Third-party and independent candidates for the 2020 United States presidential election

Third-party and independent candidates for the 2020 United States presidential election

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Nominee Jo Jorgensen Howie Hawkins Rocky De La Fuente Party Libertarian Green Alliance Alliance Socialist American Independent Reform Natural Law Home state South Carolina New York California Running mate Spike Cohen Angela Nicole Walker Darcy Richardson Popular vote 1,865,535 407,068 88,241 Percentage 1.18% 0.26% 0.06%   Nominee Gloria La Riva Kanye West Don Blankenship Party Socialism and Liberation Independent Constitution Alliance Peace and Freedom Liberty Union Birthday Home state California Wyoming West Virginia Running mate Sunil Freeman Michelle Tidball William Mohr Popular vote 85,685 70,950 60,080 Percentage 0.05% 0.04% 0.04%   Nominee Brock Pierce Brian T. Carroll Jade Simmons Party Independent American Solidarity Independent Alliance Independence Party Home state Puerto Rico California Texas Running mate Karla Ballard Amar Patel Claudeliah J. Roze Popular vote 49,773 40,365 7,211 Percentage 0.03% 0.03% 0.005%

This article lists third-party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor candidates, associated with the 2020 United States presidential election.

"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties. An independent candidate is one not affiliated with any political party.

The list of candidates whose names were printed on the ballot or who were accepted as write-in candidates varied by state. More than a hundred candidates were on the ballot or formally registered as write-in candidates in at least one state. ^[1]

All minor candidates combined received less than 2% of the national votes. ^[2]

Summary

Appearing on every ballot, Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen performed the best of any third-party candidate, receiving 1,865,535 votes. Jorgensen received 187,910 votes in California, her best state vote total. She received 2.63% of the vote in South Dakota, her best state by percentage. Jorgensen was the only candidate to receive more than 2% of the vote in any one state.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins was the only other third-party candidate to receive more than 1% of the vote in any state, which he did in Maine. Hawkins also received his highest vote total in California, with 81,032 votes.

In Nevada, None of These Candidates received 1% of the vote.
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2020 United States presidential election results ^[2]

