People from the No Labels group hold signs during a rally at the Capitol in 2013. The No Labels group says it will not field a presidential candidate in November after the bipartisan organization’s strategists failed to attract a candidate willing to take advantage of the popularity widespread. Dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
People from the No Labels group hold signs during a rally at the Capitol in 2013. The No Labels group says it will not field a presidential candidate in November after the bipartisan organization’s strategists failed to attract a candidate willing to take advantage of the popularity widespread. Dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
The No Labels group will not nominate a third-party presidential candidate this year.
The organization had emerged earlier this year as a potentially well-funded force in the elections. However, No Labels said Thursday that finding the right candidates proved difficult.
“No Labels has always said that we would only offer our voting line to a ballot if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House,” the group said in a statement. “No such candidates emerged, so the responsible course of action is for us to withdraw.”
He had been seeking what they called a “unity ticket,” with centrist candidates. No Labels repeatedly said its push was to give an alternative option to voters dissatisfied with Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
As 2024 progressed, several politicians considered potential No Labels candidates made it clear they were not interested. West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced in February that he would not run for president. In March, Arizona independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema told reporters She wouldn’t run away either. The recent Republican presidential candidate and former governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, also last month He said he wouldn’t run with the group.
No Labels gained ballot access in 21 states and has been working to gain access nationwide.
The group had raised alarm bells, particularly among top Democrats, who feared that an unlabeled candidate would take votes away from Biden and help Trump win.
“I think our democracy is at risk, and I think No Labels is dangerous to our democracy,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late last year. “I say that without hesitation.”
