Presidential Election, 2016: Republican Candidates

Donald Trump

Experience:

• Television personality
• Businessman

Status: Currently seeking Republican nomination

Chris Christie

Experience: 

• Governor of New Jersey, 2010 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign, February 10, 2016

Jim Gilmore

Experience:

• Governor of Virginia, 1998 - 2002

Status: Suspended campaign, February 12, 2016

Bobby Jindal

Experience:

Governor of Louisiana, 2008 - 2016

Status: Suspended campaign, November 17, 2015

Rand Paul

Experience:

United States Senator from Kentucky, 2011 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign February 3, 2016

Marco Rubio

Experience:

• Florida Representative, 2000 - 2008
• Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, 2007 - 2009
• United States Senator from Florida, 2011 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign, March 15, 2016

Jeb Bush

Experience:

• Governor of Florida, 1997 - 2007

Status: Suspended campaign, February 20, 2016

Ted Cruz

Experience:

• Texas Solicitor General, 2003 - 2008
• United States Senator from Texas, 2013 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign, May 3, 2016

Lindsey Graham

Experience:

United States Senator from South Carolina, 2003 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign, December 21, 2015

John Kasich

Experience:

• Ohio State Senator, 1979 - 1982
• United States Representative from Ohio, 1983 - 2001
• Governor of Ohio, 2010 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign, May 4, 2016

Rick Perry

Experience: 

Governor of Texas, 2010 - 2015

Status: Suspended campaign, September 11, 2015

Rick Santorum

Experience:

• United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995 - 2007

Status: Suspended campaign, February 3, 2016

Ben Carson

Experience:

• Neurosurgeon
• Author

Status: Suspended campaign, March 2, 2016

Carly Fiorina

Experience:

• Businesswoman

Status: Suspended campaign, February 10, 2016

Mike Huckabee

Experience: 

Governor of Arkansas, 1996 - 2007

Status: Suspended campaign, February 1, 2016

George Pataki

Experience:

Governor of New York, 1995 - 2006

Status: Suspended campaign December 29, 2016 

Scott Walker

Experience:

Governor of Wisconsin, 2011 - Present

Status: Suspended campaign, September 21, 2015