Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
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The Democratic Party will select its presidential nominee at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will take place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries are held to allocate convention delegates. To read more about the 2024 primary schedule click here. These delegates, along with superdelegates who come from the party leadership, vote at the convention to select the nominee.
Ballotpedia has identified the following noteworthy candidates seeking the Democratic nomination:
- Joe Biden (D), incumbent president of the United States, announced he would run for re-election on April 25, 2023.[1]
- Dean Phillips (D), a U.S. representative from Minnesota, announced his candidacy on October 26, 2023.[2]
- Marianne Williamson (D), 2020 presidential candidate and author, announced her candidacy on February 23, 2023.[3]
Upcoming dates
This section is updated weekly on Fridays as information becomes available.
- December 30, 2023: Filing deadline for major party candidates in Illinois and Rhode Island.
- January 2, 2024: Deadline for major parties to submit a list of candidates to the Secretary of State in Minnesota.
- January 5, 2024: Filing deadline for major party candidates in Massachusetts, Illinois and Kentucky. Filing deadline for Democratic candidates with the state party in North Dakota.
- January 6, 2024: Filing deadline for Democratic candidates with the state party in Washington.
- January 9, 2024: Deadline for major parties to submit a list of candidates to the Secretary of State in Washington.
Notable declared Democratic candidates and exploratory committees
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2024
The following noteworthy Democratic candidates have filed to run for president with the Federal Election Commission or announced exploratory committees.
 Joe Biden |
 Dean Phillips |
 Marianne Williamson |
Democratic candidates on 5 or more ballots
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2024
The following candidates have qualified to appear on five or more Democratic primary ballots:
- Joe Biden
- Gabriel Cornejo
- Frank J. Lozada
- Stephen Lyons
- Jason Palmer
- Armando Perez-Serrato
- Dean Phillips
- Cenk Uygur
- Marianne Williamson
Campaign finance
During presidential election years, candidates who anticipate that they will raise or spend more than $100,000 must file monthly campaign finance reports. Candidates who anticipate that they will raise and spend less than $100,000 file on a quarterly schedule, as do all presidential candidates during non-presidential election years. Click here to view reporting deadlines in the 2024 presidential election.
The following chart displays noteworthy Democratic primary candidates' overall fundraising through the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Note that the chart displays fundraising figures for candidates who had declared before the most recent reporting deadline. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs. The charts below include campaign finance reports beginning at the point the FEC starts classifying the committee as a presidential candidate's principal campaign finance committee.
Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account, including contributions by individuals, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. Contributions reflect individual donations to a campaign. Disbursements is a term for campaign spending.
Democratic National Convention
- See also: Democratic National Convention, 2024
The Democratic National Convention will take place in Chicago, Illinois, from August 19-22, 2024.[4]
The national nominating convention is the formal ceremony during which the party officially selects its nominee and adopts a party platform. The delegates are individuals chosen to represent their state or territory at the convention.
Presidential election competitiveness
Polls
The section below displays polling averages for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination from RealClearPolitics.
Prediction markets
What is a prediction market?
Prediction markets allow users to purchase shares relating to the outcome of events using real money. Each event, such as an election, has a number of contracts associated with it, each correlating to a different outcome. For instance, an election contested between four candidates would be represented by eight separate contracts, with each contract correlating to a particular candidate winning or losing the election.
The share price in each individual forecast rises and falls based on market demand. Once the event's outcome is decided, holders of shares that correlate with the correct outcome receive a payout for each share they held.
For example, a user buys 10 shares at 20 cents each in a presidential primary saying Candidate A will win. If Candidate A wins the election, the user earns $10. If the candidate loses, the user earns no money and loses his original $2 investment.
Why do prediction markets matter?
