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Democrats want to take back the White House when President Donald Trump's first term in office comes to a close next year, and the list of candidates hoping to challenge the Republican grows longer by the day.
At least eight Democrats have formally launched campaigns for the presidency, including Julián Castro, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren. Dozens more are thought to be considering entering the fray, including Beto O'Rourke, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
Take a look at the different candidates who are running, likely to run or undecided. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name
The former vice president, who also represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate, has run for president in the past and is seriously considering entering the ring in 2020, according to multiple media reports.
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During a book-tour stop in Montana, Joe Biden said he saw himself as "the most qualified person in the country" to be president.
"The issues that we face as a country today are the issues that have been in my wheelhouse, that I’ve worked on my whole life," he said, according to the Washington Post.
Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, had said he was considering a presidential run but declared in March that he would not seek the nomination. The billionaire has changed parties in recent years: he was a Republican, then independent and then last year he registered as a Democrat.
WASHINGTON POST:‘You can’t be an absolutist’: Weighing a 2020 run, Bloomberg talks compromise
On the first day of Black History Month 2018, Sen. Cory Booker announced that he was running for president in 2020 in a video to his supporters. Many already saw the New Jersey Democrat as a guaranteed candidate for the White House.
He traveled through parts of the United States recently, ending his swing through the South with a stop in Columbia, South Carolina.
"We're gathered together because they gathered together in church basements, they gathered together in barn houses, they gathered together to march, to sit in, to fight," Booker said at the event, according to CNN. "We are gathered together because we believe in this democracy, and we know in this country that the power of the people is always greater than the people in power."
CNN POLITICS:Cory Booker says he's nearing 2020 decision as he swings through key southern states
Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio had been considered a likely candidate, but he announced in March that he would not seek the Democratic nomination.
Before the announcement, he had speculated that he would be able to beat Trump in both Ohio and New York in 2020.
"I would say that I will beat Trump in Ohio, where they know me best," he said in an interview on CNN. "I'll beat him in my home state and I'll beat him in his home state of New York, where they know him best."
CNN:Sen. Sherrod Brown: I could beat Trump in Ohio and New York
While Montana Gov. Steve Bullock made several trips to Iowa and New Hampshire last year, the Democrat has stayed quiet on his intentions for 2020 and deflected questions about his political future, according to the Helena Independent Record.
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD:Montana's Bullock in no rush to announce plans for 2020
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced his long-shot campaign for the presidency on Wednesday.
Buttigieg — which is pronounced "boot-edge-edge" — presented himself as a candidate for the future, focused on issues like the environment and economic opportunity.
“What will America look like in 2054, when I reach the age of the current president?” he said in an email to supporters. “How will we look back on 2020?”
MORE:South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg joins 2020 presidential race with exploratory committee
Former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro announced earlier this month that he would be running for president. Castro previously led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama.
“When my grandmother got here almost 100 years ago, I’m sure she never could have imagined that just two generations later, one of her grandsons  would be serving as a member of Congress and the other would be standing here with you to say these words: I am a candidate for president of the United States,” Castro said, in a nod to his twin brother, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio.
MORE:Julian Castro enters 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination
Hillary Clinton: Not Running
The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said in March that she would not run for president again in 2020, ending widespread speculation that she might run against Trump again.
U.S. Rep. John Delaney of Maryland has been running for president since July of 2017, an unusually early announcement for any presidential candidate.
“I think I’m the right person for the job, but not enough people knew who I was or still know who I am,” Delaney said in an interview with the New York Times in November. “The way to solve that problem, it seems to me, is to get in early and just work harder than everyone else.”
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced her campaign earlier this month. Gabbard has come under fire for past anti-gay statements and her work at an advocacy group that is anti-gay. She apologized in a video posted to social media.
“My record in Congress over the last six years reflects what is in my heart: a strong and ongoing commitment to fighting for LGBTQ rights," she said in the video.
She was also criticized in 2016 for traveling to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad, who has been accused of war crimes.
MORE:Democrat Tulsi Gabbard announces 2020 run for president to take on Trump
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has been outspoken on women's rights issues, announced earlier this month that she would run for president during an appearance on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
“The first thing I would do is restore what’s been lost: the integrity and the compassion of this country,” she said during the appearance, when asked about her first priorities.
MORE:Kirsten Gillibrand makes it official: She's running for president in 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris of California said she would run for president in 2020 during an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Jan. 22.
Before her election to the Senate in 2017, Harris served as California's first female and first African-American attorney general. Harris' presidential campaign raised $1.5 million in its first 24-hours, according to Politico.
MORE:California Sen. Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential bid on 'Good Morning America'
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced he would run for president in an online video titled "Standing Tall." The video touts Hickenlooper's accomplishments as governor and highlights his biography as an unemployed geologist who became a successful restaurateur.
The two-term governor left office in January. Before becoming governor, he served two terms as mayor of Denver. He is expected to campaign on his ability to implement Democratic goals in a politically divided state and to try to stand out from the largely progressive group of Democratic candidates by portraying himself as a pragmatist. Hickenlooper has hedged on supporting Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has said for months that he is considering a 2020 challenge.
The Democrat said he will make a decision early this year.
