Mitt Romney
John Adams, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney were candidates for the federalist and Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr were candidates for the republican
Passed the 12th amendment, providing that electors use separate ballots to vote for a president and vice president
The canidate with the most votes would become president, and the second runner up would become vice president
Abraham Lincoln, former Congressman from Illinois, defeated many other contenders, including William Seward of New York, to become the Republican nominee for President in 1860. Hannibal Hamlin of Mainbe was chosen as his Vice Presidential running mate.
Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John Fremont and American Party candidate Millard Fillmore.
Jon Huntsman Sr. (1937-2018) was a moderate Republican. He tried for the Republican nomination for president in 2012, but dropped out early in the race. Most of his ideas were more liberal than the other GOP candidates.
Democratic Republican
Senator Bob Dole ran for President and his running mate was Jack Kemp, former pro quarterback and US Congressman.
They are the people who are running for president.
Nominated Presidential Candidates: Barack Obama - Democrat - Current President Willard "Mitt" Romney - Republican Gary Johnson - Libertarian Stewart Alexander - Socialist Virgil Goode - Constitution Party Jill Stein - Green Party **{the communist party has endorsed Barack Obama and won't have a candidate this year} Candidates running on their own: *Kathyern Lane - (Republican) *Andy Martin - (Republican) *Jimmy McMillan - (Republican) *Ron Paul - (Republican) *Stephen Rollins - Independent *Matt Snyder - (Republican) *Danny Woodring - Independent *Vern Wuensche - (Republican) *Rocky Anderson - Independent Party of Connecticut *Will Christenson - Constitution Party of Oregon [*these candidates will not appear on every state's ballot} Candidates for Vice President: Joseph Biden - Democrat - Current Vice President Paul Ryan - Republican
Christie says he is not running for president. Nonetheless he is considered to be a possible Republican nominee .
The Republican Party was formed in 1854 and ran its first presidential ticket in 1856. John C. Fremont ran for President and William L. Dayton ran for Vice President.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama
Candidates for President get to choose their own running mates.
Just to clarify, there are more than two people running for president, a fairly comprehensive list of candidates can be found on Wikipedia. John McCain (Republican candidate) Barack Obama (Democratic candidate)
Rick SANTORUM is a republican candidate running for president
Willard Mitt Romney is a Republican, and is running for election to be President of the United States. Barack Hussein Obama is a Democrat, holds the office of President, and is running for re-election.