There Are More Presidential Candidates Than You Know About

If you've been paying attention to the presidential politics being reported by the mainstream media, then you know about some of the candidates running for president next year. You've probably heard about the eight Republicans running for their party's nomination and about the president, who is running for re-election. You may even be aware of Green Party candidate Jill Stein (pictured above) and know that the Libertarian Party will be choosing their own candidate in the coming months. But those candidates are just a tiny fraction of the official candidates for president.



According to the Federal Election Commission there are 259 candidates who have filed a Statement of Candidacy (FEC form 2) to register as a presidential candidate for the 2012 election. Now most of these people don't stand a chance of being elected, and most will never even make it onto an official ballot (in either the primaries or the general election). But that doesn't mean they don't consider themselves to be serious candidates. They can't even file the Statement of Candidacy until they meet the following requirements:

Under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), an individual becomes a candidate for federal office when:

• The individual has received contributions aggregating in excess of $5,000 or made expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000; or
• The individual has given consent to another person to receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf of him or herself and that person has received contributions aggregating in excess of $5,000 or made expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000 (11 CFR 100.3(a)).

So amazingly, these are all candidates who have either raised contributions of over $5,000 or spent more than $5,000 on their campaign. That's a fairly significant amount of money, and would weed out most people just doing it as a joke. Here's the official list of all the presidential candidates (and this list is sure to grow even larger). A candidate has 15 days to file the form after declaring his/her candidacy (and meeting the above requirements).

Count	Candidate ID	Candidate Name	FEC Form 2 Filing Date
1	P20003232	ADAMS, DOROTHY ANN	2011-08-04
2	P60004793	ADESHINA, YINKA ABOSEDE	2011-04-15
3	P20003182	AMMANN, AARON LEON	2011-08-01
4	P20002374	ARAGON, DAVID G	2010-12-21
5	P00003715	ASHE, WARREN RODERICK PRESIDENT	2011-01-03
6	P20002978	BACHMANN, MICHELE	2011-06-13
7	P80003957	BAILEY, GEORGE BRENT JR	2010-07-07
8	P20003752	BALLANTINE, MICHAEL DAVID	2011-10-24
9	P20002150	BALLARD, GEORGE HENRY III	2010-04-12
10	P80004815	BANKS, J E WENDELL KENNEDY	2011-09-06
11	P20002689	BAREA, JEFFREY	2011-09-22
12	P20002697	BARNETT, ANDRE N	2011-04-21
