Who is running for president in 2024? Tracking candidates

Biden has yet to officially announce he is running but has said that “it’s my intention” to seek a second term. He previewed his potential reelection pitch in his State of the Union address in February, touting legislation on infrastructure and prescription drug prices that he passed with a Democratic-controlled Congress. He zeroed in on proposals from some in the GOP to cut Social Security and Medicare spending, an idea that top Republicans in Congress have also tried to tamp down.

Trump got an early start, announcing his third White House bid in mid-November from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., and declaring, “This comeback starts right now.” But that launch hardly cleared the field. The first weeks of his official campaign were dominated by backlash to his impromptu dinner with the rapper Ye and the far-right activist Nick Fuentes, who have both made antisemitic comments.

Ron DeSantis has dodged questions about his 2024 intentions — but behind the scenes, the Florida governor’s advisers are meeting to prepare for a potential presidential run, according to two Republicans familiar with the conversations who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

Haley, the former South Carolina governor who later served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, is officially the first major Republican challenger to Trump. If she wins the GOP nomination, Haley would be the first woman and the first Asian American GOP presidential nominee.

Mike Pence has not yet announced a run, but the former vice president has been traveling to key primary states, visiting with Christian conservative leaders and advocating abortion restrictions while highlighting the Trump administration’s role in overturning Roe v. Wade. He released a memoir in the fall. Recently, he said he would decide on whether to run “in the months ahead.”

Asa Hutchinson, who spent eight years as governor of Arkansas, has already been hitting the trail in Iowa. And an interview that aired in early April on ABC’s “This Week,” Hutchinson said he would enter the race. He urged Republicans to look past Trump well before the midterms intensified some GOP doubts about the former president and in January, Hutchinson said the ex-president’s role in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol “disqualifies” him from another term. The former governor is not nearly as well-known as Trump and other would-be rivals and faces the challenge of building a national profile in the months ahead.

Chris Christie, who was governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018, ran for president in 2016 and has said he is considering a run in 2024. Christie endorsed Trump quickly in 2016 after dropping out of the race and led the former president’s transition team, but he later grew critical of Trump and has made some of the bluntest calls for his party to shift direction.

Kristi L. Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, won reelection to her second term in November and has gained attention within conservative circles for shrugging off restrictions and mandates in her state during the pandemic. She has claimed the state got through the pandemic “better than virtually every other state,” though South Dakota in 2020 had among the highest coronavirus infections and death tolls per capita.

The Republican governor of New Hampshire — a key early primary state — won his fourth term by a 15-point margin in November, and he has signaled interest in a presidential run while drawing contrasts with other contenders such as DeSantis. “I’m No. 1 in personal freedoms. Sorry, Ron, you’re No. 2,” Chris Sununu told Fox News recently, referring to the Florida governor while advocating limited government and criticizing DeSantis’s moves to punish companies he views as “woke.”

Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia governor who flipped the office to Republicans in 2021, has repeatedly said he is “humbled” by speculation he may run for president, without committing to anything. The former executive of a private equity firm recently made headlines for rejecting the possibility of a Ford electric battery plant opening in his state; Youngkin cited concerns about the car manufacturer’s work with China, but some critics viewed his objections as political positioning for a potential GOP primary in 2024.

Larry Elder, a conservative talk radio host who unsuccessfully sought to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in California’s 2021 recall election, has announced that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. During his bid for governor, Elder opposed the minimum wage, called for letting employers ask female applicants whether they plan to get pregnant, rejected the coronavirus vaccine mandate for state workers and endorsed Trump’s false assertion that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. On his website for his presidential bid, Elder emphasizes fighting crime, expanding school choice, fostering racial harmony, addressing inflation, improving the economy and securing the border, among other priorities.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a controversial member of the storied Kennedy family who is known for his anti-vaccine views, has filed to run for president, according to a statement of candidacy submitted to the Federal Election Commission. Kennedy, 69, parlayed his famous last name into years of advocacy as an environmental lawyer and best-selling author. He has become more known in recent years as one of the leading anti-vaccine advocates in the country, peddling false claims linking vaccines to autism. He gained even more notoriety during the pandemic as one of the nation’s most prolific spreaders of disinformation about coronavirus vaccines.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” became the third declared Republican contender for president. The long-shot candidate is centering his campaign on opposition to all things “woke,” tapping into a common theme for conservatives who have criticized diversity programs and certain concepts of race and gender. Among Ramaswamy’s proposals: ending affirmative action and “decoupling” from China.

Activist and self-help author Marianne Williamson is waging long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination. Williamson is positioning herself to Biden’s left, advocating tuition-free higher education at public institutions, among other initiatives. She also ran for president in 2020, calling for “a moral and spiritual awakening" in the U.S., and dropped out shortly before the first nominating contests. “We are not living in easy times, but the times will change when we are willing to change them,” she wrote in a Facebook post announcing her plans.

The former Wyoming congresswoman has waged a long, lonely battle to steer her party away from Trump, persistently criticizing the former president and warning of the damage he was doing not just to the GOP but also to democracy. For her efforts, Liz Cheney was ousted in 2021 from her position as House conference chair and replaced with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), a staunch Trump defender. Cheney would go on to serve as one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Tim Scott, the only Black U.S. senator in the GOP, is seriously considering a presidential run, according to people close to him, and will kick off a “listening tour” in South Carolina this week, one day after the launch event of his fellow South Carolinian, Haley. Scott will then head to Iowa as he lays groundwork for a campaign, including by tapping former Colorado senator Cory Gardner and operative Rob Collins to chair his super PAC, as first reported by Axios.