More:Former attorney general Eric Holder doesn't rule out a potential presidential run in 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will announced March 1 that he would join the already crowded Democratic field of candidates. He mixes calls for combating climate change and highlights of his liberal record with an aggressive critique of President Donald Trump.
The 68-year-old was the first governor to join a Democratic primary that had been dominated by senators. Inslee acknowledged his underdog status among more high-profile senators and others, but says his emphasis on combating climate change will set him apart.
Inslee has governed Washington since 2012 as an unabashed liberal, promoting clean energy, gay rights, abortion rights, environmental preservation, tighter gun restrictions and more spending for education and job training. Most recently, he's called for a state-based public option health insurance plan in Washington that he calls a "step toward universal health care."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota stood outside as snow fell around her to announce that she would join the group of Democrats running for president. She vowed to bring her campaign — and her Midwest sensibilities — directly to parts of the region Donald Trump won and that Democrats hope to reclaim in 2020.
"For every American, I'm running for you," she told an exuberant, snow-covered crowd gathered Feb. 10 at a park along the Mississippi River with the Minneapolis skyline in the background. "And I promise you this: As your president, I will look you in the eye. I will tell you what I think. I will focus on getting things done. That's what I've done my whole life. And no matter what, I'll lead from the heart."
Klobuchar, who easily won a third-term last year, is the most prominent candidate from the Midwest to enter the race. She's pointed to her broad appeal across Minnesota — where she's drawn support from voters in urban, suburban and rural areas, including in dozens of counties Trump won in 2016 — and says that success could translate to other Midwestern states such as Michigan and Wisconsin, reliably Democratic in presidential races for decades until Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton.
Richard Ojeda: Not Running
Richard Ojeda, who lost a congressional campaign in West Virginia in 2018, announced that he is running for president shortly thereafter.
But by the end of January, his campaign had come to a close.
Ojeda said in a Facebook post that he didn't want to accept financial contributions from people "who are struggling for a campaign that does not have the ability to compete."
Beto O'Rourke, 46, officially entered the 2020 presidential race March 14, ending months of speculation that began after the Democrat narrowly lost a Senate seat in reliably red Texas.
The announcement makes O'Rourke the second Texan to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, which already has more than a dozen other announced candidates. He also becomes the first prominent El Paso politician to seek the nation's highest office and the only candidate in the race who lives on the U.S.-Mexico border.
EXCLUSIVE:Beto O'Rourke discusses run for president, why he’s the one to battle Trump on border
“I want to be president because I feel that we can bring this country together. We can unify around our ambitions, our aspirations, the big things that we know we are capable of when all of us have the opportunity to contribute,” O’Rourke said in an exclusive interview with the El Paso Times before his official announcement.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is returning to the presidential campaign trail in 2020. Since 2017, he has said that he's not ruling out a run.
Sanders challenged Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary and gained a dedicated following. Earlier this year, Sanders said he was unaware of sexual harassment and pay disparity allegations from during his 2016 campaign.
Allegations from multiple women who worked on the campaign were reported in the New York Times, prompting Sanders to apologize to "any woman who feels like she was not treated appropriately."
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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, a longtime Democrat and billionaire businessman, said he is "seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent" in a post on Twitter.
His potential candidacy caused a stir among Democrats and Republicans.
Democrats urged Schultz not to run, raising concerns that by entering the race as a third-party candidate he would help Trump's re-election.
Trump weighed in in a tweet of his own, writing: "Howard Schultz doesn't have the 'guts' to run for President! Watched him on (60 Minutes) last night and I agree with him that he is not the 'smartest person.' Besides, American already has that! I only hope that Starbucks is still paying me their rent in Trump Tower!"
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts formed an exploratory committee for a presidential run at the end of December, after months of speculation that she would enter the race.
Warren has been a staunch critic of the Trump administration and he has retaliated with nicknames, calling her "Goofy Elizabeth Warren" and "Pocahontas," as a way to mock her claims of Cherokee heritage.
Warren was mocked for releasing the results of a DNA test that showed she had "strong evidence" of Native American ancestry that went back six to 10 generations. The test results were also denounced by the Cherokee nation.
MORE:Sen. Elizabeth Warren forms exploratory committee for 2020 presidential run
Marianne Williamson, an author and well-known spiritual leader, announced her candidacy for 2020 during a live-streamed event broadcast from Beverly Hills.
Williamson, who is often referred to as Oprah Winfrey's spiritual advisor, said she is running to spark a more meaningful conversation about the country.
”Our national challenges are deep, but our political conversation is shallow,” Williamson said as she announced her candidacy. “My campaign is for people who want to dig deeper into the questions we face as a nation and deeper into finding the answers.’’
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, one of the lesser-known candidates that has announced a presidential campaign, is running on the idea of universal basic income — or free cash.
Part of his campaign pitch is that every American citizen between 18 and 64 years old will be given $1,000 a month if he is elected.
"I’m not a career politician — I’m an entrepreneur who understands the economy," Yang says on his campaign website. "It’s clear to me, and to many of the nation’s best job creators, that we need to make an unprecedented change, and we need to make it now. But the establishment isn’t willing to take the necessary bold steps."
MORE:Presidential hopeful Yang floats idea of $1,000 monthly 'dividend' for American adults
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