cars - List of fictional U.S. Presidential candidates

This is a list of fictional candidates who ran for President of the United States. Successful candidates are listed in the List of fictional U.S. Presidents

Presidential candidates are listed in alphabetical order by the first letter in their last name.

A

Benjamin K. Arthur

Candidate in: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Played by: Robert Riordan
Party: Republican Party
Running mate: Johnny Iselin

B

Bill the Cat

Candidate in: Bloom County comic strip in the U.S. presidential election, 1984 and 1988
Played by: Himself
Party: The Meadow Party (third party).
Running mate: Opus the penguin

Chastity Bono

Candidate in: The Simpsons, "Bart to the Future" episode
Opposed Lisa Simpson
Lenny Leonard voted for her.

C

Graydon Creed

Candidate in: X-Men comic book franchise in the U.S. presidential election, 1996
Founder of the anti-mutant hate group The Friends of Humanity
Assassinated before the elections by Mystique, a mutant terrorist who was also Creed's mother
Party: (third party).

E

Etrigan (aka The Demon)

Candidate in: DC comics comic book in the U.S. presidential election, 1992
Played by: Himself
Actual demon from Hell
Pulls out of the election when tricked into banishing himself.
Party: Republican Party

H

Clarence Hilliard

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

Hubert Hoag

Candidate in: Fahrenheit 451
Deafeated in a landslide by opponent Winston Noble.
Party: unknown

J

Smith Comma John

Candidate in: MADtv
Appears in ads denying that he is an alien trying to take over and enslave Earth.
Party: unknown

M

Dennis Morgenthal

Candidate in: Jack & Bobby
Played by: John Heard
Party: Republican
Defeated Robert McCallister in the Republican primary of 2040 but is subsequently defeated by McCallister in the general election by a narrow margin when McCallister runs as an independent.

Augustus Mutt

Candidate in: Mutt and Jeff (comic strip) in the U.S. presidential election, 1928
Played by: Himself
First cartoon character to run for president.

P

Charles Palantine

Candidate in Taxi Driver
Played by Leonard Harris
Charles Palantine was a Senator from New York who attempted to run for president in the U.S. presidential election, 1972.
Party: Democrat

Pogo Possum

Candidate in: Pogo 1952-1980 (comic strip) and the animated movie Pogo for President: I Go Pogo (1980).
Played by: Himself
Party: unknown.

R

Randee of the Redwoods

Candidate in: Various MTV TV commercials (1987-90).
Played by: Jim Turner.
Party: Unknown (third party).

Robert Ritchie

Candidate in The West Wing (television series)
Played by James Brolin
Ritchie attended the University of Florida and is married to Janet Ritchie. Ritchie was the Governor of Florida when he ran against incumbent president Josiah Bartlet in the 2002 presidential election. Ritchie supported oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska and opposed affirmative action.
President Bartlet called Governor Ritchie a ".22 caliber mind in a .357 world." In the general election, President Bartlet defeated Governor Ritchie and running mate Jeff Heston by 11 million popular votes in a landslide.
Party: Republican

Barbara "Barbie" Millicent Roberts

Candidate in: Mattel press release in the U.S. presidential election, 2004
Played by: Herself.
Party: Party of Girls (third party)

S

Matt Santos

Candidate in The West Wing (television series)
Played by: Jimmy Smits
A three-term congressman from Texas, Santos is married to Helen Santos and has several children. He was preparing to retire from politics when he was approached by Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman about a presidential campaign. Starting out the campaign in last place out of a field of seven, he catapulted into third place after receiving 19% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary.
Surging late after winning the California primary, Santos was deadlocked with the frontrunner, Vice President Bob Russell at the 2006 Democratic National Convention. Santos won the nomination on the fourth ballot and named former Labor Secretary and former White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry as his running mate.
Party: Democratic Party

Howard Stackhouse

Candidate in The West Wing (television series)
Played by: George Coe
Stackhouse is a widowed 78 year-old five-term Senator from Minnesota who admired Hubert Humphrey. Stackhouse attempted to run for president in the 2002 presidential election as an independent candidate. He ended his candidacy and later endored President Bartlet.
Party: Democratic Party

Jack Stanton

Candidate in: Primary Colors based on Bill Clinton.
Played by: John Travolta
Party: Democratic Party

T

Jack Tanner

Candidate in: Tanner '88 (miniseries) in the U.S. presidential election, 1988
Played by: Michael Murphy
Tanner was a congressman from Michigan and is married and has one daughter.
Party: Democratic Party

V

Arnold Vinick

Candidate in The West Wing (television series)
Played by: Alan Alda
A senator from California, Vinick is a moderate Republican who is pro-choice, opposes ethanol and is a blunt speaker. He was offered the post of ambassador to the United Nations but declined. He is a widower, a book-collector and a possible agnostic. In 2006, he defeated Reverend Don Butler and former Speaker of the House Glen Allen Walken and won the nomination. His running mate is Governor Ray Sullivan of West Virginia.
Party: Republican Party

W

Hal Philip Walker

Candidate in: Nashville (1975) in the U.S. presidential election, 1976.
Played by: Thomas Hal Phillips
Party: The Replacement Party (third party).

Walter Winchell

Candidate in: The Plot Against America (book, 2004)
Historical character in real life.
Candidate in 1942 for the 1944 Democratic nomination.

List of fictional U.S. Presidential candidates

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See also