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執筆者：丸橋 勇
ヒラリー・クリントン氏がアメリカ時間の4月12日、2016年のアメリカ大統領選に立候補することを正式に表明しました。今回はヒラリー氏が登場し、立候補を表明した動画が題材です。短いながらも興味深い言い回しがたくさん出てきます。
【例文】
Hillary Clinton Launches 2016 Presidential Campaign
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"I'm running forpresident," Clinton says in the video. "Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion so you can do more than just get by. You can get ahead and stay ahead. Because when families are strong, America is strong."
"So I'm hitting the road to earn your vote. Because it's your time and I hope you'll join me on this journey."
【今週のポイント】
champion
「擁護者」の意味。もっと深く探ると、「誰かの代表や代理となり、その人を擁護する者」の意味になります。この場合、もちろんアメリカ国民を代表して、擁護する者です。「チャンピオン」や「勝者」になりたいからchampionを使っているわけではありません。
これは、アメリカ人なら誰でも知っている使い方で、おとぎ話や昔話でよく用いられます。中世のお姫様を代表して戦うa knight in shining armor（まぶしいばかりの鎧をまとった騎士）やおとぎ話でお姫様を助ける王子様を連想すればいいでしょう。ウエブ上にこのような例がありました、"'…I care not who else is on my side, so long as you will be my champion'…, that is, the noble knight who takes the field or kills dragons for his lady-bright."（「あなた様が私を守ってくださる限り、ほかに誰が私の味方でも構わない。すなわち、そのお方は美しいお姫様のために戦いの場に挑んだり、ドラゴンと戦ったりしてくれる勇敢な騎士のことです」）
ちなみに今回のchampionについて、NHKは「闘いを導いてくれる人」、
ロイターや産経新聞などは「擁護者」とそれぞれ訳しています。
【その他のキーフレーズ】
running for
「〜に立候補する」の意。"I'm running for president."と同じ意味になるのは、"I'm seeking the presidency."と"I'm a candidate for the presidency."
the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top
「状況はまだ富裕層が有利になっている」の意味。"the deck is stacked"のdeckとはトランプのこと。stackedはそのトランプが細工されて、不正に積まれていることです。
Everyday Americans
「普通のアメリカ人」の意味。ordinary Americansやregular Americansと同じ意味です。
get by
「なんとか生きていける」の意味。
get ahead and stay ahead
一般的にget ahead「出世する」「進歩する」の意味ですが、この場合は、前文にget byがあるので、「生活が楽になる」が適当ではないかと思います。したがって、You can get ahead and stay aheadで「国民の生活が楽になって、その状態が保てるようにしたい」になります。
hit the road
「出発する」の意味。
【今回の例文の仮訳】
ヒラリー・クリントン氏、アメリカ大統領選挙に立候補表明「私はチャンピオンになりたい」
「私は大統領に立候補します。我が国は困難な経済の停滞から回復しようとしています。しかし、不況は依然として続いており、富裕層に有利な状況になっています。一般のアメリカ人は常に擁護者（チャンピオン）を必要としています。私は擁護者になりたい。そうすれば今の暮らしよりももっと良くなるでしょう。前に進み、守ることができます。なぜなら、家族が強くなれば、アメリカは強くなるからです」
「私はみなさんの票を獲得するために出発します。次はあなたの番です。そして、この旅に一緒に加わってくれることを願います」
Hillary Clinton's Style Evolution
June 1969 discussing student protests at Wellesley College (01 of81)
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January 1974 as a lawyer at President Nixon's impeachment hearings(02 of81)
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July 1979 with First Lady Rosalyn Carter (Hillary in navy)(03 of81)
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January 1990 at a Chicago Cubs game(04 of81)
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September 1991 in a formal campaign photo(05 of81)
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October 1991 with Bill & Chelsea in Arkansas(06 of81)
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November 1991 on the campaign trail in New Hampshire(07 of81)
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November 1991 on the campaign trail in New Hampshire (08 of81)
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January 1992(09 of81)
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January 1992 on the campaign trail(10 of81)
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January 1992 in New Hampshire(11 of81)
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January 1992 at a New Hampshire news conference(12 of81)
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February 1992 on Wall Street(13 of81)
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February 1992 in New Hampshire(14 of81)
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February 1992 on the campaign trail(15 of81)
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February 1992 in New Hampshire(16 of81)
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February 1992 in New Hampshire(17 of81)
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April 1992 in the Bronx(18 of81)
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July 1992 with Tipper Gore(19 of81)
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July 1992 with Tipper Gore(20 of81)
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July 1992 at a rally in St. Louis, Missouri (21 of81)
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July 1992 at a party for Bill Clinton(22 of81)
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August 1992 with Al & Tipper Gore(23 of81)
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October 1992 at a Presidential rally(24 of81)
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January 1993 at the Inaugural Ball(25 of81)
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June 1993 speaking at the White House(26 of81)
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August 1993 in Martha's Vineyard(27 of81)
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June 1994 outside the Foundry United Methodist Church(28 of81)
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November 1994 with Princess Diana in Washington, D.C.(29 of81)
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February 1995 in Ottawa, Canada (30 of81)
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February 1995 in Washington, D.C.(31 of81)
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April 1995 at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll(32 of81)
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May 1995 in Washington, D.C.(33 of81)
