Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices.
Listed are those African-Americans who achieved ballot access for the national election in at least one state.
Exception is made for candidates whose parties lost ballot status for additional runs.
Not included in the first and second sections are African-Americans who ran unsuccessful campaigns in nominating conventions or primary elections for their party's nomination (or who have not yet completed that process), write-in candidates, potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.
Until the 2020 presidential election, no African-American candidates had received electoral votes for vice president.