Democratic Candidates
2020 Presidential candidates
Michael Bennet, 55
Bennet, a senator from Colorado, is a moderate Democrat known for seeking compromise. He has called for modernizing the economy in fields like artificial intelligence and for increasing infrastructure spending.
Joseph R. Biden Jr., 77
Biden, a former Vice President and former senator from Delaware, has run for president twice before. He looks to restore America's standing on the global stage; strengthening economic protections for low-income workers in industries like manufacturing and fast food.
Michael R. Bloomberg, 77
Bloomberg, a billionaire media executive and former mayor of New York City, has been an outspoken voice on gun control and climate change, but his views on taxes would put him on the conservative end of the Democratic field.
Cory Booker, 50
Booker, a senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark, is campaigning on the lofty ideals of love, unity and equality. Booker has called for reversing mass incarceration with a sweeping clemency initiative and closing the racial wealth gap.
Pete Buttigieg, 37
Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana and war veteran, is the youngest candidate in the presidential field. Buttigieg has stressed his generational identity and focused on issues like climate change and economic opportunity.
Julian Castro, 45
Castro, a former housing secretary and former mayor of San Antonio, has called for overhauling the immigration system, including decriminalizing border crossings, and education policies like universal pre-kindergarten.
John Delaney, 56
Delaney, a former congressman from Maryland and former businessman, has pitched himself as a bipartisan problem-solver, but has also endorsed liberal causes like universal healthcare.
Tulsi Gabbard, 38
Gabbard, a congresswoman from Hawaii and Army National Guard veteran, has supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primaries. She has voiced her opposition to American military intervention overseas, including in countries like Syria.
Kamala Harris, 55
Harris, a senator from California, has unveiled middle-class tax cut legislation, and has championed a liberal civil rights agenda in the Senate.
Amy Klobuchar, 59
Klobuchar, a senator from Minnesota, has championed legislation to combat the opioid crisis and drug addiction, and to address the cost of prescription drugs.
Deval Patrick, 63
Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts, is a close friend of former president Barack Obama. As governor, Patrick has focused on economic development and innovation, and has made Massachusetts a hub for life science jobs.
Bernie Sanders, 78
Sanders, a senator from Vermont and former congresswoman, is a self-described democratic socialist. He has brought progressive proposals like Medicare for All and tuition-free public college to the forefront of the race.
Tom Steyer, 62
Steyer, a former billionaire hedge fund executive, has been fighting climate change, promoting renewable energy and impeaching Mr. Trump.
Elizabeth Warren, 70
Warren, a senator from Massachusetts, has been focusing on income inequality and what she sees as a middle class under attack from big corporations and political corruption.
Marianne Williamson, 67
Williamson, a self-help author and new age lecturer, has proposed $100 billion in reparations for slavery, with $10 billion to be distributed annually over a decade of economic and education projects.
Andrew Yang, 44
Yang, a former tech executive, has placed the majority of his focus on establishing a universal basic income of $1,000 per month for all Americans.