Withdrew Before Primary Elections
| Candidates who dropped out before the Iowa Caucuses | |
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Senator Evan Bayh |
Main article: Evan Bayh presidential campaign, 2008
Evan Bayh, born December 26, 1955, Indiana, former two-term Governor and currently a second-term U.S. Senator from that state. In February 2005, Bayh renamed his Federal Leadership PAC the All America PAC and hired a new veteran staff with experience on the 2004 campaigns of John Kerry and Wesley Clark for President and Tom Daschle for senate. On December 1, 2006, he announced he was running for president and formed a presidential exploratory committee. He announced on December 16, 2006 that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for President, and then endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton. After Clinton withdrew from the race, Bayh endorsed Senator Barack Obama.
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Former Governor Tom Vilsack |
Main article: Tom Vilsack presidential campaign, 2008
Tom Vilsack, born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a former Governor of Iowa and Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. Many suspected Vilsack was high on the list of potential running mates for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election. In 2005, Vilsack established Heartland PAC, a political action committee aimed at electing Democratic Governors and other statewide candidates. Unlike the PACs of potential candidates, Heartland PAC is not a federal PAC and can not contribute to federal candidates. He filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to run for President on November 9, 2006. He dropped out of the race on February 23, 2007 citing fundraising woes. He has since endorsed Hillary Clinton. After Clinton had withdrew from the race, Vilsack threw his support behind Barack Obama. Vilsack was nominated and subsequently assumed the office of Secretary of Agriculture in the Obama administration.
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