13	P20002358	BEACH, RALPH ALLEN	2010-10-12
14	P20003596	BERKE, ROBERT G	2011-10-03
15	P20003505	BLACK, ANGELA	2011-09-26
16	P20002598	BLANKENSHIP, JARED	2011-04-05
17	P20002028	BLISS, RUSSELL P JR (RUSTY)	2009-09-11
18	P20003398	BLOCK, JEFF	2011-08-30
19	P80005077	BOSS, JEFFREY HARLAN	2009-07-01
20	P20003257	BRAUN, HARRY WILLIAM III	2011-08-12
21	P80005002	BROWN, ROBERT PAUL JR	2011-04-11
22	P20002002	BROWN, WHENCE RONELL	2009-08-13
23	P20002788	BRUZZESI, THOMAS J	2011-05-13
24	P20003265	BRYANT, DARRYL	2011-08-15
25	P20002234	BUSH, SAVANNAH JEWEL MCCUMBER	2010-07-06
26	P20002226	BUSH, TANNER CLINE MCCUMBER	2010-07-06
27	P00002295	BYERLEY, LESTER F JR	2011-04-27
28	P80003221	CAESAR, PRESIDENT EMPEROR	2010-12-13
29	P00003608	CAIN, HERMAN	2011-05-03
30	P20001962	CAIN, SCOTT ANDREW SR	2009-06-16
31	P20002762	CALLAHAN, MARK ALLEN	2011-05-16
32	P20003471	CARRINGTON-HAYES, HAL CHAD	2011-09-20
33	P20002549	CARROLL, JAMES ALAN	2011-03-21
34	P00000679	CARROLL, JERRY LEON	2009-06-04
35	P80000268	CARTER, WILLIE FELIX	2009-02-16
36	P60004561	CHARLES, JOSEPH	2010-03-10
37	P80005689	CHARLSON, REGINALD THOMAS	2011-10-26
38	P20002580	CHEHADE, PAUL	2011-03-28
39	P80003890	CHERRICKS, LIZA DAWN	2010-04-02
40	P20002812	CHOVIL, WILLIAM EDWARD	2011-05-24
41	P20002390	CISNEROS, CESAR	2010-12-30
42	P80004690	CLAYTON, TODD MARVIN JR	2011-09-12
43	P80005630	CLEMENT, DOUGLAS GEORGE	2009-01-21
44	P20002754	COLEMAN, PERRY DUWHILE	2011-05-04
45	P20002119	CONOVER, FLOYD RUSSELL	2010-01-29
46	P20002069	COOPER, GEORGE	2011-07-25
47	P80004518	COOPER, JAMES C	2011-04-14
48	P20002945	CRAMER III, SANFORD WENDELL	2011-06-13
49	P80005713	CRIVEAU, JAMES DENNIS	2008-11-12
50	P80005366	CROSS, KENNETH ROBERT	2011-08-18
51	P00003343	CROW, RANDOLPH WILSON	2010-05-11
52	P80004823	CUEVAS, NICKOLAS BEVAN (FARMER)	2010-06-24
53	P20001921	DAVIS, JEFF HOWARD TAFT	2006-09-05
54	P20002325	DAVIS, L JOHN JR	2010-10-01
55	P20002929	DAY, TIMOTHY TERRELL	2011-06-08
56	P40001109	DE BUONAPARTE, HRM CAESAR ST AUGUSTINE	2011-05-02
57	P20003000	DOMAGALA, KENNETH M	2011-06-20
58	P20002440	DONAME, MICHAEL	2011-01-25
59	P20002309	DRAKE, PATRICK ANTHONY	2010-08-15
60	P20003430	DRUMMOND, KEITH	2011-09-12
61	P20002499	DUMMETT, JOHN ALBERT JR	2011-01-28
62	P00001792	ENGLERIUS, MAXIMUS T	2009-10-06
63	P20003018	ENNIS, CRAIG EDWARD	2011-06-20
64	P20002853	FARNSWORTH, VERL	2011-06-01
65	P20000089	FELLURE, LOWELL JACKSON	2008-11-05
66	P20003141	FERGUSON, JOHN GREEN	2011-07-12
67	P00004853	FIELDER, RODNEY RAY	2009-06-22
68	P20003687	FORD, LARRY ROBERT	2011-10-12
69	P80003189	FORTHAN, BOB LEONARD	2011-02-14
70	P20003083	FREY, DAVID ROBT CDR USN RET	2011-07-01
71	P20002770	GARY, ROGER V	2011-05-16
72	P20002259	GATES, KENNETH	2010-08-11
73	P40002040	GIDNER, BRUCE ALLEN	2002-02-01
74	P20003455	GILBERT, JONATHAN MICHAEL	2011-09-05