Presidential candidate		Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Jo Jorgensen	Howie Hawkins	Rocky De La Fuente	Gloria La Riva	Kanye West [a]	Don Blankenship	Brock Pierce	Brian Carroll
Vice presidential candidate		Kamala Harris	Mike Pence	Spike Cohen	Angela Walker	Darcy Richardson [a]	Sunil Freeman [b]	Michelle Tidball	William Mohr	Karla Ballard	Amar Patel
Party or label [c]		Democratic [d]	Republican [e]	Libertarian	Green [f]	Alliance [g]	PSL [h]	Birthday	Constitution [i]	Independent [j]	American Solidarity
EV access	Ballot	538	538	538	381	183	195	84	165	115	66
	Total	538	538	538	511	289	401	243	305	285	463
State/DC	EV	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Others	Total votes
Alabama [7]	9	849,624	1,441,170	25,176	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	7,312	2,323,282
Alaska [8]	3	153,778	189,951	8,897	[k]	318		[k]	1,127	825	[k]	4,634	359,530
Arizona [9]	11	1,672,143	1,661,686	51,465	1,557		190					285	3,387,326
Arkansas [10]	6	423,932	760,647	13,133	2,980	1,321	1,336	4,099	2,108	2,141	1,713	5,659	1,219,069
California [11]	55	11,110,639	6,006,518	187,910	81,032	60,162	51,038	[a]		185	2,605	1,291	17,501,380
Colorado [12]	9	1,804,352	1,364,607	52,460	8,986	636	1,035	8,089	5,061	572	2,515	8,667	3,256,980
Connecticut [13]	7	1,080,831	714,717	20,230	7,538	13		255			219	54	1,823,857
Delaware [14]	3	296,268	200,603	5,000	2,139		14	169		5	87	61	504,346
D. of Columbia [15]	3	317,323	18,586	2,036	1,726		855			693		3,137	344,356
Florida [16]	29	5,297,045	5,668,731	70,324	14,721	5,966	5,712		3,902		854	201	11,067,456
Georgia [17] [l]	16	2,473,633	2,461,854	62,229	1,013		159		61		701	310	4,999,960
Hawaii [19]	4	366,130	196,864	5,539	3,822				931	1,183		–	574,469
Idaho [20]	4	287,021	554,119	16,404	407	1,491	49	3,632	1,806	2,808	163	34	867,934
Illinois [21]	20	3,471,915	2,446,891	66,544	30,494		8,046		18		9,548	288	6,033,744
Indiana [22]	11	1,242,498	1,729,857	58,901	989						895	70	3,033,210
Iowa [23]	6	759,061	897,672	19,637	3,075	1,082	[k]	3,210	1,707	544	[k]	4,883	1,690,871
Kansas [24]	6	570,323	771,406	30,574	669			332		4	579	99	1,373,986
Kentucky [25]	8	772,474	1,326,646	26,234	716		98	6,483		3,599	408	110	2,136,768
Louisiana [26]	8	856,034	1,255,776	21,645			987	4,897	860	749	2,497	4,617	2,148,062
Maine [27]	4	435,072	360,737	14,152	8,230	1,183						87	819,461
Maryland [28]	10	1,985,023	976,414	33,488	15,799	26	125	1,117		16	795	24,227	3,037,030
Massachusetts [29]	11	2,382,202	1,167,202	47,013	18,658						164 [m]	16,327	3,631,402
Michigan [30]	16	2,804,040	2,649,852	60,381	13,718	2,986			7,235		963	127	5,539,302
Minnesota [31]	10	1,717,077	1,484,065	34,976	10,033	5,611	1,210	7,940	75	5,651	1,037	9,496	3,277,171
Mississippi [32]	6	539,398	756,764	8,026	1,498			3,657	1,279	659	1,161	1,317	1,313,759
Missouri [33]	10	1,253,014	1,718,736	41,205	8,283		64		3,919		664	77	3,025,962
Montana [34]	3	244,786	343,602	15,252								34	603,674
Nebraska [35]	5	374,583	556,846	20,283	[k]			[k]		[k]	[k]	4,671	956,383
Nevada [36]	6	703,486	669,890	14,783					3,138			14,079	1,405,376
New Hampshire [37]	4	424,937	365,660	13,236	217	[k]	[k]	82	[k]	[k]	[k]	2,073	806,205
New Jersey [38]	14	2,608,400	1,883,313	31,677	14,202	2,728	2,928	909 [n]	2,954	27 [n]	330 [n]	3,255 [o]	4,549,457
New Mexico [40]	5	501,614	401,894	12,585	4,426		1,640					1,806	923,965
New York [41]	29	5,244,886	3,251,997	60,383	32,832	25	437	2,219	55	22,656	999	372	8,616,861
North Carolina [42]	15	2,684,292	2,758,775	48,678	12,195				7,549			13,315	5,524,804
North Dakota [43]	3	115,042	235,751	9,371	[k]					[k]	[k]	1,860	362,024
Ohio [44]	18	2,679,165	3,154,834	67,569	18,812						1,450	372	5,922,202
Oklahoma [45]	7	503,890	1,020,280	24,731				5,597		2,547		3,654	1,560,699
Oregon [46]	7	1,340,383	958,448	41,582	11,831	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	22,077	2,374,321
Pennsylvania [47]	20	3,458,229	3,377,674	79,380	1,282 [p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	362 [p]	20,049	6,936,976
Rhode Island [48]	4	307,486	199,922	5,053	[k]	923	847	[k]	[k]	[k]	767	2,759	517,757
South Carolina [49]	9	1,091,541	1,385,103	27,916	6,907	1,862						–	2,513,329
South Dakota [50]	3	150,471	261,043	11,095								–	422,609
Tennessee [51]	11	1,143,711	1,852,475	29,877	4,545	1,860	2,301	10,279	5,365		762	2,676	3,053,851
Texas [52]	38	5,259,126	5,890,347	126,243	33,396		350				2,785 [q]	2,809	11,315,056
Utah [54]	6	560,282	865,140	38,447	5,053		1,139	7,213	5,551	2,623	368	2,473	1,488,289
Vermont [55]	3	242,820	112,704	3,608	1,310	48	166	1,269	208	100	209	4,986	367,428
Virginia [56]	13	2,413,568	1,962,430	64,761	[k]		[k]	[k]		[k]	[k]	19,765	4,460,524
Washington [57]	12	2,369,612	1,584,651	80,500	18,289	[k]	4,840	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	29,739	4,087,631
West Virginia [58]	5	235,984	545,382	10,687	2,599	0	9		25	5		40	794,731
Wisconsin [59]	10	1,630,866	1,610,184	38,491	1,089		110	411	5,146		5,259	6,485	3,298,041
Wyoming [60]	3	73,491	193,559	5,768	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	2,208	[k]	1,739	276,765
Total	538	81,283,501	74,223,975	1,865,535	407,068	88,241	85,685	70,950	60,080	49,773	40,365	254,458	158,429,631

Other declared candidates who received more than 1,000 votes ^[2]

