Potential and Declared Democratic Presidential Candidates

From the outset, conventional wisdom and media attention focused to a huge degree on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; in terms of name ID, establishment support and fundraising clout she was a seemingly prohibitive favorite.  The "inevitable Hillary" scenario severely dampened activity by other potential Democrats in 2013-14.  Nonetheless, several competitors emerged to challenge Clinton.  Sen. Bernie Sanders has mounted a strong effort, while former Gov. Martin O'Malley's campaign failed to gain traction.

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DEMOCRATS	INDEPENDENT
04/12/  2015	04/30/  2015
www.hillaryclinton.com www.clintonfoundation.org/... toosmall.org @hillaryclinton C-SPAN	berniesanders.com sanders.senate.gov www.berniesanders.com @BernieSanders C-SPAN
FORMER CANDIDATES
07/02/  2015	06/03/  2015	09/09/  2015	05/30/ 2015
[ended campaign 10/20/15]* www.webb2016.com www.jameswebb.com www.bornfighting.com @JimWebbUSA C-SPAN	[ended campaign 10/23/15] www.chafee2016.com @lincolnchafee C-SPAN	[ended campaign 11/02/15] lessigforpresident.com lessig.org @lessig	[ended campaign 02/01/16] martinomalley.com [supPAC - generationforwardpac.com] @GovernorOMalley C-SPAN
NOT RUNNING...
www.whitehouse.gov... @VP C-SPAN Oct. 22, 2015 +	warren.senate.gov elizabethwarren.com Dec. 4, 2013 press conf.	gov.ca.gov www.jerrybrown.org Jan. 14, 2014 news conf.	www.governor.ny.gov andrewcuomo.com @nygovcuomo C-SPAN
gillibrand.senate.gov www.kirstengillibrand.com March 5, 2013 tweet	klobuchar.senate.gov www.amyklobuchar.com signatory to letter urging Clinton to run	@brianschweitzer C-SPAN

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