75	P60003654	GINGRICH, NEWT	2011-05-16
76	P20003745	GODWIN, KENNETH WAYNE	2011-10-24
77	P20001954	GODWIN, MILLS WRENAL	2009-05-28
78	P20002200	GOODMAN, HERMAN LEE	2010-06-16
79	P20003547	GOUGE, JACKIE	2011-09-26
80	P80003544	GRAHAM, MARK B	2011-04-25
81	P20003133	GRAMMER, KENNETH BRYAN	2011-07-11
82	P80004351	GREENSPON, JON ADAM	2009-04-02
83	P20002986	GRISKIE, CHRISTIN NOEL	2011-06-15
84	P20002010	GRUMBEIN, RICKIE LEE	2009-08-27
85	P20003521	HAHN, VERN LEROY	2011-09-20
86	P60003027	HARDCASTLE, PATRICE ELOISE	2011-06-20
87	P20002887	HARRIS, JEFFREY NICHOLAS	2011-06-07
88	P20003570	HARRIS, RICHARD FRANCIS	2011-09-29
89	P20003364	HARRIS, RICHARDJASON SATAWK	2011-09-02
90	P20002333	HASTINGS, ANDREW CLAY	2010-10-04
91	P20002127	HAYES, RUTHERFORD BERT	2010-03-25
92	P10000016	HEARD JR, HAROLD C	2011-04-29
93	P20002184	HERMAN, RAPHAEL	2010-05-06
94	P20002085	HEUPEL, RAEDEEN ROSE	2009-12-01
95	P20002838	HILL, CHRISTOPHER V	2011-05-31
96	P20002465	HILLIS, DARRELL ALAN	2011-01-31
97	P20003026	HOCKENSMITH, BRIAN KEITH	2011-06-20
98	P60003571	HOELZEL, JOHN RICHARD JR	2010-11-30
99	P80000672	HOFF, SAMUEL B DR	2011-07-28
100	P20002861	HUNT, EUGENE ROSELL JR	2011-06-06
101	P20002473	HUNT, JAMES WILLIAM	2011-01-31
102	P20003067	HUNTSMAN, JON	2011-06-28
103	P20002903	HYKES, DARRELL	2011-06-08
104	P20002242	JIMENEZ, GABRIEL ALEXANDER	2010-07-14
105	P20002671	JOHNSON, GARY EARL	2011-05-02
106	P20002366	JONES, RICKEY KENNETH	2010-10-27
107	P20002705	JONES, RONALD DAVID	2011-04-21
108	P20003349	JORDAN, ROBERT	2011-08-30
109	P80003783	JORGENSEN, ROBERT NEWBERN	2011-09-27
110	P20003372	JUDY, CODY ROBERT	2011-08-25
111	P60003175	KALEMKARIAN, TIMOTHY CHARLES	2006-06-14
112	P20002564	KARGER, FRED	2011-03-23
113	P20002382	KELLER, SCOTT T	2010-12-29
114	P20003380	KENNY, MICHAEL GERARD FRANCIS	2011-09-06
115	P20002747	KILGORE, DAVID SAMSON	2011-05-02
116	P20003224	KINNEY, DARRYL	2011-08-07
117	P20002044	KLINE, RICHARD ALLEN CGR	2009-09-21
118	P20002218	KNILL, DENNIS JEROME	2010-06-21
119	P20002275	KOCH, JAMES	2010-08-11
120	P80003627	KOK, PHILIP ANTHONY	2011-10-03
121	P20003661	KORSCHEK, WALTER JR	2011-10-05
122	P20002937	KRISTEN, TOLLEFSEN	2011-06-10
123	P00003640	LANCE-COUNCIL, TEMPERANCE ALESHA	2011-04-04
124	P20003729	LANE, KATHYERN LOUISE	2011-10-08
125	P20003240	LANSER, JERRY	2011-08-08
126	P20003125	LAROCK, ROBERT WILLIAM	2011-07-01
127	P20002416	LARSON, DAVID ANDREW	2011-01-05
128	P20003810	LAWMAN, JEFF	2011-10-27
129	P20003042	LAX (MILLER), LEAH (LORETTA)	2011-06-27
130	P20000055	LEE, KIP	2011-04-25
131	P20001905	LEE, ROBERT	2009-12-01
132	P20002168	LEFLER, BRAD CRAWFORD	2010-05-03
133	P20002606	LEVETIN, MARK	2011-04-06
134	P00002568	LEVINSON, MICHAEL STEPHEN	2011-01-21
135	P20003612	LOPEZ, AURORA	2011-09-26
136	P20003059	LYNCH, THOMAS EDWARD	2011-06-27
137	P20003463	MACLERAN, THOMAS GREGORY	2011-09-15