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August 1995 in Jackson Hole, WY(34 of81)
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July 1996 in Washington D.C.(35 of81)
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January 1997 at the Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C.(36 of81)
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February 1997 at the Grammys(37 of81)
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September 1997 in London, England(38 of81)
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July 1998 in New Jersey (39 of81)
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November 1998 in Washington, D.C.(40 of81)
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April 1999 at a Whitehouse Dinner in Washington, D.C.(41 of81)
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April 2001 at the Costume Institute Gala in NYC(42 of81)
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February 2003 at the amfAR Benefit Honors Gala in NYC(43 of81)
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November 2004 at the Annual Promise Ball in NYC(44 of81)
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May 2005 at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Hosts "The Downtown Dinner" (45 of81)
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May 2007 in London, England(46 of81)
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August 2007 at the 'Late Show With David Letterman' in NYC(47 of81)
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May 2008 on her Presidential Campaign in Portland, OR(48 of81)
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August 2008 at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO(49 of81)
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November 2008 at the 19th Annual Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in NYC(50 of81)
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November 2009 in Singapore(51 of81)
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July 2009 arriving in New York City(52 of81)
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October 2009 in Belfast, Ireland(53 of81)
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May 2010 in Washington, D.C.(54 of81)
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July 2010 at Chelsea's wedding(55 of81)
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July 2010 at Chelsea's pre-wedding party(56 of81)
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September 2010 at the UN(57 of81)
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June 2011 in New York City(58 of81)
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July 2011 arriving in Indonesia (59 of81)
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October 2011 at the State Department(60 of81)
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October 2011 on a plane to Tripoli(61 of81)
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December 2011 at the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner(62 of81)
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April 2012 at FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women Dinner(63 of81)
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May 2012 at the Symposium On Global Agriculture And Food Security(64 of81)
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July 2012 at the conference on "Evidence and Impact: Closing The Gender Data Gap" (65 of81)
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December 2012 at a visit to the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland(66 of81)
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December 2012 at Stormont Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland(67 of81)
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January 2013 at a flag ceremony for outgoing US Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney at the State Department in Washington, DC. (68 of81)
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January 2013 at a news conference with Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud(69 of81)
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January 2013 testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee(70 of81)
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January 2013 at Kerry's confirmation at the hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee(71 of81)
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January 2013 during a 'Global Townterview' at the Newseum(72 of81)
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January 2013 at the State Department in Washington, DC(73 of81)
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January 2013 delivering her final speech as Secretary of State at the Council on Foreign Relations(74 of81)
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February 2013 delivering her farewell address to the staff in the C Street lobby of the State Department(75 of81)
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February 2013 receiving the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service during a ceremony at the Pentagon(76 of81)
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April 2013 attending SeriousFun Children's Network event honoring Liz Robbins(77 of81)
