50 Hopefuls File For New Hampshire's First-In-The-Nation Primary

CONCORD, NH — It may be the best grand 50 people running for president will ever spend in their lives … or at least this year. Fifty candidates plunked down $1,000 to obtain a spot on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary ballot – one of the largest collection of candidates in modern political history. In 2016, 58 candidates ran while 62 ran in 1992, according to reports online.

The filing period, which began on Oct. 30, ended Friday at 4:30 p.m.

While most voters have been focusing on the Democrats running, because there is an incumbent Republican president, there are more than half the number of Republicans running as Democrats – including three New Hampshire residents.

Republicans on the ballot, listed based on when they filed, include:

• Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente of San Diego, California
• Rick Kraft of Roswell, New Mexico
• Donald J. Trump of West Palm Beach, FL
• Star Locke of Harlingen, Texas
• Robert Ardini of Long Island City, New York
• Eric Merrill of Goffstown
• Stephen Comley Sr. of Rowley, Massachusetts
• Bob Ely of Vernon Hills, Illinois
• Zoltan Istvan Gyurko of Mill Valley, CA
• Matthew John Matern of Manhattan Beach, CA
• President R. Boddie of Covington, Georgia
• Larry Horn of Scappoose, Oregon
• Bill Weld of Canton, MA
• Juan Payne of Theodore, Alabama
• Joe Walsh of Washington, DC
• William N. Murphy of Lyme
• Mary Maxwell of Concord

Democrats include:

• Mark Stewart Greenstein of Newington, Connecticut
• Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana
• Thomas James Torgesen of Saratoga, NY
• Henry Hewes of New York, NY
• Bernie Sanders of Burlington, Vermont
• David John Thistle of The Woodlands, TX
• Marianne Williamson of Sacramento, CA
• John K. Delaney of Bethesda, Maryland
• Michael A. Ellinger of Los Angeles, CA
• Tulsi Gabbard of Kapdei, Hawaii
• Tom Koos of Woodside, CA
• Kamala Harris of California
• Amy Klobuchar of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Michael Bennet of Lakewood, Colorado
• Andrew Yang of New York, NY
• Joe R. Biden of Delaware
• Steve Burke of Heuvelton, NY
• Steve Bullock of Helena, Montana
• Julian Castro of San Antonio, TX
• Tom Steyer of San Francisco, CA
• Roque De La Fuente of Rancho Santa Fe, California
• Robby Wells of Waynesboro, GA
• Joe Sestak of Alexandria, Virginia
• Elizabeth Warren of Cambridge, MA
• Lorenz Kraus of Troy, NY
• Raymond Michael Moroz of Rensselaer, NY
• Ben Gleib Gleiberman of Sherman Oaks, CA
• Deval Patrick of Boston, MA
• Sam Sloan of the Bronx, NY
• Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey
• Rita Krichevsky of Lawrenceville, NJ
• Mosie Boyd of Fort Smith, Arkansas
• Jason Evritte Dunlap of Odenton, MD

One Democrat, Brian Moore of Spring Hill, Florida, filed by mail on Nov. 7 but withdrew from the race Wednesday.

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