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Candidates featured in major polls

Candidates included in this section have been listed in five or more major independent nationwide polls

Gallery Name Highlight State Date Refs Gallery
Bush   Jeb Bush Governor (former) FL/ TX 1999–2007 [1] [2]
Carson Ben Carson Dir. at JHU (former) MD/ MI 1984–2013 [3] [4] [5]
Chris Christie Governor NJ 2010–present [6] [7] Christie
Ted Cruz U.S. Senator TX 2013–present [8] [9] [10] Cruz
Fiorina Carly Fiorina CEO of HP (former) CA/ VA 1999–2005 [11] [12]
Gilmore Jim Gilmore Governor (former) VA 1998–2002 [13] [14]
Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator SC 2003–present [15] [16] Graham
Mike Huckabee Governor (former) AR 1996–2007 [17] [18] Huckabee
Jindal Bobby Jindal Governor (former) LA 2008–present [19] [20]
Kasich John Kasich Governor OH 2011–present [21] [22]
George Pataki Governor (former) NY 1995–2006 [23] [24] Pataki
Rand Paul U.S. Senator KY/ TX 2011–present [25] [26] [27] Paul
Perry Rick Perry Governor (former) TX 2000–2015 [28] [29]
Rubio Marco Rubio U.S. Senator FL/ NV 2011–present [30] [31] [32]
Rick Santorum U.S. Senator (former) PA 1995–2007 [33] [34] Santorum
Donald Trump Chair of Trump.com NY 1971–present [35] [36] [37] Trump
Walker Scott Walker Governor WI 2011–present [38] [39]
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  2. ^ "Jeb Bush FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Terris, Ben (May 3, 2015). "Ben Carson announces presidential campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2015. {{ cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help)
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  5. ^ "Ben Carson FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Barbaro, Michael (June 30, 2015). "Chris Christie Announces Run, Pledging 'Truth' About Nation's Woes". New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "Christopher J. Christie FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  8. ^ Mascaro, Lisa and David Lauter (March 22, 2015). "Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz Launches Presidential Bid". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  9. ^ Zezima, Katie (March 23, 2015). "Ted Cruz Announces He's Running for President". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "Ted Cruz FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  11. ^ Gass, Nick (May 4, 2015). "Carly Fiorina: 'Yes, I am running for president'". Politico. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Carly Fiorina FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gilmore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Jim Gilmore FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  15. ^ Jaffe, Alexandra (June 1, 2015) "Graham bets on foreign experience in White House bid announcement", CNN. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  16. ^ "Lindsey Graham FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  17. ^ Trip, Gabriel (May 5, 2015). "Mike Huckabee Joins Republican Presidential Race". New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  18. ^ "Mike Huckabee FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  19. ^ Fahrenthold, David A.; Hohmann, James (June 24, 2015). "Bobby Jindal announces entry into 2016 presidential race". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2015.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  20. ^ "Bobby Jindal FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stolberg, Sheryl Gay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ "John Kasich FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fahrenthold, David A was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  24. ^ "George Pataki FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  25. ^ Lambert, Lisa (April 7, 2015). "Republican Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential run on website". Reuters. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  26. ^ Killough, Ashley (April 7, 2015). "Rand Paul: 'I am running for president'". CNN. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  27. ^ "Rand Paul FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  28. ^ Beckwith , Ryan Teague; Rhodan, Maya (June 4, 2015). "Rick Perry Announces Presidential Bid". Time. Retrieved June 4, 2015.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  29. ^ "Rick Perry FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  30. ^ Parker, Ashley (April 13, 2015). "Marco Rubio Announces 2016 Presidential Bid". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015. {{ cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help)
  31. ^ Nelson, Rebecca (April 13, 2015) "Marco Rubio Makes His Pitch as the Fresh Face of the GOP in 2016", National Journal. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  32. ^ "Marco Rubio FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. April 13, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  33. ^ Jackson, David (May 27, 2015). "Santorum officially begins 2016 presidential campaign". USA Today. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  34. ^ "Rick Santorum FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  35. ^ "Donald Trump is running for president". Business Insider. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  36. ^ "Donald Trump announces presidential bid". Washington Post. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  37. ^ "Donald Trump FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  38. ^ Burlij, Terence; Lee, MJ; LoBianco, Tom (July 13, 2015). "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker officially enters 2016 presidential race". CNN.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  39. ^ "Scott Walker FEC filing". FEC. FEC.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2015.