138	P20002960	MADDOX, ED A SIR SR	2011-06-14
139	P20002648	MAGEE, ERIN KENT	2011-04-05
140	P00003814	MALONE, JOAN FRANCES MARY	2011-08-31
141	P20002432	MANLEY, MICHAEL J	2011-01-15
142	P00003731	MARTIN, ANDY	2011-02-08
143	P80004732	MARTIN, GREGORY BRYAN	2011-08-08
144	P20002622	MARTIN, GURLEY L	2011-04-11
145	P20003794	MARTINEZ, ALEXANDER HUGO	2011-10-24
146	P00003756	MARTISKO, MIKE BENJAMIN	2011-09-09
147	P20003406	MARULLO, RONALD	2011-09-07
148	P20003323	MAYERS, R BENEDICT	2011-08-18
149	P80003361	MCCALL, JAMES HATTON	2009-09-30
150	P20002515	MCCORMICK, RICHARD S	2011-02-02
151	P20003109	MCCOTTER, THADDEUS G	2011-07-01
152	P80004575	MCCUMBER, LAURA JANE	2010-06-23
153	P20003166	MCCUNE, RONALD BRUCE	2011-07-26
154	P60003290	MCMILLAN, JIMMY (AKA) JAMES	2011-02-07
155	P20003422	MEALER, JOHN LEWIS	2011-09-09
156	P40003279	MESPLAY, KENT P	2011-05-24
157	P20001947	MILLER, THOMAS JOSEPH	2009-05-18
158	P20003299	MOATS, STEVE KENT	2011-10-05
159	P20002846	MOLONEY, MICHAEL J	2011-05-25
160	P20003034	MONTGOMERY, DAVID WAYNE	2011-06-20
161	P80003577	MORAN, BRIAN J	2011-08-02
162	P00004325	MORROW, JOSEPH UNDERWOOD	2009-01-21
163	P20003497	MORZUCH, ALBERT	2011-09-16
164	P20001939	MOSLER, WARREN BRUCE	2009-02-19
165	P20002531	NELSON, KEVIN MICHAEL	2011-03-04
166	P20002093	NEUENSCHWANDER, STEVEN KAY	2009-12-18
167	P20002176	NEVEU, DEONIA P	2010-05-03
168	P20002655	NICHOLS, ROGER EUGENE	2011-04-13
169	P80003338	OBAMA, BARACK	2011-04-04
170	P40000382	OGIN, FRED	2011-03-04
171	P60004322	OGLE, JAMES ORLANDO III	2011-10-12
172	P20002457	PARMELE, JOHN OSCIAN JR	2011-01-31
173	P80000748	PAUL, RON	2011-05-13
174	P20002556	PAWLENTY, TIMOTHY	2011-03-21
175	P20003554	PEACE, ROBERT	2011-09-27
176	P20003307	PEDERSEN, GEORGE CHRISTIAN	2011-08-10
177	P20003281	PERRY, JAMES R (RICK)	2011-08-15
178	P20002895	PERSON, CARL E	2011-06-06
179	P20001988	PFLUGHAUPT, PHILIPP G	2009-08-03
180	P20002507	PHILLIPS, ALAN G	2011-05-12
181	P60003159	PHILLIPS, DEAN A	2011-06-03
182	P20003703	PHILLIPS, MARK G	2011-10-13
183	P80004328	PINNAVAIA, MATTHEW DAVID	2011-05-12
184	P80005010	POWELL, SAMUEL LYNDELL	2011-04-18
185	P20003638	PRAPROTNIK, ROBERT L	2011-10-04
186	P00003236	PRATTAS, JAMES	2011-05-25
187	P80004336	RAGHAVAN, RAJESH S	2011-04-25
188	P20003448	RAKOWITZ, ARTHUR FABIAN	2011-09-07
189	P20002481	RAMOS, LUIS ALBERTO JR	2011-01-25
190	P20003208	REED, JILL ANN	2011-08-02
191	P20003331	REED, RICHARD IRVEN	2011-08-22
192	P20002911	REIMAN, JOHN KARL LT COL USAF (MD JD)	2011-06-05
193	P20002614	REVELIS, JOHN	2011-04-08
194	P20003091	RHODES, GEORGE FREDRICK	2011-07-01
195	P20003315	RICE, DAVID MICHAEL	2011-08-18
196	P20003190	RIEKSE, MAX J	2011-07-27
197	P20003695	ROASEAU, WARD DEREK	2011-10-11
198	P20002523	ROEMER, CHARLES E 'BUDDY' III	2011-03-03
