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| Marco Rubio | Senator from Florida born of two Cuban immigrants to the U.S. |
| Ted Cruz | Senator from Texas, Very conservative, father was Cuban, mother was American. He was born in Canada |
| Ben Carson | Noted neurosurgeon who was an early front runner. Soon after dropping out he endorsed Trump |
| John Kasich | Gov. of Ohio. Many thought he would be the strongest candidate but could only win his home state in the primaries |
| Carly Fiorina | CEO of Hwlett Packard. Was chosen by Ted Cruz to be his Vice-Presidential candidate after she dropped out of the presidential primaries. |
| Bobby Jindal | Indian-American former Gov. of Louisiana who dropped out fairly early. |
| Jeb Bush | Former Gov. of Florida, was the establishment candidate who never really caught on among rank and file Republicans. |
| Rudy Guiliani | Former Mayor of NYC. who also ran in 2012. Endorsed Trump. |
| Chris Christie | Gov. of NJ who suffered due to the Bridgegate scandal. Endorsed Trump |
| Donald Trump | NY real estate developer and star of the Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice. |
| Rick Santorum | Former Senator from PA who ran in the primaries in 2012 |
| Rick Perry | Longest serving Gov. of Texas |
| Lindsey Graham | Senator from South Carolina who continues to criticize Trump within the Republican Party |
| Mike Pence | former congressmen and gov. of Indiana who Trump chose to be his vice-Presidential candidate. |
| Tim Kaine | Senator from VA who Hillary Clinton chose as her Vice-Presidential Candidate |
| Jill Stein | Green Party Candidate for President, asked for recounts in MI, WI, and PA after the Nov. election. |
| Gary Johnson | Former Republican Gov. of New Mexico who was the Libertarian candidate for President |
| Mitt Romney | Former Republican Gov. of MA and Republican Presidential candidate in 2012, led the anyone but Trump movement. After the election was considered for the Sec. of State position |
| John McCain | Republican Senator from Arizona, Republican Presidential candidate in 2008. Critic of Trump. During the campaign Trump criticized his war record. |
| Rand Paul | Sen. from Kentucky, son of former Congressmen Ron Paul. Is a Republican who often expresses Libertarian views |
| Mike Huckabee | Former Gov. of Arkansas and conservative talk show host |
| George Pataki | Former Gov. of New York |
| Jim Gilmore | Former Gov. of VA |
| Bernie Sanders | Independent Senator from Vermont, inspired young people and left wing populism within the Democratic party. |
| Hillary Clinton | Former first lady, and Sec. of State, as well as Senator from New York. First women to be nominated by a major party for president |
| James Comey | Director of the FBI, on Oct. 28 statement that the FBI was investigating pertinent emails regarding Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Observors argue that this was critical in the election. |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | This Congresswomen from Florida resigned as chair of the Democratic National Committee after critics charged she had the committee giving advantages to Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. |
| Donna Brazile | Interim Head of the Democratic National Committee. Managed Al Gore's 2000 campaign, CNN commentator. Allegations that she leaked some debate questions to Hillary Clinton |
| Loretta Lynch | Attorney General at the end of the Obama administration. Former President Clinton meet with her privately on a plane. It is argued that they discussed the investigation into Hillary Clinton and the email server |
| John Podesta | Chair of Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign. Emails were hacked by Wikileaks which indicated the same people were raising money for the Clinton Foundation, and Bill Clinton's for profit goals. |
