Rand Paul: He used the Senate floor to speak out on issues from drone warfare to Obamacare.
Wendy Davis: She earned national attention standing up for Texans’ abortion rights.
Face-Off: Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year?
As always, TIME's editors will choose the Person of the Year, but that doesn't mean readers shouldn't have their say. Cast your vote for the person you think most influenced the news this year for better or worse - in both a straight yes/no poll and a candidate face-off. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 4, and the combined winner of our reader polls will be announced on Dec. 6. TIME's Person of the Year will be announced Dec. 11.
Rand Paul vs. Wendy Davis
Full List
The Candidates
- Miley Cyrus vs. Jimmy Fallon
- Jamie Dimon vs. Janet Yellen
- Dick Costolo vs. Sheryl Sandberg
- Edith Windsor vs. Chris Christie
- LeBron James vs. Diana Nyad
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vs. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Vince Gilligan vs. Reed Hastings
- Angelina Jolie vs. Malala Yousafzai
- Alice Munro vs. David Ortiz
- Pope Francis vs. Prince George
- Angela Merkel vs. Vladimir Putin
- Barack Obama vs. Edward Snowden
- Christine Lagarde vs. Xi Jinping
- Benjamin Netanyahu vs. Hassan Rouhani
- Jeff Bezos vs. Elon Musk
- Rand Paul vs. Wendy Davis
- Bashar Assad vs. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
- Larry Page vs. Marissa Mayer
- Charles and David Koch vs. John Boehner
- Ted Cruz vs. Kathleen Sebelius
- Shinzo Abe vs. Narendra Modi
The Results