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Both Parties






Dec. 31, 2014
Howard McWilliam
-Christie putting cones
-Clinton w/ bouquet
Feb. 14, 2015
Jacqui Oakley
Mar. 16, 2015
Marilyn Gates-Davis/
CQRoll Call

Cruz, Paul, Rubio, Warren

Apr. 10, 2015
Steve Brodner

June 1, 2015
Mark Ulriksen



July 2015
Mike Tofanelli

Aug. 3, 2015
Mark Seliger for Time
Aug. 17, 2015
Daniel Adel
Sept. 2015
Michael Gelen

Sept. 2015
Scott Brundage


Nov. 2015

Dec. 25, 2015
Howard McWilliam
Jan. 18, 2016
David Clegg

Jan. 30, 2016
Kal
Feb. 6, 2016
Krieg Barrie



Feb. 22, 2016
Victor Juhasz

Feb. 22, 2016
David Malan
Mar. 5, 2016
-
Spring 2016 (March)
Victor Juhasz
June 10, 2016
Lincoln Agnew

Republicans - Multi






Nov. 4, 2013
Victor Juhasz
[incl. Cruz, Paul]


Aug. 2014
Feb. 23, 2015
Dave Clegg
March 22, 2015
Sam Kaplan for the
New York Times

May 2, 2015
Pablo Lobato



June 5, 2015
Fred Harper


Aug. 3, 2015
Steve Brundage
July 27, 2015
Barry Blitt

Oct. 3, 2015
Kevin Morley
Rainier Ehrhardt
Oct. 30, 2015
Fred Harper


Oct. 31, 2015
CF: William Widmer/
NYT/Redux.  MR. Mike Theilen/Reuters/Landov
Nov. 20, 2015
Fred Harper

Dec. 14, 2015
Marilyn Gates-Davis/
CQRoll Call

Jan. 25, 2016
Roman Genn
Feb. 2016


Feb. 1, 2016
Thomas Fluharty

Feb. 5, 2016
Howard McWilliam
Feb. 2016
Mike Tofanelli
Mar. 4, 2016
Howard McWilliam
Mar. 10, 2016
Robert Grossman


Feb. 29, 2016
Marilyn Gates-Davis
CQ/Roll Call

Apr. 1, 2016
Howard McWilliam
Apr. 2, 2016
Krieg Barrie
Apr. 16, 2016
TC: Barry Broome/AP
JK: Ron Sachs/Picture Alliance/DPA/AP

April 19, 2016
Thomas Fluharty

By Candidate





thumbnail of newsweek june 6, 2014 cover featuring jeb bush thumbnail of time magazine march 16, 2015 cover featuring jeb bush
June 6, 2014
Steve Brodner

March 16, 2015
George Bush Pres.
Library and Museum/
Corbis

March 30, 2015
Thomas Fluharty
March 28, 2015
Bernard Maisner
May 23, 2015
Erin Aulov





June 26, 2015
Fred Harper

July/Aug. 2015
Michael Hogue
Mar. 28, 2016
Gary Locke



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June 2014
Deborah Feingold
Jan. 26, 2015
Christy Bowe/Polaris/
Newscom

Nov. 13, 2015
Sean Berry

Nov. 20, 2015
Fred Harper
(also included in multi -
Trump)



Jan. 21, 2013
Marco Grob for Time
July 2013
Marco Grob/Trunk
Archive
Aug. 12, 2013
Christopher Anderson/
Magnum Photos/New
York Magazine
Nov. 15, 2013
Howard McWilliam
Nov. 18, 2013
Dennis Van Tine


Jan. 20, 2014
Barry Blitt

Jan. 24, 2014
Howard McWilliam
Feb. 3, 2014
Steve Brodner
March 2014
Brooks Kraft

Nov. 23, 2014
Kristian Hammerstad







Mar. 23, 2015
Thomas Reis







July 29, 2013
Tom Williams/
CQ Roll Call
Sept. 23, 2013
Newscom
Oct. 23, 2013
-
Nov. 25, 2013
Steve Brodner
Nov. 2013
John Springs


Dec. 2013
Alex Wong

Dec. 31, 2013
Howard McWilliam

[year in review montage]
Jan. 2014
Jason Seiler
[year in review montage]
Feb. 2014
Jeff Wilson; grooming by
Carrie LaMarca

Feb. 2014
Ben Sklar


Feb. 2015
Jeff Malet/Newscom

June 2015
Brian Cahn/Zuma Wire

June 27, 2015
John Jay Cabuay
Feb. 8, 2016
Marilyn Gates-Davis/iStock
April 18, 2016
Marco Grob for Time







