REPUBLICAN PARTY:
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R-New York)
Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas)
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California)
US Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas)
Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts)
Former Tennessee US Senator Fred Thompson (R-Virginia)
OTHER REPUBLICANS:
Virginia Algar (R-Florida)
Saint Michael Jesus Archangel (R-Michigan)
George Bailey Jr. (R-New Mexico)
Edward Buck (R-Utah)
Allen Bunch (R-Georgia)
Hugh Cort III (R-Alabama)
John Cox (R-Illinois)
Susan Ducey (R-Kansas)
Dan Gilbert (R-North Carolina)
Ray F. Green (R-Massachusetts)
Robert "Bob" Haines (R-New Hampshire)
Curtis Hayward (R-Texas)
Albert Howard (R-Michigan)
Millie Howard (R-Ohio)
Jerry R. Johnson (R-Virginia)
Walter D. "Donnie" Kennedy (R-Georgia)
Former Ambassador Alan Keyes (R-Maryland)
Mark Klein (R-California)
William Koenig (R-Virginia)
Philip A. "John" Kok (R-California)
Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie (R-Texas)
Jim Mitchell (R-Illinois)
Fred Ogin (R-Oregon)
William "Doc" Raven (R-Oregon)
Marshall Sanders (R-California)
Jack Shepard (R-Italy/Minnesota)
Michael Charles Smith (R-Oregon)
Richard Michael Smith (R-Texas)
Keith Sprankle (R-Washington)
Corrogan Vaughn (R-Maryland)
Virgil Wiles (R-Missouri)
Vern Wuensche (R-Texas)
NOT RUNNING:
Former US Senator George Allen (R-Virginia)
Governor Haley Barbour (R-Mississippi)
US Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)
Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-Florida)
Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney (R-Wyoming)
Former US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee)
Former Governor Jim Gilmore (R-Virginia)
Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia)
US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
(R-Nebraska) Former Governor Frank Keating (R-Oklahoma)
Former Governor Bill Owens (R-Colorado)
Former Governor George Pataki (R-New York)
Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-Minnesota)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza "Condi" Rice (R-California)
Governor Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina)
Former US Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania)
Radio Talk Show Host Michael Savage (R-California)
Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado)
Former Governor Tommy Thompson (R-Wisconsin)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
US Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York)
US Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecitcut)
Former US Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina)
Former Alaska US Senator Mike Gravel (D-Virginia)
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)
US Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois)
Governor Bill Richardson (D-New Mexico)
OTHER DEMOCRATS:
Roland Aranjo (D-California)
Warren Ashe (D-Virginia)
Christina Billings-Elias (D-California)
Robert "Bob" Boyer (D-Illinois)
Willie Carter (D-Texas)
Randy Crow (D-North Carolina)
Laura Davis-Aaron (D-Tennessee)
Phil Epstein (D-California)
Michael Forrester (D-Colorado)
Wrendo "JP" Godwin (D-Virginia)
Al Hamburg (D-Wyoming)
Alfonzo Jones (D-California)
John Joseph Kennedy (D-Georgia)
Karl Krueger (D-South Dakota)
Dal LaMagna (D-Washington)
Frank Lynch (D-Florida)
Lee Mercer Jr. (D-Texas)
Sal Mohamed (D-Iowa)
Ole Savior (D-Minnesota)
Mike Skok (D-New York)
Jeff Thomas (D-Wisconsin)
NOT RUNNING:
US Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana)
Governor Phil Bredesen (D-Tennessee)
Former Army General Wes Clark (D-Arkansas)
Former US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota)
Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean (D-Vermont)
US Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
Former Vice President Al Gore (D-Tennessee)
US Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts)
Governor Janet Napolitano (D-Arizona)
US Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska)
Governor Ed Rendell (D-Pennsylvania)
Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-Montana)
Rev. Al Sharpton (D-New York)
Governor Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa)
Former Governor Mark Warner (D-Virginia)
THIRD PARTY and
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:
CONSTITUTION PARTY:
Chuck Baldwin (Florida) - Baptist pastor, radio talk show host, conservative activist, and 2004 VP nominee.
Don Grundman (California) - Chiropractor, anti-tax activist & frequent candidate.
Alan Keyes (R-Maryland) - Former US Ambassador, conservative activist, and frequent candidate.
Bryan Malatesta (Texas) - State party chair, accountant and anti-tax activist.