Prediction markets can be used to gain insight into the outcome of elections. Microsoft Research economist David Rothschild argued that they are better suited to the task than polls: "I can create a poll that can mimic everything about a prediction market...except markets have a way of incentivizing you to come back at 2 a.m. and update your answer."[5][6][7]
PredictIt
The chart below shows 2024 Democratic presidential primary open share prices over time.[8]
RealClearPolitics prediction market averages
Campaign logos
The following chart includes the campaign logo and slogan for each noteworthy Democratic presidential candidate.
| 2024 Democratic presidential candidate logos | |||
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| Candidate | Logo | Slogan | |
| Joe Biden |  |
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| Dean Phillips |  |
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| Marianne Williamson |  |
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List of registered 2024 Democratic presidential candidates
The following table lists Democratic candidates who filed with the FEC to run for president. Some applicants used pseudonyms; candidate names and party affiliations are written as they appeared on the FEC website on the date that they initially filed with the FEC.[9][10]
This list was last updated on December 11, 2023. The list is sorted alphabetically by first name. Scroll down in the table below to view the full list.
| Democratic candidates who have filed for the 2024 presidential election | |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Party |
| Aaron M. He | Democratic Party |
| Adam Ouariti | Democratic Party |
| Adrian Maurice Hall | Democratic Party |
| Ajay Thaliath | Democratic Party |
| Alan Huddleston | Democratic Party |
| Alida Felton | Democratic Party |
| Allan Channey Summers | Democratic Party |
| Amanda Catherine Eskelson | Democratic Party |
| Ann Parkinson | Democratic Party |
| Anthony Manalakos | Democratic Party |
| Antonio Marco Pantalo | Democratic Party |
| Armando Perez-Serrato | Democratic Party |
| Arse Vincent Cysewski | Democratic Party |
| Ashley Powell | Democratic Party |
| Azeem Hussein | Democratic Party |
| Beatrice Ramos | Democratic Party |
| Bella Berg Fonvergne | Democratic Party |
| Benjamin Garcia | Democratic Party |
| Bob Ely | Democratic Party |
| Brian Matthew Owen | Democratic Party |
| Brittany A. Mckown | Democratic Party |
| Bryan James | Democratic Party |
| Carson Loveless | Democratic Party |
| Cenk Uygur | Democratic Party |
| Charles Camilleri | Democratic Party |
| Christin Noel Powers | Democratic Party |
| Christopher Campbell | Democratic Party |
| Christopher David Portlock | Democratic Party |
| Chris Weiler | Democratic Party |
| Constance L. Johnson | Democratic Party |
| Coran De-Andre Smith | Democratic Party |
| Dantwan Samuel Watkins | Democratic Party |
| David Barnard | Democratic Party |
| David Cash | Democratic Party |
| DC Jefferson | Democratic Party |
| Dean Phillips | Democratic Party |
| Deborah Sharpe | Democratic Party |
| Donald Picard | Democratic Party |
| Doris Brown | Democratic Party |
| Dorsey Porter | Democratic Party |
| Dustin Rorex | Democratic Party |
| Dykeba Lecole Rogers | Democratic Party |
| Earl Davis | Democratic Party |
| Eban Cambridge | Democratic Party |
| Edward Nathaniel Grimes | Democratic Party |
| Erik Leckner | Democratic Party |
| Ethan Witzling Hamby | Democratic Party |
| Evette Rechelle Tippett | Democratic Party |
| Frank J. Lozada | Democratic Party |
| Gabriel Cornejo | Democratic Party |
| Gary Davis | Democratic Party |
| Gary J. Brown | Democratic Party |
| George Brucato | Democratic Party |
| Gerry Coleman | Democratic Party |
| Gibran Nicholas | Democratic Party |
| Golda D. Harris | Democratic Party |
| Gregory Marquis Thomas | Democratic Party |
| Harvey Wizard | Democratic Party |
| Heather Munoz | Democratic Party |
| Herbert Ezekiel Zeke Smyth | Democratic Party |
| Howard Dotson | Democratic Party |
| Hudson Theodore Zoller | Democratic Party |
| Hung Huynh Chan | Democratic Party |
| Isaiah Reid | Democratic Party |
| Ishah Wright | Democratic Party |
| Jamarion Walker | Democratic Party |
| James Nixon | Democratic Party |
| James Orlando Ogle III | Democratic Party |
| Jason Palmer | Democratic Party |
| Jeff Miles | Democratic Party |
| Jennifer Astello | Democratic Party |
| Jennifer Lee Ann Ney | Democratic Party |
| Jennifer McMurray | Democratic Party |
| Jodie Smithson | Democratic Party |
| Joe Biden | Democratic Party |
| Joe Exotic | Democratic Party |
| John Coyne | Democratic Party |
| John Gagliardi | Democratic Party |
| John Washington III | Democratic Party |
| Jonathan Tuan Tran | Democratic Party |
| Jose Font | Democratic Party |
| Joseph Firmage | Democratic Party |
