Major Democratic Party Nominees:

Hillary Clinton
Under President Barack Obama, Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 – 2013. From 2001 – 2009 she served as a United States Senator from New York. Being married to Bill Clinton, the 42 President of the United States, she was First Lady of the United States from 1993 – 2001.

Bernard “Bernie” Sanders
Sanders is the longest standing independent US congressman after serving 16 years as Vermont’s congressman. He agrees with the ideologies of the social democratic parties in Europe.

Martin O’Malley
O’Malley has served as Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999 and Baltimore’s Mayor from 1999 to 2007 prior to being elected as Maryland’s 61st Governor.

Jim Webb
Webb has served as a United States Senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Marine Corps officer.

Major Republican Party Nominees: 

Donald Trump
Trump is real estate developer, television personality, business author, is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization, and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts.

Benjamin “Ben” Carson, Sr.
Carson is a retired John Hopkins neurosurgeon and american author.

John “Jeb” Bush
Bush an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Jeb’s father, President George H. W. Bush, held the presidency with his wife First Lady Barbara Bush from 1989 to 1993. Jeb’s brother, President George W. Bush, served from 2001 to 2009.

Rafael “Ted” Cruz
Cruz is currently the U.S. Senator from Texas and from 2003 to 2008 he was Solicitor General of Texas.

Marco Rubio
Rubio is currently the junior United States Senator from Florida, serving since January 2011, and served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 – 2008.