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With seventeen major candidates entering the race, starting with Ted Cruz on March 23, 2015, this was the largest presidential primary field for any political party in American history, before being overtaken by the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries.
July 2016. July 12 – Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton; July 15 – Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump announces Indiana governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate; July 18–21 – Republican National Convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio.
This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election .
Trump was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election, having won the most state primaries, caucuses, and delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. [19] . He chose Mike Pence, the sitting governor of Indiana, as his vice presidential running mate.
July 24: Ten Democratic candidates appear at the 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Detroit, Michigan. July 30: Democratic governor Gavin Newsom of California
Studies have shown that all 2016 candidates received vastly less media coverage than Donald Trump. Trump received more extensive media coverage than Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders combined during a time when those were the only primary candidates left in the race.
Nov 7, 2020 · The total vote in the 2020 presidential election has climbed past 140 million. That’s the highest count ever, blowing past the 2016 record of 137.1 million votes. And Democrat Joe Biden has now...