| Joseph Jay Manger | Democratic Party |
| Joshua David Horwitz | Democratic Party |
| Julie Jones | Democratic Party |
| Kacey Nicole Samples | Democratic Party |
| Keira Anne Walker | Democratic Party |
| Keith Smith | Democratic Party |
| Kelan Farrell-Smith | Democratic Party |
| Kenny Taylor | Democratic Party |
| Kevin Gilroy | Democratic Party |
| Kevin John Carney | Democratic Party |
| Kina Shamier Kerry | Democratic Party |
| Kristopher Lee Davis | Democratic Party |
| Larry D. Azevedo | Democratic Party |
| Lee Mercer Jr. | Democratic Party |
| Lee Rhodes | Democratic Party |
| Lindsay Kelch | Democratic Party |
| Lori Ann Henriques | Democratic Party |
| Marcus Alexander Branch | Democratic Party |
| Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party |
| Mark Richard Prascak | Democratic Party |
| Mark Stewart Greenstein | Democratic Party |
| Martin Foster Robbins | Democratic Party |
| Mary Clement | Democratic Party |
| Mattie Preston | Democratic Party |
| Megan Schroeder | Democratic Party |
| Michael Chad Lemere | Democratic Party |
| Michael D'Ottavio | Democratic Party |
| Michael D. Swing | Democratic Party |
| Michael Landingham | Democratic Party |
| Michael Noonan | Democratic Party |
| Michael Soetaert | Democratic Party |
| Michael Steinberg | Democratic Party |
| Michael Tillinghast | Democratic Party |
| Michelle Hudson Hale | Democratic Party |
| Mikey Lane | Democratic Party |
| Nancy Elizabeth Rodriguez | Democratic Party |
| Nicolae Bunea | Democratic Party |
| Nita Mildred Rice | Democratic Party |
| Paperboy Prince | Democratic Party |
| Pedro J. Velez | Democratic Party |
| Perry Jones | Democratic Party |
| Phillip Bryan Kleski | Democratic Party |
| President Boddie | Democratic Party |
| Quinci Renee Smith Slater | Democratic Party |
| Ralph Robbie Hoffman | Democratic Party |
| Randall Wick | Democratic Party |
| Raymond Bailey | Democratic Party |
| Raymond Moroz | Democratic Party |
| Reponsal Perkins | Democratic Party |
| Richard Hale Nelson | Democratic Party |
| Rick Chavez | Democratic Party |
| Riki Prado | Democratic Party |
| Robert Carlos Ayala | Democratic Party |
| Robert Ion Moldafsky | Democratic Party |
| Robert Jordan | Democratic Party |
| Robert Michael Becker | Democratic Party |
| Rodger Lee Roose | Democratic Party |
| Roland Kwadwo Dela Agorkle | Democratic Party |
| Ron S. Bull | Democratic Party |
| Ryan McCarty | Democratic Party |
| Ryan P. Kirkpatrick | Democratic Party |
| Sae Hoon Park | Democratic Party |
| Sahmon Mustafa | Democratic Party |
| Saint Jermaine Endeley | Democratic Party |
| Samuel D'Amico | Democratic Party |
| Sean McGuire | Democratic Party |
| Seth Stewart | Democratic Party |
| Shabadjot Bharara | Democratic Party |
| Shane Aleksander Mohammad | Democratic Party |
| Shinae Ahn | Democratic Party |
| Skyles Fitzgerald McAuley | Democratic Party |
| Star Locke | Democratic Party |
| Stephen Alan Leon | Democratic Party |
| Stephen Lyons Sr. | Democratic Party |
| Stephen Paul Murphy | Democratic Party |
| Steven Fleck | Democratic Party |
| Stuart Farber | Democratic Party |
| Sykema Powell | Democratic Party |
| Terrisa Lin Bukovinac | Democratic Party |
| Thomas Daly | Democratic Party |
| Thomas Francis Winterbottom | Democratic Party |
| Tiffany Gayle Keller | Democratic Party |
| Todd J. Ashcraft | Democratic Party |
| Trenita Walker | Democratic Party |
| Trista di Genova | Democratic Party |
| Ulrich Neujahr | Democratic Party |
| Valentine Vidal | Democratic Party |
| Vermin Supreme | Democratic Party |
| Victoria Dawn Zieg | Democratic Party |
| Wayne J. Villines | Democratic Party |
| Wayne Pope | Democratic Party |
| Whitney Medearis | Democratic Party |
| William Gailey | Democratic Party |
| Willie Carter | Democratic Party |
Rules of the Democratic Party
- See also: Democratic National Convention, 2024
The following document was adopted on December 1, 2018 by the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee.
Potential Democratic presidential candidates
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2024
As of June 2023, the following politicians and public figures were discussed in the media as potential candidates for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
Democratic politicians
- Stacey Abrams, former Georgia state representative and 2022 gubernatorial candidate[11]
- Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, New York[12]
- Michael Bennet, U.S. senator from Colorado[13]
- Andy Beshear, governor of Kentucky[11]
- Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey[13]
- Sherrod Brown, U.S. senator from Ohio[14]
- Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation[13]
- Hillary Clinton, 2016 presidential candidate[15]
- Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina[16]