Presidential candidate		Jade Simmons	Alyson Kennedy	Bill Hammons	Jerome Segal	Dario Hunter	Phil Collins	Jesse Ventura	Mark Charles	Joe McHugh	Samm Tittle	Connie L. Gammon	John R. Myers	Tom Hoefling	President R19 Boddie	H. Brooke Paige
Vice presidential candidate		Claudeliah J. Roze [r]	Malcolm Jarrett	Eric Bodenstab	John de Graaf	Dawn N. Adams	Billy Joe Parker	Cynthia McKinney	Adrian Wallace	Elizabeth Storm	David C. Sandidge [s]	Phil Collins	Tiara S. Lusk	Andy Prior	Eric Stoneham	Thomas J. Whitman
Party or label [c]		Becoming One Nation	Socialist Workers	Unity	Bread and Roses	Progressive	Prohibition [t]	Alaska Green [f]	indep.	indep.	Constitution [i]	Prohibition [t]	Life and Liberty	Life, Liberty, Constitution	C.U.P.	Grumpy Old Patriots
EV access	Ballot	15	53	31	13	16	24	3	9	15	5	6	6	8	8	3
	Total	372	120	87	80	157	162	128	296	120	91	76	76	244	294	70
State/DC	EV	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Alabama [7]	9	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]
Alaska [8]	3	[k]				[k]		2,673	[k]	[k]	[k]			[k]	[k]
Arizona [9]	11	236													13
Arkansas [10]	6						2,812					1,475	1,372
California [11]	55							611	559
Colorado [12]	9		354	2,730		379	568		2,011	614				24
Connecticut [13]	7	22							11
Delaware [14]	3	28							8					1	1
D. of Columbia [15]	3	[k]								[k]
Florida [16]	29	181
Georgia [17]	16	181							65						8
Idaho [20]	4	21												7	0
Illinois [21]	20	78					3		75						0
Iowa [23]	6	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]
Kansas [24]	6	48				1			29					14	0
Kentucky [25]	8	29							43					20	7
Louisiana [26]	8	1,626	536	662										668	1,125
Maine [27]	2								[k]					[k]	[k]
Maryland [28]	10	131			5,884		10		30					11	4
Massachusetts [29]	11	[k]
Michigan [30]	16	89												32
Minnesota [31]	10		643			1			112					12	0
Mississippi [32]	6						1,317
Missouri [33]	10	74
Montana [34]	3	6							23					3	0
Nebraska [35]	2	[k]													[k]
New Hampshire [37]	4	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]
New Jersey [38]	14	21 [n]	1 [n]	3,255	1 [n]	2 [n]	2 [n]	35 [n]	20 [n]	[n]	[n]	[n]	[n]	2 [n]	[n]	[n]
New Mexico [40]	5										1,806
New York [41]	29	180				9	10		112	0
North Carolina [42]	15	119
North Dakota [43]	3	[k]							[k]
Ohio [44]	18	212				27								114	3
Oklahoma [45]	7	3,654
Oregon [46]	7	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	4,988	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]
Pennsylvania [47]	20	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]	[p]
Rhode Island [48]	4	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]
Tennessee [51]	11	68	2,576											31	1
Texas [52]	38													337	2,012 [u]
Utah [54]	6	186								2,229				51	6
Vermont [55]	3	1 [v]	195	1 [v]	65	[k]	137	7 [v]	7 [v]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	1,175
Virginia [56]	13	[k]							[k]		[k]				[k]
Washington [57]	12	[k]	2,487			[k]	[k]		[k]					[k]	[k]
West Virginia [58]	5	6							11					6	0
Wisconsin [59]	10	36							52						5
Wyoming [60]	3	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]	[k]
Total	538	7,211	6,791	6,647	5,949	5,405	4,857	3,284	3,141	2,843	1,806	1,475	1,372	1,331	3,185 [u]	1,175

Other candidates on the ballot or with write-in registration in at least one state/DC

