On January 4, six Republicans, and six Democrats turned in petitions to be on the Ohio presidential primaries. The Republicans are Giuliani, Huckabee, McCain, Paul, Romney and Thompson. The Democrats are Biden, Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich, Obama, and Richardson. UPDATE: Biden has withdrawn his Ohio petition.

Although Richardson has publicly withdrawn, he has not filed a withdrawal with the Ohio Secretary of State. Candidates needed 1,000 signatures to be listed themselves, and additional petitions of 50 signatures per U.S. House district to have delegates. All these petitions are being checked now.