United States presidential election, 2012 (President McCain)

The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next presidential election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and will be the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election to select the President and the Vice President of the United States. Republican President-elect George W Bush and Republican vice President-elect Colin Powell have announced they will not be contending for their second terms.

The 2012 Presidential election will coincide with the United States Senate elections where 33 races will be occurring as well as the United States House of Representatives elections to elect the members for the 113th Congress. The election will also encompass eleven gubernatorial races as well as many state legislature races.

This will be the first election in which Puerto Rico is included in the election, when it is granted statehood on January 3, 2010.

Potential Democratic candidates

 * Senator Barack Obama of Illinois
 * 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee and Governor Hillary Clinton of New York
 * Senator Joeseph Biden of Delaware
 * Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico
 * Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut

Potential Republican candidates

 * Former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts
 * Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani
 * Former Governor and political commentator Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
 * Former Representative and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich of Georgia
 * Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska
 * Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana

Potential independent and third party candidates

 * Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg of New York
 * 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nominee and entrepreneur Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada
 * Attorney and political activist Ralph Nader of Connecticut