- Andrew Cuomo, former governor of New York[11]
- Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States[13]
- Jay Inslee, governor of Washington[17]
- Joe Kennedy, former U.S. representative from Massachusetts[13]
- Ro Khanna, U.S. representative from California[14]
- Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota[13]
- Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans[16]
- Michelle Lujan Grisham, governor of New Mexico[17]
- Joe Manchin, U.S. senator from West Virginia[18]
- Chris Murphy, U.S. senator from Connecticut[19]
- Phil Murphy, governor of New Jersey[20]
- Gavin Newsom, governor of California[11]
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. representative from New York[11]
- J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois[17]
- Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce[20]
- Nina Turner, former Ohio state representative and 2021 congressional candidate[21]
- Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts[16]
- Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan[17]
Independent politicians
- Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from Vermont[22]
Democratic business executives and public figures
- Joe Sanberg, entrepreneur and investor[21]
- Oprah Winfrey, philanthropist and media executive[13]
- Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and philanthropist[23]
- Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States[24]
2020 Democratic presidential nomination
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[25] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[26] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.
With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[27] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[28]
Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[29]
Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1900-2020
The following chart shows the Democratic presidential ticket from every presidential election between 1900 and 2020.
| Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1900-2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Democratic presidential nominee | Democratic vice presidential nominee | General election result | |||
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan | Adlai Stevenson I | Lost | |||
| 1904 | Alton Parker | Henry Davis | Lost | |||
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan | John Kern | Lost | |||
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | Thomas Marshall | Won | |||
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Thomas Marshall | Won | |||
| 1920 | James Cox | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Lost | |||
| 1924 | John Davis | Charles Bryan | Lost | |||
| 1928 | Al Smith | Joseph Robinson | Lost | |||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John Nance Garner | Won | |||
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John Nance Garner | Won | |||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Henry Wallace | Won | |||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Harry Truman | Won | |||
| 1948 | Harry Truman | Alben Barkley | Won | |||
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II | John Sparkman | Lost | |||
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II | Estes Kefauver | Lost | |||
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | Lyndon B. Johnson | Won | |||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Hubert Humphrey | Won | |||
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Lost | |||
| 1972 | George McGovern | Sargent Shriver | Lost | |||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | Won | |||
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | Lost | |||
| 1984 | Walter Mondale | Geraldine Ferraro | Lost | |||
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis | Lloyd Bentsen | Lost | |||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | Won | |||
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | Won | |||
| 2000 | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | Lost | |||
| 2004 | John Kerry | John Edwards | Lost | |||
| 2008 | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | Won | |||
| 2012 | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | Won | |||
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | Lost | |||
| 2020 | Joe Biden | Kamala Harris | Won | |||
Noteworthy events
Selection of early primary states (2022)
The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee voted on December 2, 2022, to approve a proposal reordering the early presidential primary calendar. South Carolina was selected as the first primary state on February 3, 2024, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada on February 6, Georgia on February 13, and Michigan on February 27.
