Presidency
Dean Phillips and a Review of Minnesota US Reps Running for President
Only one sitting U.S. Representative has run for the nation’s highest office in Minnesota history.
Read MoreThe Most Recent Major Party Presidential Candidates in All 50 States
All but four states have fielded at least one major party candidate for the White House during the modern primary era.
Read MoreWill Wisconsin Make History With Another 2024 Presidential Nail-Biter?
No state’s popular vote winner has been decided by less than a percentage point in three straight cycles during the two-party era.
Read MoreFlorida Sets Modern GOP Record with Three Presidential Hopefuls
Though the massive 2020 Democratic field raised the bar for the number of same-state candidates.
Read MoreDoug Burgum and a Brief History of North Dakota Presidential Candidates
Burgum is the first candidate to launch a bonafide major party White House campaign from the Peace Garden State.
Read MoreHow Big Will the 2024 GOP Presidential Field Get?
More Republican candidates will have launched bids by the end of the first week of June than in any previous election cycle in party history.
Read MoreHow Late Will Biden Challengers Enter the Democratic Field?
Prior to 2024, only one of the non-fringe candidates to launch campaigns against their party’s president in the modern primary era did so prior to July in the year before the election.
Read MoreTim Scott and Presidential Candidates with Two First Names
Three candidates with two ‘first names’ have been elected to the White House over the last half-century.
Read MoreShould Presidential Candidates Announce Early Or Late?
Only a few nominees over the last half century were the first or last of their party to file, with the average announcement date still a month away.
Read MoreWill Any Presidential Candidates Kick Off Their Campaigns This Year?
Approximately five percent of presidential candidates over the last half-century have launched their campaigns in the year of the midterm or earlier .
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