This is a list of major Democratic Party candidates for president.
The list is divided into two sections, reflecting the increasing importance of primaries and caucuses following the changes stemming from the McGovern–Fraser Commission.
Only those candidates are included who were major contenders of the primaries and caucuses, and had held significant elective office or received substantial media coverage.
Also, all those people are included who received at-least one delegate in the convention.
Senator from New York (2001–2009) (1999–2005) (2003–2011) (1981–2011) (1969–1981) (1997–2013) from Massachusetts (1985–2013) from North Carolina (1999–2005) of Vermont (1991–2003) Commander Europe (1997–2000) from Ohio (1997–2013) television host from Connecticut (1989–2013) (1995–2003) from Illinois (1993–1999) Hope, Arkansas Lake City, Minnesota Rochester, New Hampshire Buffalo, New York Hope, Arkansas San Francisco, California Lowell, Massachusetts from Massachusetts (1979–1985) Lincoln, Nebraska from Nebraska (1989–2001) Cumming, Iowa (1985–2015) Chicago, Illinois These pre-1972 candidates won at least 10% of the delegates on at least one convention ballot.