199	P20003778	ROGONE, PHILIP NICHOLAS	2011-10-18
200	P80003353	ROMNEY, MITT	2011-04-11
201	P40003329	ROSENBERGER, PAUL RUSSELL	2007-06-04
202	P20003836	ROTH, CECIL JAMES	2011-10-23
203	P20002341	ROZELLE, DAN W	2010-10-12
204	P20002796	RUDICK, CHARLES MICHAEL	2011-05-16
205	P20002077	RUIZ, JOSE M	2009-11-23
206	P20002051	RUNDBERG, JIM LENNART	2009-10-13
207	P20002721	SANTORUM, RICHARD J.	2011-06-06
208	P60004488	SAUTER, DONALD	2009-11-04
209	P20003117	SAVARIRAYAN, FRANCIS J	2011-06-30
210	P80003239	SAVIOR, OLE	2010-10-25
211	P00003962	SCHRINER, JOE CHARLES	2010-05-03
212	P40002362	SCHUETTER, LARRY J	2009-10-21
213	P20002879	SHADDEN, STEPHEN DAVID	2011-04-18
214	P80002884	SHARKEY, JONATHON THE IMPALER	2010-04-23
215	P40002925	SHAW, WILLIAM DOLPHUS REV	2009-09-16
216	P20002663	SHINN, JAMES DEE	2011-04-19
217	P20003075	SIMS, PAUL DOUGLAS	2011-06-29
218	P20002101	SINGLETON, KEITH	2010-01-28
219	P20003414	SLOAN, MICHAEL EMERSON	2011-09-09
220	P20003356	SNYDER, MATTHEW BRADLEY	2011-10-14
221	P20002572	SORRELLS, JOHN S LT COL	2011-03-28
222	P20003174	SPONHEIM, DAVID JON	2011-07-26
223	P20003216	STAGG, SILVIA	2011-08-04
224	P20003158	STAINFIELD, TAMI L	2011-07-06
225	P20001996	STEPHENS, GARY MONTGOMERY	2009-08-13
226	P20003760	STEVENS, MARK SAMUEL	2011-10-24
227	P80005655	STEVENS, THOMAS ROBERT	2011-06-13
228	P20002143	STIEBER, VINCENT A JR	2010-04-13
229	P20003828	STILL, BILL	2011-10-28
230	P20002036	STOLLAIRE, MICHAEL ALAN	2009-09-15
231	P20003653	STORY, RICKEY JOE	2011-10-03
232	P20003604	STRICKLAND, TIMMY WAYNE	2011-10-03
233	P20003711	SWANSON, KARIN LYNN	2011-10-12
234	P20002424	TERRY, RANDALL A	2011-01-18
235	P20002135	THEZION, MOSHEH	2010-04-08
236	P20002630	TITTLE, SHEILA TELLES	2011-04-08
237	P20003273	TODD, WILLIAM MARK	2011-08-15
238	P20003588	TURNER, MATTHEW ALLEN	2011-09-26
239	P20003539	TYLER, ALDOUS C	2011-09-20
240	P80005358	VAN RAAM, DOUGLAS SCOTT	2011-02-14
241	P80002793	VICK, CHARLES GORDON DR	2009-01-13
242	P20002739	WAHL, DOUGLAS WILLIAM	2011-05-04
243	P20003802	WAITS, RAYLON LOYD	2011-10-26
244	P20002267	WALTON, MICHAEL	2010-08-11
245	P20003737	WARD, KENNETH WAYNE	2011-10-19
246	P20003620	WHITLEY, MICHAEL EDWIN	2011-09-26
247	P20003646	WHITNEY, SEAN ACAN	2011-10-04
248	P20003489	WIFORD, SAMUEL TIMOTHY II	2011-09-21
249	P40003220	WILDMAN, ANDREW J	2011-08-30
250	P80005242	WILLIAMS, GEORGE WASHINGTON	2010-08-16
251	P20002283	WILLIAMS, KENT LIONEL	2010-08-10
252	P20003679	WILLIAMS, RODNEY MAURICE	2011-10-11
253	P80004146	WILSON, KELCEY BRIAN	2011-10-03
254	P80002991	WITORT, MIKE DOC PMD	2011-08-02
255	P20003513	WOODRING, DANNY EARL	2011-09-26
256	P20002952	WRIGHTS, ROGER LEE	2011-06-07
257	P80003817	WUENSCHE, VERNON EDGAR	2011-03-21
258	P20003562	YOST, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER	2011-09-27
259	P20002994	ZOLLINGER, WILLIAM DAVID	2011-06-17