Presidential candidate	Vice presidential candidate	Party or label [c]	EV access		[7]	[8]	[9]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]	[16]	[17]	[20]	[21]	[22]	[23]	[24]	[25]	[27]	[28]	[29]	[30]	[31]	[33]	[34]	[35]	[37]	[38]	[41]	[43]	[44]	[46]	[47]	[48]	[51]	[52]	[54]	[55]	[56]	[57]	[58]	[59]	[60]
					AL	AK	AZ	CA	CO	CT	DE	DC	FL	GA	ID	IL	IN	IA	KS	KY	ME	MD	MA	MI	MN	MO	MT	NE	NH	NJ	NY	ND	OH	OR	PA	RI	TN	TX	UT	VT	VA	WA	WV	WI	WY
			Ballot	Total	9	3	11	55	9	7	3	3	29	16	4	20	11	6	6	8	4	10	11	16	10	10	3	5	4	14	29	3	18	7	20	4	11	38	6	3	13	12	5	10	3
Blake Huber	Frank Atwood	Approval Voting	12	79
Kyle K. Kopitke	Nathan R. Sorenson [w]	Independent American	12	79
Joseph Kishore	Norissa Santa Cruz	Socialist Equality	9	188
Princess Khadijah M. Jacob-Fambro	Khadijah M. Jacob	independent	9	144
Cancer Scott	Jennifer Tepool	independent	9	79
Ricki Sue King	Dayna R. Chandler	Genealogy Know Your Family History	6	70
Christopher Lafontaine	Michael Speed	independent	3	70
Gary Swing	David Olszta	Boiling Frog	3	70
Keith McCormic	Sam Blasiak	Bull Moose	3	70
Richard Duncan	Mitch Bupp	independent	3	70
Zachary Scalf	Matthew Lyda	independent	3	70
Kasey Wells	Rachel Wells	independent	0	394
Shawn Howard	Alyssa Howard	independent	0	243
Todd Cella	Tim Cella	independent	0	186
Barbara Bellar	Kendra Bryant	Republican [x]	0	179
Deborah Rouse	Sheila Cannon	independent	0	167
Mary Ruth Caro Simmons	Sherrie Dow	Write-in	0	148
Randall Foltyniewicz		independent	0	131
Marcus Sykes	Unicole Unicron [y]	Populous	0	127
Abram Loeb	Jennifer Jairala	independent	0	124
Dennis A. Ball	Richard A. Sanders	American Party of America – American National Committee	0	123
Albert Raley	Darlene Raley	Republican [x]	0	120
Michael Laboch	Raechelle Pope	independent	0	120
Kathryn Gibson		independent	0	114
John Manimas	Henry Jackson	Real Democracy	0	111
Andy Williams		independent	0	110
Chris Franklin		independent	0	109
Jesse Cuellar	Jimmy Monreal	independent	0	108
Robert Morrow	Anne Beckett	independent	0	108
Katherine Forbes	Heath King	independent	0	106
Christopher Stried		independent	0	101
Susan B. Lochocki		independent	0	100
Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser	Charles Tolbert	independent	0	99
David A. Martin		independent	0	99
Paul Hodges		independent	0	99
Richard C. Montanye		independent	0	99
Ryan Ehrenreich	Veronica Ehrenreich	independent	0	98
Peter W. Sherrill		independent	0	96
Silvia Stagg		Republican [x]	0	91
Bryan Robinson		independent	0	90
David J. Nash		independent	0	90
James T. Struck		independent	0	90
Jeremy D. Higgs		independent	0	90
John Farney		independent	0	90
Kevin McKee		independent	0	90
Lowell Martin Seida		independent	0	90
David C. Byrne	Tony N. Reed	C.C.U.S.A.	0	89
Loren Collins		independent	0	86
Tara Renee Hunter		independent	0	86
Mitchell Williams		independent	0	84
Demetra Wysinger	Cedric D. Jefferson	WXYZ New Day	0	83
Sharon Wallace	Karen M. Short [z]	Democratic [aa]	0	83
Ajay Sood	Richard Mende	independent	0	82
Andrew M. Kelley		independent	0	82
Betsy P. Elgar		Constitutional	0	82
Michael M. Lawlor		independent	0	82
Philip D. Boynton		independent	0	82
Ronald B. Smith		Democratic [aa]	0	82
Rossi Wade		independent	0	82
Shereen A. Elbaz		Democratic [aa]	0	82
Steven Spenser		independent	0	82
Take Jones		independent	0	82
Daniel C. Cummings	Ryan Huber	Constitution [i]	0	81
David O. Descoteaux	Michael J. Adams	Twelve Visions	0	81
James L. Johnson		independent	0	81
Joe Schriner		independent	0	81
Valerie McCray		independent	0	81
Andrew Palmiscno	Kyle Palmiscno	independent	0	80
Benjamin Schwalb		independent	0	80
Edward Shlikas		independent	0	80
Frederick Michael Carl Frederickson	Todd William Larson	independent	0	80
Jason Stanek	Taylor Motari	independent	0	80
Johnson Lee		independent	0	80
Patrick Whitcomb	Jason Horine	independent	0	80
Ryan J. Gilmer	Brent S. Duncan	independent	0	80
Timothy A. Stevens	Susan C. Fletcher	independent	0	78
Jeffrey J. Klojzy	Thomas A. LeMay	independent	0	77
Karynn Weinstein	David Weinstein	independent	0	77
Jason R. Edwards	Lisa D. Edwards	independent	0	76
Lois Marie Gillapsie-Greenwood		independent	0	75
James O. Ogle		independent	0	74
M.D. Mitchell	Margaret M. Bayliss	Dirigo	0	74
Timothy A. Helgerson		independent	0	74
Karen M. Short [z]		independent	0	73
William Toggle		Democratic [aa]	0	73

Legend
	Listed on ballot
	Registered as write-in candidate
	Write-in candidates allowed without registration
	Not a candidate in the state/DC

Candidates who received more than 2,000 votes

The candidates below are listed in order of national vote totals. ^{[2] [u]}

Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian Party

Further information: 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries and 2020 Libertarian National Convention

Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen was the only minor candidate to breach a million votes nationwide, getting more than 1% of the national votes and more than the margin between the two major candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, in several battleground states. ^{[62] [63]} She was also the only minor party candidate who was on the ballot in every state, plus Washington D.C.

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

2020 Libertarian Party ticket [64]
Jo Jorgensen	Spike Cohen
for President	for Vice President
Clemson University lecturer from South Carolina	Podcaster and businessman from South Carolina
Campaign

Other candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination
Jacob Hornberger	Vermin Supreme	John Monds	Jim Gray	Adam Kokesh	Dan Behrman
Founder and President of the Future of Freedom Foundation	Performance artist, activist, and political satirist	Former President of the Grady County, Georgia NAACP	Former presiding judge for the Superior Court of Orange County, California	Libertarian and anti-war political activist	Software engineer and podcaster
		—	—	—
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W: May 23, 2020 8,986 votes (20.55%) 236 first round delegates	W: May 23, 2020 4,288 votes (9.81%) 171 first round delegates	W: May 23, 2020 1 vote (<0.01%) 147 first round delegates	W: May 23, 2020 42 votes (0.10%) 98 first round delegates	W: May 23, 2020 2,728 votes (6.24%) 77 first round delegates	W: May 23, 2020 2,337 votes (5.34%) 0 first round delegates
[64]	[64]	[65]	[66]	[67]	[68]
Sam Robb	Justin Amash	Ken Armstrong	Lincoln Chafee	Max Abramson	Kim Ruff
Software engineer and author Former naval officer	U.S. representative from MI-03 (2011–present)	U.S. Coast Guard commissioned officer (1977–1994)	Governor of Rhode Island (2011–2015) and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (1999–2007)	New Hampshire State Representative (2014–2016; 2018–present)	Vice chair of the LPRadical Caucus
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Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	—
W: May 23, 2020 1,943 votes (5.06%) 0 first round delegates	W: May 17, 2020 3 votes (0.01%) 17 first round delegates	W: April 29, 2020 3,509 votes (8.03%) 0 first round delegates	W: April 5, 2020 294 votes (0.67%) 1 (write-in) first round delegate	W: March 3, 2020 2,052 votes (5.34%) 0 first round delegates	W: January 11, 2020 3,045 votes (7.93%) 0 first round delegates
[68]	[69]	[70]	[71]	[72]	[73]

