Who’s running for U.S. President in 2016?
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REPUBLICAN PARTY

OFFICIALLY RUNNING

Ted Cruz U.S. Senator (Texas)

Rand Paul* U.S. Senator (Kentucky)

EXPLORING RUNNING

Jeb Bush Former Governor (Florida)

Ben Carson Retired neurosurgeon

LIKELY TO RUN

Scott Walker

Lindsey Graham

Bobby Jindal

Chris Christie

Marco Rubio

Rick Santorum

Mike Huckabee

Rick Perry

Carly Fiorina

Other possible candidates:

Sarah Palin, Steve King, Peter King, Michele Bachmann, Susana Martinez, Rick Snyder, John Kasich

Not running: Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY

EXPLORING RUNNING

Jim Webb Former U.S. Senator (Virginia)

At least a dozen Republicans and a handful of Democrats have shown interest in running for their party’s 2016 presidential nomination

LIKELY TO RUN

Hillary Clinton Former U.S. Secretary of State

Joe Biden Current Vice President

OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES

Elizabeth Warren

Martin O’Malley

Bernie Sanders

Andrew Cuomo

Mark Warner

Deval Patrick

Jerry Brown

Real Clear Politics poll says Jeb Bush is favourite for Republicans and Hillary Clinton is most popular for Democrats

Not running: Howard Dean
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Sources: 2016 Election Central, Real Clear Politics

Pictures: U.S. Government, Wikimedia Commons, Gage Skidmore, Pat Arnow      

*Candidacy confirmed April 7

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