Who Are the Women Running for President in 2020?

Female Presidential Candidates 2020

• Elizabeth Warren
• Kamala Harris
• Kirsten Gillibrand
• Amy Klobuchar
• Tulsi Gabbard
• Marianne Williamson

Elizabeth Warren:

Elizabeth Ann Warren, (born 1949, June 22) is an American politician and former law professor. She was a senior United States senator from Massachusetts. Warren’s formal announcement on February 9, 2019, was at a rally in Lawrence, Massachusetts, at the site of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. Then in 2018, Warren had been considered one of the top contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.

Kamala Harris

The junior United States Senator Kamala Harris from California officially began her presidential campaign on January 21, 2019. Kamala has been a high profile candidate for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries since 2016. On March 7, 2020, Harris endorsed former vice president Joe Biden and was chosen by Biden to be his running mate on August 11, 2020.

Kristen Gillibrand

Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand, (born 1966, December 9) is an American lawyer and politician and a member of the Democratic Party. She was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and since then she has served as the junior United States Senator from New York. Gillibrand was a candidate for the President of the United States in 2020 but then she withdrew from the race on August 28, 2019.

Amy Klobuchar

Amy Jean Klobuchar is an American lawyer and politician. She has served as the senior United States senator from Minnesota since 2007. Klobuchar was a candidate for President but then she suspended her campaign on March 2, 2020, due to poor results in the South Carolina primary one day before Super Tuesday. She endorsed Joe Biden for the presidency.

Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard is an American politician and Hawaii Army National Guard officer who serves as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district. In January 2020, she was polling at about 1 to 2 percent. If she won, she would have become the first female, Hindu, and Samoan president in American history, and the youngest person to ever hold the office. 

Marianne Williamson

Marianne Deborah Williamson is an American author, spiritual leader, politician and activist. She wrote 13 books including four New York Times bestsellers. On January 9, 2019, she announced her campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. She suspended her campaign on January 10, 2020, a few days after laying off her campaign staff. She later endorsed Bernie Sanders at a rally in Austin, Texas on February 23, 2020.