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- 1 Career Highlights Stein campaigned for the Clean Elections Law in Massachusetts in 1998. After it was repealed by the Democratic legislature, Stein left the Democratic Party to join the Green Party
- 2 Education B.A. in Psychology, Society, and Anthropology from Harvard University; MD from Harvard Medical School
- 3 Family Married to Richard Rohrer; two sons (Noah and Ben)
- 4 Net Worth
- 5 Fun Fact Stein received close to 500,000 votes in the 2012 Presidential election - more than any woman in history
- 1 Career Highlights Clinton is the former Secretary of State, was the first female Senator elected from New York and also the first former First Lady to run for political office
- 2 Education B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College; J.D. from Yale University
- 3 Family Married to Bill Clinton (former President of the US); one daughter (Chelsea); one granddaughter (Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky)
- 4 Net Worth $21,500,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Twitter Bio: Wife, mom, grandma, women+kids advocate, FLOTUS, Senator, SecState, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, 2016 presidential candidate.
- 1 Career Highlights Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010. The law led to the most significant changes in US healthcare since the creation of Medicare in 1965
- 2 Education Attended Occidental College; B.A. in political science from Columbia University; J.D. from Harvard University
- 3 Family Married to Michelle; 2 daughters (Malia, Sasha)
- 4 Net Worth $5,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Obama kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
- 1 Career Highlights On June 25, 2013, Davis performed an 11-hour filibuster to block a Texas Senate bill that limited abortions in Texas.
- 2 Education Attended University of Texas at Arlington; attended Tarrant County College; B.A. in English from Texas Christian University; J.D. from Harvard Law School
- 3 Family Formerly married to Frank Underwood and to Jeffry Davis; two daughters (Amber and Dru)
- 4 Net Worth $750,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact During her filibuster, there were at least 730,000 tweets about Davis, including one by Barack Obama: "Something special is happening in Austin tonight"
- 1 Career Highlights in 2006, Bloomberg championed a regulation that banned trans fats in all restaurants in New York City, the nation's first such ban.
- 2 Education B.S. in Electrical Engineering from John Hopkins University; MBA from Harvard Business School
- 3 Family Living with Diana Taylor (formerly married to Susan Brown); two daughters (Georgina and Emma)
- 4 Net Worth $36,500,000,000 source While he was mayor of New York City, Bloomberg waived his salary so was paid as little as the law allows - $1 a year
- 5 Fun Fact Bloomberg is a licensed commercial pilot and loves to fly helicopters
- 1 Career Highlights While Christie was US Attorney for the District of New Jersey, his office convicted or won guilty pleas from 130 public officials
- 2 Education B.A. in Political Science from University of Delaware; J.D. from Seton Hall University
- 3 Family Married to Mary Pat; four children (Andrew, Sarah, Patrick, and Bridget)
- 4 Net Worth $4,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Chris Christie ordered the flags at state buildings in NJ to be lowered to half-staff after the death of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons
- 1 Career Highlights McCain and Russ Feingold were the chief sponsors of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which decreased the role of "soft money" in campaigns.
- 2 Education B.S. from the Naval Academy at Annapolis
- 3 Family Married to Cindy (formerly married to Carol Shepp); seven children (Douglass, Andrew, Sidney, Meghan, John Sidney, Jimmy, and Bridget)
- 4 Net Worth $10,500,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact McCain was held by North Vietnam for five and a half years as a Prisoner of War. McCain earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross
- 1 Career Highlights The Ohio Tea Party withdrew its support for John Kasich before his 2014 re-election campaign because he expanded Medicaid and did not select a Tea Party member as the executive director of the Ohio GOP. Kasich went on to win re-election with 64% of the vote.
- 2 Education B.A. in Political Science from Ohio State University
- 3 Family Married to Karen Kasich (formerly married to Mary Lee Griffith); twin daughters (Emma and Reese)
- 4 Net Worth $11,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact John Kasich served as a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers from 2001 until they declared bankruptcy in 2008
- 1 Career Highlights Ranked 405th richest person in the world
- 2 Education B.A. in Economics from University of Pennsylvania
- 3 Family Married to Melania Trump (formerly married to Marla Maples and Ivana Trump); 5 children (Ivanka, Tiffany, Donald Jr., Barron, and Eric); 7 grandchildren
- 4 Net Worth $4,500,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Won a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his cameo appearance as himself in the 1990 movie Ghosts Can't Do It.
