Who is running for president in 2024 and who has dropped out

The presidential contest was dramatically reshaped in July 2024 when President Joe Biden dropped out of the contest after a big push from Democratic officials and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris and former president Donald Trump are locked in a tight battle, with Harris vowing not to go “back” to the Trump administration and Trump trying to paint Harris as too liberal.

Former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Trump at the end of August.

Donald Trump

GOP

Former president of the United States

Trump seemed to have an advantage over Biden but has struggled somewhat with Harris’s entrance into the race. He has often times railed at the advice of campaign advisers, who want him to focus on poll-tested issues instead of personal attacks. In August, following a bump in the polls for Harris, Trump added to his campaign ex-aide Corey Lewandowski and former-spokesman-turned-super-PAC-chief Taylor Budowich. He also stoked controversy by claiming that Harris “became a Black person.” Harris’s late mother was from India, and her father was born in Jamaica. Harris has embraced both identities for decades.

agenda to overhaul the federal workforce, <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/presidential-candidates-2024/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/05/trump-revenge-second-term/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template%22>investigate his critics, deploy the military to fight crime, and crack down on both <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/presidential-candidates-2024/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/16/trump-muslim-immigrants-crackdown/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template%22>legal and undocumented immigration, among other plans. He continues to falsely claim that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-iPJLV-css mw-md pb-md font--article-body font-copy ma-auto pl-sm pr-sm">Trump is touting his record in office and vowing a sweeping new agenda to overhaul the federal workforce, investigate his critics, deploy the military to fight crime, and crack down on both legal and undocumented immigration, among other plans. He continues to falsely claim that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him.

Kamala Harris

Dem

Vice President of the United States

prompting Democrats nationwide to follow suit</a>. Since her campaign launched, Harris has <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/presidential-candidates-2024/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/25/kamala-harris-fundraising-trump-election/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template%22>raised more than $500 million</a> — “a record for any campaign in history,” according to a memo released Sunday by the campaign. In early August, Harris <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/presidential-candidates-2024/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/harris-walz-vp/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template%22>tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz</a> to be her running mate." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-iPJLV-css mw-md pb-md font--article-body font-copy ma-auto pl-sm pr-sm">After Biden announced on July 21 he’d exit the race, he endorsed Harris, prompting Democrats nationwide to follow suit. Since her campaign launched, Harris has raised more than $500 million — “a record for any campaign in history,” according to a memo released Sunday by the campaign. In early August, Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate.

Jill Stein

Ind

Physician

announced that she is entering the 2024 presidential race</a> as a Green Party candidate. “Democrats have betrayed their promises for working people, youth and the climate again and again, while Republicans don’t even make such promises in the first place,” Stein said in her announcement video. “And both parties are a danger to our democracy — expanding censorship, criminalizing protests, throwing competitors off the ballot, suppressing debates, rigging their primaries.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-iPJLV-css mw-md pb-md font--article-body font-copy ma-auto pl-sm pr-sm">Jill Stein announced that she is entering the 2024 presidential race as a Green Party candidate. “Democrats have betrayed their promises for working people, youth and the climate again and again, while Republicans don’t even make such promises in the first place,” Stein said in her announcement video. “And both parties are a danger to our democracy — expanding censorship, criminalizing protests, throwing competitors off the ballot, suppressing debates, rigging their primaries.”

Dropped out: Republicans

Dropped out: Democrats

Dropped out: Independents

Azi Paybarah, Michael Scherer, Tyler Pager, Maeve Reston, Toluse Olorunnipa, Mariana Alfaro, Meryl Kornfield, Maegan Vazquez, John Wagner and Matt Viser contributed to this report. Photo editing by Christine Nguyen. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.