This is a list of American electoral candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the modern Democratic Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.
Presidential nominee |
1828 (won), 1832 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Andrew Jackson of
TN (1767–1845) |
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John C. Calhoun of
SC (1782–1850) (1828) |
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Martin Van Buren of
NY (1782–1862) (1832) | ||
Opponent(s) John Quincy Adams ( National Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Richard Rush ( National Republican) | |
Opponent(s) Henry Clay ( Whig) William Wirt ( Anti-Masonic) |
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Opponent(s) John Sergeant ( Whig) Amos Ellmaker ( Anti-Masonic) |
Presidential nominee |
1836 (won), 1840 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Martin Van Buren of
NY (1782–1862) |
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Richard Johnson of
KY (1780–1850) |
Opponent(s) William Harrison ( Northern Whig) Hugh White ( Southern Whig) |
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Opponent(s) Francis Granger ( Northern Whig) John Tyler ( Southern Whig) | |
Opponent(s) William Harrison ( Whig) |
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Opponent(s) John Tyler ( Whig) |
Presidential nominee |
1844 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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James Polk of
TN (1795–1849) |
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Silas Wright of
NY (1795–1847) (1844) [4] |
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George Dallas of
PA (1792–1864) (1844) | ||
Opponent(s) Henry Clay ( Whig) James Birney ( Liberty) |
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Opponent(s) Theodore Frelinghuysen ( Whig) Thomas Morris ( Liberty) |
Presidential nominee |
1848 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Lewis Cass of
MI (1782–1866) |
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William Butler of
KY (1791–1880) |
Opponent(s) Zachary Taylor ( Whig) Martin Van Buren ( Free Soil) |
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Opponent(s) Millard Fillmore ( Whig) Charles Adams ( Free Soil) |
Presidential nominee |
1852 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Franklin Pierce of
NH (1804–1869) |
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William King of
AL (1786–1853) |
Opponent(s) Winfield Scott ( Whig) John Hale ( Free Soil) |
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Opponent(s) William Graham ( Whig) George Julian ( Free Soil) |
Presidential nominee |
1856 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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James Buchanan of
PA (1791–1868) |
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John Breckinridge of
KY (1821–1875) |
Opponent(s) John Frémont ( Republican) Millard Fillmore ( Know Nothing) |
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Opponent(s) William Dayton ( Republican) Andrew Donelson ( Know Nothing) |
Presidential nominee |
1860 (lost) [5] | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Stephen Douglas of
IL (1813–1861) |
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Herschel Johnson of
GA (1812–1880) |
Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln ( Republican) John Breckinridge ( Southern Democrats) John Bell ( Constitutional Union) |
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Opponent(s) Hannibal Hamlin ( Republican) Joe Lane ( Southern Democrats) Edward Everett ( Constitutional Union) |
Presidential nominee |
1864 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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George McClellan of
NJ (1826–1885) |
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George Pendleton of
OH (1825–1889) |
Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln ( Constitutional Union) |
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Opponent(s) Andrew Johnson ( Constitutional Union) |
Presidential nominee |
1868 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Horatio Seymour of
NY (1810–1886) |
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Francis Blair of
MO (1821–1875) |
Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Schuyler Colfax ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1872 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Horace Greeley of
NY (1811–1872) |
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Gratz Brown of
MO (1826–1885) |
Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Henry Wilson ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1876 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Samuel Tilden of
NY (1814–1886) |
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Thomas Hendricks of
IN (1819–1885) |
Opponent(s) Rutherford Hayes ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) William Wheeler ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1880 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Winfield Hancock of
PA (1824–1886) |
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William English of
IN (1822–1896) |
Opponent(s) James Garfield ( Republican) James Weaver ( Greenback) |
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Opponent(s) Chester Arthur ( Republican) Barzillai Chambers ( Greenback) |
Presidential nominee |
1884 (won), 1888 (lost), 1892 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Grover Cleveland of
NY (1837–1908) |
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Thomas Hendricks of
IN (1819–1885) (1884) |
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Allen Thurman of
OH (1813–1895) (1888) | ||
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Adlai Stevenson of
IL (1835–1914) (1892) | ||
Opponent(s) James Blaine ( Republican) St. John ( Prohibition) Benjamin Butler ( Greenback) |
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Opponent(s) John Logan ( Republican) William Daniel ( Prohibition) Absolom West ( Greenback) | |
Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison ( Republican) Clinton Fisk ( Prohibition) Alson Streeter ( Union Labor) |
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Opponent(s) Levi Morton ( Republican) John Brooks ( Prohibition) Charles Cunningham ( Union Labor) | |
Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison ( Republican) James Weaver ( Populist) John Bidwell ( Prohibition) |
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Opponent(s) Whitelaw Reid ( Republican) James Field ( Populist) James Cranfill ( Prohibition) |
Presidential nominee |
1896 (lost), 1900 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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William Jennings Bryan of
NE (1860–1925) |
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Arthur Sewall of
ME (1835–1900) (1896) |
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Adlai Stevenson of
IL (1835–1914) (1900) | ||
Opponent(s) William McKinley ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Garret Hobart ( Republican) Thomas E. Watson ( Populist) | |
Opponent(s) William McKinley ( Republican) John Woolley ( Prohibition) |
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Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican) Henry Metcalf ( Prohibition) |
Presidential nominee |
1904 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Alton Parker of
NY (1852–1926) |
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Henry Davis of
WV (1823–1916) |
Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican) Gene Debs ( Socialist) Silas Swallow ( Prohibition) |
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Opponent(s) Charles Fairbanks ( Republican) Ben Hanford ( Socialist) George Carroll ( Prohibition) |
Presidential nominee |
1908 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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William Jennings Bryan of
NE (1860–1925) |
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John Kern of
IN (1849–1917) |
Opponent(s) William Taft ( Republican) Gene Debs ( Socialist) Eugene Chafin ( Prohibition) |
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Opponent(s) Jim Sherman ( Republican) Ben Hanford ( Socialist) Aaron Watkins ( Prohibition) |
Presidential nominee |
1912 (won), 1916 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Woodrow Wilson of
NJ (1856–1924) |
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Thomas Marshall of
IN (1854–1925) |
Opponent(s) William Taft ( Republican) Theodore Roosevelt ( Progressive) Gene Debs ( Socialist) Eugene Chafin ( Prohibition) |
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Opponent(s) Nicholas Butler ( Republican) Hiram Johnson ( Progressive) Emil Seidel ( Socialist) Aaron Watkins ( Prohibition) | |
Opponent(s) Charles Hughes ( Republican) Allan Benson ( Socialist) Frank Hanly ( Prohibition) |
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Opponent(s) Charles Fairbanks ( Republican) Kirk Kirkpatrick ( Socialist) Ira Landrith ( Prohibition) |
Presidential nominee |
1920 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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James Cox of
OH (1870–1957) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt of
NY (1882–1945) |
Opponent(s) Warren G. Harding ( Republican) Gene Debs ( Socialist) Parley Christensen ( Farmer-Labor) |
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Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge ( Republican) Stedy Stedman ( Socialist) Max Hayes ( Farmer-Labor) |
Presidential nominee |
1924 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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John Davis of
WV (1873–1955) |
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Charles Bryan of
NE (1867–1945) |
Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge ( Republican) Robert La Follette ( Progressive) |
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Opponent(s) Charles Dawes ( Republican) Burton Wheeler ( Progressive) |
Presidential nominee |
1928 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Al Smith of
NY (1873–1944) |
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Joe Robinson of
AR (1872–1937) |
Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Charles Curtis ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1932 (won), 1936 (won), 1940 (won), 1944 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt of
NY (1882–1945) |
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Jack Garner of
TX (1868–1967) (1932, 1936) |
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Henry Wallace of
IA (1888–1965) (1940) | ||
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Harry S. Truman of
MO (1884–1972) (1944) | ||
Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover ( Republican) Norman Thomas ( Socialist) |
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Opponent(s) Charles Curtis ( Republican) James Maurer ( Socialist) | |
Opponent(s) Alf Landon ( Republican) William Lemke ( Union) |
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Opponent(s) Frank Knox ( Republican) Thomas O'Brien ( Union) | |
Opponent(s) Wendell Willkie ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Charles L. McNary ( Republican) | |
Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) John Bricker ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1948 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Harry S. Truman of
MO (1884–1972) |
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Alben Barkley of
KY (1877–1956) |
Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey ( Republican) Strom Thurmond ( Dixiecrat) Henry Wallace ( Progressive) |
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Opponent(s) Earl Warren ( Republican) Fielding Wright ( Dixiecrat) Glen Taylor ( Progressive) |
Presidential nominee |
1952 (lost), 1956 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Adlai Stevenson II of
IL (1900–1965) |
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John Sparkman of
AL (1899–1985) (1952) |
