Who is running for president in 2024? A look at the candidates still in the race
The 2024 presidential election took a turn on Sunday after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his potential successor atop the ticket for the Democratic Party.
Biden, 81, who faced increased pressure to leave the race after he appeared disoriented at a televised debate with Trump last month, passed the torch to Harris, who soon announced her bid for the party's nomination. Behind the scenes, the Biden campaign machine switched gears to benefit the vice president.
Harris is expected to be in Delaware Monday, according to U.S. Sen. Tom Carper. Harris is expected to arrive in New Castle County Monday afternoon, where she will meet with members of the Delaware delegation and go to Biden's campaign headquarters in Wilmington, which is expected to transition to hers as she mounts her presidential campaign.
Here's what to know about who is running for president in the 2024 election.
Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican Party's nomination on the final day of the Republican National Convention last Thursday in Milwaukee.
Trump, in his first public remarks since narrowly escaping a would-be assassin's bullet, described in a hushed and somber voice being hit in the ear, ducking for cover, finding his hand drenched with blood and then raising his fist in the air − an effort, he said, to reassure the supporters at the Pennsylvania rally that he was alright.
"I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God," he told the crowd at the Republican National Convention, calling for national unity.
Kamala Harris
Harris is now the presumptive favorite to earn the Democratic Party's nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention next month in Chicago.
On Sunday, after Biden called to tell her he was ending his reelection campaign, Harris whipped up a statement and placed calls to lawmakers, governors, civil rights leaders and union bosses, thanking them for their endorsements and telling them how she planned to earn the presidential nomination.
Harris would ultimately make more than 100 calls over the next 10 hours, speaking to Biden multiple times as she took the reins of the flailing 2024 presidential campaign.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an independent candidate for president.
Kennedy held a news conference in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts after Biden announced he was withdrawing from the race Sunday afternoon.
"I'm the only candidate who can beat President Trump," Kennedy said on X Sunday.
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2024 presidential election.
Williamson's website says she is a "bestselling author, political activist and spiritual thought leader" and has authored 16 books, four of which have been No. 1 New York Times bestsellers.
In a statement posted on social media Sunday, Williamson said she called for Biden to "step down from his renomination bid the day after the Trump-Biden debate" on June 27.
"There is nothing we have seen since that night that wasn’t on full view in the debate. Effective crisis management would have called for all those who are calling for him to step down now, to do so immediately - when I did," the statement reads.
Jill Stein
Jill Stein announced in November 2023 that she would be seeking the Green Party's nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
Stein, 74, is a physician and environmental activist who previously ran for president in 2012 and 2016. In a video announcing her campaign, Stein said she wants to offer voters a choice "outside of the failed two-party system."
Cornel West
Cornel West launched his bid for the White House in June 2023 under the People's Party, but has since announced he is running as an independent.
West, 71, is a longtime philosopher, activist and author who has served as a professor at Harvard University, Yale University and other institutions.
Chase Oliver
Chase Oliver, a Libertarian, won his party's nomination in May.
The 38-year-old describes himself as "armed and gay" and previously ran for the Senate in Georgia in 2022, receiving about 2% of the vote.
Contributing: Paste BN staff
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