike Huckabee (Republican)
Duncan Hunter (Republican)
Daniel Imperato (Constitution, Green, Libertarian)
Mike Jingozian (Libertarian)
Jesse Johnson (Green)
Alan Keyes (Republican, Constitution)
Steve Kubby (Libertarian)
Dennis Kucinich (Democratic)
Kent Mesplay (Green)
Ron Paul (Republican)
George Phillies (Libertarian)
Bill Richardson (Democratic)
Max Riekse (Constitution)
Mitt Romney (Republican)
Wayne Allyn Root (Libertarian)
Mary Ruwart (Libertarian)
Christine Smith (Libertarian)
Kat Swift (Green)
Tom Tancredo (Republican)
Fred Thompson (Republican)
Tom Vilsack (Democratic)

Democratic Party primary ballot access

	Date	Biden	Clinton	Dodd	Edwards	Gravel	Kucinich	Obama	R'dson	Others
Iowa	January 3	JB	HC	CD	JE	MG	DK	BO	BR
New Hampshire	January 8	JB	HC	CD	JE	MG	DK	BO	BR
Michigan	January 15		HC	CD		MG	DK
Nevada	January 19	JB	HC	CD	JE		DK	BO	BR
South Carolina	January 26	JB	HC	CD	JE	MG	DK	BO	BR
Florida^[1]	January 29	JB	HC	CD	JE	MG	DK	BO	BR

Republican Party primary ballot access

	Date	Giuliani	Huckabee	Hunter	Keyes	McCain	Paul	Romney	Thompson	Others
Iowa	January 3	RG	MH	DH		JM	RP	MR	FT
Wyoming	January 5	RG	MH	DH		JM	RP	MR	FT
New Hampshire^[2]	January 8	RG	MH	DH	AK	JM	RP	MR	FT
Michigan	January 15	RG	MH	DH		JM	RP	MR	FT
Nevada	January 19	RG	MH	DH		JM	RP	MR	FT
South Carolina	January 19	RG	MH	DH		JM	RP	MR	FT
Florida^[1]	January 29	RG	MH	DH	AK	JM	RP	MR	FT
Maine	February 2

References

External links

v • d • e 2008 United States presidential election

Results template • Candidates (Comparison) • Debates • Congressional support • Fundraising • Ballot access • Timeline

Primaries and polling	Super Tuesday • Potomac primary • Super Tuesday II • Straw polls • General polls • Statewide general polls

Democratic Party • Convention	Straw polls • Primary polls • General polls • Debates • Primaries • Results • VP candidates • Superdelegate (list) Presumptive Nominee: Barack Obama (campaign) Former candidates: Evan Bayh • Joe Biden (campaign) • Hillary Rodham Clinton (campaign) • Chris Dodd (campaign) • John Edwards (campaign) • Mike Gravel (campaign) • Dennis Kucinich (campaign) • Dal LaMagna • Bill Richardson (campaign) • Tom Vilsack (campaign)

Republican Party • Convention	Straw polls • Primary polls • General polls • Debates • Primaries • Results • VP candidates Presumptive Nominee: John McCain (campaign) Former candidates: Sam Brownback • Hugh Cort • John Cox • Dan Gilbert • Jim Gilmore (campaign) • Rudy Giuliani (campaign) • Mike Huckabee (campaign) • Duncan Hunter (campaign) • Alan Keyes (campaign) • Ray McKinney • Ron Paul (campaign) • Mitt Romney (campaign) • Tom Tancredo (campaign) • Fred Thompson (campaign) • Tommy Thompson (campaign)

Constitution Party • Convention	Nominee: Chuck Baldwin (campaign)/Darrell Castle Former candidates: Daniel Imperato • Alan Keyes (campaign)

Green Party • Convention	Nominee: Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente Former candidates: Elaine Brown • Jesse Johnson • Kent Mesplay • Kat Swift

Libertarian Party • Convention	Nominee: Bob Barr (campaign)/Wayne Allyn Root Former candidates: Mike Gravel (campaign) • Daniel Imperato • Steve Kubby • George Phillies • Wayne Allyn Root • Mary Ruwart • Doug Stanhope

Minor parties	Boston Tea Party: Charles Jay/Thomas L. Knapp • Prohibition Party: Gene Amondson/Leroy Pletten • Socialism and Liberation Party: Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear • Socialist Party: Brian Moore/Stewart Alexander • Socialist Workers Party: Róger Calero/Alyson Kennedy

Independent	Alan Keyes (campaign) • Ralph Nader (campaign)/Matt Gonzalez • Jonathon Sharkey

Draft movements	Democratic Party: Al Gore • Mark Warner • Republican Party: Newt Gingrich • Condoleezza Rice • Independent: Michael Bloomberg

Candidates shown in italics did not receive their party's nomination. Those in bold are the nominee or presumptive nominee of their respective parties. (Those listed following the "/" are the party's vice presidential nominee). Other 2008 elections: House • Senate • Gubernatorial

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