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These celebrities all launched unsuccessful political campaigns

Cynthia Nixon

In 2018, the Sex and the

City star did surprisingly well against incumbent

New York governor Andrew

Cuomo, helping to push his platform to the left, including on pot. “I believe marijuana should be legalized,” she told Us that year.

Clay Aiken

A critic of Republican

North Carolina representative Renee Ellmers,

Aiken said in his 2014 announcement to run against her that “[if I] didn’t try to do something about it, then I couldn’t complain if no one else did.”

Wyclef Jean

Jean dropped his 2010 bid to become president of

Haiti because he didn’t meet the citizenship requirement. His former Fugees-mate Pras told Us at the time he thought Jean was “trying to seize a moment of opportunity.”

Jerry Springer

Before he was dodging flying chairs on TV, Springer was a politico! He lost a

1970 bid for U.S. Congress but did become mayor of

Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978.

In 1982, he mounted an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign.

Wacka Flocka Flame

On April 20, 2015 (a.k.a.

4/20), the rapper announced his intent to enter the presidential race. His biggest issue?

Not surprisingly, to legalize cannabis! Unfortunately, at just 28, he wasn’t old enough to run.