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| Nominee | Hillary Clinton | Marco Rubio | ||
| Party | Democratic | Republican | ||
| Home state | New York | Florida | ||
| Running mate | Tim Kaine | John Kasich | ||
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| Nominee | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | ||
| Party | Libertarian | Green | ||
| Home state | New Mexico | Massachusetts | ||
| Running mate | William Weld | Ajamu Baraka | ||
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The United States presidential election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election.
Voters will select presidential electors, who in turn will vote for a new president and vice president through the Electoral College. The term limit established in the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the incumbent president, Barack Obama of the Democratic Party, from being elected to a third term. The 2016 election will determine the 45th President and 48th Vice President of the United States.
The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses took place between February and June 2016, staggered among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. This nominating process was also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to a political party's nominating convention, who in turn elect their party's presidential nominee.
Senator Marco Rubio became the Republican Party's presidential nominee on July 19, 2016, after defeating Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. If elected, Rubio would become the first Hispanic president. Former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator from New York Hillary Clinton became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee on July 26, 2016, after defeating U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. If elected, she would be the first female president.
Democratic Party
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Republican Party
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Candidates
.jpg "Donald Trump August 19, 2015 (cropped).jpg (227 KB)")
(withdrew February 10, 2016; endorsed Ted Cruz, later Marco Rubio)
.jpg "Chris Christie April 2015 (cropped).jpg (3.34 MB)")
.jpg "Rand Paul, official portrait, 112th Congress alternate (cropped).jpg (68 KB)")
.jpg "Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped2).jpg (943 KB)")
.jpg "Mike Huckabee by Gage Skidmore 6 (cropped).jpg (1.67 MB)")
(withdrew December 21, 2015; endorsed Jeb Bush, then Ted Cruz, later Marco Rubio)
(withdrew September 21, 2015; endorsed Ted Cruz, later Marco Rubio)
(withdrew September 11, 2015; endorsed Ted Cruz, later Marco Rubio)
Primaries
- Main article: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
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Marco Rubio (1,311 delegates)
Ted Cruz (1,007 delegates)
John Kasich (66 delegates)
Donald Trump (23 delegates)