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Democrats
President Joe Biden, 80, became the 46th president of the U.S. in 2021. Before that, he served as vice president in the Obama Administration and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate for 36 years.
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Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson, 70, is an author and activist who describes herself as a “spiritual thought leader.” She ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 2020. Her priorities include free health care, free college and free child care, she told ABC News.
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Marianne Williamson endorses Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders during a campaign event on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Republicans
Donald Trump, 76, was the 45th president of the United States. He was elected in 2016. He lost his campaign for re-election in 2020 to Joe Biden. He is also a businessman and president of The Trump Organization. He was also a co-producer and host of a reality TV series called “The Apprentice.” He wants to “Make America Great Again” by rebuilding the economy, securing the southern border, and making the U.S. energy independent. In May 2023, a federal jury in New York found Trump liable for sex abuse and defamation in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll. He has denied the accusations and said he plans to appeal.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Lee County Republican dinner in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley)
Nikki Haley, 51, was the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump Administration from January 2017 to December 2018. She served as governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and was the youngest governor and the first minority female governor in the country.
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Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally in the South Carolina state House district she used to represent, Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Gilbert, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Ryan Binkley
Ryan Binkley, is the president and CEO of a business consultancy firm and is also a co-founder of Create Church, a “multiethnic, multigenerational church” in Texas, according to his campaign website. H has also worked at Procter & Gamble and Boston Scientific Corporation.
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Republican presidential candidate businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley waits to speak with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at a Fair-Side Chat at the Iowa State Fair, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Third-Party
Joe Exotic
Joseph Allen Maldonado, known as “Joe Exotic,” 60, is the star of the documentary series “Tiger King” and is currently serving a 21-year sentence in prison for hiring an assassin to kill Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist.
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Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as "Joe Exotic," in 2013 at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park. The zoo was closed by federal investigators in 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Cornel West
Cornel West, 70, is a philosopher, political activist and a former Harvard professor. West announced his run for president June 5 as a candidate in the People's Party, a third party also known as the Populist Party. West is a well-known democratic socialist who has supported Bernie Sanders in his past presidential elections.
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Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as 3rd-party candidate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)