Politics1 Directory

2028 Presidential Candidates (P2028)

Declared and potential candidates for the 2028 presidential election, all parties and independents ... updated frequently.

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President Trump is not eligible to seek re-election in 2028 ... so expect a large crowd of candidates to compete for the major party presidential nominations. Plus, as always, there will be many third party and independent hopefuls. So, if a person is running, or thinking of running - regardless of party, ballot status, or chances of winning - we have him/her listed below. Major parties first, following by the third party candidates, and finally the independent and write-in hopefuls.

Regular Font = Announced candidate (including filed exploratory candidates)
Italics = Potential Candidate


DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

Andy Beshear

Governor Andy Beshear (Kentucky)


Cory Booker

US Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey)


Pete Buttigieg

Ex-US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (Michigan)


Roy Cooper

Former Governor Roy Cooper (North Carolina)


Rahm Emanuel

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Illinois)


Kamala Harris

Former Vice President Kamala Harris (California)


Ro Khanna

Congressman Ro Khanna (California)


Wes Moore

Governor Wes Moore (Maryland)


Chris Murphy

US Senator Chris Murphy (Connecticut)


Gavin Newsom

Governor Gavin Newsom (California)


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York)


JB Pritzker

Governor JB Pritzker (Illinois)


Gina Raimondo

Former Governor Gina Raimondo (Rhode Island)


Josh Shapiro

Governor Josh Shapiro (Pennsylvania)


Elissa Slotkin

US Senator Elissa Slotkin (Michigan)


Gretchen Whitmer

Governor Gretchen Whitmer (Michigan)


OTHER DEMOCRATS:

Roland Agorkle (GA)
John Badger (LA)
Bradley Bauer (IL)
Derek Birkeland (MN)
Christopher Capparell (GA)
Willie Carter (TX)
Keith Coleman (TX)
Michael Constable (CA)
Jimmy Cooper (GA)
Adam Dunn (MI)
Gilles DuPont (WA)
Saint Jermaine Endeley (NY)
Anna Eskelson (MN)
Bill Farms (OH)
Patrick Gallego (CA)
Brian Gaudet (NY)
Terrence Gay (GA)
Valma Glasgow (FL)
Dorian Graham (CA)
Zachary Greenwald (FL)
Sandrina Hamilton (GA)
Marquita Harrell (TX)
Robbie Hoffman (WI)
Diane Carol Hopson (TX)
Julianne "The Science Lady" Jones (DC)
Connie Johnson (NC)
Jarred Johnson (PA)
Austin Jones (AL)
Arthur Kennedy (AL)
Kelly Kokus (PA)
Brendan Law (RI)
Frankie Lozada (NY)
Joshua Newlin (NY)
Jason Pacifico (NY)
Jason Palmer (MD)
Ann Parkinson (CA)
Stephen Patterson (MI)
Ashley Powell (MI)
Joshua Qualls (IL)
Alfonso Ramos (NY)
Curt Reid (OH)
Darcy Richardson (FL)
Javen Rideout (RI)
Dustin Rorez (AR)
Ramez Sabet (FL)
Dustin Shewbert (MD)
Kelan Smith (CA)
Kenny Taylor (NY)
James Trainor (VA)
Sykles Von Rockefeller (TN)
Trenita Walker (MO)
George Washington (MI)
Emmet Lee White (IN)
Brandon Whorley (TX)
Thomas Winterbottom (PA)
Michael Woodyer (TX)
Matthew Zagacki (PA)


REPUBLICAN PARTY:

Mike Braun

MAGA Strategist Steve Bannon (Arizona)


Mike Braun

Governor Mike Braun (Indiana)


Ted Cruz

US Senator Ted Cruz (Texas)


Ron DeSantis

Governor Ron DeSantis (Florida)


Nikki Haley

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (South Carolina)


Josh Hawley

US Senator Josh Hawley (Missouri)


Brian Kemp

Governor Brian Kemp (Georgia)


Kristi Noem

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (South Dakota)


Rand Paul

US Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky)


Vivek Ramaswamy

Venture Capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy (Ohio)


Rick Scott

US Senator Rick Scott (Florida)


