2020 Political Items Part 1

2020 items seem to be popping up as fast as the campaigns announced. For a current list of the 2020 Democratic Presidential nominees you can visit Wikipedia.  The Republican field for 2020 currently consists of President Donald Trump and frm. Massachuttess Governor Bill Weld. We've covered some of the really early items from candidates that had announced in 2017 and 2018.

On to the items!

All four of these buttons come from the candidate's official web stores. You might notice that they all have the same union bug. At least half of the field of Democratic candidates appear to be using the bumperactive as the source of their campaign items.  You will have to visit the individual links in our campaign stores section to visit each store.

 Here is a fun 3" pin made for the 2019 Wayne Morse Gala in Oregon. The pin features all the Democratic candidates that had announced prior to 4-13-2019. Only 125 were made for the dinner. It features a photo of Senator Morse being asked if he plans to run for president and a response. Even with plenty of candidates, more seem to keep on entering the race.

 Marianne Williamson is one of only two campaigns currently selling 3" pins. The Beto for America pin is also from the same TX-based firm as many of the other campaigns. 

 The Kamala pin is being sold on her website via the company in Texas. The Warren sticker came in a snail mail solicitation.

 The Tulsi pin being sold on her website is very nice and one of the few items that are not being supplied by the company in Texas. A word of caution. Ordering this pin is easy...waiting for it to come in the mail is the hard part. My pin took over a month to get to me.

 The Pete Pals are a grassroots group to support Mayor Pete Buttigieg. At the time of his initial campaign launch, Mayor Pete only offered shirts on his official website. Now that he has made his official announcement to enter the race, his website offers all the traditional items.

Frm. Congressman John Delaney of Maryland was the very first 2020 candidate announce back in 2017. His website did not have a store for most of the campaign until this year. Not only were there buttons and stickers, but erasers and bottle openers.

More 2020 items to come in the coming weeks. Have you found any interesting 2020 items you would like to share? Like collecting political items? You should join the American Political Item Collectors (www.apic.us).