Come join our party, not just anyone will do (Part 9)...

So NJ Governor Chris Christie announced he's running for the Republican Nomination today.

And speaking of immensity...this IS Chris Christie we're talking about.  He's gonna need a clown bus all to himself.  But I digress....

Democrats
Hillary Clinton: April 12, 2015 - 73 days
Bernie Sanders: April 30, 2015 - 60 days
(even though he's really an Independent)
Martin O'Malley: May 30, 2015 - 34 days
Lincoln Chaffee: June 3, 2015 - 28 days

And the clown car bus that IS the Republican candidates
Ted Cruz: March 23, 2015 - 99 days
Rand Paul: April 7, 2015 - 85 days
Marco Rubio: April 13, 2015 - 72 days
Ben Carson: May 4, 2015 - 58 days
Carly Fiorina: May 4, 2015 - 58 days
Mike Huckabee: May 5, 2015 - 57 days
Rick Santorum: May 27, 2015 - 34 days
George Pataki: May 28, 2015 - 33 days
Lindsay Graham: June 1, 2015 - 30 days
Rick Perry: June 4, 2015 - 28 days
Jeb Bush: June 15, 2015 - 16 days
Donald Trump: June 16 - 15 days
Bobby Jindal: June 24 - 7 days
Chris Christie: June 30 - 1 day

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