JD Vance

Vice President JD Vance (Ohio)


OTHER REPUBLICANS:

Jennifer Alameda (CT)
Vachon Anderson Jr. (GA)
Shawn Asberry (MA)
Mark Baldwin (KS)
Gary Barve (AZ)
Michael Bickelmeyer (OH)
Romeo Biswa (OH)
Amanda Capobianco (CO)
Matthew Carbone (NY)
Owen Carlson (CA)
Johnny Cash (TX)
Brian Cassidy (CA)
Christina Clement (DE)
Kimberly Cloud (ID)
John Damms (PA)
Daniel Davenport (GA)
Efrain DeJesus (NJ)
Adam Dunn (CO)
Andrew Everett (PA)
Heath Fulkerson (CA)
Gregory Gamache (MO)
Michael Gaynor (KS)
Matthew Gibbons (MI)
Dawn Jackson (MD)
Jacob James (TX)
Michelle Michaels Jones (NV)
Tim Kalemkarian (CA)
Soyoung Kim (NY)
Luc "Lou" Langelier (OH)
Jimmy Le (CA)
Neil Leeds (CA)
Ray Leverette (LA)
Kerry Lewis (FL)
Sebastian Lillie (CA)
Ryan Lotter (TX)
Carrie Mae Marcy (MA)
Stephen Maxwell (TN)
Misty Melton-Ramsey-Marsh (AR)
Jim A. Norris (FL)
Wayne Norris (WV)
James Odom (TX)
Titus Pierce (NY)
Sampson Ramirez (CO)
Anthony Richardson (KY)
David Shoup (OH)
Christopher Smith (FL)
Monique Spalding (CO)
Andrew Street (DC)
Alix Toulme Jr. (FL)
Talalupe Vavao (CA)
Eric Walleck (IL)
Brady Williams (TX)
Craig Woolcott (MD)


THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES:

ALLIANCE PARTY:

No Candidates Yet Identified

AMERICAN SOLIDARITY PARTY:

No Candidates Yet Identified

CONSTITUTION PARTY:

Darrell Castle (Tennessee)
Scott Copeland (Texas)
Don Grundmann (California)
Randall Terry (Tennessee)
Sheila "Samm" Tittle (Virginia)

GREEN PARTY:

Travis Owens (California)
Jill Stein (Massachusetts)

Chuck Swan (Florida)
Randy Toler (Florida)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY:

Charles Ballay (Texas)
Jennifer Byrd (Louisiana)
Joseph Collins Jr. (California)
Daniel Davenport (Iowa)

Jacob Hornberger (Virginia)

Anthony D, Kennedy (Ohio)

Lars Mapstead (California)
Robert Milnes (New Jersey)
Chase Oliver (Georgia)
Former Bellflower Mayor Art Olivier (California)
Michael Rectenwald (Pennsylvania)
Mike ter Maat (Florida)

PARTY FOR SOCIALISM & LIBERATION:

Claudia De La Cruz (New York)

PROHIBITION PARTY:

No Candidates Yet Identified

SOCIALIST PARTY USA:

No Candidates Yet Identified

SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY:

Joseph Kishore (Michigan)

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY:

No Candidates Yet Identified

UNITY PARTY:

Eric Bodenstab (Colorado)
Paul Noel Fiorino (Colorado) 
Bill Hammons (Texas)
Alan Lee (Georgia)
Damian Salib (Minnesota)

INDEPENDENT (I) AND
WRITE-IN (WI) CANDIDATES:

