Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2016

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

2012 ← February 1 – June 14, 2016 → 2020

4,763 delegate votes to the Democratic National Convention 2,382 delegate votes needed to win   Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Home state New York Vermont Delegate count 2,842 1,865 Contests won 34 23 Popular vote 16,914,722 13,206,428 Percentage 55.2% 43.1%

First place by first-instance vote   Hillary Clinton (34)   Bernie Sanders (23)

First place finishes by convention roll call   Hillary Clinton (40)   Bernie Sanders (16)   Delegate Tie (1)

Previous Democratic nominee Barack Obama Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton

This article contains lists of candidates associated with the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

Individuals included in this section have taken one or more of the following actions: formally announced their candidacy; filed as a candidate with Federal Election Commission (FEC) (for other than exploratory purposes). They are listed alphabetically by surname.

The following candidates with active campaigns have won primaries and received delegates in most or all state primaries and caucuses. Candidates are organized by alphabetical order.

AL, AR, AS, AZ,
CA, CT, DE, DC FL,
GA, GU, IA, IL, KY,
LA, MA, MD, MO,
MP, MS, NC, NJ,
NM, NV, NY, OH,
PA, PR, SC, SD,
TN, TX, VA, VI

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