THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT 2020 White House At-A-Glance This list of potential candidates for 2020 is highly speculative and contains names that have been mentioned as ei- ther publicly or privately considering candidacies, or worthy of consideration as candidates or recruiting prospects by the parties or interest groups. The numerical key indicating our assessment of each person’s likelihood of running is obviously important, given the “long and dirty” nature of this list, which will be updated each week. (1) Announced candidacy or certain to run; (2) Likely to run; (3) Maybe; (4) Mentioned but unlikely z United States of America Incumbent: Donald Trump (R) 2016 Election Win: 304 EV Democrats Republicans • John Delaney, frmr. MD-06 U.S. Rep. (1) • John Kasich, frmr. OH Gov. (3) • Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, author (1) • Jeff Flake, frmr. AZ U.S. Sen. (3) • Richard Ojeda, st. Sen, ‘18 WV-03 nom. (1) • Julian Castro, frmr. San Antonio Mayor, frmr. HUD Sec. (2) • Michael Bennet, CO U.S. Sen. (3) • Joe Biden, frmr. VP (3) • Michael Bloomberg, frmr. NYC mayor (3) • Cory Booker, NJ U.S. Sen. (3) • Sherrod Brown, OH U.S. Sen. (3) • Steve Bullock, frmr. MT Gov. (3) • Pete Buttigieg, South Bend Mayor (3) • Tulsi Gabbard, HI-02 U.S. Rep. (3) • Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Mayor (3) • Kirsten Gillibrand, NY U.S. Sen. (3) • Andrew Gillum, Tallahassee Mayor, ‘18 FL Gov. nom. (3) • Kamala Harris, CA U.S. Sen. (3) • John Hickenlooper, frmr. CO Gov. (3) • Eric Holder, frmr. U.S. AG (3) • Jay Inslee, WA Gov. (3) • John Kerry, frmr. Sen, frmr. SoS (3) • Amy Klobuchar, MN U.S. Sen. (3) • Terry McAuliffe, frmr. VA Gov. (3) • Jeff Merkley, OR U.S. Sen. (3) • Martin O’Malley, frmr. MD Gov, frmr. Baltimore Mayor (3) • Chris Murphy, CT U.S. Sen. (3) • Mitch Landrieu, frmr. New Orleans Mayor (3) • Beto O’Rourke, frmr. TX-16 U.S. Rep. (3) • Bernie Sanders, VT U.S. Sen. (3) • Howard Schultz, frmr. Starbucks Executive Chair (3) • Tom Steyer, frmr. hedge fund manager, activist (3) • Eric Swalwell, CA-15 U.S. Rep. (3) • Elizabeth Warren, MA U.S. Sen. (3) Copyright @ 2018 Cook Political Report. All Rights Reserved. .