The candidates have already been selected from a field of applicants who submitted a cover letter, resume, and their tax returns (kidding!)

Here’s the inside story of how the Presidents Race sprinted its way to into our hearts, a grinning Teddy became a D.C. icon, and what the future holds for the Rushmore Four.

And he looks really creepy.

Did you want to run around Nats Stadium in a 12-foot costume? Maybe next year.

For this season only, though.

Luckily, the only victim was Racing President Teddy.

At Friday’s Nationals game, a “Sharknado” chased the racing presidents — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft.

The Washington Nationals’ nightly “Racing Presidents” sideshow featured something of a multi-modal twist last night.

The Washington Nationals’ fourth-inning Racing Presidents could use a new gimmick. Tomorrow night, they’ll be an HBO promotion.

Not everyone is happy about William Howard Taft joining the Nationals’ Racing Presidents. But the president’s descendants say to back off.