Apr. 25, 2016
Thomas Reis









Aug. 10, 2015
Thomas Reis


Aug. 2015
Courtesy of Opportunity
International



June 6, 2015
Joe Ciardiello





Mar. 7, 2015
Brian Ajhar

Nov. 2015
Scott Olson/Getty Images


July 27, 2015
Peter Strain



May 6, 2013
Mark Seliger
July 1, 2013
Platon
Oct. 19, 2013
Steve Brodner
Nov. 2013
Bill Clark/CQ-RollCall
Group/Getty Images
Aug. 10, 2014
Illustration by Matt Dorfman.
Photo by Win McNamee/
Getty Images




Oct. 27, 2014
Mark Seliger for Time

May/June 2015
Michael Hogue
June 12, 2015
Howard McWilliam




Aug. 9, 2013
Fred Harper
March 14, 2014
Associated Press
July 2014
Peter Yang
July 28, 2014
Gary Locke
August 2, 2014
Charis Tsevis






Sept./Oct. 2014
xxx







Feb. 16, 2013
Getty Images/
CQ Roll Call
/Douglas Graham
Feb. 18, 2013
Marco Grob for Time
Feb. 21, 2013
Howard McWilliam
May 20, 2013
J. Scott Applewhite
Sept. 5, 2013
Rob Howard


Apr. 27, 2015
Newscom

July 17, 2015
Robert Carter

Jan. 2016
Tyler Andrews/CORBIS

Feb. 5, 2016
Edel Rodriguez

Mar. 11, 2016
Fred Harper






May 2014
AP/Eric Gray







July 17, 2015
Howard McWilliam
July 27, 2015
Barry Blitt
(multi but v.Trump-centric)
Aug. 1, 2015
Joe Ciardiello
Aug. 14, 2015
Nathaniel Welch
Aug. 21, 2015
Fred Harper


Aug. 28, 2015
xxx

Aug. 31, 2015
Martin Schoeller for Time
Sept. 7, 2015
Jason Seiler
Sept. 5, 2015
-
Sept. 7, 2015
Harry Benson





Sept. 2015
Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
Sept 24, 2015
Mark Seliger
Sept. 21, 2015
Bobby Doherty
Oct. 12, 2015
Joe Pugliese
Oct. 3, 2015
Pavel Kisselev



Oct. 4, 2015
Illustration by Stanley Chow
Photo by Jamie Chung

Oct. 19, 2015
Roman Genn
Dec. 2015
Todd Krainin

Dec. 4, 2015
Howard McWilliam
Dec. 12, 2015
-


Jan. 18, 2016
Mark Peterson - Redux
Feb. 15, 2016
Luba Myts

Feb. 2016
Nigel Parry
Feb. 1, 2016
(multi but v.Trump-centric)
Thomas Fluharty
Feb. 8, 2016
Regine Mahaux/Getty Images


Feb. 1, 2016
Barry Blitt
Feb. 12, 2016
Fred Harper

Feb. 27, 2016
-

Mar. 2016
Scott Seibel
Mar. 14, 2016
Noam Galai–WireImage/Getty Images



Mar. 14, 2016
Steve Brodner
Mar. 14, 2016
Marilyn Gates-Davis/
CQRoll Call -
iStock and Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Mar. 21, 2016
Thomas Fluharty
Mar. 25, 2016
Fred Harper
Mar. 25, 2016
Sinelab


Mar. 28, 2016
Roman Genn
Mar. 28, 2016
Barry Blitt

Apr. 11, 2016
Joe Pugliese/August
Apr. 4, 2016
Bob Doherty
Apr. 15, 2016
Howard McWilliam


May 2016
Daniel Zender


May 2016
Mike McGregor-Contour by Getty Images
May 2016
C.J. Burton

May 2, 2016
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post, Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty

May 6, 2016
Fred Harper


May 9, 2016
Thomas Fluharty

May 7, 2016
-
May 13, 2016
-
May 20, 2016
Fred Harper

May 23, 2016
Barry Blitt


May 22, 2016
Damon Winter/NYT
June 2016
Erik Tanner/Getty

June 2016
Gary Gershoff
July 2016
Michael Hogue

July 1, 2016
Fred Harper

for more see the Trump page













June 30, 2014
Narayan Mahon

Feb. 2015
Kelly Campbell
March 23, 2015
Gary Locke
Aug. 17, 2015
Steve Brodner




Sept. 2013
AP/Michael Conroy


Jan. 6, 2014
Win McNamee/
Getty Images

Oct. 27, 2014
Nov. 8, 2014
Taili Song Roth

Democrats - Multi






Aug. 28, 2015
Howard McWilliam
Oct. 23, 2015
Howard McWilliam
Jan. 29, 2016
Fred Harper
Feb. 15, 2016
Jason Seiler
Mar. 24, 2016
Joe Raedle/Getty