The proposal was approved by the full Democratic National Committee on February 4, 2023.[30] States selected for early primaries had an original deadline of January 5, 2023, to submit information to the Rules and Bylaws Committee about their plans to change their primary dates. Georgia and New Hampshire were given until June 2023 to submit that information.[31] New Hampshire's deadline was further extended to September 2023.[32] Under the proposal, it would still be possible for a state to hold an early primary on a day that does not match the committee’s calendar, but that state would lose half of its delegates at the Democratic National Convention per a rule in the proposal.[33]
In 2020, the first four states to hold primaries were Iowa on February 3, New Hampshire on February 11, Nevada on February 22, then South Carolina on February 29.
See also
- Republican presidential nomination, 2024
- Presidential election, 2024
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Democratic National Convention, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ YouTube, "Joe Biden Launches His Campaign For President: Let's Finish the Job," April 25, 2023
- ↑ The New York Times, "Dean Phillips Will Run Against Biden," October 26, 2023
- ↑ The Hill, "Marianne Williamson confirms she will run for president in 2024," February 23, 2023
- ↑ Chicago Sun-Times, "Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention," April 11, 2023
- ↑ Nature, "The power of prediction markets," October 18, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Meet the 'stock market' for politics," October 31, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Presidential General Election Results, "2008 Electoral Map Based on the Intrade Prediction Market," accessed January 25, 2018
- ↑ PredictIt, "Who will win the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination?" accessed December 20, 2022
- ↑ FEC, "Candidates for President," accessed June 14, 2021
- ↑ Candidates with apparent fraudulent, fictitious, or duplicative filings are not included.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPoliticoJan - ↑ The Washington Times, "NYC Mayor Eric Adams exemplifies the surge of the ‘anti-woke’ Democrat," May 22, 2022
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 Axios, "2024 lookahead poll: Democrats see diverse future," January 5, 2020
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Hill, "Five under-the-radar Democrats who could run for president in 2024," June 27, 2022
- ↑ The Hill, "Hillary 2024? Given the competition, she may be the Dems' best hope," December 15, 2021
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Washington Post, "The top 10 non-Biden Democrats for president in 2024, ranked," December 19, 2021
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Politico, "How the coronavirus is shaping the 2024 presidential race," April 2, 2020
- ↑ Lootpress, "Joe Manchin for President 2024?" May 19, 2022
- ↑ CNN, "Ranking the 2024 Democratic field," June 20, 2022
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 CNN, "11 Democrats who could replace Joe Biden in 2024," December 13, 2021
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Politico, "The left is already looking to 2024. Some want to see a Biden primary challenge.," January 1, 2022
- ↑ Washington Post, "Sanders ‘has not ruled out another run for president’ if Biden doesn’t," April 20, 2022
- ↑ Rolling Stone, "Andrew Yang Is Already Talking About Running for President in 2024," February 7, 2020
- ↑ Atlanta Daily World, "Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama Emerge As Top Candidates For 2024 Election," November 30, 2021
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
- ↑ USA Today, "Democrats approve 2024 primary calendar that demotes Iowa, boosts South Carolina," February 4, 2024
- ↑ Reuters, "Biden revamp of Democratic primary faces final vote at DNC convention," February 2, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Democrats buy time in fight over New Hampshire primary," June 16, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "DNC moves forward with dramatic change to presidential primary calendar," December 2, 2022
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