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April 2013 attending dedication ceremonies for the new George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas(78 of81)
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May 2013 attending the Conservation International 16th annual New York dinner at The Plaza Hotel(79 of81)
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June 2013 at the Clinton Global Initiative CGI America meeting in Chicago, Illinois(80 of81)
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July 2013 at the Oscar de la Renta: American Icon reception at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center (81 of81)
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2016年アメリカ大統領選挙 予想される候補者
ヒラリー・クリントン 前国務長官（民主党）(01 of14)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 06: Hillary Rodham Clinton, former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady of the United States, speaks during the presentation of the German translation of her book \'Hard Choices\' (\'Entscheidungen\' in German) at the Staatsoper in the Schiller Theater on July 6, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Adam Berry via Getty Images)
ジョー・バイデン 副大統領（民主党）(02 of14)
US Vice President Joe Biden attends a seminar on \'Investing in Central America\' at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC, November 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
クリス・クリスティー ニュージャージー州知事（共和党）(03 of14)
GOOD MORNING AMERICA - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a guest on \'Good Morning America,\' 11/5/14, airing on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images) (credit:Lou Rocco via Getty Images)
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WEST ALLIS, WI - NOVEMBER 4: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets supporters at his election night party November 4, 2014 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Walker defeated Democratic challenger Mary Burke. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images) (credit:Darren Hauck via Getty Images)
ジョン・ケーシック オハイオ州知事(05 of14)
TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 29: Ohio Gov. John Kasich attends the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 29, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Former Massachusetts Gov. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate during the RNC, which is scheduled to conclude August 30. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Olson via Getty Images)
ジェブ・ブッシュ 元フロリダ州知事（共和党）(06 of14)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaks at an event with Thom Tillis, Republican candidate for North Carolina Senate, and members of the National Federation of Independent Business at Illuminating Technologies Inc., in Greensboro, N.C., September 24, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (credit:Tom Williams via Getty Images)
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U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, speaks after a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Ryan said he\'d support more aggressive bombings in the Middle East to fight Islamic State militants after the beheading of a U.S. journalist. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ランド・ポール 上院議員（共和党）(08 of14)
CHARLESTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks to students at the College of Charleston during a town hall meeting on September 30, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina. Paul has been speaking at a series of GOP events in the state, including the Universtity of South Carolina in Columbia. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images) (credit:Richard Ellis via Getty Images)
マルコ・ルビオ 上院議員（共和党）(09 of14)
NEW CASTLE, NH - MAY 9: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) addresses the New Hampshire Rockingham Committee Freed Founder\'s Dinner on May 9, 2014 in New Castle , New Hampshire. Rubio visited the state as he weighs a 2016 presidential run. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Eisen via Getty Images)
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Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Thursday, March 6, 2014. CPAC, a project of the American Conservative Union (ACU), runs until Saturday, March 8. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 4: Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the victory party for Texas Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott after an apparent victory over Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis on November 4, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Republicans won the majority of the US Senate for the first time in 8 years after Americans went to the polls and voted in the mid-term elections. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) (credit:Erich Schlegel via Getty Images)
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UNITED STATES - JUNE 03: Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition second annual conference and strategy briefing held at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call) (credit:Tom Williams via Getty Images)
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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執筆者
丸橋 勇（フリー通訳・翻訳業）
同時通訳者だった父親の関係で幼児期から10年間米国滞在。慶応義塾大学文学部。外資系企業等の勤務を経て、26歳で独立し以来約30年間フリーの通訳・翻訳家として活躍。主な業務内容は、ビジネス系・技術系・学術系通訳及びドキュメントの翻訳。
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Which Women Might Run In 2016?
