Presidency 2016

President Obama is barred by constitutional term limits from seeking re-election in 2016. A large crowd of candidates will likely compete for the Democratic and Republican nominations. Plus there are LOTS of likley third party and independent P2016 hopefuls. So, if a person is running, or thinking of running -- regardless of party, ballot status, or chances of winning -- we have him or her listed below. Incumbent party first, following by the main opposition party, then the third party candidates, and finally the independent and write-in hopefuls.

LEGEND:

BOLD = Announced Candidate (or Filed an Exploratory Committee)

Italics = Possible Candidate

DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

OTHER DEMOCRATS:

Jeff Boss (New Jersey)

President Emperor Caesar (Florida)

Willie Carter (Texas)

Lee Mercer Jr. (Tennessee)

Loretta "Leah Lax" Miller (Pennsylvania)

Rome Murphy II (New Jersey)

Doug Schreffler (California)

Robby Wells (North Carolina)

REPUBLICAN PARTY:

Former US Senator Scott Brown (Massachusetts)

Political Site: ScottBrown.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScottBrownMA

Twitter: www.twitter.com/SenScottBrown



Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (Florida)

Official Site: MikeHuckabee.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MikeHuckabee

Twitter: www.twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee



OTHER REPUBLICANS:

Dr. Ben Carson (Maryland)

Brian Ari Cole (Pennsylvania)

Ezekiel George Crotzer (Michigan)

Tim Day (Texas)

Michael Diggs (Arkansas)

Patrick Drake (Georgia)

Jack Fellure (West Virginia)

Christin Noel Griskie (Florida)

Tim Kalemkarian (California)

Marc Keller (Oregon)

Michael Kinlaw (North Dakota)

John Lee (Texas)

Joan Malone (District of Columbia)

Mike Martisko (Pennsylvania)

Tiffani Mims (Texas)

Brian Russell (Florida)

Silvia Stagg (New York)

Sherlene Stevens (District of Columbia)

Dwayne Tomlinson (Florida)

Donald Trump (New York)

THIRD PARTY and

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:

(Note: Parties with ballot status in at least one state -- based on 2012 ballot status -- listed first, then all others under the INDEPENDENT & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES header).

Coming Soon.

OTHER P2016 RESOURCES:

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, St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire State Archives and the New Hampshire Historical Society.

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 1860-2012. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and the top 2-3 third party nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs, too.

PollingReport.com - 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 White House race, simply visit this site.

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.

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.