According to reports, No Labels aimed to provide a “launching pad” for moderate candidates in the 2024 presidential election in case voters were dissatisfied with candidates from the two major parties. It is reported that efforts to put together tickets for the presidential election will be ended.
of wall street journal Ken Thomas and Christina Peterson first report It is said that the moderate factions were unable to field a strong candidate and vice presidential candidate.
No Labels founder and CEO Nancy Jacobson announced Monday that she will not run for president this year because the group has not secured a credible ticket to win elections. He told alliance officials that he would make an announcement. people said.
Jacobson told supporters that the organization contacted 30 potential candidates during the process. No Labels did not respond to requests for comment on future announcements.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) appeared to be the frontrunner for the no-label ticket, but he reportedly chose not to run under it. journal. The group also courted former governors. Nikki Haley (R-South Carolina) and Larry Hogan (R-Md.), but Haley withdrew and Hogan chose to run for the Senate in Maryland, where he had a promising future. .
of journal’s The report was released eight days after the former vice presidential candidate and senator. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), one of No Labels’ co-chairmen, has died at the age of 82 due to complications from a fall.
As Breitbart News reported in March 2023, the group sought to hold votes in all 50 states to establish a “launching pad” for potential third-party candidates.
Mr. Lieberman, along with No Labels’ other two co-chairs, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and former Gov. Patrick McCrory (R-North Carolina), said at the time that they had “an insurance policy in case the two sides collide. He said that he aims to establish “. The major political parties nominate presidential candidates that the majority of Americans do not want. ”
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
“If that happens, No Labels itself will not be fielding any candidates, but we will have a starting point, especially in the form of access to ballots across the country,” they added.
The group has no plans to field a third-party candidate in the race, the paper said. journal, the field appears as if it has multiple third-party suggestions. Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in the midst of an effort to get on the ballot in all 50 states, while Green Party member Jill Stein and independent Cornel West are also candidates with national recognition. has been declared as.
