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Candidates included in this section have been listed in five or more major independent nationwide polls

Name Highlight State Date Refs Gallery
Jeb Bush Governor (former) FL/TX 1999–2007 [1][2]
Ben Carson Dir. at JHU (former) MD/MI 1984–2013 [3][4][5]
Chris Christie Governor NJ 2010–present [6][7]
Ted Cruz U.S. Senator TX 2013–present [8][9][10]
Carly Fiorina CEO of HP (former) CA/VA 1999–2005 [11][12]
Jim Gilmore Governor (former) VA 1998–2002 [13][14]
Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator SC 2003–present [15][16]
Mike Huckabee Governor (former) AR 1996–2007 [17][18]
Bobby Jindal Governor (former) LA 2008–present [19][20]
John Kasich Governor OH 2011–present [21][22]
George Pataki Governor (former) NY 1995–2006 [23][24]
Rand Paul U.S. Senator KY/TX 2011–present [25][26][27]
Rick Perry Governor (former) TX 2000–2015 [28][29]
Marco Rubio U.S. Senator FL/NV 2011–present [30][31][32]
Rick Santorum U.S. Senator (former) PA 1995–2007 [33][34]
Donald Trump Chair of Trump.com NY 1971–present [35][36][37]
Scott Walker Governor WI 2011–present [38][39]
References
  1. ^ Rafferty, Andrew (June 15, 2015). "Jeb Bush Makes 2016 Run Official". NBC News. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jeb Bush FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Terris, Ben (May 3, 2015). "Ben Carson announces presidential campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Rafferty , Andrew (May 4, 2015). "Ben Carson Announces 2016 Run". NBCNews.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Ben Carson FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Barbaro, Michael (June 30, 2015). "Chris Christie Announces Run, Pledging 'Truth' About Nation's Woes". New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "Christopher J. Christie FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  8. ^ Mascaro, Lisa and David Lauter (March 22, 2015). "Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz Launches Presidential Bid". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  9. ^ Zezima, Katie (March 23, 2015). "Ted Cruz Announces He's Running for President". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "Ted Cruz FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  11. ^ Gass, Nick (May 4, 2015). "Carly Fiorina: 'Yes, I am running for president'". Politico. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Carly Fiorina FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gilmore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Jim Gilmore FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  15. ^ Jaffe, Alexandra (June 1, 2015) "Graham bets on foreign experience in White House bid announcement", CNN. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  16. ^ "Lindsey Graham FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  17. ^ Trip, Gabriel (May 5, 2015). "Mike Huckabee Joins Republican Presidential Race". New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  18. ^ "Mike Huckabee FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  19. ^ Fahrenthold, David A.; Hohmann, James (June 24, 2015). "Bobby Jindal announces entry into 2016 presidential race". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Bobby Jindal FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stolberg, Sheryl Gay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ "John Kasich FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fahrenthold, David A was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  24. ^ "George Pataki FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  25. ^ Lambert, Lisa (April 7, 2015). "Republican Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential run on website". Reuters. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  26. ^ Killough, Ashley (April 7, 2015). "Rand Paul: 'I am running for president'". CNN. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  27. ^ "Rand Paul FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  28. ^ Beckwith , Ryan Teague; Rhodan, Maya (June 4, 2015). "Rick Perry Announces Presidential Bid". Time. Retrieved June 4, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ "Rick Perry FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  30. ^ Parker, Ashley (April 13, 2015). "Marco Rubio Announces 2016 Presidential Bid". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  31. ^ Nelson, Rebecca (April 13, 2015) "Marco Rubio Makes His Pitch as the Fresh Face of the GOP in 2016", National Journal. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  32. ^ "Marco Rubio FEC Filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. April 13, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  33. ^ Jackson, David (May 27, 2015). "Santorum officially begins 2016 presidential campaign". USA Today. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  34. ^ "Rick Santorum FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  35. ^ "Donald Trump is running for president". Business Insider. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  36. ^ "Donald Trump announces presidential bid". Washington Post. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  37. ^ "Donald Trump FEC filing" (PDF). FEC.gov. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  38. ^ Burlij, Terence; Lee, MJ; LoBianco, Tom (July 13, 2015). "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker officially enters 2016 presidential race". CNN.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  39. ^ "Scott Walker FEC filing". FEC. FEC.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2015.