This section provides information about the women in the 2024 presidential election, including an updated list of women who have formally declared major-party candidacies. Also available via Presidential Watch: history of women running for president and vice president; and relevant resources and reports on gender in presidential elections 2020 and 2016. While CAWP provides information about women running for the nation’s highest office, we do not support or endorse any candidate.
Major-Party Women Presidential Candidates in 2024
Kamala Harris
Announced Candidacy July 21, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris (D) has served as the nation’s first woman, first Black, and first South Asian vice president since January 2021. She represented California in the U.S. Senate from January 2017 to January 2021, where she became the first South Asian woman and only the second Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Harris was district attorney of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. She was California's attorney general from 2011 to 2017, serving as the first Black woman to be elected statewide in California. Harris was a candidate for president in the 2020 Democratic primary; she left the race before the first primary contest.
Nikki Haley
Announced Candidacy February 14, 2023; Suspended her Campaign March 6, 2024
Former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. Prior to being appointed UN Ambassador by President Donald Trump, Haley served as South Carolina's first woman governor from 2011 to 2017. Haley, who is Indian-American, is also the first and only Asian American woman to serve as a U.S. governor. She served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Nikki Haley's Campaign Website
Marianne Williamson
Announced Candidacy March 4, 2023; Suspended her Campaign February 7, 2024; Unsuspended her Campaign on February 28, 2024
Marianne Williamson is an author, lecturer, entrepreneur and activist. She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a volunteer food delivery program that serves homebound people with AIDS and other life challenging illnesses. She is also the co-founder of The Peace Alliance, a nonprofit grassroots education and advocacy organization supporting peacebuilding projects. Williamson announced her bid for the Democratic nomination for President in January 2019, but she ended her campaign on January 10, 2020 prior to any primary contests. In 2014, she unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in California.
Marianne Williamson's Campaign Website