Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Your 2016 Republican Field, by the Odds

A look at the early odds for one of the most wide-open Republican nomination contests in memory.

April 16, 2014 at 7:32 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Chris Christie, former frontrunner. Photographer: Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg — Chris Christie, former frontrunner. Photographer: Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg

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If you want to wager on who the 2016 Republican nominee will be and have only one choice, the best bet may be former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. However, the odds overwhelmingly suggest the former governor won't win the nomination -- assuming he even runs.

This underscores, more than any other time in memory, how unformed the contest for the Republican nomination is. "It's absolutely wide-open," said Tom Davis, a former Virginia congressman who also served as head of the National Republican Campaign Committee.