- 1 Career Highlights Jeb Bush championed for education reform as governor. His non-profit the Foundation for Excellence in Education has been a big supporter of the Common Core education standards
- 2 Education B.A. in Latin American Studies from University of Texas
- 3 Family Married to Columba Bush; three children (George Prescott, Noelle, and Jeb Jr.); three grandchildren; son of former President George H. W. Bush; younger brother of former President George W. Bush
- 4 Net Worth $10,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Jeb Bush met his wife while he was teaching English in Leon, Mexico
- 1 Career Highlights In 2006, Rubio wrote a book called "100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future." 57 of those ideas ultimately became laws
- 2 Education B.A. in Political Science from University of Florida; J.D. from University of Miami Law School
- 3 Family Married to Jeannette; four children (Dominic, Anthony, Amanda, and Daniella)
- 4 Net Worth $559,509 source
- 5 Fun Fact Rubio's wife Jeanette, is a former Miami Dolphins Cheerleader
- 1 Career Highlights Gary Johnson vetoed more than 750 bills as governor, more than the other 49 governors serving at the time combined
- 2 Education B.S. in Political Science from University of New Mexico
- 3 Family Engaged to Kate Prusack; 2 children (Sarah and Erik); previously married to Dee Simms
- 4 Net Worth Estimated between $3 - 10.5 million source
- 5 Fun Fact When Johnson ran for President in 2012, he made his announcement on Twitter
- 1 Career Highlights As governor, Gilmore created the nation's first state Secretary of Technology and established a statewide technology commission
- 2 Education B.A. and J.D. from University of Virginia
- 3 Family Married to Roxane; 2 sons (Ashton and Jay)
- 4 Net Worth $7,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Jim Gilmore played clarinet in high school. The day he went up against a superior clarinetist in the All-Student USA Band for a solo and lost was "the day the music died" for him.
- 1 Career Highlights Fiorina was the CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999-2005. During her tenure, HP merged with PC maker Compaq and reorganized their company structure
- 2 Education B.A. in Medieval History and Philosophy from Stanford University; MBA from University of Maryland; M.S. in Management from MIT
- 3 Family Married to Frank Fiorina (formerly married to Todd Bartlem); two step-daughters (Traci and Lori Ann)
- 4 Net Worth $59,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Fiorina was the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company
- 1 Career Highlights Carson was the first surgeon to successfully separate twins conjoined at the head
- 2 Education B.S. in Psychology from Yale University; M.D. from University of Michigan
- 3 Family Married to Candy Rustin; three children (Ben Jr., Rhoeyce, and Murray)
- 4 Net Worth $10,000,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact In 2008, Carson won a Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian honor in the US)
- 1 Career Highlights Cruz was a leading force behind the 2013 federal government shutdown; this included a filibuster protesting the Affordable Care Act that lasted 21 hours and 19 minutes
- 2 Education B.A. from Princeton University; J.D. from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude)
- 3 Family Married to Heidi Cruz; two daughters (Caroline and Catherine)
- 4 Net Worth $1,590,000 source
- 5 Fun Fact Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada (his mother was a US citizen, so he is legally able to run for President)
- 1 Career Highlights In March 2013, Rand Paul held the floor for 12 hours and 52 minutes to filibuster the nomination of CIA Director John Brennan. He was criticizing the Obama administration's drone strike program
- 2 Education M.D. from Duke University
- 3 Family Married to Kelley Paul; three sons (William, Duncan, and Robert)
- 4 Net Worth $1.1 million source
- 5 Fun Fact Rand is short for Randal. Contrary to popular belief, Paul was not named after novelist and Libertarian heroine Ayn Rand
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The latest Democratic and Republican polls from Real Clear Politics:
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Ranked by Crowdpac score
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6.5L
Hillary Clinton D
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Gary Johnson L
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Donald Trump R
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