Senator Bernie Sanders suspends his presidential campaign, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for President in the general election. 2020-04-8
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders says he will assess his presidential campaign after losing three more states (Florida, Illinois, and Arizona) to former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic primaries of the 2020 presidential election. Biden has 1,181 delegates, while Sanders has 885. The minimum required to win the nomination is 1,991. 2020-03-18
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson endorses Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. 2020-03-8
Colorado Senator Michael Bennet suspends his presidential campaign. 2020-02-11
Significant irregularities in the Democratic Party process are reported with an app being blamed for widespread confusion and delayed results. 2020-02-3
Author and self-help guru Marianne Williamson drops out of the U.S. presidential race. 2020-01-10
CNN hosts a seven-hour town hall on climate change featuring ten Democratic presidential candidates. An official debate sponsored by the Democratic Party had previously been shot down by the DNC. 2019-09-4
Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper announces that he is suspending his presidential campaign. 2019-08-15
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts Seth Moulton announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 US presidential election. 2019-04-22