Current Candidates for the
2020 Democratic Primary
by Randy Cromwell
first presented 29 March 2019, 5:33 a.m., Mountain Time
from Buhl, Idaho (about two hours east of Boise)
Our next President will be elected on Tuesday, the 3rd of November, 2020. That's about a year and seven months from now. I'm already expecting it to be one of the happiest days of my life — right up there with the births of my kids. Yes, I'm aware that we could all decide to remain stupid (and then, yes, it will be as bad as the day that my best ever cat died), but I'm doing my best to stay optimistic.
I also know that many of us prefer to have as little as we can to do with politics throughout most of our lives. That that's been my default position for the bulk of my life, too. Unfortunately, that's a luxury we can no longer afford. Not caring about politics has cost us immeasurably in taxes, in health care, in the realms of educations, housing, and even in the condition of the very planet that we share and the creatures we share it with.
By now, I'm sure I've lost a lot of readers, and that's probably for the best. The rest of this page is going to be devoted toward listing and exploring the many Democratic candidates that would like to be our next President. There are many places to get this information, and I decided that it would be useful to gather some of it together to help with my own decision-making process. That being the case, I thought that, since I was going to do this, I may as well share, in case it might help some of you folks, too.
I'm not going to explore any of the Independent or other party candidates (even though I've already seen that some of them are rather fascinating). I feel that this is not a contest where we can screw around and allow any votes to be lost that way. We're going to need to pick the best Democrat we can and then get as many people behind him or her as we can. We may have already lost our chance to fix the damage that has been done, but I feel like we've got to try. Some time later we can worry about becoming more inclusive about other (very valid, by the way) parties and viewpoints. This time, though, we just really need to win.
With that in mind, I will begin the list of the most notable people who have declared that they are running and who, therefore, would seem to have the highest chance of getting the party's nomination.
There have, as of the 28th of March, 2019, actually been 216 people who have filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for the Democratic Party nomination. As the days and months pass, we will look at some of those folks, too.
For now, though, we'll start with these most obvious ones, and begin the process of considering who can, number one, win the election, and then, just as importantly, lead us back together as a nation, and begin the long process of healing our wounds. (Those wounds, by the way, started when we first set foot on this land, and have been continuing ever since. These ills of ours are not recent, and one President is not going to fix them all, even in two terms. We definitely need to get one who is smart enough and compassionate to begin the attempt, though. Things can still get worse; it is our collective responsibility to do our best to see that they do not.)
I am presenting the candidates in reverse-alphabetical order, just to slightly offset the usual advantage that the people at the beginning of the alphabet get. I doubt it will make much difference, but it just seems fair.
(Disclaimer: I am not yet a professional journalist. I have researched and culled this information from: CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, Boise Public Radio, WDCB.org, AP Radio News, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, The Idaho Statesman, The Idaho Press, Twitter, Wikipedia, and your mom. Any errors are my own and I will correct them as quickly as possible. This list will clearly change over the coming months and I will endeavour to update it regularly. To share your thoughts, clarifications, corrections and insights, please do e-mail me: Editor {at} PithMagazine.org.)
Just as a heads-up, it looks like all, or at least almost all of the candidates hired the very same web designer. The sites all look so much the same that I wondered if there was some kind of law requiring candidates to all hire the very same guy to design all their sites. (That dude got a sweet gig!) The sites of Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson and Mike Gravel are notable exceptions; I found those refreshing, interesting, and actually full of useful information. Even though it is still very much worth going to all the sites and checking them out, I want to warn you that most of them do not give you very detailed or in-depth information about the candidates yet, and pretty much all of them make their money begs and their e-mail begs very obvious and heavy-handed. Hopefully this will change as the campaign season goes on and they will learn to talk more about plans, policies, and character. For now, though, prepare yourself for many sites that both look the same and behave the same. Fore-warned is Barsoomian.
And so to the list.
Campaign Slogan: "Humanity First"
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus (stated): Universal Basic Income
Campaign website: https://www.yang2020.com/
Current Occupation: Entrepreneur and Founder of Venture for America
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 46
Family Situation: Married, two sons at home
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
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Campaign Slogan: "Repair, restore and renew America"
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus (stated): ?