Diane Beall Templin (California) - Attorney, anti-gay activist and frequent candidate.
GREEN PARTY:
Jared Ball (DC) - College Professor and freelance journalist.
Elaine Brown (Georgia) - Ex-Black Panther Party Chair, nonprofit group executive and author.
Jesse Johnson (West Virginia) - Actor, filmmaker & '04 Governor Candidate.
Paul Kangas (California) - Private investigator, '83 Congressional candidate & '86 US Senate candidate.
Jerry Kann (New York) - Proofreader, editor & frequent candidate.
Cynthia McKinney (California) - Ex-Georgia Congresswoman, Ex-State Rep., attorney and ex-Democrat.
Kent Mesplay (California) - Biomedical engineer, '06 US Senate candidate and '04 Presidential candidate.
Ralph Nader (Independent-Connecticut) - Consumer advocate, attorney and frequent Presidential candidate.
Rebecca Rotzler (New York) - New Paltz Deputy Mayor, former party National Co-Chair, businesswoman, and community activist.
"Average Joe" Schriner (Independent-Ohio) - Substance abuse counselor, freelance journalist and '00/'04 Candidate
Kat Swift (Texas) - State Party Co-Chair, progressive activist & newspaper credit manager.
LIBERTARIAN PARTY:
Jim Burns (Nevada) - Ex-State LP Chair & frequent candidate.
Dave Hollist (California) - Bus driver and frequent LP Presidential hopeful.
Dan Imperato (Florida) - Businessman.
Bob Jackson (Michigan) - Businessman, former Congressional candidate & ex-Republican.
Mike "Jingo" Jingozian (Oregon) - Software company founder & '00 city council candidate.
Steve Kubby (California) - Businessman, '98 Governor nominee & marijuana legalization activist.
Alden Link (New York) - Manufacturing executive & Army veteran.
Robert Milnes (New Jersey) - Progressive activist.
George Phillies (Massachusetts) - College professor, writer, LP "Reform" activist & '96 US Senate nominee.
Wayne Allyn Root (R-Nevada) - Sports handicapper, author & TV show host.
Christine Smith (Colorado) - Progressive activist & writer.
SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY:
No Candidates Identified To Date
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY:
No Candidates Identified To Date
WORKERS WORLD PARTY:
No Candidates Identified To Date
INDEPENDENT & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Independent-New York)
Former US Senator Sam Nunn (D-Georgia)
Independent Candidate Not Yet Named (Unity08)
Stephen P. "Steve" Adams (Independent-Kentucky)
Donald K. Allen (Independent-Ohio)
Blake Ashby (Independent-Missouri)
Terry "Tee" Barkdull (New American Party-Nevada)
John Taylor Bowles (National Socialist Order of America-South Carolina)
Clark B. Braxton (Independent-California)
Richard H. Clark (Independent-Maryland)
Don Cordell (Independent-California)
Claire Cruise (Independent-Georgia)
Orion Karl Daley (Balanced Party-New York)
Christopher J. Dardzinski (Write In-Michigan)
Michael David Elder (Independent-Texas)
Cris Ericson (Marijuana Party-Vermont)
Nick Farmer (Write In-Indiana)
Quay Fortuna (Ward Republic Party-Iowa)
Mark B. Graham (Independent-Florida)
Pete Grasso (Independent-Virginia)
Jon Greenspon (Independent-California)
Jack Grimes (United Fascist Union-Pennsylvania)
Bob W. Hargis (Independent-Oklahoma)
William "Bill" Ingram (Independent-North Carolina)
Paul Jensen (Independent American-Michigan)
Arnold M. Jones (Independent American-Utah)
Daniel Kingrey (Independent-New Hampshire)
Steve Kissing (Independent-Ohio)
David Koch (Independent-Utah)
Brad Lord-Leutwyler (Indpendent-Nevada)
Joe Martyniuk (Independent-Illinois)
David Masters (Independent-North Carolina)
Charles Maxham (Give Me Back America Party-New Jersey)
James McCall (Independent-Ohio)
Frank McEnulty (Independent-California)
Phillip W. Morrow (Independent-Texas)
James Mote (Independent-?)