Howie Hawkins, Green Party

Further information: 2020 Green Party presidential primaries and 2020 Green National Convention

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Green Party ticket [f] [74] [75]
Howie Hawkins	Angela Walker
for President	for Vice President
Co-founder of the Green Party from New York	ATU Local 998 Legislative Director (2011–2013) from South Carolina
Campaign
Additional party nominations:	Legal Marijuana Now [ab] [77] Socialist Alternative [78] [79] Socialist Party USA [80]

Other candidates for the Green Party nomination
Dario Hunter Officially recognized [ac]	Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry	Dennis Lambert	Jesse Ventura	David Rolde Officially recognized [ac]
Member of the Youngstown Board of Education (2016–2020)	Activist	Documentary filmmaker	Governor of Minnesota (1999–2003)	Co-chair of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Green-Rainbow Party
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Campaign	—	—	—	—
89.5 delegates (20.1%) 3,087 votes	10.5 delegates (3.0%) 2,229 votes	9 delegates (2.6%) 2,029 votes	8 delegates (1.7%) 49 votes	5.5 delegates (1.6%) 960 votes
[81]	[82]	[83]	No candidacy	[84]

Rocky De La Fuente, Alliance Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Alliance Party ticket [a] [85]
Rocky De La Fuente	Darcy Richardson
for President	for Vice President
Businessman and perennial candidate from California	Author, historian and political activist from Florida
Campaign
Additional party nominations:	Reform Party Natural Law Party of Michigan American Independent Party

Other candidates for the Reform Party nomination
Max Abramson	Johannon Ben Zion	Phil Collins	Souraya Faas
New Hampshire State Representative from the 20th Rockingham district	Former 2020 presidential nominee of the Transhumanist Party from Arizona	Former Libertyville Township Trustee and 2020 presidential nominee of the Prohibition Party from Nevada	Former member of the Miami-Dade County Republican executive committee from Florida
Campaign		Campaign
4 votes [86]	1 vote [86]	0 votes [86] [87]	Withdrew before convention (endorsed De La Fuente) [86]

Gloria La Riva, Party for Socialism and Liberation

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Party for Socialism and Liberation ticket [b] [88] [89]
Gloria La Riva	Sunil Freeman
for President	for Vice President
Activist and writer from California	Author and activist from the District of Columbia
Additional party nominations:	Liberty Union Party Peace and Freedom Party

Kanye West, Birthday Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Birthday Party ticket [a] [90] [91]
Kanye West	Michelle Tidball
for President	for Vice President
Rapper, producer and fashion designer from Wyoming	Preacher from Wyoming
Campaign

Don Blankenship, Constitution Party

Further information: 2020 Constitution Party presidential primaries and Constitution Party National Convention

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Constitution Party ticket [i] [92]
Don Blankenship	William Mohr
for President	for Vice President
Former CEO of Massey Energy from West Virginia	Chairman of the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan from Michigan
Campaign

Candidates for the Constitution Party nomination
Don Blankenship	Charles Kraut	Don Grundman	Samm Tittle	Daniel Clyde Cummings	J. R. Myers
Former CEO of Massey Energy from West Virginia	Author from Virginia	Chairman of the Constitution Party of California	2012 and 2016 independent presidential candidate from Texas	Physician from Utah	Former Alaska Constitution Party Chairman
Convention 139.5 votes (1st ballot) 177 votes (2nd ballot) Popular Vote 639 votes	Convention 77.8 votes (1st ballot) 86.75 votes (2nd ballot) Popular Vote 186 votes	Convention 25.25 votes (1st ballot) 24 votes (2nd ballot) Popular Vote 256 votes	Convention 46.35 votes (1st ballot) 21.25 votes (2nd ballot) Popular Vote 195 votes	Convention 13.1 votes (1st ballot) Popular Vote 133 votes	Popular Vote 116 votes [ad]

Brock Pierce, independent

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

Independent [93] [94]
Brock Pierce	Karla Ballard
for President	for Vice President
Director of the Bitcoin Foundation and former actor from Puerto Rico	Entrepreneur from Pennsylvania
Campaign
Additional party nominations and ballot labels:	American Shopping Party [95] Independence Party of New York [96] Freedom and Prosperity

Brian Carroll, American Solidarity Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 American Solidarity Party ticket [97] [98]
Brian T. Carroll	Amar Patel
for President	for Vice President
Teacher from California	Chairman of the American Solidarity Party from Illinois
Campaign

Other candidates for the American Solidarity Party nomination
Joe Schriner	Joshua Perkins
Plumber and activist from Ohio	Programmer from Texas
Campaign
[99]