Hillary Rodham Clinton(01 of20)
Clinton certainly has the resume to be a strong presidential contender: two terms as the first lady during her husband\'s popular administration, eight years as a U.S. senator from New York and four as a widely-acclaimed secretary of state under President Barack Obama. Not to mention that she has already mounted a presidential bid once before, during the 2008 Democratic primary.\n\nWith quite a following among Democrats -- particularly women -- and an expert campaigner as a husband, Clinton is one of the frontrunners for the 2016 nomination. In fact, if the Iowa caucuses were held today, a Public Policy Polling survey found she would win 58 percent of the vote, outstripping the runner-up, Vice President Joe Biden, by a margin of 41 percent.\n\nNow the question is whether or not Clinton will decide to throw her hat in the ring in 2016. After her term as secretary of state ends this year, she has declared her intention to take a year off from politics entirely. And after that? Clinton says that she does not want to run in 2016, but that hasn\'t quashed hopes to the contrary.\n\n-- Sarah Bufkin (credit:AP)
Susana Martinez (02 of20)
Susana Martinez, a Republican, was elected in 2010, becoming the first female governor of New Mexico and first female Hispanic governor in the United States. Her name was also floated as a potential running mate to Mitt Romney in 2012, but she was ultimately passed over for the job. The GOP\'s poor showing among women and Latinos in this year\'s presidential election, however, could make Martinez a strong potential choice in 2016.\r\n\r\n-- Sarafina Wright (credit:AP)
Elizabeth Warren(03 of20)
Warren, a favorite of many liberals and a fierce advocate of financial reform, beat out Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in their 2012 contest, putting a Democrat back in the seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy. Warren first made a name for herself on the political scene after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tapped her to chair the congressional panel tasked with overseeing the distribution of the stimulus funds. A bankruptcy law expert and professor at Harvard Law School, Warren pushed for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and later led the effort to set up the new agency. After Republicans made it clear that they would never confirm Warren as the new CFPB head, the president passed her over in favor of Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray.\r\n\r\nIn 2011, Warren declared her intention to challenge Brown for his seat. She proved to be one of the most magnetic Senate candidates, raising $39 million for her campaign and giving a primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention. Although immensely popular with Democrats, Warren has denied that she would consider a presidential run in 2016.\r\n\r\n-- Sarah Bufkin (credit:AP)
Kelly Ayotte(04 of20)
As one of Mitt Romney\'s top surrogates during the 2012 presidential campaign, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) gained national exposure, regularly appearing on cable TV and the Sunday show circuit. Before her successful Senate election in 2010, she served as New Hampshire\'s attorney general. A strong conservative quickly building her profile in the Senate, Ayotte could answer the call to help Republicans win back the support of women.\r\n\r\n-- Sarafina Wright (credit:AP)
Kirsten Gillibrand(05 of20)
A progressive Democratic senator from New York, Gillibrand recently won reelection with 72 percent of the vote in 2012, the highest margin of any senator in the state\'s history. After serving as special counsel to Andrew Cuomo during his tenure as the secretary of housing and urban development in the Clinton administration, the former attorney worked on Hillary Clinton\'s successful campaign for Senate in 2000.\r\n\r\nShe credits Clinton with inspiring her to get into politics, and in 2006, Gillibrand won a House seat in the district that included her hometown of Albany, N.Y. Two years later, when her former mentor left to become the secretary of state, Gov. David Paterson appointed Gillibrand to fill Clinton\'s former Senate seat. Gillibrand lobbied successfully for the repeal of the \"don\'t ask, don\'t tell\" policy and led a campaign to get more women elected to Congress.\r\n\r\n-- Sarah Bufkin (credit:AP)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers(06 of20)
As the highest-ranking Republican woman in the House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) is considered a rising star in the party. She was first elected in 2004 and currently serves as the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference. She is also a member of the Republican Study Committee, a caucus comprised of some of the most conservative GOP members of the House. After the 2012 election, she argued that the Republican Party does not necessarily need to be more moderate, but that it needed to embrace more \"modern\" positions.\r\n\r\n-- Ian Gray (credit:AP)