Apr. 22, 2016
Fred Harper

June 3, 2016
Fred Harper
July 2016
Piotr Lesniak




By Candidate






May 24, 2013
Fred Harper
June 3, 2013
Roman Genn
Sept. 22, 2013

Sept. 30, 2013
Douglas Friedman/Trunk
Archive
Jan. 27, 2014
Justin Metz for Time


Jan. 26, 2014
Jesse Lenz

Feb. 14, 2014
Fred Harper
June 9, 2014
Gary Locke
June 16, 2014
Stewart Shining

June 20, 2014
Fred Harper


July 14, 2014
Martin Schoeller/AUGUST

Nov. 2014
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Dec. 15, 2014
Victor Juhasz

March 20, 2015
Fred Harper
March 23, 2015
Spencer Platt -
Getty Images



April 6, 2015
Norman Jean Roy/
Trunk Archive

April 11, 2015
-
April 24, 2015
Howard McWilliam
May 16, 2015
Sean McCabe
May 18, 2015
Thomas Fluharty


May 22, 2015
Andrew Burton/Getty
June 29, 2015
Jason Seiler


July 2015
Rex USA

July 18, 2015
Jacqui Oakley
July 19, 2015
Matt Lipps


Aug. 28, 2015
Howard McWilliam
(multi, but v. Clinton-centric)
Sept. 14, 2015
Tim O'Brien
Nov. 7, 2015
PJ Loughran
Jan./Feb. 2016
Kim White
Jan. 7, 2016
Charlie Powell


Feb. 18, 2016
James Nachtwey for TIME
Feb. 19, 2016
Howard McWilliam
Mar. 2016
Getty Images
Apr. 23, 2016
-
Apr. 24, 2016
Justin Metz


May 2, 2016
Callahan/Ace/Infphoto.com


May 9, 2016
Roman Genn
May 16, 2016
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
May 30, 2016
Brigitte Lacombe for New York Magazine

June 11, 2016
[photo illus. by Kreig Barrie]


for more see the Clinton page














May 2013
Getty Images
June 22, 2013
Chet Susslin
Summer 2013
Jeff Gale





Nov. 2013
Zina Saunders


April 7, 2014
Robert Best

June 12, 2015
DonkeyHotey
July 6, 2015
Roman Genn
July 2015
Marius Bugge


July 20, 2015
Marius Bugge

Sept./Oct. 2015
Jacquelyn Martin/AP
and River North
Photography/
Istockphoto

Sept. 28, 2015
Stephen Voss for Time
Oct. 26, 2015
Dec. 3, 2015
Christopher Anderson/
Magnum



Nov. 21, 2015
Ryan McAmis


Jan. 11, 2016 >
Jonno Rattman

Feb. 8, 2016
Brian Snyder/Reuters
Feb. 2016
Arun Chaudhary/ Revolution Messaging
Apr. 2016
Mark Peterson for the
New Republic


May 2016
Joanna Andreasson


Apr. 14, 2016
Dave Clegg
Apr. 15, 2016
Wesley Mann
May 23, 2016
Marvin Joseph/
Washington Post via Getty
June 6, 2016
Nate Gowdy for Time







June 17, 2016
Fred Harper

June 20, 2016
-






Jan. 28, 2013
Nigel Parry-CPI for Time
March/April 2014
Marco Grob/Trunk Archive

April 8, 2013
Steve Brodner

April 22, 2013
Darrow




Nov. 25, 2013
Jacqueline Mellow

July/Aug. 2014
xxx
Oct. 2014
Courtesy of Elizabeth
Warren

Feb. 23, 2015
Andy Friedman



More






June 21, 2014
The Heads of State
Feb. 7, 2015
Patrick Sandri
June 8, 2015
Dec. 5, 2015
July 2016


Notes:
These are copyrighted images held by the respective magazines/photographers and artists and reprinted according to my understanding of fair use.
 

Issue dates are often several days to several weeks later than when the magazine actually comes out.

Christie also on cover
of July 2013 issue of Arrive magazine "Jersey Boys"... one of four.  Additionally Christie was the subject of the Winter 2015 issue of American Prospect "Chris Christie's Real Scandal," but the image was of a rail tunnel.

Finally, keep in mind that until they announced, in the period from March-July 2015, these figures were all potential candidates.

National Journal, whose first issue was dated Nov. 1, 1969, ended publication of its print edition with the Dec. 12, 2015 issue.

See also:
Sara Guaglione.  "Magazine Covers Enjoy A Trump Bump,"  Publishers Daily, April 22, 2016.