Jade Simmons, independent

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

Independent [r] [100] [101]
Jade Simmons	Claudeliah J. Roze
for President	for Vice President
Classical concert pianist from Texas	Defense contractor from Texas
Additional ballot label:	Becoming One Nation

 Registered write-in Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Arizona	236	0.01%
Connecticut	22	–%
Delaware	28	0.01%
Florida	181	–%
Georgia	162	–%
Idaho	21	–%
Illinois	78	–%
Kansas	48	–%
Kentucky	29	–%
Louisiana	3,654	0.23%
Maryland	131	–%
Michigan	89	–%
Missouri	74	–%
Montana	6	–%
New York	155	–%
New Hampshire	7	–%
North Carolina	119	–%
Ohio	212	–%
Oklahoma	1,626	0.08%
Tennessee	68	–%
Wisconsin	36	–%
Utah	186	–%
West Virginia	6	–%
Vermont	1	–%
6 states	0	–%
7 states	0	0%
Total:	7,175	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Socialist Workers Party ticket [102] [103]
Alyson Kennedy	Malcolm Jarrett
for President	for Vice President
Mineworker and 2016 nominee from Texas	Cook from Pennsylvania

 Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Colorado	354	0.01%
Minnesota	643	0.02%
Louisiana	536	0.02%
Tennessee	2,576	0.08%
Vermont	195	0.05%
Washington	2,487	0.06%
8 states	0	0%
Total:	6,791	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Bill Hammons, Unity Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Unity Party ticket [104]
Bill Hammons	Eric Bodenstab
for President	for Vice President
Founder of the Unity Party from Texas	Chairman of the Colorado Unity Party from Colorado
Campaign

 Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Colorado	2,730	0.08%
Louisiana	662	0.03%
New Jersey	3,255	0.07%
Vermont	1	–%
6 states	0	0%
Total:	6,647	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Jerome Segal, Bread and Roses

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Bread and Roses ticket [105]
Jerome Segal	John de Graaf
for President	for Vice President
Philosopher from Maryland	Documentary filmmaker and author from Washington
Campaign

 Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Maryland	5,884	0.19%
Vermont	65	0.02%
8 states	0	0%
Total:	5,949	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Dario Hunter, Progressive Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

Dario Hunter 2020 Progressive Party ticket [106]
Dario Hunter	Dawn Neptune Adams
for President	for Vice President
Youngstown Board of Education member (2016–2020) and 2020 Green candidate for President from Ohio	Activist from Maine
Additional party nominations:	Oregon Progressive Party [107]

 Registered write-in Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Colorado	379	0.01%
Oregon	4,988	0.21%
Kansas	1	–%
Minnesota	1	–%
Ohio	27	–%
Washington	8	0%
2 states	0	–%
8 states	0	0%
Total:	5,404	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Phil Collins, Prohibition Party

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Prohibition Party ticket [108]
Phil Collins	Billy Joe Parker
for President	for Vice President
Former Libertyville Township Trustee from Nevada	Former Marine from Georgia
Campaign

Previous nominees of the Prohibition Party
First nominees [109]
Bill Bayes	C. L. Gammon
for President	for Vice President
2016 Vice Presidential nominee from Mississippi	Historian from Tennessee
Bayes withdrew on March 21, 2019 [110]
Second nominees [111]
C. L. Gammon	Phil Collins
for President	for Vice President
Historian from Tennessee	Former Libertyville Township Trustee from Nevada
Gammon withdrew on August 2, 2019 [112]

 Registered write-in Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Arkansas	2,812	0.23%
Colorado	568	0.02%
Illinois	3	–%
Maryland	10	–%
Mississippi	1,317	0.10%
New York	9	–%
Vermont	137	0.04%
Washington	0	0%
8 states	0	0%
Total:	4,856	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Jesse Ventura, Green Party of Alaska

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

2020 Green Party of Alaska ticket [f]
Jesse Ventura	Cynthia McKinney
for President	for Vice President
Governor of Minnesota (1999–2003)	U.S. Representative from Georgia (1993–2003)

 Registered write-in Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
Alaska	2,673	0.74%
California	611	–%
Rhode Island	11	–%
Vermont	6	–%
7 states	0	0%
Total:	3,036	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Mark Charles, independent

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

Independent [ae] [114] [115]
Mark Charles	Adrian Wallace
for President	for Vice President
Activist from the District of Columbia	Community organizer and activist from Kentucky

 Registered write-in Unregistered write-in

Results by state

State	Votes	Percentage
California	559	–%
Colorado	2,011	0.06%
Connecticut	11	–%
Delaware	8	–%
Georgia	65	–%
Illinois	75	–%
Kansas	29	–%
Kentucky	43	–%
Maryland	30	–%
Minnesota	112	–%
Montana	23	–%
Vermont	7	–%
Wisconsin	52	–%
West Virginia	11	–%
4 states	0	0%
8 states	0	0%
Total:	3,036	–%
Source: The Green Papers

Joe McHugh, independent

Ballot access by state

  On ballot

  Write-in

Independent [116]
Joe McHugh	Elizabeth Storm
for President	for Vice President
Marine veteran and entrepreneur from Michigan	Attorney from Michigan

