Georgina H. Doerschuck
Republican Party: 1996Susan Gail Ducey
Republican Party: 1996Ann Jennings
Republican Party: 1996Diane Beall Templin
American Party: 1996Joanne Jorgensen
Libertarian Party: 1996Elizabeth Dole
Republican Party: 2000Elizabeth Dole, married to unsuccessful 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, raised more than $5 million for her 2000 campaign for the Republican nomination, but withdrew before the first primary. She went on to be elected to the Senate from North Carolina in 2002.
Cathy Gordon Brown
Independent: 2000Carol Moseley Braun
Democratic Party: 2004Braun campaigned in 2003 for the 2004 nomination, endorsed by several women's organizations. She dropped out in January, 2004, for lack of funds. She was already on the ballot in several states and, even though she'd withdrawn, drew more than 100,000 votes in those primaries.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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The closest that any woman has come to the nomination of a major party for president, Hillary Clinton began her campaign in 2007 and was expected by many to win the nomination. It was not until Barack Obama had locked in enough pledged votes by June, 2008, that Clinton suspended her campaign and threw her support to Obama.
Cynthia McKinney
Green Party: 2008Michelle Bachmann
Republican, 2012Michelle Bachmann, a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota and a founder of the Tea Party caucus in Congress, began her presidential campaign in 2011, participating in several early debates of Republican candidates. She ended her campaign in January when she placed sixth (and last) in the Iowa caucuses with less than 5% of the votes in a state where she'd won a straw poll the previous August.