Kamala Harris(07 of20)
Kamala Harris, the 48-year-old Democratic attorney general of California, is the first African-American and first Indian-American to serve California in this capacity. She served as a co-chair for President Barack Obama\'s reelection campaign and received a high-profile speaking role at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte over the summer. Harris is perhaps best known for her successful efforts to secure a $26 billion mortgage settlement from the nation\'s biggest banks on behalf of homeowners in early 2012.\r\n\r\n-- Sarafina Wright (credit:AP)
Condoleezza Rice(08 of20)
The first African-American woman to serve as secretary of state would certainly be a trailblazer if she ran for president and became the first female commander-in-chief. A Republican, Rice is an accomplished pianist, holds a Ph.D in political science and has served as provost of Stanford University. She served as President George W. Bush\'s first national security adviser before moving to the State Department. Though she has never run for elected office, she was a popular choice to be Mitt Romney\'s vice presidential pick, due to her foreign policy credentials and ability to bridge the GOP\'s gap with women and non-white voters.\r\n\r\nCorrection: An earlier version of this text misstated that Rice was the first African-American secretary of state. She was the first African-American woman to serve in that position.\r\n\r\n-- Daniel Lippman (credit:AP)
Amy Klobuchar(09 of20)
Klobuchar, a member of Minnesota\'s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, has been a U.S. senator from Minnesota since 2007, most recently cruising to reelection in November. She is currently serving on the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, among others. A graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago Law School, she served as the Hennepin County attorney from 1999 to 2007. She is pro-choice and supported President Barack Obama\'s health care overhaul. \n\n-- Daniel Lippman (credit:AP)
Nikki Haley(10 of20)
The current Republican governor of South Carolina, Haley won her first term in 2010 after serving for five years as a member of the state house. She is only the second Indian-American to serve as governor. Endorsed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement, Haley takes a hard line on immigration and is ardently anti-tax.\r\n\r\nMany have touted her as one of the new post-racial faces of the Republican Party in the South, and she would certainly appeal to the GOP\'s right-wing elements. Haley was a visible surrogate for Mitt Romney during the 2012 election and was even included on his short list for vice president, but she has not indicated one way or the other if she would put herself in the running for the GOP nomination in 2016.\r\n\r\n-- Sarah Bufkin (credit:AP)
Maggie Hassan(11 of20)
Maggie Hassan, the Democratic governor-elect of New Hampshire, will become only the second woman to have held the state\'s highest office when she is sworn in next year. Hassan was endorsed by former President Bill Clinton over the summer and has been praised as a strong fundraiser, having broken the record for the most money raised by a first-time gubernatorial candidate in New Hampshire.\r\n\r\n-- Ian Gray (credit:AP)
Mary Fallin(12 of20)
A former lieutenant governor, member of Congress and current governor of Oklahoma, Republican Mary Fallin would bring solid conservative credentials to the GOP ticket. She won her gubernatorial race easily in 2010 and will reach her term limit if she runs and wins in 2014. A Fallin candidacy in 2016, however, would run the risk of bringing about comparisons to Sarah Palin\'s in 2008 -- as a deeply religious, female governor of a sparsely populated and reliably conservative state. She even received Palin\'s endorsement in 2010.\r\n\r\n-- Ian Gray (credit:AP)
Jennifer Granholm(13 of20)
Granholm, the feisty former Democratic governor of Michigan, is now the host of The War Room television show on Current TV. Born in Canada, she became the first female governor of her state in 2003 and served until 2011, championing the critically important auto sector during a period of intense challenges. She reminded voters of her passionate nature at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, where she delivered an animated address.\n\nA graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School, Granholm served as her state\'s attorney general before being elected governor. She has three children.\n\nWhile Granholm would currently be barred from running due to the Constitution\'s requirement that presidential candidates be natural-born, there have long been arguments about amending the language to allow for naturalized citizens to run as well.\n\nThis post has been updated with additional information about Granholm\'s birthplace and constitutional restrictions\n\n-- Daniel Lippman (credit:AP)