 Registered write-in Unregistered write-in

State	Votes	Percentage
UT	2,229	0.15%
CO	614	0.02%
3 states	0	0%
9 states	0	0%
Source: The Green Papers 1 2

Other votes

A few states counted write-in votes for anyone, including people who did not declare themselves candidates and even non-human entities. ^{[117] [118]} In Vermont, write-in preferences included well-regarded politicians (including misspellings), celebrities, fictional characters, and deities. ^[119]

Candidates who received under 2,000 votes and alternative ballot options

Scattered write-ins	157,794
Blank / None of the above	132,870
Candidate	Votes	States reported from
		On ballot	Write-in
Samm Tittle	1,806	1 (NM)	3 (AK, NH, VA)
Tom Hoefling	1,331	1 (LA)	17 states
Brooke Paige	1,175	1 (VT)
Bernie Sanders	1,015		3 (NH, RI, VT)
Christopher LaFontaine	856	1 (VT)
Kyle Kopitke	815	2 (CO, VT)
Ricki Sue King	546	1 (IA)
Princess Jacob-Fambro	505	1 (CO)	7 states
Blake Huber	409	2 (CO, VT)
Joseph Tanniru	350	1 (CO)	4 states
Mitt Romney	336		3 (NH, RI, VT)
Tulsi Gabbard	282		3 (NH, RI, VT)
Todd Cella	223		10 states
Richard Duncan	213	1 (VT)
Kasey J. Wells	213		28 states
Jordan Scott	175	1 (CO)
Andrew Yang	148		3 (NH, RI, VT)
John Kasich	143		3 (NH, RI, VT)
Gary Swing	141	1 (VT)
Keith McCormic	126	1 (VT)
Mike Pence	121		3 (NH, RI, VT)
Source: The Green Papers 1 2 3

In Nevada, the ballots included the option "None of These Candidates", which received 14,079 votes. ^[36]

Debates

Primaries

Early on March 4, 2020, the Free & Equal Elections Foundation held a debate at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. Various third-party candidates, as well as minor candidates affiliated with the Democratic and Republican parties attended. ^[120] Some, but not all, of the participants would go on to be their parties nominees.

2020 Free & Equal debates
No.	Date & Time	Location	Moderators	Invited participants
P  Participant.				Democratic	Libertarian			Green	Constitution	American Solidarity	Life and Liberty	Transhumanist
				Businessman Mark Stewart of Connecticut	Activist Dan Berhman of Texas	Carpenter Erik Gerhardt of Pennsylvania	LNC Vice Chair Arvin Vohra of Maryland	Activist Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry of California	Financial Advisor Charles Kraut of Virginia	Educator Brian Carroll of California	Activist J.R. Myers of Alaska	Activist Ben Zion of Arizona
1a	March 4, 2020 2:00 pm CST	Chicago, Illinois	Christina Tobin	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
P  Participant.				Republican	Democratic	Libertarian				Green / Socialist	PSL	Independent
				Futurist Zoltan Istvan of California	Attorney Mosie Boyd of Arkansas	Lieutenant Ken Armstrong of Hawaii	Lecturer Jo Jorgensen of South Carolina	Corporal Adam Kokesh of Indiana	Activist Vermin Supreme of Massachusetts	Tradesman Howie Hawkins of New York	Activist Gloria La Riva of California	Activist Mark Charles of the District of Columbia
1b	March 4, 2020 6:30 pm CST	Chicago, Illinois	Christina Tobin	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

General election

Two debates were held prior to the general election. The first was on October 8, 2020, in Denver, Colorado, with participation limited to candidates on the ballot in at least eight states. ^[121] A second debate with the same candidates occurred on October 24, 2020, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. ^[122]

2020 Free & Equal debates
No.	Date & Time	Location	Moderators	Invited participants
P  Participant.  A  Absent Invitee.				Republican	Democratic	Libertarian	Green / Socialist	PSL	Alliance / Reform	Constitution	American Solidarity	Independent
				President Donald Trump of Florida	Former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware	Lecturer Jo Jorgensen of South Carolina	Tradesman Howie Hawkins of New York	Activist Gloria La Riva of California	Businessman Rocky De La Fuente of California	Businessman Don Blankenship of West Virginia	Educator Brian Carroll of California	Entrepreneur Brock Pierce of Puerto Rico	Producer Kanye West of Wyoming
2	October 8, 2020 6:00 pm MDT	Denver, Colorado	Christina Tobin	A	A	A	P	P	A	P	P	P	A
3	October 24, 2020 6:00 pm MDT	Cheyenne, Wyoming	Christina Tobin	A	A	A	P	P	A	A	P	P	A

Withdrawn candidates

• Max Abramson, New Hampshire State Representative from the 20th Rockingham district (ran for and lost the Veterans Party of America nomination) ^{[123] [124] [125] [126]} (ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives) ^[127]
• Darcy Richardson, author, historian and political activist ^{[128] [129]} (Reform Party)(ran for Vice-President) ^[129]

Declined

Individuals in this section were the subject of speculation that they might run for president as an independent or minor party candidate for the 2020 election but later said that they would not.

• Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York (2002–2013), CEO of Bloomberg ^[130] (ran for Democratic nomination)(endorsed Biden) ^[131]
• Mark Cuban, businessman and investor from Texas (endorsed Biden) ^{[132] [133]}
• Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative from HI-02 (2013–2021) ^[134] (ran for Democratic nomination) (endorsed Biden ) ^[135]
• John Kasich, former Governor of Ohio (2011–2019) (endorsed Biden) ^{[136] [137]}
• Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks from Washington ^[138] (endorsed Biden ) ^[139]
• Ed Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods ^[140]
• Jesse Ventura, former Governor of Minnesota (1999–2003), former mayor of Brooklyn Park (1991–1995) ^{[141] [142]} (considered running for the Green Party nomination; along with Cynthia McKinney, replaced Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker as the Green Party candidates on the ballot in Alaska) ^{[143] [144]}
• Marianne Williamson, spiritual/self-help author ^[145] (ran for Democratic nomination) (endorsed Sanders, then Biden ) ^{[146] [147]}
• Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, tech executive ^[148] (ran for Democratic nomination) (endorsed Biden ) ^[149]

See also

• 2020 Republican Party presidential candidates
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidates
• Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 United States presidential election

Notes

1. In California, Kanye West was nominated by the American Independent Party as Rocky De La Fuente's vice presidential candidate, without either candidate's consent. ^[3]
2. The party's original vice presidential candidate was Leonard Peltier, who withdrew for health reasons ^[4] but remained listed in Illinois, Minnesota and Texas.
3. In some states, some candidates were listed as independent or unaffiliated rather than their political party or label.
4. Also nominated by the Working Families Party in New York. Additional nomination by the Independent Party of Oregon was not listed on the ballot. ^[5]
5. Also nominated by the Conservative Party in New York.
6. In Alaska, the Green Party nominated Jesse Ventura and Cynthia McKinney instead of the national candidates Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker, who then registered in that state as write-in candidates representing the Socialist Party USA. In Rhode Island, the Green Party refused to nominate a presidential candidate to the ballot. ^[6]
7. Nominated by the American Independent Party in California (with Kanye West for vice president), the Reform Party in Florida, and the Natural Law Party in Michigan.
8. Nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party in California, and the Liberty Union Party in Vermont.
9. In New Mexico, the Constitution Party nominated Sheila "Samm" Tittle and David Carl Sandidge instead of the national candidates. In Alaska, Sheila "Samm" Tittle and John Wagner registered as a write-in candidates representing the Constitution Party in addition to the party's nomination of the national candidates to the ballot. In Arizona, where the Constitution Party did not have ballot access, Daniel Clyde Cummings and Ryan Huber registered as a write-in candidates representing the party instead of the national candidates.
10. Nominated by the American Shopping Party in Hawaii, and the Independence Party in New York. Registered with label Freedom and Prosperity in Louisiana.
11. May have received write-in votes, which were not reported individually and are included in others.
12. This table reflects the results certified by the state, which recorded fewer votes in Fulton County than those reported by the county. ^[18]
13. Write-in votes unofficially compiled from results reported by local governments. Included in others.
14. Write-in votes unofficially compiled from results reported by counties. ^[39] Not included in totals.
15. Additionally 14,049 write-in votes unofficially compiled from results reported by counties, ^[39] not included in totals.
16. Write-in votes reported by the Federal Election Commission. May have received more write-in votes included in others.
17. Result certified by the state, which did not include 422 write-in votes for this candidate reported by Harris County. ^[53]
18. In Florida, Melissa Nixon was listed as Jade Simmons's vice presidential candidate.
19. In Alaska, John Wagner was listed as Sheila "Samm" Tittle's vice presidential candidate.
20. The Prohibition Party previously nominated Connie L. Gammon for president and Phil Collins for vice president. After Connie L. Gammon withdrew, the party nominated Phil Collins for president and Billy Joe Parker for vice president. In Arkansas, both sets of candidates remained listed on the ballot.
21. The results certified by Texas recorded 1,866 write-in votes for candidate President R19 Boddie in Bexar County, ^[52] while the county reported that number as the total of all write-in votes for president and no vote for that candidate. ^[61] These disputed votes are included in the numbers shown in the table in this article, but disconsidered for ordering the candidates and for inclusion in the main section.
22. Unofficially compiled from results reported by the state. Included in others.
23. In Vermont, Taja Yvonne Iwanow was listed as Kyle Kopitke's vice presidential candidate.
24. Registered as write-in candidates representing the Republican Party in addition to the party's nomination of the national candidates to the ballot.
25. In Minnesota, James Edward McFadden was listed as Marcus Sykes's vice presidential candidate.
26. Karen M. Short was listed as Sharon Wallace's vice presidential candidate in Maryland, but they were listed as separate candidates in the District of Columbia.
27. Registered as write-in candidates representing the Democratic Party in addition to the party's nomination of the national candidates to the ballot.
28. The Legal Marijuana Now Party originally nominated Mark Elsworth and later Rudy Reyes for president but in August decided to nominate Hawkins. ^[76]
29. Official recognition by the Green Party is needed in order to receive its nomination.
30. Myers was only on the ballot in Idaho, and did not participate in the National Convention.
31. Adrian Wallace replaced original vice-presidential nominee Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry, who was removed from the campaign for unknown reasons. ^[113]

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