List of Fictional United States Presidential Candidates - H

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Ricardo Hernandez

• Candidate in: The Interim (novel)
• Senate Majority Leader and senior senator from Texas
• Running Mate: Senator David Andrews of New York
• First Hispanic presidential candidate
• Endorsed by outgoing President Payne
• Campaigned on behalf of the One-China policy, the party platform
• Lost by two electoral votes to Senator Gary Candor of Pennsylvania
• Party: Republican

Clarence Hilliard

• Candidate in: The World's Greatest Sinner (1962).
• Played by: Timothy Carey.
• Party: The Eternal Man party (third party).

Howard The Duck

• Candidate in: Howard The Duck (comic book).
• Party: The All-Night Party.

Hubert Hoag

• Candidate in: Fahrenheit 451
• Defeated in a landslide by opponent Winston Noble.
• Party: Outs

John Hoynes

• Candidate in: The West Wing
• U.S. Senator from Texas
• Candidate for 1998 and 2006 Democratic nominations
• Lost 1998 nomination to Josiah Bartlet, before becoming Bartlet's Vice President
• Resign Vice Presidency in 2003 in a sex scandal, but ran for the nomination again in 2006
• Lost 2006 nomination to Texas Congressman Matt Santos

James Hilton

• Candidate in: Presidential Diaries
• Was successful for reelection with 52% of the popular vote in 2036
• Party: Republican