Ralph Nader (Independent-Connecticut)
Jeff "Petro" Petkevicius (Independent-Louisiana)
Arthur J. Regan (Independent-Massachusetts)
Gary Rostad (Independent-California)
"Average Joe" Schriner (Independent-Ohio)
Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey (Vampire, Witches & Pagan Party-New Jersey)
Charles Symonds (Independent-California)
Ben Thompson (Independent-Minnesota)
Michael "Mic" Tienken (Independent-Minnesota)
Da Vid (Light Party-California)
Lanakila Washington (Humanist Party-New York)
Lisa Weltman (Independent-Michigan)
Carl Whitaker (Independent-Tennessee)
Ruth Bryant White (Independent-Nevada)
Rick Williams (Independent-Tennessee)
Kelcey Wilson (Independent-California)
Frank Zilaitis (Independent-Florida)
OTHER RESOURCES:
Democracy in Action: P2008 - A great site has lots of detailed information on the 2008 Presidential contest. Published by Eric Appleman of GWU. Eric has been covering the White House races starting with the 2000 elections. Very useful, well balanced. A great resource.
Patrick Ruffini: 2008 Presidential Wire - Ruffini -- who was the website designer and Internet strategist for the 2004 Bush/Cheney campaign -- launched this nice news aggregator site in '05 to track all of the news and blog stories on the possible White House candidates from the two major parties.
The Next Prez - This blog site tracks lots of the key, mainstream news stories about the various hopefuls.
Presidential Primaries 2008 - Another blog site tracking the various hopefuls seeking the Democratic and Republican Presidential nominations.
Oval Office 2008 - Not even published in the US, but this site is a good non-partisan blog for tracking news on the 2008 race. Published by Daniel Owens in the UK.
New Hampshire Political Library - This site contains just about anything you could ever want to know about the influential New Hampshire Presidential primary -- including a directory of every candidate who ever ran in the NH primary. Maintained by the New Hampshire State Library, Franklin Pierce College, University of New Hampshire, St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire State Archives and the New Hampshire Historical Society.
PollingReport.com: White House 2008 - Why bother reinventing the wheel and writing our own poll tracking page when this excellent page already exists. To follow the trends in all of the latest polls in the Presidency 2008 race, simply visit this site.
C-SPAN: Road to the White House - Information, links and some streaming video events from one of the nation's leading sources of raw political television coverage. Covers the various likely Presidential candidates. Constantly updated.
Ballot Access News - This respected publication -- founded in 1985 by Libertarian activist Richard Winger -- tracks the attempts of third party and independent candidates for various offices to secure ballot access in the 50 states. The site also tracks changes in the law, court challenges and other interesting tidbits of third party news you usually won't find elsewhere. Use this page to stay current on which third party and independent candidates will and won't appear on your state's general election ballot in November 2008
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Dave Leip prepared this very informative site, which provides historic voting results from the Presidential general elections of 1860-2004 and -- when it rolls around -- the 2008 Presidential primaries. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and the top 2 or 3 third party nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs, too.
Commission on Presidential Debates - Established by leaders of the two major parties to ensure that debates remain a permanent part of every general election, this nonprofit and bipartisan organization sponsored all the general election Presidential debates since 1988. Their controversial and restrictive participation rules largely exclude third party candidates (even the major ones) from participating in these nationally televised debates. One of the groups protesting these restrictions is DebateThis.org.
US Department of State: Foreign Press Center - What is the difference between a caucus and a primary? How do nominating conventions work? What about the popular vote versus the electoral college vote? If you need a better understanding of the American Presidential election process, check out this informative site. The State Department runs this site to help inform foreign journalists about how the US political process works.
VicePresidents.com - No one pays much attention to Vice Presidents -- or, at least, they didn't used to -- except for these guys. History, trivia, quotes, bios, and more.
4President.org - An online museum of Presidential campaign brochures, bumper stickers and key speches from 1960 through the 2008 campaign. A great site for political junkies.
The Living Room Candidate - The American Museum of the Moving Image presents this great online museum of Presidential campaign TV commercials. The ads, which cover every election since 1952 (Ike vs. Stevenson), are an amazing resource.
Politics1: P2004 and Politics1: P2000 - Our archived pages from the 2004 and 2000 Presidential races. We're not updating them any longer, but we've kept them online if you're still looking for them. And, yes, we know many of the links there have gone bad ... and that some point to sites that are now pornographic ... but, I'll repeat, we're not updating them anymore. Think of them as sentimental reference points.