Kearon Allen (I-MN)
Indira Allfree (I-CO)
Steven Angelucci (I-NJ)
James Antonik (WI-CA)
Bryan "Lord Lamont" Arrington (I-UT)
Aaron Avouris (I-MI)
Shiva Ayyadurai (I-MA)
Jonathan Bailey (I-WA)
William Bell (Citizens-OK)
Nicholas Biller (I-CA)
Joshua Bishop (I-IA)
Jason Bolyard (I-GA)
Nathan Bork (I-MN)
Vincent Brockus (I-MO)
Charley Brown (I-NY)
Johnny "JB" Buford (I-LA)
Joseph Catalano (I-FL)
Andrew "Heart Doc" Chung (I-GA)
David Clayman (I-FL)
Rodshawn Coleman (I-GA)
Lucas Connor (I-MA)
Vincent Cordova (I-CA)
Phil Cornell (WI-WA)
Timothy "Timmer" Cotter (WI-CA)
Gregory Cox (I-AZ)
Ethan Crider (I-IN)
Elizabeth Crunkleton (I-NC)
David Curtis (I-OR)
Andrew Dennis (I-FL)
Mae Ditty (I-AK)
Michael Dombrowski (I-NY)
Jeffrey Doxsee (I-FL)
Dave Dube (WI-CA)
Rico Dukes (I-TX)
Dustin Dunbar (I-CA)
Angela Joyce Dwyer (WI-WV)
Noel Engel (I-MO)
Daniel Faccio (I-NY)
John Fial (I-OR)
Chris Fiorenzo (I-NC)
Cherunda Fox (Working Class Party-MI)
Sammy "Antichrist" Garrett (I-MI)
Angela Glass (I-CA)
Moxie Goldman (I-WI)
Elvis Gootkin (I-MI)
John Kenneth Grays (I-GA)
Robert Grey (I-MA)
Nick Grossenbacher (I-SC)
Michael Harbour (I-OR)
Joshua Hartloper (I-SC)
Christy "God" Helmondollar (I-MD)
Chad Hernandez (I-HI)
William Hunt (I-AK)
Daniel Jaouen (I-NY)
Daniel Jarath (Right to Life-MD)
Craig Johnson II (I-MI)
Rhonda Johnson (I-TX)
Dan Jones (I-WI)
Bruce Kenneway (WI-ME)
Grace Khistina (I-TX)
Joseph Kohler (I-NY)
Luis Lavin (I-NY)
Brendan Eamon Law (I-RI)
Alicia L'Esperance (I-NH)
Alphonza Mabry (I-NY)
Michelle Marone (I-OK)
Ramona Mayon (WI-CA)
Andre McNeil (I-MO)
Dorothy McQueen (WI-TN)
Noble Phoenix Micha-El (I-FL)
Andrew Mixon (I-TN)
Vivian Nguyen (I-CA)
John Pawloski (I-VA)
Francisco Perez (I-MN)
Christopher Phillips (I-WV)
Paige Pickett (I-IN)
Alander Pulliam (I-CA)
Joseph Ramos (I-CT)
Daniel Rampke (Conservative-AK)
Eliud Resendez (I-CA)
Sheila Robinson (WI-NY)
Javon Ross (I-CA)
Damian Salib (I-MN)
Diane Sare (I-NY)
Augustus Schoen-Rene (I-NY)
Angelo Scrigna (I-CA)
Steven Searcy (I-MS)
Dwight Smith (I-MI)
Shelby Smith (I-OR)
Calvin Stevens (WI-CA)
Suzzanna Tanner (I-WA)
Alan Thomas (I-MA)
Chad Thomas (I-OK)
Lee Thomas Jr (I-AR)
Amanda Thompson (I-SD)
James Treibert (I-CO)
Lefteris Tsenesidis (Liberal Party-NY)
Doug Underwood (WI-OH)
Michael Vargo (WI-NV)
Sexy Vegan (I-FL)
Rune Wigglesworth (I-WA)
Lance Williams (I-AZ)
Michael "Lucifer" Williams (I-PA)
Harvey Wizard (I-FL)
Dana Zmik (I-CA)


OTHER P2028 RESOURCES:

C-SPAN: Campaign 2028 - 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.

Independent Political Report - In addition to B.A.R. above, IPR is a great source of news on third parties, and third party and independent candidates for various offices.

Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Dave Leip prepared this very informative site, which provides historic voting results from the Presidential general elections since 1860. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and all the third party nominees in each race. Useful maps and graphs, too.<

4President.org - An online museum of Presidential campaign brochures, bumper stickers, ads, and key speches from 1960 and forward to the present. A great site for political junkies.

The Living Room Candidate - The American Museum of the Moving Image presents this great online museum of Presidential campaign TV commercials. The ads - which cover every election since 1952 (Ike vs. Stevenson) - are an amazing resource.

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