THE DEMOCRATS
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THE REPUBLICANS
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
“I’m running for president,” Mrs. Clinton said in a video.
STAFFING UPMs. Clinton has built the largest campaign operation of any potential candidate so far, with Robby Mook, a veteran of her 2008 campaign, the leading contender for campaign manager.
CUTTING TIESStepped down from the board of the Clinton Foundation in order to run for president.
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Bernie Sanders
“After a year of travel, discussion and dialogue, I have decided to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president.”
PARTY ALIGNMENTThe independent senator, who calls himself a socialist, plans to run for president as a Democrat.
RECENT APPEARANCESHas visited early primary states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina to help him learn if he has the support to run.
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Martin O'Malley
FORMER MARYLAND GOVERNOR
“I’m very seriously considering running in 2016.”
CLINTON JABMr. O'Malley derided the "politics of triangulation," echoing Barack Obama's 2008 campaign in a veiled jab at Mrs. Clinton's ostensibly poll-driven politics.
STAFFING UPHired Bill Hyers, who most recently managed Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign in New York, as a senior adviser to his PAC, "O'Say Can You See."
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Jim Webb
FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR
“I'm seriously looking at the possibility of running for president.”
TESTING THE WATERSIn November, became the first candidate in either party to announce a presidential exploratory committee.
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Lincoln Chafee
FORMER RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR
“I am a Democrat considering a run for president of the United States.”
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Joseph R. Biden Jr.
VICE PRESIDENT
“Honest to God, I haven’t made up my mind.”
VISITING KEY STATESPromoted the White House's economic policies in the early caucus and primary states of Iowa and South Carolina.
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Elizabeth Warren
UNITED STATES SENATOR
“I am not running for president. You want me to put an exclamation point at the end?”
NEW BOOK"A Fighting Chance" came out in April 2014.
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Ted Cruz
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Mr. Cruz posted on Twitter, “I’m running for President and I hope to earn your support!”
GETTING AN EARLY STARTBegan his candidacy with a round of TV appearances and swings through New Hampshire and Iowa.
SETTING UP SHOPOpened his presidential campaign headquarters in Houston.
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Rand Paul
UNITED STATES SENATOR
“I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government,” Mr. Paul wrote on his website.
STRAW POLL WINNER AGAINMr. Paul won the straw poll at CPAC for the third straight year, and his speech was greeted with shouts of "President Paul!".
STAFFING UPHired Chip Englander, who managed Bruce Rauner's successful campaign for governor of Illinois, as his campaign manager.
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Marco Rubio
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Mr. Rubio announced his candidacy in a call to donors on April 13.
STAFFING UPHired Jim Merrill, who previously ran Mitt Romney's primary campaigns in New Hampshire. J. Warren Tompkins, a former business partner of of Terry Sullivan, an adviser to Mr. Rubio, is expected to oversee a "super PAC" supporting his candidacy.
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Ben Carson
“I’m announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.”
RECENT APPEARANCESSpoke to a groggy crowd in a not-so-prime-time speech at CPAC.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONSThe National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee has raised some $12 million, enough to show there is interest in his candidacy.
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Carly Fiorina
“I think I’m the best person for the job because I understand how the economy actually works.”
RECENT APPEARANCESMs. Fiorina was politely received at CPAC, where she defended the Israeli prime minister and attacked Hillary Clinton.
STAFFING UPHired Sarah Isgur Flores, the former deputy communications director for the Republican National Committee, to work for her super PAC, "Unlocking Potential."
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Mike Huckabee
FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR
NEW COMMITTEEIowa operative Nick Ryan hasstarted a super PAC supporting Mr. Huckabee, called "Pursuing America's Greatness."
SEVERING TIESHe said leaving his show at Fox News was "a pretty good indication" that he had a presidential run in mind.
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Jeb Bush
FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR
In December, Mr. Bush announced on Facebook that he was “actively” exploring a presidential run.
at high-dollar events.
STAFFING UPDavid Kochel, a Republican strategist based in Iowa, joined Mr. Bush's PAC as a senior strategist and is in line to serve as national campaign manager.
CUTTING TIESResigned from outside corporate and nonprofit board positions and sold stakes in his remaining businesses.
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Scott Walker
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
“My personal process is I have to feel like it's a calling, particularly for the time and the effort and the impact it has on family and friends.”
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTUREBecame the first candidate to open a campaign office in Iowa. Mr. Walker has brought on Rick Wiley, a former Republican National Committee political director, to build a political operation.
NEW COMMITTEEStarted "Our American Revival," a 527 group that can accept unlimited contributions, to pay for campaign-related activities in advance of an official announcement.
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Chris Christie
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
VISITING KEY STATESAccording to his own count, Mr. Christie has made more than a dozen trips to Iowa since 2010, including one in January to speak at theIowa Freedom Summit, a grass-roots gathering of the party’s more conservative base.
FOREIGN CREDENTIALSWent on a three-day trade mission to Britain, just months after similar visits to Mexico and to Canada.
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Rick Santorum
FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR
“We’re just obviously in a better place right now. Our message will be a lot more focused this time than it was last time.”
RECENT APPEARANCESMr. Santorum had the spot after Rand Paul at the CPAC convention, and his tough-talking foreign-policy speech was delivered as Mr. Paul's followers exited.
CRITICIZING RIVALSReferring to potential contendersSenator Rand Paul and Senator Ted Cruz, Mr. Santorum said, "Do we really want somebody who’s a bomb thrower, with no track record of any accomplishments?”
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Rick Perry
FORMER TEXAS GOVERNOR
“I’ve spent the last 22, 23 months in preparation to run for the presidency.”
BOOSTING HIS RECORDAs his 14-year run as governor of Texas came to end, he has traveled the country, including Iowa, to promote his accomplishments.
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Lindsey Graham
UNITED STATES SENATOR
NEW COMMITTEESet up a political committee called "Security Through Strength" to pay for expenses while exploring a run.
VISITING KEY STATESSpent two days in Iowa in February and returned in March for an agricultural policy forum attended by several fellow potential candidates.
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Bobby Jindal
LOUISIANA GOVERNOR
“Thinking and praying” about a run.
COURTING CONSERVATIVESSpoke at the CPAC conferene, to a room noticeably less enthusiastic than it was moments earlier, during Gov. Scott Walker's speech.
OUTSIDE SUPPORTBackers of the governor have set up "Believe Again," a super PAC to support a 2016 run.
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Mitt Romney
2012 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
“I did not want to make it more difficult for someone else to emerge who may have a better chance of becoming the president.”
INITIAL OUTREACHAfter announcing to a group of New York-based donors that he wanted to explore another presidential campaign, Mr. Romney reached out to former staff, supporters and top Republicans anddecided against a run.
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