New Cambria presidential election, 2009

The 2009 New Cambria presidential election is set to take place in spring 2009, unless the incumbent President of New Cambria, Daniel Burns, vacates the office early. To be nominated for election, a candidate must:
 * be a citizen of New Cambria
 * be at least 36 years old
 * have been resident in New Cambria for fifteen of the last twenty years
 * be nominated by:
 * at least 26 members of Parliament
 * at least four county councils or home-rule municipal councils
 * 15,000 voters
 * himself or herself (in the case of an incumbent or former President who has served only one term)

Members of Parliament by Party

 * Independence = 69 (Assembly: 43 + Senate: 26)
 * Social Democrat = 50 (Assembly: 40 + Senate: 10)
 * National = 10 (Assembly: 5 + Senate: 5)
 * EEO = 5 (Assembly: 4 + Senate: 1)
 * Progressive = 4 (Assembly: 3 + Senate: 1)
 * Green = 4 (Assembly: 2 + Senate: 2)
 * Equality = 4 (Assembly: 2 + Senate: 2)
 * Independent = 5 (Assembly: 1 + Senate: 4)

From the current Parliament, only the Independence and Social Democrat parties have the numbers to yield twenty-six nominations for a candidate alone. The smaller parties may seek to nominate a candidate by way of the county councils or a voter petition.

Likely Candidates
Incumbent President Daniel Burns has announced he will exercise his constitutional right to nominate himself for re-election.

Independent
Other possible candidates include:
 * Newspaper publisher Thomas Forrester campaigned for nomination in 2003, but was unsuccessful. He stated in several interviews that he would try again in 2009.