Campaign website: https://www.marianne2020.com/
Current Occupation: Spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, entrepreneur, activist
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Female
Age at 2021 inauguration: 68
Family Situation: Single; has one adult daughter
Net Worth: ?
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Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus (from website): End Washington Corruption, Rebuild the Middle Class, Strengthen our Democracy, Equal Justice Under Law, A Foreign Policy for All
Campaign website: https://elizabethwarren.com/
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, Massachusetts, 2013-present
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Female
Age at 2021 inauguration: 71
Family Situation: Married 2nd husband (Bruce Mann) in 1980, still together; two grown children from first marriage, some grandchildren
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Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus (from website): "Medicare for All," "The Revolution is Us," others
Campaign website: https://berniesanders.com/
(It seems you cannot access his website unless you sign up to receive e-mails from him.)
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, Vermont, 2007-present
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 79
Family Situation: Married 2nd wife (Jane O'Meara) in 1988, still together; four grown children, seven grandchildren
Net Worth: Apparently somewhere between $1 million and $2.5 million. (Various Internet sources disagree.)
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
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Campaign Slogan: "We're All in This Together"
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus: ?
Campaign website: https://betoorourke.com/
Current Occupation:
Previous Job or Position: U.S. Representative, Texas, 2013-2019
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 48
Family Situation: Married wife (Amy Hoover Sanders (no relation to Bernie Sanders)) in 2005, still together; they have three children
Net Worth: ?
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Current Occupation: Mayor, Miramar, Florida, 2015-present
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 46
Family Situation: Married wife (Angela) in 1999, still together; they have three children, all in college
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
Campaign Slogan: "Amy for America: Let's Get to Work"
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus: ?
Campaign website: https://amyklobuchar.com/
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, Minnesota, 2007-present
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Female
Age at 2021 inauguration: 60
Family Situation: Married husband (John Bessler) in 1993, still together; they have one daughter, Abigail
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
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Campaign Slogan: "Inslee for America," "This is Our Moment"
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus: Combat Climate Change
Campaign website: https://www.jayinslee.com/
Current Occupation: Governor, Washington, 2013-present
Previous Job or Position: U.S. Representative, Washington, 1999-2012
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 70
Family Situation: Married wife (Trudi) in 1972, still together; they have three sons
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
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Campaign Slogan: "Stand Tall With Us"
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Campaign website: https://www.hickenlooper.com/
Current Occupation: Governor, Colorado, 2011-2019
Previous Job or Position: Mayor, Denver, Colorado, 2003-2011
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 69
Family Situation: Married wife (Trudi) in 1972, still together; they have three sons
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
Campaign Slogans: "Kamala Harris for the People," "Tough. Principled. Fearless."
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus: ?
Campaign website: https://kamalaharris.org/
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, California, 2017-present
Previous Job or Position: Attorney General of California, 2011-2017
Gender: Female
Age at 2021 inauguration: 56
Family Situation: Married husband (Doug Emhoff) in 2014, still together; stepmother to Ella and Cole Emhoff
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
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Campaign Slogans: "Kamala Harris for the People," "Tough. Principled. Fearless."
Campaign/Presidential Thrust or Focus: ?
Campaign website: https://mikegravel.com/
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, California, 2017-present
Previous Job or Position: Attorney General of California, 2011-2017
Gender: Male
Age at 2021 inauguration: 90
Family Situation: Married husband (Doug Emhoff) in 2014, still together; stepmother to Ella and Cole Emhoff
Net Worth: ?
Intends to Make Tax Returns Available: ?
Projected primary funding source for campaign: ?Current Occupation: CEO of KUSH
Previous Job or Position: U.S. Senator, Alaska, 1969-1981
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, New York, 2009-present
Previous Job or Position: U.S. Representative, New York, 2007-2009
Gender: Female
Age: 52
Current Occupation: U.S. Representative, Hawaii, 2013-present
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Current Occupation: U.S. Representative, Maryland, 2013-2019
Previous Job or Position:
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Current Occupation:
Previous Job or Position: U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2014-2017
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Current Occupation: U.S. Senator, New Jersey, 2013-present
Previous Job or Position: Mayor, Newark, New Jersey, 2006-2013
Gender: Male
Age: 49
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