Sarah Palin(14 of20)
The former Republican governor of Alaska, Palin shot to fame after she was picked as Arizona Sen. John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate in 2008. Since then, she\'s become a Fox News contributor and a hero to many conservatives and Tea Party members. She also wrote the best-seller \"Going Rogue: An American Life\" in 2009 and has dabbled in reality television. Though she still has star-power in some circles, Democrats and many independents remain skeptical about Palin’s policy chops.\n\n-- Daniel Lippman (credit:AP)
Michelle Obama(15 of20)
Despite her astronomical public approval rating, Michelle Obama would be something of a surprise candidate in 2016, considering her husband\'s current role.\r\n\r\nYou might expect to see the first lady as a surrogate for the future Democratic nominee though. Her popularity and skills as a campaigner will likely be called upon by whomever gets the nod.\r\n\r\n-- Sarafina Wright (credit:AP)
Lisa Murkowski(16 of20)
In 2010, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski became the first successful write-in candidate for U.S. Senate since South Carolina\'s Strom Thurmond in 1954. She was first appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, Gov. Frank Murkowski, after having previously served in the Alaska House of Representatives. \r\n\r\nHer candidacy in 2016 would likely face headwinds from the GOP base, due to her relatively moderate positions on abortion and stem cell research. Additionally, she was one of just five Republicans to support the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which passed in 2009.\r\n\r\n-- Sarafina Wright (credit:AP)
Christine Gregoire(17 of20)
Gregoire, formerly the Democratic governor of the state of Washington, is the second female to serve in that position. A lawyer, Gregoire was elected attorney general of her state in 1992 before being elected governor in 2004 in a razor-tight race against Republican Dino Rossi. She was reelected in 2008 and also served as the chairwoman of the National Governors Association for the 2010-11 term. One of her top accomplishments as governor included a plan to raise revenue to fund new transportation improvements to fix roads in Washington. She is a supporter of gay marriage, which was passed in her state in 2012.\r\n\r\n-- Daniel Lippman\r\n\r\nThis slide was first published before the 2012 elections and has been updated to reflect that Gregoire left office in January 2013. (credit:AP)
Michele Bachmann(18 of20)
The Republican Tea Party favorite from Minnesota has already attempted a run at the White House and failed to clear the hurdles of the GOP primary, but she could be up to give it another go. Bachmann is an outspoken conservative who stands with the right-wing segment of the party. She opposes tax increases, big-government spending, the Affordable Care Act, environmental regulation and gay rights.\r\n\r\nThe four-term congresswoman is an adroit fundraiser, employing a strategy that allows her to make controversial statements on public platforms and then reap the funding windfall. In 2008, she brought in nearly $1 million after accusing President Barack Obama of having anti-American views. But the Minnesotan barely clung on to her seat in the 2012 election, eeking out a win by just over 4,000 votes -- which calls into question her ability to attract the majority of the GOP electorate and independent voters four years from now.\r\n\r\n-- Sarah Bufkin (credit:AP)
Kristi Noem(19 of20)
First elected in 2010 during the Tea Party wave, Republican Kristi Noem was chosen to represent the freshman class as a liaison to the House GOP leadership. Noem was then reelected in 2012 as South Dakota\'s sole representative in the House, easily defeating Democratic challenger Matt Varilek. Though she turned down a run for reelection in her leadership role, she remains a member of the conservative Republican Study Committee and has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama. Noem would likely play up her family\'s farming and ranching business in a 2016 run, as well as her tenure on the Agriculture Committee, to shore up support in midwestern states.\r\n\r\n-- Ian Gray (credit:AP)
Pam Bondi(20 of20)
As Florida\'s Republican attorney general, Pam Bondi was a leader in the failed effort to overturn President Barack Obama\'s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act. At the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Bondi drew attention for her assertion that Obama has a \"total disregard for our individual liberty.\" Given her status as a female public figure serving in a swing state, who has worked to achieve one of the GOP\'s core goals (repealing Obamacare), expect to hear Bondi\'s name more in the years to come.\r\n\r\n-- Ian Gray (credit:AP)