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Estes Kefauver of
TN (1903–1963) (1956) | ||
Opponent(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Richard Nixon ( Republican) | |
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Presidential nominee |
1960 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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John F. Kennedy of
MA (1917–1963) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson of
TX (1908–1973) |
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon ( Republican) Harry F. Byrd ( Southern Democrats) |
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Opponent(s) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. ( Republican) Strom Thurmond ( Southern Democrats) |
Presidential nominee |
1964 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Lyndon B. Johnson of
TX (1908–1973) |
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Hubert Humphrey of
MN (1911–1978) |
Opponent(s) Barry Goldwater ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) William E. Miller ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1968 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Hubert Humphrey of
MN (1911–1978) |
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Edmund Muskie of
ME (1914–1996) |
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon ( Republican) George Wallace ( American Independent) |
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Opponent(s) Spiro Agnew ( Republican) Curtis LeMay ( American Independent) |
Presidential nominee |
1972 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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George McGovern of
SD (1922–2012) |
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Tom Eagleton of
MO (1929–2007) (1972) [12] |
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Sargent Shriver of
MD (1915–2011) (1972) | ||
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon ( Republican) John G. Schmitz ( American Independent) |
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Opponent(s) Spiro Agnew ( Republican) Thomas J. Anderson ( American Independent) |
Presidential nominee |
1976 (won), 1980 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Jimmy Carter of
GA (born 1924) |
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Walter Mondale of
MN (1928–2021) |
Opponent(s) Gerald Ford ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Bob Dole ( Republican) | |
Opponent(s) Ronald Reagan ( Republican) John B. Anderson ( Independent) Ed Clark ( Libertarian) |
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Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush ( Republican) Patrick Lucey ( Independent) David Koch ( Libertarian) |
Presidential nominee |
1984 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Walter Mondale of
MN (1928–2021) |
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Geraldine Ferraro of
NY (1935–2011) |
Opponent(s) Ronald Reagan ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1988 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Michael Dukakis of
MA (born 1933) |
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Lloyd Bentsen of
TX (1921–2006) |
Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Dan Quayle ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
1992 (won), 1996 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Bill Clinton of
AR (born 1946) |
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Al Gore of
TN (born 1948) |
Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush ( Republican) Ross Perot ( Independent) |
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Opponent(s) Dan Quayle ( Republican) James Stockdale ( Independent) | |
Opponent(s) Bob Dole ( Republican) Ross Perot ( Reform) |
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Opponent(s) Jack Kemp ( Republican) Pat Choate ( Reform) |
Presidential nominee |
2000 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Al Gore of
TN (born 1948) |
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Joe Lieberman of
CT (1942–2024) |
Opponent(s) George W. Bush ( Republican) Ralph Nader ( Green) |
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Opponent(s) Dick Cheney ( Republican) Winona LaDuke ( Green) |
Presidential nominee |
2004 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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John Kerry of
MA (born 1943) |
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John Edwards of
NC (born 1953) |
Opponent(s) George W. Bush ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Dick Cheney ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
2008 (won), 2012 (won) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Barack Obama of
IL (born 1961) |
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Joe Biden of
DE (born 1942) |
Opponent(s) John McCain ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Sarah Palin ( Republican) | |
Opponent(s) Mitt Romney ( Republican) |
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Opponent(s) Paul Ryan ( Republican) |
Presidential nominee |
2016 (lost) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Hillary Clinton of
NY (born 1947) |
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Tim Kaine of
VA (born 1958) |
Opponent(s) Donald Trump ( Republican) Gary Johnson ( Libertarian) Jill Stein ( Green) |
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Opponent(s) Mike Pence ( Republican) Bill Weld ( Libertarian) Ajamu Baraka ( Green) |
Presidential nominee |
2020 (won), 2024 (pending) | Vice presidential nominee | |
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Joe Biden of
DE (born 1942) |
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Kamala Harris of
CA (born 1964) |
Opponent(s) Donald Trump ( Republican) Jo Jorgensen ( Libertarian) |
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Opponent(s) Mike Pence ( Republican) Spike Cohen ( Libertarian) | |
Opponent(s) Donald Trump ( Republican, presumptive) |
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Opponent(s) TBD ( Republican) |